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President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy ​said on Wednesday ​that Ukraine supported a US proposal for ​three-way talks ‌with Russia ⁠and the United ‌States at the level ⁠of negotiators to be held as soon ​as possible, preferably ‌no later than early November. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, says that "it's not clear whether Putin would meet Trump and Zelensky", adding that "meeting Zelensky is the last thing that Putin would be prepared to do".

Ukraine says speed limits on Starlink are still hampering military efforts to fight off Russian drones, days after a surprise network slowdown that Kyiv called deliberate and Washington denied ordering.

Which powers press, feed or court Havana? A dated guide to Cuba geopolitics: Washington, Moscow, Beijing, Brussels, the Gulf, India and BRICS in October 2026. The post Cuba Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Panama in the Americas as of October 2026: its weight and income, the Canal, seats at the OAS and UN, Mercosur status and ties with Washington and Beijing. The post Panama in Latin America, Its Role, Weight and Alliances appeared first on The Rio Times.

How Ecuador balances Washington and Beijing in 2026: the US trade deal, security ties, Chinese mining and shrimp, the Colombia tariff war and smaller powers. The post Ecuador Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Mexican airlines can expand service to US cities after Washington lifted restrictions that blocked new routes from Mexico City’s two biggest airports.

Venezuela exports fertilizer to the US: Pequiven, the state petrochemical company, shipped 30,000 metric tons through a US trader, Washington said. The post Venezuela Exports Fertilizer to the US appeared first on The Rio Times.

Somaliland has governed itself since 1991, and Israel recognised it in 2025. Here is why it wants wider recognition and why Washington is watching. The post Somaliland Explained 2026: Why It Wants Recognition appeared first on The Rio Times.

Javier Milei began his fifth US trip of 2026 on Wednesday, meeting oilman Harold Hamm before a Hispanic gala and a Thursday speech to US business leaders. The post Milei Lands in Washington for 36-Hour Visit appeared first on The Rio Times.

The US lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s top lawmaker in another sign of warming relations between Washington and Caracas following the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.

President Donald Trump's envoys told ​Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations after the failure of previous efforts to launch sustained talks to end the war, three people familiar with the meeting told Reuters. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House. He says that "it's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington because Vladimir Putin knows that Donald Trump lives on borrowed time".

President Donald Trump's envoys told ​Ukrainian officials on Friday that a deal to allow Russian diesel exports is part of a bid to draw Russia back to negotiations after the failure of previous efforts to launch sustained talks to end the war, three people familiar with the meeting told Reuters. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Grégoire Roos, director of the Europe and Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House. He says that "it's clear that Moscow is just playing with Washington because Vladimir Putin knows that Donald Trump lives on borrowed time".

Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has welcomed talks between Washington and Beijing aimed at reducing the risk of conflict. Lai’s annual Double Tenth address, marking the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s official name, also called for democracies to work together to safeguard regional peace and for the Taiwanese people’s right to exist to be respected. But Beijing said he had shown his true colours and accused him of “stirring up confrontation across the...

Washington is sending up to US$55 million in drought aid to El Salvador, two days after lawmakers declared a six-month national emergency over El Niño. The post El Salvador Gets Up to US$55 Million in US Drought Aid appeared first on The Rio Times.

Did Chinese AI companies secretly tap US models to close the technology gap? That is the central question hanging over China’s tech sector following a wave of allegations from Washington and American AI lab Anthropic. According to a joint advisory by the National Security Agency, FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last month, Chinese AI developers have been systematically extracting capabilities from US frontier models to reduce their own computing, electricity and...

China’s cooperation with the Pacific islands is not part of a geopolitical competition, top diplomat Wang Yi told a delegation of politicians from the region on Friday. The comments come as Beijing and Washington vie for influence in the South Pacific. “China’s engagement with Pacific island countries is a form of South-South cooperation based on mutual assistance and support,” Wang said, according to a statement from the Communist Party’s International Department. “This cooperation does not...

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington pressured Moscow for transparency. Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on Russia...

A surprising first round in Brazil’s presidential election is raising the prospect of a recalibration in trade policy, with a possible Flávio Bolsonaro government likely to deepen ties with Washington while preserving much of the country’s push to diversify markets.

Brazil geopolitics explained: how Brasília balances Washington's 25% tariff, China's US$100 billion of purchases, Europe, Russia and BRICS. The post Brazil Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington in September was steeped in pageantry. The Chinese president received two 21-gun salutes in three days, watched a flyover by the powerful B-2 stealth bomber, and viewed the founding documents of American democracy at the National Archives. US President Donald Trump called his summit with Xi a “great meeting” and rated it a “12 out of 10”. Xi was also positive, saying “everything is done to the highest order of perfection, and there is thought in every...

