Adrian Blomfield
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Senior Foreign Correspondent at the Telegraph. Formerly based in Moscow, Jerusalem and Nairobi. Now UK-based. Anglo-Kenyan.
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The Bolsonaro comeback that has stunned Brazil
The House of Bolsonaro, counted out by the pollsters and even many on the Brazilian right, appears poised to sweep back to power in South America's biggest country. On an evening that confounded the pundits and even many on their own side, the populist right edged out the populist left to move to within a whisker of seizing back the presidency it lost four years ago.
The sex, money and evangelism scandal tainting Brazil’s political elite
The man tearing Brazil's establishment apart came dressed as Dracula. He was ostensibly a devout man. Before becoming the country's notorious banker he had presented a gospel music show on an evangelical television station. His family had even helped fund, build and lead a 2,000-seat mega church. But it was at Madame Satã's nightclub, with its crystal chandeliers and velvet chaises longues, that Daniel Vorcaro was alleged to have been in his element. The guest list had been carefully selected.
Trump odwraca się od sojuszników. Pekin właśnie zbiera owoce tej polityki. "Wszyscy żyjemy w świecie Xi Jinpinga" [ANALIZA]
Nic dziwnego, że Xi Jinping wyglądał na nieco chwiejnego, gdy w zeszłym tygodniu wchodził po schodkach do swojego samolotu. W ciągu poprzednich dwóch tygodni przywódca Chin uczestniczył w szczycie Szanghajskiej Organizacji Współpracy (SzOW) w Kirgistanie, spotkaniu państw BRICS w Indiach oraz odbył wizytę państwową w Egipcie.
Trump turned his back on his allies. Xi is reaping the rewards Original
No wonder Xi Jinping looked a little wobbly as he climbed the steps of his plane last week. Over the preceding fortnight the Chinese president had attended a Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, a Brics meeting in India and a state visit to Egypt. He held individual meetings with six world leaders, interacted with nearly two dozen more, delivered half a dozen speeches and inspected two guards of honour – a programme that would tire out any world leader.
Trump turned his back on his allies. Xi is reaping the rewards
There will have been four meetings between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping by the year’s end No wonder Xi Jinping looked a little wobbly as he climbed the steps of his plane last week. Over the preceding fortnight the Chinese president had attended a Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) summit in Kyrgyzstan, a Brics meeting in India and a state visit to Egypt.
Donald Trump zignorował raporty wywiadu. Liczył na krótką "wyprawę" i wpadł w pułapkę
Gdy Donald Trump ogłosił wojnę z Iranem ostatniego dnia lutego, miał wszelkie powody sądzić, że los mu sprzyja. Reżim islamski był najsłabszy od dekad. Jego gospodarka, zrujnowana sankcjami, leżała w gruzach. Kolejne izraelskie operacje zdziesiątkowały siatkę wspieranych przez Iran bojówek oraz arsenał rakiet balistycznych. Duża część programu nuklearnego została zniszczona podczas nalotów USA rok wcześniej.
Putin will win Russia’s sham election. Europe is terrified of what comes next
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Wyborcza farsa w Rosji. "Kandydaci konkurują o to, jak bardzo kochają Putina"
Wybory w Rosji to dość osobliwa sprawa. Co kilka lat obywatele tego kraju są zapraszani do wykazania swojej lojalności wobec Władimira Putina. Większość z nich sumiennie wypełnia ten obowiązek, po czym wraca do domu, by dowiedzieć się, w jaki sposób ich głosy zostały "skorygowane", aby zapewnić pożądany wynik. Czytaj nas częściej w Google Rosjanie będą mieli okazję powtórzyć to doświadczenie podczas trzydniowych wyborów parlamentarnych, które rozpoczną się w piątek.
Putin will win sham election. What happens next terrifies Europe Original
Every few years, its people are invited to demonstrate their loyalty to Vladimir Putin. Most duly oblige, before returning home to learn how their votes have been adjusted to secure the desired result. Russians will get the opportunity to repeat the experience over a three-day parliamentary election beginning on Friday. Yet the significance of the vote is less its predictable outcome than what comes after.
Putin will win Russia’s sham election. Europe is terrified of what comes next
A woman in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, which is currently occupied by Russia, casting her ballot on Friday morning - Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters Every few years, its people are invited to demonstrate their loyalty to Vladimir Putin. Most duly oblige, before returning home to learn how their votes have been adjusted to secure the desired result. Russians will get the opportunity to repeat the experience over a three-day parliamentary election beginning on Friday.
