‘We are one’: AOC campaign video swirls 2028 presidential rumors

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has crisscrossed the United States with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, and Americans are speculating about whether the New York Democrat is launching a shadow campaign for president.  Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign account posted a video on X this week that invigorated those rumors as the four-term Democrat from … Read more

Stunned resignation and foreboding: a week in Trump’s shadow at IMF

Few policymakers mention US president by name, but his tariffs dominate IMF-World Bank meeting Business live – latest updates Kristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Hanks’s cold war romp Bridge of Spies. In one of the stranger digressions … Read more

Pope Francis held line on gender ideology, had welcoming posture to LGBT community

The late Pope Francis sought to make the Catholic Church more welcoming to transgender and LGBTQ people, often causing stir among traditional conservative Catholics, even as he remained a staunch critic of what he called “dangerous” gender ideology. While he maintained traditional Catholic teachings on gender and sexuality in official documents, the pontiff’s actions often … Read more