Divided and election-weary, Spain heads to the polls
A bitterly divided Spain goes to the polls on Sunday for its second parliamentary election in just over six months, likely to deliver an even more fragmented parliament with no clear winner and a sizeable showing by the far-right.
UK Conservatives extend lead over Labour: Sunday Times poll
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party slightly extended its lead over the opposition Labour Party over the past week, an opinion poll for the Sunday Times newspaper showed.
UK Conservatives keep lead over Labour: Mail on Sunday poll
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has maintained a 12 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party during the past week, an opinion poll for the Mail on Sunday newspaper showed.
UK to quadruple quota for migrant farm workers: Sunday Telegraph
Britain’s government will quadruple the annual immigration quota for seasonal farm workers to 10,000 from next year to tackle labor shortages in the sector after Brexit, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.
Bolivian military says won’t ‘confront’ the people as pressure on Morales builds
Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced the actions of “violent groups” early on Saturday, hours after police forces were seen joining scattered protests, but the military weighed in later saying it would not “confront the people” in a standoff over a…
In Brazil, newly freed Lula sets up clash with Bolsonaro’s right-wing
Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday attacked right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for impoverishing working Brazilians and vowed to unite the left to win the 2022 elections in a speech one day after being freed from jail.
Salvadoran massacre victims still hunting ‘truth and justice’ 38 years later
Fidel Perez has abandoned his farm for the day to look on as investigators work in a remote cemetery in this Central American country, seeking answers to one of many tragedies in the Salvadoran civil war – and the remains of his mother and sister.
‘No need to panic’: Lebanon banking body tells depositors as protests continue
Lebanese bank deposits are safe and there is no need to panic, the head of the banking association said on Saturday, seeking to calm nerves about restrictions on some withdrawals imposed after nationwide protests.
UK’s Labour gains versus Conservatives: poll
Britain’s opposition Labour Party narrowed the margin by which it trails Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party by 4 percentage points, according to a poll conducted by Opinium for the Observer newspaper.
‘Freedom for political prisoners,’ Catalan separatists chant on election eve
Waving separatist flags and chanting “freedom for political prisoners” thousands of supporters of Catalan independence gathered in Barcelona for concerts and rallies on Saturday, while some protesters faced off with police, a day before Spain heads to …
