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PoliticsOct 6Strikes, Barricades and Fiscal Turmoil: An Autumn of Discontent Grips FranceChaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.NYT World
PoliticsOct 6France Set for Nationwide Strikes, as School Protests EscalateThe scale of the demonstrations planned for Tuesday will test the strength of the student-led protest movement that has spread across French high schools since late September.NYT World
PoliticsOct 6As Japan’s Population Shrinks, a City Is Accused of Padding Census NumbersThe police are investigating how about 3,000 nonexistent residents were added to official data for Toyama.NYT World
PoliticsOct 6Flávio Bolsonaro not only won the first round: the power he secured to change the Congress and the Supreme Court of Brazil, what's left for Lula?El avance conservador puede facilitar una amnistía para Jair Bolsonaro y acercar a la coalición al umbral necesario para destituir jueces.El Tiempo
PoliticsOct 6Hong Kong leader pledges tougher rules, penalties to deter construction violationsHong Kong will strengthen its regulatory regime and impose stiffer penalties to ensure strong deterrence against building violations, the city leader has pledged, following a series of substandard construction scandals including the latest controversy involving a luxury residential development in Stanley. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu vowed to safeguard the high professional standards of the city’s construction industry on Tuesday in the wake of a debacle involving a house at One Stanley,...South China Morning Post
PoliticsOct 6The politics of losing sleepThere is still a class divide when it comes to work that tramples over your body clockFinancial Times
PoliticsOct 6Andy Burnham’s Manchester City problemThe prime minister’s economic vision looks dangerously like a game of two halvesFinancial Times
PoliticsOct 6Zelensky appoints Klymenko as chair of Council of Experts on Energy SecurityPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Ihor Klymenko, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, as chairman of the Council of Experts on Energy Security—an advisory body to the NSDC.Ukrinform [en]
PoliticsOct 6Brazil 2026 election day: Jair Bolsonaro's wife, two of his sons, and his brother achieve victories in the country's legislative electionsCon más de 900.000 votos, Michelle, cónyuge del expresidente, asegura la mayor votación al Senado por el Distrito Federal.El Tiempo
PoliticsOct 6Trump says his super PAC will now pay for controversial taxpayer-funded promo adsTrump says that he will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for a pro-Trump ad blitz ahead of the midterm elections, saying his super PAC will now pay for them.ABC News
PoliticsOct 6Can the left win the elections? What the polls sayArranca la campaña electoral con la Vivienda como tema centralEl País
PoliticsOct 6Laos Replaces Prime Minister in Major Leadership ReshuffleSaleumxay Kommasith, a former foreign minister and permanent representative to the UN, has been appointed to the top job.The Diplomat
PoliticsOct 6Taiwan says it has no knowledge that the U.S. will divide its arms package into batchesEl ministro de Defensa de la isla asegura que no hay novedades sobre la venta de armamento por parte de EE.UU., pese a tensiones con Pekín.La venta, que incluye sistemas de defensa avanzados, enfrenta incertidumbre por la relación entre el magnate y el líder chino.Clarín
PoliticsOct 6Separatists win provincial elections in Québec in test for Canada PMThe Parti Québecois, having emerged victorious at the polls, warned that a vote on the province's future would not be held before the end of Donald Trump's term, deeming that the current context did not offer a calm climate.Le Monde [en]
PoliticsOct 6'France's student protests are, above all, a collective expression of how difficult schoolwork has become'The current protest movement largely reflects the worsening of learning conditions, according to a group of sociologists from the University of Tours who have conducted field research among high school students.Le Monde [en]
PoliticsOct 6The PSOE faces the elections between illusion and relief: "We are going to vindicate ourselves with pride"Los socialistas aprobarán las listas el 17 de octubre en el comité federal tras una decisión compartida ampliamente: “Pedro ha escuchado al partido”El País
PoliticsOct 6Feijóo does not fear another comeback by Sánchez and denies the parallel with the 2023 electionsAyuso arranca la precampaña marcando el paso a Génova con el fantasma del pucherazoEl País
PoliticsOct 6This is how Sánchez orchestrated the early election: "This Congress is not good enough for us, we have to go to elections, we can win"El presidente y su núcleo duro ya hablaban de elecciones el jueves por la tarde, cuando empezaron a conocer que Junts iba al ‘no’. Las dudas eran por cómo está la izquierda, pero nunca se vio otra opción más que convocar yaEl País
PoliticsOct 6All projects that fall with the new elections after a legislature with 22 laws and 43 decreesEl Gobierno intentará aprobar en la diputación permanente dos decretos de vivienda, otro de la dana y el de las medidas por la guerra de IránEl País
PoliticsOct 6The left faces the challenge of rousing an electorate, more demobilized than that of PP and Vox, in 54 daysLos indicadores de desapego son superiores entre quienes votaron al PSOE y Sumar. Sánchez apela al combate contra las “élites”, la “ola ultraderechista” y los “especuladores”. La falta de candidato lastra el arranque del Frente AmplioEl País
PoliticsOct 6What will the electoral polls say in a few days?El adelanto de los comicios al 29 de noviembre puede acercar a los bloques de derecha e izquierda en función de cómo se comporten los indecisos, los jóvenes y los que han cambiado de bandoEl País
PoliticsOct 6Jeanne, the granddaughter who became naturalized "for the memory" of her exiled grandfather and who does not know if she will be able to vote on November 29La joven, que tiene su derecho al sufragio suspendido, recorrió archivos en España y Francia para investigar la historia de José, que huyó de Málaga en tren en 1937El País
PoliticsOct 6The AfD's first show of power in MagdeburgIn Magdeburg konstituiert sich der Landtag von Sachsen-Anhalt unter historischen Vorzeichen: Die AfD beansprucht als stärkste Kraft das Amt des Landtagspräsidenten. Mit dem Kandidaten Tobias Rausch und den entscheidenden Stimmen des BSW könnte dieser Plan aufgehen. POLITICO-Expertin Pauline von Pezold analysiert, warum diese Wahl die CDU zu Zuschauern degradiert. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview erklärt BSW-Vizechef Christian Leye, […]Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 6Secessionist party wins Quebec election in CanadaParti Quebecois returns to power, promising a third referendum on Quebec's independence from Canada.Al Jazeera [en]