‘Historic’: how Mexico’s welfare policies helped 13.4 million people out of povertyWhen Amlo took office in 2018, there were nearly 52 million people living below the poverty line: by the time he left office six years later, that number had dropped by 13.4 million, a decrease of almost 26%. Extreme poverty also dropped from nearly 9 million people to just 7 million. In a country that has long suffered from deep inequality and struggled with economic precarity, the steep drop in the number of people living in poverty is a remarkable achievement and suggests Amlo’s policies had a measurable impact on the lives of millions of everyday Mexicans.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/mexico-welfare-policies-amloColombian court frees former president Uribe from house arrest until it rules on bribery caseOn Tuesday the Superior Tribunal said it approved an injunction filed by Uribe’s defense team seeking his release from house arrest. Uribe’s lawyers argued the former president’s right to due process was violated by the arrest order against him, as well as his right to a presumption of innocence.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-uribe-court-ruling-house-arrest-release-be4a27e0605299f605930ef897b794f3Colombia’s left urges Senator Ivan Cepeda enter the presidential raceCepeda is the son of former Senator Manuel Cepeda, who was assassinated in 1994 during the political genocide of the left-wing party Union Patriotica. The senator started his political career documenting testimonies of victims of paramilitary and state violence in the early 2000s. He later co-founded the Movement for Victims of State Violence (MOVICE). In 2010, Cepeda was elected to Congress, where he became one of Uribe’s most powerful adversaries.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-left-urges-senator-ivan-cepeda-enter-the-presidential-race/Air Canada workers denounce government strikebreaking from the picket line: “There is no right to strike in Canada”Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants courageously defied a federal Liberal government back-to-work order to continue their strike against intolerable working conditions and real wage cuts. After three days on the picket line beginning Saturday, the strikers saw their struggle sabotaged and sold out early Tuesday by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which concluded a rotten agreement with management and a government-appointed mediator with a notorious record of imposing deep concessions on workers.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/08/20/sleo-a20.htmlPalestinian woman declared dead found alive in Israeli detention months laterBisan Fadl Muhammad Fayyad was first believed to have died while in detention after her family received a body said to be hers from Israeli authorities, alongside her clothes and official ID. Months after her burial, on 21 March 2025, her family received a call announcing that she was alive in Israeli custody, the Palestinian Center for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared (PCMFD) reported on Monday. Her family has since attempted to find out more about her detention condition.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestinian-woman-declared-dead-found-alive-israeli-detention-months-laterJordan reinstates mandatory military service in wake of 'Greater Israel' threatsCompulsory military service is being reintroduced in Jordan, over three decades after conscription was ended in the country in 1991, a move observers are attributing to increasing regional instability, in particular around mounting statements by Israeli officials alluding to Israel’s expansionist ambitions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jordan-reinstates-conscription-after-greater-israel-threatsPowerful Libyan official in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from GazaSpeaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, Libyan, Arab and European officials told MEE that National Security Adviser Ibrahim Dbeibah, a relative of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, was spearheading the talks despite Palestinians in Gaza flatly rejecting US President Donald Trump's postwar plan for the enclave. One Libyan source said that "practical talks" had already taken place but the specifics were vague.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-senior-official-secret-talks-israel-resettle-palestinians-gazaBurkina Faso junta declares UN coordinator persona non grata over child rights reportThe report, published in April, accused both jihadist groups and government forces of abuses against children, including their recruitment as soldiers, sexual abuses and attacks on hospitals and schools. Covering the period between July 2022 and June 2024, it claims 2,483 grave violations against 2,255 children had been verified, including some children who were victims of multiple violations.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/burkina-faso-leaders-declare-un-coordinator-persona-non-grataThailand turning to Sri Lankan workers to cope with Cambodian exodus, official says More than 30,000 workers from Sri Lanka have already registered and 10,000 will be sent to Thailand in the first stage, Labour Minister Pongkawin Jungrungruangkit told reporters, adding that it would also allow workers from Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines to apply.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-turning-sri-lankan-workers-cope-with-cambodian-exodus-official-says-2025-08-19/Far Right Watch Wales reveals neonazis are helping to promote Reform UK“Phillips was at one time an organiser for the fascist BNP in Wales while Marsh — who has convictions for extreme violence — is Wales’ organiser of the neonazi, holocaust-denying group Patriotic Alternative and was also the leading figure in the ‘Welsh division’ of Tommy Robinson’s English Defence League.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/far-right-watch-wales-reveals-neonazis-are-helping-promote-reform-uk