International organizations

Lady Laurentino, 74, poses for a photo next to a wood fire she uses to cook near the door of her home in the Jardim Gramacho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 4, 2021. With the surge in cooking gas prices, Laurentino says she is cooking with wood bec

Analysts: ‘Pandora Papers’ revelations will make Brazil’s already precarious economy even more unstable

Justice

In Brazil, the revelations from the “Pandora Papers” — a trove of leaked documents that have exposed offshore accounts of the rich and powerful — have rattled the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, with calls for the resignation of some of his top officials.

An Indigenous protester aims his bow an arrow at police outside Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.

‘We will not leave Brasilia defeated’: Brazilian Indigenous groups mobilize to defend land rights 

Conflict & Justice
A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.

There is ‘a grave hole in the international response’ to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

Conflict & Justice
Macron hugs Merkel.

Be ‘mein’ valentine: Merkel and Macron renew their ‘vows’ with Aachen treaty, but some critique the coupling

Global Politics
The World

G8 breaks aid promises to Africa; some economists call it good news

The World

Russia in the G8

Global Politics

A summit of the G8, a grouping of the globe’s leading industrialized countries, is underway in Japan, but some still question Russia’s membership in the group, as The World’s Alex Gallafent reports.