Brazil charges ex-president Bolsonaro over alleged coup plot

Attorney-general accuses hard-right politician in connection with plan to assassinate rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Source: Financial Times

South Korea's Yoon becomes first sitting president to stand trial in criminal case

Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol went on trial on Thursday. The former prosecutor has been behind bars since January on charges of insurrection, for which he could be …

Source: France 24

Are the DFB demands of the new government misplaced?

The list of demands from the German football association (DFB) ahead of the German election are compelling, but how effective could they be in the context of federalism and their …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of trying to expel refugees by arresting the undocumented

Pakistani authorities have stepped up arrests of Afghan citizens in an effort that the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad described as a push to expel Afghan refugees.

Source: NBC News

Ex-Brazil President Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup that included plan to poison Lula

Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in a plot that included a plan …

Source: NBC News

False killer whales to be mass euthanized in Australia after 157 wash up on beach

More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania, with none of them expected to survive, officials said.

Source: NBC News

Baltic region prepares for war as Russia and US debate Ukraine's fate

As Russia and the US debate Ukraine’s future, countries on the Baltic Sea are ramping up preparations for a military conflict amid fears that Russia is preparing for a future …

Source: France 24

The Islamist militant

As Africa’s Sahel region has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of jihadism, young men are flocking to the cause. They don’t always like what they find.

Source: Washington Post

Far right set to make strides in a German election dominated by immigration

Mainstream parties struggle to retain voters in a fragmented political landscape.

Source: Al Jazeera

Journalists launch legal action against Italian government over spyware claims

Union submits criminal complaint to prosecutors as ministers refuse to answer questions about alleged hacks

Italy’s national union for journalists has submitted a criminal complaint to prosecutors in Rome after …

Source: The Guardian

Workshop producing fake Picassos and Rembrandts found in Rome

Prosecutors seize 71 canvases and say evidence suggests an art restorer was behind frauds

A clandestine workshop has been discovered in Rome where fakes of paintings by some of the …

Source: The Guardian

Steve Rosenberg: How Putin and Trump shook the world

It is a week that has upended alliances and put Russia at the top table of global politics.

Source: BBC