Asia’s temper on Monday is guarded and defensive, as China opens a party-discipline plenum while markets from Tokyo to Seoul retreat on technology and energy worries. The region is not panicking, but ...

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South Africa votes on 4 November: 136,790 candidates, 10,526 council seats, 257 municipalities and what two or three ballot papers mean.

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Who runs the Tanzania economy in 2026: gold at US$5.63 billion, state firms, big banks and the ports, power and rail that move money.

Namibia politics in October 2026 is built around President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the first woman to lead the country, and ...

Who holds sway over Puerto Rico in 2026? A guide to grid operators, drugmakers, bondholders, FEMA's US$35.6 billion and the ...

Botswana economy guide: who holds the levers in 2026, from Debswana and the De Beers sale to state firms and a US$75 billion, mostly foreign, stock market.

Costa Rica foreign investors put US$5.12 billion into the economy in 2025. See who invests, lends and trades, and what each wants in return.

Keznamdi's Grammy, Marlon James on the Booker shortlist, Bolt and Seville, and festivals after Hurricane Melissa.

Paraguay culture runs from the guarania to Berlin film prizes. See the 2026 key figures, from UNESCO heritage to a Cervantes ...