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President Abelardo de la Espriella says PepsiCo will invest US$1 billion in Colombia over five years to expand production and distribution. The company has not yet issued its own statement. The post Colombia’s President Says PepsiCo Will Invest US$1 Billion Over Five Years appeared first on The Rio Times.
Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic resigned Sunday to pursue a bid to become prime minister in an upcoming early parliamentary election that will test his firm rule in the Balkan country, which was rattled by nearly two years of protests.
Embattled Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned on Sunday in a well-telegraphed move as he seeks to transition to the role of prime minister as a way of staying close to power in the Balkan nation. Parliamentary Speaker Ana Brnabic, his ally, will take over the presidential role for an interim period. Serbia will hold presidential elections by the end of the year, Vucic said on public television. Meanwhile, Serbs head to a snap election on October 25 that seeks to resolve almost two years...
For all the solemnity of the B-2 flyover with four F‑22 Raptors and a silent South Lawn drill, the real business of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was narrower than the choreography. The Chinese readout reiterated the concept that should frame the relationship’s next phase: constructive strategic stability – cooperation as the primary track, competition kept within bounds, differences managed, conflict avoided. Stripped of banquet rhetoric, the...
Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, 26 September 2026 Dusk in Senegal. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye used an interview in New York to explain why he replaced the prime minister who brought him to power, and would… The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Saturday, September 26, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
President Javier Milei downplayed concerns about Argentina’s stalling economy, touting consistent annual growth that’s left him “very calm” about his chances to win another term next year.
Oil gained on renewed tensions between the US and Iran, with a defiant message from President Masoud Pezeshkian highlighting the still-wide gap between the two sides after months of war.
The President, said popular artists, particularly those who influence children and young people, should promote disciplined lifestyles and refrain from endorsing substances harmful to health
Heavy security was deployed in South Sudan on Tuesday as the president prepared to dissolve the government for the first-ever election, with analysts warning that last-minute legal changes give him total control over the transition
Elor Azaria had shot a Palestinian who had already been incapacitated by Israeli troops, in controversial case.
Colombia's runner-up Ivan Cepeda backs marches against President De la Espriella. Unions plan an October march and a November national strike. The post Colombia’s Election Runner-Up Backs Union Protests Against New President appeared first on The Rio Times.
Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the territory’s violent break from Serbia in the 1990s. The tribunal said he was guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents and perceived collaborators with Serbian security forces by...
Chile's president blamed the fuel shock and unemployment. The poll has no margin of error, no previous grade, and one rival pollster moved the other way. The post The Kast Cadem Grade of 3.4 Is Not a Fall. It Is the First Time the Question Was Asked. appeared first on The Rio Times.
Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha is on a leave of absence
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Michelle Swers, Professor of Government at Georgetown University. She frames the New Hampshire primary as both a major Senate contest and an unusually strong indication of the national political climate ahead of November. While Democrats face a difficult Senate map and cannot afford to surrender an open seat they already hold, the broader midterm political environment might become a referendum on President Donald Trump’s performance. New Hampshire is particularly instructive because its closely divided electorate makes national political currents more visible. Swers argues that Trump’s low approval and the local economic consequences of tariffs on Canada create significant headwinds for Republicans, especially in a state whose political identity is strongly associated with resistance to taxation.
MP Mallu Ravi said 32 MPs decided in a meeting to finalise a memorandum seeking the President’s intervention; they also decided to constitute a parliamentary forum to take up issues concerning SC and ST communities
In the article titled 'Shaping Minds; Building the Future', she said parents and guardians repose the highest trust in teachers when they send their children to study
He breathed his last at Jayadeva Hospital in Mysuru