Nowy ból głowy dla Trumpa na Bliskim Wschodzie. W Rijadzie już widać oznaki paniki [ANALIZA]
Może rozszerzyć niepopularną wojnę, wciągając swoje nadwyrężone siły jeszcze głębiej w wir chaosu na Bliskim Wschodzie. Albo może wstrzymać się z reakcją, ryzykując gwałtowny wzrost światowych cen ropy, negatywną reakcję amerykańskich wyborców oraz pogłębienie wrażenia słabości twardej siły USA. Trump miał nadzieję spędzić weekend, oglądając golfa na swoim 400-akrowym polu w hrabstwie Clare [w irlandzkiej prowincji Munster], nie przejmując się wydarzeniami na Bliskim Wschodzie.
Houthis give Trump yet another Middle East headache
The Iran war is metastasising. With fighting flaring on two additional fronts over the past week, Donald Trump faces an acute dilemma. He can widen an unpopular war, sucking his overstrained forces deeper into the vortex of Middle East chaos Or he can hold his fire, risking a surge in global oil prices, a backlash among American voters and an accentuated perception of the frailty of US hard power.
Houthis give Trump yet another Middle East headache
Yemenis in a convoy carrying freed Houthi prisoners after the takeover of Mokha, a port on the Red Sea - AP The Iran war is metastasising. With fighting flaring on two additional fronts over the past week, Donald Trump faces an acute dilemma. He can widen an unpopular war, sucking his overstrained forces deeper into the vortex of Middle East chaos.
Houthis give Trump yet another Middle East headache Original
The Iran war is metastasising. With fighting flaring on two additional fronts over the past week, Donald Trump faces an acute dilemma. He can widen an unpopular war, sucking his overstrained forces deeper into the vortex of Middle East chaos. Or he can hold his fire, risking a surge in global oil prices, a backlash among American voters and an accentuated perception of the frailty of US hard power.
In the world’s southernmost city, Milei eyes a far greater prize than Falklands
Javier Milei scowled from behind an ormolu-mounted desk in the Casa Rosada, Argentina's presidential palace in Buenos Aires. His cabinet flanked him on either side in a solemn display of solidarity to show how serious it all was. An ardent admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Mr Milei had been the Casa Rosada's most Anglophile occupant for nearly a century, but no longer. The "winds of change" that once blew through Africa were now howling across the South Atlantic, courtesy of Donald Trump, he declared.
In the world’s southernmost city, Milei eyes a far greater prize than Falklands
Javier Milei scowled from behind an ormolu-mounted desk in the Casa Rosada, Argentina's presidential palace in Buenos Aires. His cabinet flanked him on either side in a solemn display of solidarity to show how serious it all was. An ardent admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Mr Milei had been the Casa Rosada's most Anglophile occupant for nearly a century, but no longer. The "winds of change" that once blew through Africa were now howling across the South Atlantic, courtesy of Donald Trump, he declared.
September 5, 2026 - Air Mail
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The Fall of China’s Most Hated Billionaire
Hui Ka Yan built a $45 billion fortune through Evergrande’s property empire. Its collapse ruined millions—and pushed China to flood the world with goods The figure in the dock, his jet-black hair turned white since his last appearance three years ago, will almost certainly never be seen in public again. And a good thing too, many in China will tell you.
The Fall of China's Most Hated Billionaire
Singapore News 1 hour ago Singaporean couple lose over $500,000 in alleged stock investment scam straitstimes.com - Dilenjit Singh • 1h SINGAPORE – A Singaporean couple are holding on to over $500,000 in losses on paper after they said they were led into pumping $650,000 into buying … Finance 1 hour ago How some grey-market crypto ATMs in Hong Kong can turn users into fraud victims South China Morning Post - Eric Jiang • 1h Inside a tiny self-service laundromat in Quarry Bay in the east of...
How Trump’s sprint for victory in Iran turned into a slog
When Donald Trump declared war on Iran on the last day of February, he had every reason to believe the hand of destiny rested on his shoulder. The Islamic regime was weaker than it had been in decades. Its sanctions-afflicted economy was in tatters. Successive Israeli operations had scythed through its proxy network and ballistic missile arsenal. Much of its nuclear programme lay under the rubble of US bombing raids the previous year.
Carney squares up to Trump in escalating tariff war
To widespread delight in Canada, the worm has turned. After months of trying to appease Donald Trump, Mark Carney has instead opted to defy the US president, walking away from trade talks at the last minute and daring the US to do its worst. The Canadian prime minister is taking a considerable gamble. He may have just invited an all-out trade war with the world's biggest economy.
