International news, comment & other words

Growing tension in Asia casts fresh shadows over Japan-China sovereignty dispute

Outstanding territorial claims remain a priority for Tokyo

Japanese government, business community give strong backing to Macri administration

English-language learnings: lessons for expat newspapers

Bowie: the man who changed the world

Venezuela’s opposition eyes recall referendum to remove Maduro

Venezuelan opposition unity in doubt as 2016 draws closer

Black Monday, Black Tuesday… Black Everyday

In Venezuela, truth is the first casualty

Maduro escalates rhetoric as pressure grows

British peers rebel over Tory tax credit cuts

The poverty of unkept promises

Argentina’s insatiable thirst for gaseosas

Mixed signals from Pope Francis

Venezuela snaps back at critics of López ruling

Rendering old Labour new

Lone voice: Clinton calls for gun control in wake of on-air shooting

Cunha charges leave Dilma bracing for revenge

Scandal creeps one step closer to PT presidents

From out of nowhere

Guantánamo: Obama’s unfulfilled promise

Spain scrambles in shadow of Greek contagion

PM Tsipras the true victor after ‘Greferendum’

Looking on with envy?

Confederate flag of hate still flies

Turkey: Argentina’s Armenian stance is hurting bilateral trade

Turkey: Straddling the ages — a travel special

Erdogan makes bid to amend Turkish Constitution

FIFA’s desperate need for a changing of the guard

Struggling to cope with the fallout

A win that even the Tories didn’t dare dream

Mauricio Rabuffetti: ‘Mujica’s biggest failure? Education’

Man the lifeboats

Arab bloc soars to third in Israeli election

A crucial election in Israel

Venezuela and the United States: Oil is thicker than sanctions

Impeachment rumblings against Dilma Rousseff grow louder

Latin America and symbolism in death

Telegraphing commercial pressures

Under the influence

Dilma’s week to forget

Over and over and over again

The times they are a-changin’

Venezuela goes in circles

Charlie Hebdo: Massacre opportunism

As scandals pile up, Mexico’s Peña Nieto ups advertising spend to US$400,000 a day

Israel’s Netanyahu calls early elections, with next government likely to tack to the right

Uruguay’s Mujica vows not to interfere as Vázquez basks in victory glow

‘Red warning lights’ flash for global economy

Scottish independence: Whatever the result, Cameron and co loses