Politics News

Japan’s ruling party leader Sanae Takaichi, who is poised to become the nation’s first female prime minister, is set to tap Satsuki Katayama as the country’s first female finance minister, according to local media.

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi is poised to become the nation’s first female prime minister, taking on the challenges of quelling discontent over the cost of living, dealing with the Trump administration and reviving the fortunes of a ruling party that has lost its dominance at the ballot box.

The Indonesian rupiah is at risk of falling to a record low as lingering concerns over the central bank’s independence sap investor confidence, according to the currency’s top forecaster last quarter.

President Javier Milei is expected to reshuffle his cabinet after Argentina’s midterm elections Sunday as one of his top advisers could take on a more prominent role, newspaper Clarin reported Monday.

The Trump administration warned China not to retaliate against foreign companies helping the US to develop critical industries, after Beijing last week sanctioned the US units of a South Korean shipping giant over its plans to invest in the American maritime sector.

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped congressman Guilherme Boulos for a key cabinet position, marking an attempt to shore up backing from the left ahead of the 2026 electoral race.

The US is weighing imposing new tariffs on imports from Nicaragua or cutting the country off from benefits under a free trade deal, the White House’s Office of the US Trade Representative said in a report Monday.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz said that Republicans must take seriously the surge of political energy across the country after millions of people turned out for “No Kings” protests over the weekend opposing President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto enters his second year in office facing mounting challenges — tepid economic growth, stubbornly high youth unemployment and a troubled multibillion-dollar free meals program. Now, a new concern looms: slipping voter support, obscured by a lack of credible public polling in his first year.

Germany needs immigrants to maintain economic momentum and make up for demographic decline, according to Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel.

President Donald Trump cast doubt on Ukraine’s ability to defeat Russian forces, backing off an earlier upbeat assessment as he looks to bring the war to an end and prepares for another meeting with President Vladimir Putin in the coming weeks.

Talks on a digital currency bill could bear fruit next year.

Small businesses challenging many of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs urged the US Supreme Court to affirm lower court rulings that the import levies amount to a massive illegal tax on American companies.

Former FBI Director James Comey moved to dismiss the Justice Department indictment against him, arguing that he was a victim of a vindictive prosecution by President Donald Trump and challenging the appointment of the prosecutor who brought the case.

The US Senate will hold off on considering new sanctions legislation on Russia until after President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the chamber’s Republican leader said.

The full US appeals court in San Francisco will vote on whether to reconsider a ruling Monday by a three-judge panel that for now allows President Donald Trump to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, over the objection of state and local leaders.

The UK is preparing to spend more than $134 million to send its forces into Ukraine if a ceasefire agreement is reached.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Jamie Dimon will visit Argentina this week as its libertarian president struggles to stave off a run on the peso despite an unprecedented show of support from the US government.

US President Donald Trump’s senior envoy for Arab and African affairs said peace negotiations in Libya and the Democratic Republic of Congo were progressing, and his team was working hard to pursue a ceasefire in Sudan.