NWS reports from the electoral ground in Brazil on the forces behind Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round surge, Lula’s communication gap, the judiciary crisis and the battle ahead of the October 25 runoff....
The UK protects Opposition time while the US Congress disperses power across its chambers; India gives the government greater control of the floor, leaving parliamentary scrutiny increasingly constrained....
NWS reports from the ground as Venezuela’s state-dominated socialist economy faces a possible shift towards private investment, market-led growth and a smaller role for the government after Maduro....
Despite India's booming trade, its maritime growth hasn't kept pace. Indian shipowners are increasingly preferring foreign flags. NWS examines why shipowners are turning to registries such as Panama and Singapore, how India's own regulatory system pushed them there....
A Ukrainian war refugee who arrived in Japan at 18 is now one win away from becoming sumo’s first European-born grand champion. It is a significant feat for a foreign wrestler, whose entry into sumo is now tightly controlled....
Government officials now signal the Magadi plant may soon restart, even as the shutdown continues to batter the local economy and strip residents of essential services – an NWS ground report....
Twelve-hour shifts, €2-an-hour wages and mafia-style intimidation – in Europe’s largest textile district, a grassroots union supporting South Asian and North African migrant workers took on the bosses and won....
Long before Houthi rebels seized its port, merchants from Gujarat controlled almost every transaction that moved through Mocha’s docks – from around 1650 to the 1820s....
Who are the Houthis? Why does Saudi Arabia oppose them? Was the "internationally backed government" ever elected? What role does Iran play? To understand any of it, you need Yemen's modern history....
From Murdoch to Gaza to Putin’s Russia, this year’s line-up put power on trial – but critics say the reckoning didn’t go far enough....
The Reserve Bank of India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-linking proposal and a rare Modi-Xi meeting arrive as Putin, Lula and Ramaphosa navigate US tariffs against a fractured Gulf-Ukraine backdrop....
The move comes days after President William Ruto announced the cancellation of the company’s contract amid mounting concerns over local benefits and mining compliance....