How Morocco balances Washington, Europe, the Gulf, China and Russia, and why it judges every partnership by one issue: Western Sahara. The post Morocco Geopolitics Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

A eleição no Brasil deste domingo (4) foi destaque em alguns dos principais jornais do mundo que apontaram a importância do pleito para a geopolítica na América Latina. O jornal New York Times (NYT) dos Estados Unidos (EUA) afirmou que a votação pode definir o futuro da região e que a disputa opõe o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ao senador Flávio Bolsonaro. Notícias relacionadas:PF diz que não há risco ou indício de planos de ataque a embaixadas.Eleitores têm até as 17h para votar neste domingo .Candidato vence no 1º turno se ganhar mais de 50% dos votos válidos.“A disputa também traz consequências abrangentes para os planos de Washington para o domínio na região, colocando um titular de esquerda que desafiou repetidamente o presidente Trump contra um aliado de direita alinhado com o líder americano”, diz o jornal nova-iorquino. A imprensa Argentina tem feito uma cobertura “minuto a minuto” da eleição brasileira, com atualizações sobre a votação dos principais candidatos e números divulgados pela Justiça Eleitoral do Brasil. O jornal Clarín aponta que o resultado é “imprevisível” e que essas eleições teriam sido marcadas por uma “menor mobilização” desde a redemocratização do Brasil, em 1988. “Em nível geopolítico, os Estados Unidos apostaram tudo na vitória do senador Bolsonaro, um líder que recebe os votos de seu pai, Jair Bolsonaro, e mantém um vínculo direto com a chancelaria norte-americana”, destacou o jornal argentino. No México, o jornal El Universal destacou que a eleição deste domingo no Brasil é entre dois modelos, um de “esquerda” e outro de “ultradireita”, “cada vez mais irreconciliáveis”. “[A eleição] pode consolidar o progressismo representado por Lula da Silva, que almeja seu quarto mandato, ou consolidar o bolsonarismo na figura de Flávio Bolsonaro, filho do ex-presidente Jair — este último preso por promover, em 2023, um golpe contra os três poderes. A vitória de qualquer um deles trará reacomodações na geopolítica”, diz o jornal mexicano. Europa Na Espanha, o jornal El País traz diversas matérias sobre a eleição brasileira, apresentando a disputa como um “terceiro duelo” entre a “esquerda democrática” e a “extrema-direita dos Bolsonaro”. O texto jornalístico lembra que a América Latina tem “abraçado” as teses de Donald Trump nas últimas sete eleições da região depois que o republicano voltou à Casa Branca. "Os brasileiros têm em suas mãos a chance de quebrar essa sequência. Ou não. E podem decidir isso agora ou daqui a três semanas”, escreveu o El País. Na Inglaterra, o jornal The Guardian afirma que a eleição no Brasil está “altamente polarizada” e é de “grande importância, que pode mudar não apenas os rumos do maior país da América Latina, mas de toda a região”. Segundo o jornal, o Brasil é um dos poucos países da América Latina que ainda têm um governo de esquerda após uma onda de vitórias eleitorais da direita e extrema-direita e a tomada do poder na Venezuela pelos EUA após o sequestro do presidente Nicolás Maduro. “A eleição de domingo coloca frente à frente o presidente de esquerda, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, que busca um quarto mandato não consecutivo, e o senador de extrema direita Flávio Bolsonaro, aliado de Donald Trump e filho do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, que cumpre pena de 27 anos por tentativa de golpe após sua fracassada reeleição em 2022”, diz o The Guardian. África Na África do Sul, o portal de notícias SABC News destacou que “os brasileiros votam neste domingo em uma eleição presidencial acirrada que poderá determinar se o maior país da América Latina seguirá a tendência conservadora da região ou trilhará seu próprio caminho”. China Na China, a agência Xinhua em inglês destacou neste domingo que a campanha do candidato Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pediu ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) que investigue a suspensão consular dos EUA no Brasil às vésperas do pleito. “A petição solicitava uma investigação para apurar se figuras da oposição haviam coordenado ações com autoridades do governo dos EUA em relação à suspensão”, afirma a agência chinesa.

Taiwan’s Representative to the US, Alexander Yui, tells Bloomberg This Weekend that Washington has reassured Taipei its Taiwan policy remains unchanged following President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, even as a $14 billion US arms package remains stalled. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Yui says Taiwan wants faster weapons deliveries and is deepening its economic relationship with the US through major investments in semiconductors and other industries. (Source: Bloomberg)

Taipei’s dilemma over its history during World War II appeared to deepen as Beijing and Washington looked to the Flying Tigers as a source of connection and goodwill during last month’s Xi–Trump summit. US President Donald Trump’s description of China as an American ally during the war has raised concerns in Taiwan that what could have been a valuable historical connection with the United States ended up benefiting Beijing’s ties with Washington. The dilemma resurfaced after Trump and Chinese...

As Beijing and Washington take tentative steps to keep a military crisis from erupting, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is reshaping the top ranks of the American military while facing questions about his own future at the Pentagon. Hegseth told junior officers and sergeants on Wednesday that the military had already cut its generals and admirals by 10 per cent and planned to cut another 10 per cent. He called the 20 per cent reduction the bare minimum, dismissing critics who called the...

Who is Nasry Asfura? A guide to Honduras's president: the builder-mayor, his disputed win, Trump ties, the gang crackdown and what it means for investors. The post Who Is Nasry Asfura? Honduras’s President, His Turn to Washington and What Comes Next appeared first on The Rio Times.

G20 trade ministers are set to open talks Wednesday in the United States, in meetings strained by President Donald Trump's tariffs as Washington targets partners regarding forced labor and overcapacity.

If you want to understand how Washington exercises power in the world, watch what it does when its closest allies try to deepen ties with each other. When EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed making Canada the European Union’s first-ever “associate member”, US President Donald Trump’s response was swift and blunt: “If they do that, if I think it’s at all a hostile act, I will put very serious tariffs or stop trading with Europe, on many things.” He called the idea “laughable” and Canada –...

For decades, Israel was untouchable in Washington. Gaza changed that. Josh Rushing investigates how and what comes next.

Mediators are trying to facilitate more talks, but Washington signals faith in its pressure tactics.