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Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief October 5, 2026 — Quebec votes on a possible 2029 sovereignty referendum; Parliament returns to Bill C-39 and a stalled trade file; Six Nations opens a land and trust-funds trial in Toronto. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 5, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 The United States Capitol in Washington. Emerson College Polling puts the President’s approval at 39 per cent against 58 per cent disapproval, six weeks before the… The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 Beijing at dusk. Xi Jinping was received at the White House on Thursday morning, and what the closed talks produced was not known when this edition closed. Asia… The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Europe Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 The Reichstag in Berlin. Germany’s fuel-tax cut of up to 17 cents a litre (about US$0.19) faces its final votes in both chambers on Friday, and the sixteen… The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 The parliament building in Rabat. Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party took 97 of 395 seats on provisional results, on a turnout of 38.02 per cent. Africa Intelligence Dossier… The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · USA & Canada Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The shelves. Canada's buy-Canadian boycott is visibly reshaping supermarkets, Reuters reports — grocers are relabelling and re-sourcing as shoppers reject American goods. The bans. The White House plans to ban Canadian dairy, most alcohol and motorcycles from 29 September, while a separate fifty per cent tariff on goods including mattresses, motorboats and golf carts lands on 15 September. The retaliation. Canada's counter-tariffs — a multi-billion-dollar package of duties at varying rates — are now in effect, and Prime Minister Carney says Canada will move faster to cut its economic reliance on the United States. The prices. American consumer prices rose three point four per cent in August, matching July. The post USA & Canada Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 Europe Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The ballot. Sweden votes all day in a general election that could put the far-right Sweden Democrats inside a government for the first time; polls close at 20:00, the left bloc at 50.8 per cent against the right's 47.6. The warning light. A week after the AfD won forty-three point eight per cent in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin is still absorbing what the result does to the Merz government. The forecast. Germany's growth outlook for this year has been cut to zero point five per cent from one per cent. The apology. France has issued Washington a statement of regret as the block on its incoming ambassador comes up for release. The donation. Reform UK has received a record donation of thirty-six million pounds. The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 Asia Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The declaration. BRICS leaders adopted the New Delhi Declaration on the opening day of their summit in India's capital, with Narendra Modi pressing for equal participation in global rule-making and Security Council reform. The reset. Modi and Xi Jinping used the summit to pursue a reset of India–China ties. The ferries. The Philippine ferry fire's toll rose to seventy-six dead with thirteen unaccounted for by Sunday. The capsize. A ferry capsized off Java in bad weather; CNA reports six dead and more than one hundred twenty missing. The rerouting. More South Korean semiconductors now reach American buyers through Southeast Asian plants than through China, a Bank of Korea report finds. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief September 13, 2026 Africa Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 Key Facts The classroom. At least twenty-six students were killed in a school fire and stampede in eastern DR Congo, Africanews reports — a provisional toll that may still move. The boycott, continued. Nigeria's parliament suspended official visits to South Africa on Friday over anti-migrant attacks, and the suspension has held through the weekend; Reuters reports evacuations of Nigerian citizens are under way. The airspace, continued. Algeria's closure of its skies to UAE-registered aircraft, in force since midnight Friday, now shapes a weekend of Gulf shuttle diplomacy. The reserves. Kenya's foreign-exchange reserves rebounded to US$15.25 billion after a three-week slide, Xinhua reports. The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Sunday, September 13, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.