Abelardo de la Espriella, a lawyer known for defending controversial figures and using pejorative language, has been elected president of Colombia. His victory signals a sharp swing to the right and has raised concerns among activists about the future of democracy and human rights in the country.
Real Madrid presidential candidates Florentino Pérez and Enrique Riquelme clash over the ownership status of club members. Pérez proposes a corporate transformation to grant economic and legal ownership, while Riquelme fears this could lead to privatization and loss of member control.
Gabriel Attal, leader of the Renaissance party, launched his presidential campaign in Paris, promising reform and a shift from the Macron era, focusing on future investments, education, purchasing power, border control, and AI development.
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro shares a photo meeting US President Donald Trump at the White House, seeking to bolster his presidential campaign amid a funding scandal in Brazil.
Florentino Pérez has launched his Real Madrid presidential campaign with a large banner near the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, echoing Joan Laporta's past campaign tactics. The banner highlights Pérez's legacy and the club's Champions League victories under his leadership.
National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet will not attend presidential campaign launch meetings for Gabriel Attal or Édouard Philippe, citing concerns about "personal adventures" and a lack of diversity in political leadership. She criticized the current political landscape as a "club of machos."
Two campaign staffers for right-wing presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella were killed in Colombia's Meta department. The killings, attributed to gunmen on motorbikes, raise concerns about the upcoming May 31 election.
Polls suggest Édouard Philippe is the best-placed candidate to beat favorites Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen.
Trump fired Comey in May 2017 amid an FBI investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign.
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable. Environmentalists are now being seen for the pragmatists that they areDonald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies bankrolled his presidential campaign to stop the transition in its tracks. But when you back a volatile narcissist, unable to concentrate for more than a few minutes at a time, you shouldn’t expect to control the outcome.It’s not that the fossils are suffering yet. As prices have soared since Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran, oil executives have been selling shares at gobsmacking prices: the CEO of Chevron, for example, has cashed $104m so far this year. Vladimir Putin has also received a massive boost to his Ukraine invasion budget. As promised, Trump has gutted clean energy rules and programmes, green alternatives and environmental science. A fortnight ago, he stated, with the usual quantum of evidence (zero): “The environmentalists, I mean, they are terrorists … I call them environmental terrorists.”George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
