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Apocalypse prep or pure pragmatism: what is behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina?
Peter Thiel’s relocation to Buenos Aires has drawn protests and political scrutiny after Argentina’s government, led by Javier Milei, introduced sweeping regulatory changes shortly after the billionaire moved his family there in April. Critics, including deputy Juan Marino, argue the proposed laws would entrench the power of US tech billionaires in Argentina, calling the package…
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GOP mail-in voting proposal could impact millions of Americans ahead of midterms
Two Republican allies of President Donald Trump, Representative Laurel Lee of Florida and Senator Ashley Moody, are introducing legislation requiring absentee and mail-in ballots to be received by election officials by the end of Election Day, rather than merely postmarked by then. Lee, Florida’s former secretary of state, says the model has worked well in…
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Russia’s strikes near Moldova raise alarm over Putin’s plans for Europe’s eastern flank
Moldova, which recently marked 35 years of independence, is facing escalating pressure from Russia as the war in neighbouring Ukraine edges closer to its borders. Officials say Moscow has struck Ukrainian border infrastructure near Moldova and repeatedly violated Moldovan airspace, moves seen as attempts to intimidate the country into scaling back its support for Ukraine…
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Kenyan president orders crackdown on foreigners operating small businesses
Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered foreign nationals to shut down small-scale businesses such as hawking and street trading from next week, and pledged to fast-track legislation barring foreigners from certain sectors of trade. The move follows growing tension over the role of African migrants in Kenya’s informal economy, with Ruto arguing that foreign investors,…
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Inside Donald Trump’s itinerary for next week’s Irish visit, what government insiders are already saying about the meeting with arch critic President Connolly and what she actually thinks of him
The Irish government is finalising security and protocol arrangements for US President Donald Trump’s visit to Dublin ahead of his trip to his Doonbeg resort in Co. Clare, where he will present the trophy at the conclusion of the Irish Open golf tournament on 13 September. A leaked internal briefing seen by the Irish Mail…
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Warning UK ministers are putting interests of Big Tech ahead of public on AI
Ministers have been accused of favouring Big Tech firms over the public interest by spending billions on AI systems without adequate transparency, in a warning from MPs and rights groups including the Open Rights Group. Analysis by consultancy Tussell found the UK public sector has awarded more than 2,000 AI-related contracts since 2018, worth around…
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Johnson downplays GOP’s midterm woes as Democrats eye House takeover: ‘I am very bullish’
House Speaker Mike Johnson has voiced confidence that Republicans will not only retain but expand their House majority in November’s midterms, pushing back against growing Democratic optimism about retaking Congress. With Republicans holding slim margins (a 53-47 Senate edge and an even tighter House majority), and nonpartisan forecasters increasingly favouring Democrats, the prediction comes as…
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Trump ‘is privately discussing whether to declare Iran war over’
Donald Trump is privately weighing whether to declare the war with Iran over, according to Wall Street Journal sources, as the conflict enters its seventh month. The president reportedly believes sustained economic pressure will eventually force Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme or collapse outright, even as advisers warn him that further escalation could damage…
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Pakistan ‘plans to kill Imran Khan’
Imran Khan’s sons, Sulaiman and Kasim, have accused Pakistani authorities of deliberately endangering their father’s life by denying him court-ordered medical care and keeping him in solitary confinement at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. They fear a fate similar to that of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who died in custody in 2019 in circumstances widely attributed…
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Embattled Spanish PM insists there were no prior warnings before Ceuta crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has rejected claims that his government ignored warnings before roughly 72,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, telling parliament it was “absurd to think that the government knew and did nothing.” The row has escalated from a humanitarian and logistical emergency into a serious political threat to Sánchez,…