The Chinese rags-to-riches saga at the root of Europe's industrial crisis
The figure in the dock, his jet-black hair turned white since his last appearance three years ago, will almost certainly never be seen in public again. And a good thing too, many in China will tell you. Hui Ka Yan was once Asia's richest man, yet for many of his countrymen, he was little more than a caricature of extravagance, with his gold-buckled Hermès belt, 200ft mega-yacht and ludicrously expensive London house.
The Chinese rags-to-riches saga at the root of Europe’s industrial crisis
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The rise and fall of China’s richest man
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The Chinese rags-to-riches saga at the root of Europe’s industrial crisis
The figure in the dock, his jet-black hair turned white since his last appearance three years ago, will almost certainly never be seen in public again. And a good thing too, many in China will tell you. Hui Ka Yan was once Asia's richest man, yet for many of his countrymen, he was little more than a caricature of extravagance, with his gold-buckled Hermès belt, 200ft mega-yacht and ludicrously expensive London house.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Zelensky has handed Putin a powerful weapon
Volodymyr Zelensky is unquestionably an inspirational wartime leader. However, there have been moments when his political judgment has been called into question. Many doubted the wisdom of his decision last month to sack Mykhailo Fedorov, his popular defence minister – a move that prompted public discontent just as Ukraine seemed to be regaining the initiative on the battlefield.
Trump's scolding of South Korea may be what Seoul secretly wanted
Donald Trump relishes sticking it to South Korea. The United States president has a track record of berating Washington's traditional allies and exalting its foes, but criticism of Seoul has been not just a defining foreign-policy feature of both his presidential terms but of much of his adult life. As far back as 1990, in an interview with Playboy, he accused South Korea of taking financial advantage of US military protection.
Trump’s scolding of South Korea may be what Seoul secretly wanted
Donald Trump boasted of his 'very good relationship' with Kim Jong-un on social media at the weekend Donald Trump relishes sticking it to South Korea. The United States president has a track record of berating Washington's traditional allies and exalting its foes, but criticism of Seoul has been not just a defining foreign-policy feature of both his presidential terms but of much of his adult life.
Putin otworzył dawne rany. Sprowokowane mocarstwo wściekłe na Moskwę. "Absolutnie niedopuszczalne"
Władimir Putin zawsze przywiązywał dużą wagę do aspektu psychologicznego w wojnie hybrydowej, którą toczy przeciwko Zachodowi. W czwartek zaostrzył swoją kampanię, dokonując prowokacyjnej wizyty na spornym archipelagu na Pacyfiku, do którego od dawna roszczenia zgłasza Japonia. Pierwsza wizyta Putina na Wyspach Kurylskich, administrowanych przez Moskwę od czasu ich zajęcia przez wojska radzieckie w roku 1945, stanowi złamanie jednego z jego własnych tabu.
Putin flexes Moscow's muscles in the Far East
Vladimir Putin has always prized the psychological front in his hybrid war against the world's democracies. On Thursday, he escalated his mind games campaign with a provocative visit to a disputed Pacific island chain, which has long been claimed by Japan Putin's first visit to the Kuril Islands, administered by Moscow since Soviet troops seized them in 1945, represents a rupture of one of his own taboos.
Putin flexes Moscow’s muscles in the Far East Original
Vladimir Putin has always prized the psychological front in his hybrid war against the world's democracies. On Thursday, he escalated his mind games campaign with a provocative visit to a disputed Pacific island chain, which has long been claimed by Japan. Putin's first visit to the Kuril Islands, administered by Moscow since Soviet troops seized them in 1945, represents a rupture of one of his own taboos.
Burnham’s chance to lead a new world order
It is – or should be – a golden opportunity for Britain to reshape the world. Decades after losing its empire, the UK could finally find the role that has long eluded it, and assert itself as the guiding force behind a middle-power alliance seeking to restore an international order that the US fashioned, but no longer seems to believe.
Trump is quietly propping up Taiwan, ambassador reveals
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Trump talks softly on China but carries a big stick for Taiwan Original
When Pete Hegseth strode to the podium at Asia's foremost defence forum last year, ministers and military chiefs assumed he would be laying out the Trump administration's long-term strategy for the region. Instead, the US defence secretary delivered a blistering denunciation of Beijing. "Communist China", he declared, was "a malign influence". It bullied its neighbours, used its military to harass Taiwan and was preparing for war. Conflict, he warned, could be imminent.
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