Dilma Rousseff will be remembered in Brazil's history books for more than recession and corruption
The deposed Brazilian president was overwhelmed by a position she was never qualified to hold
The deposed Brazilian president was overwhelmed by a position she was never qualified to hold
His death will be a blow to friends in the Pakistani military and security establishment and the start of a renewed US policy in Afghanistan – a war which President Obama had pledged to end
Five things to look out for this week in economics including the IMF-EU deal and the Marks and Spencer results, always a benchmark in judging our changing shopping habits
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The final tragedy of Iraq – not least for relatives of those who lost their lives or the injured – is that this investigation has taken far too long
There were some surprises
Egomaniacs like Blair are an inevitable democratic menace. The question is how to create a system that restricts their scope to do monstrous harm
The Republican Party's presumptive nominee has shown himself to be the ultimate manipulator – but will the American electorate see through his act
Any new crisis is likely to be a further phase of the 2008 crisis, reflecting the fact that the causes remain largely unresolved. A future downturn will be much worse this time around
A journalist noted that he had grossly inflated his wealth and was not actually "a billionaire many times over" as he claimed
David Cameron has got the balance wrong between engaging and isolating governments guilty of abusing human rights