Lionel Messi keeps Argentina dreams alive after scoring in 1,000th game
"Muchachos, ahora nos volvimo' a ilusionar." It's the Argentina song that has gone viral back home. The players have been videoed chanting it and it was those lyrics - translated as 'Boys, now we got excited again' - that were on the lips of supporters before, during and after the game. Albiceleste faithful were bouncing on the metro and in the stands as they sang it on repeat and they witnessed a masterclass from 35-year-old Messi. Sharp intakes of breath echoed around Ah...
Lionel Messi keeps Argentina dreams alive after scoring in 1,000th game
"Muchachos, ahora nos volvimo' a ilusionar." It's the Argentina song that has gone viral back home. The players have been videoed chanting it and it was those lyrics - translated as 'Boys, now we got excited again' - that were on the lips of supporters before, during and after the game. Albiceleste faithful were bouncing on the metro and in the stands as they sang it on repeat and they witnessed a masterclass from 35-year-old Messi. Sharp intakes of breath echoed around Ah...
Malaysia election: Why isn't there a government yet?
The one prediction almost everyone got right about in Malaysia's general election is that it would deliver a hung parliament. That is because the dynamic of a single incumbent ruling coalition being challenged by an alliance of opposition groups, which had defined Malaysian politics since independence in 1957, was broken at the last election in 2018, when Barisan Nasional and its all-powerful main party UMNO lost power for the first time. In this year's election there were three, no...
Malaysia election: Why isn't there a government yet?
The one prediction almost everyone got right about in Malaysia's general election is that it would deliver a hung parliament. That is because the dynamic of a single incumbent ruling coalition being challenged by an alliance of opposition groups, which had defined Malaysian politics since independence in 1957, was broken at the last election in 2018, when Barisan Nasional and its all-powerful main party UMNO lost power for the first time. In this year's election there were three, no...
The Greek Island homes hidden from pirates
ailing towards the North Aegean island of Ikaria around dusk, its craggy peaks rising steeply from the narrow strip of rocky shore, I noticed the twinkles of lights from houses were not primarily along the coast, as is the case with most Greek islands, but were predominantly scattered in the mountains behind. I wondered: why would inhabitants make life tougher for themselves by choosing to live up on the precipitous slopes, far from the more level ground near the sea? I soon found out that th...
The Greek Island homes hidden from pirates
ailing towards the North Aegean island of Ikaria around dusk, its craggy peaks rising steeply from the narrow strip of rocky shore, I noticed the twinkles of lights from houses were not primarily along the coast, as is the case with most Greek islands, but were predominantly scattered in the mountains behind. I wondered: why would inhabitants make life tougher for themselves by choosing to live up on the precipitous slopes, far from the more level ground near the sea? I soon found out that th...
US midterms: Trump and Biden fire up voters as election looms
President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump held duelling rallies as the election to reshape Congress entered its final campaign day. Mr Biden and Mr Trump made their last-minute pleas to voters in New York and Florida respectively. Momentum has shifted recently towards Republicans, who are trying to wrestle both chambers from Democratic control. They are favourites to win control of the House of Representatives but the Senate is a toss-up, polling suggests. Winning one chamber would se...
US midterms: Trump and Biden fire up voters as election looms
President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump held duelling rallies as the election to reshape Congress entered its final campaign day. Mr Biden and Mr Trump made their last-minute pleas to voters in New York and Florida respectively. Momentum has shifted recently towards Republicans, who are trying to wrestle both chambers from Democratic control. They are favourites to win control of the House of Representatives but the Senate is a toss-up, polling suggests. Winning one chamber would se...
