
AI and Heatwaves Strain Latin America’s Power Grids
Record-breaking global heatwaves and the AI data-centre boom are pushing electricity grids to breaking point. As the Middle East and...
July 20, 2026In-depth, primary-source analysis of the global stories that move emerging markets – Africa, Asia, Europe and North America – each decoded through a Latin American and Global South lens. The Rio Times reads the original documents and shows the math. This hub gathers our deep analysis of the world beyond Latin America; for our Latin America long-form work, see the In-Depth section.

Record-breaking global heatwaves and the AI data-centre boom are pushing electricity grids to breaking point. As the Middle East and...
July 20, 2026
As G7 nations move to decouple from China and the US weighs tariffs on Brazil over Pix and deforestation, Latin...
July 20, 2026
Hackers defaced Kenya’s presidential website on 18 July 2026 and demanded a 5 Bitcoin ransom (≈US$320,000), forcing authorities to restrict...
July 20, 2026
Anefis ambush: Tuareg separatists and JNIM killed at least 50 Malian soldiers near Tabankort, exposing weak control of northern Mali's...
July 20, 2026
Cameroon’s defence forces announce the killing of presumed separatist commander “Sagat” in the Southwest region, the latest in a series...
July 19, 2026
Former Senegalese President Macky Sall arrived in Dakar on 14 July 2026 to seek his home country’s endorsement for his...
July 19, 2026
Europe Intelligence Brief July 18 — A punishing heatwave claims over 10,000 lives, Ukrainian drones strike deep inside Russia, and...
July 18, 2026
Africa Intelligence Brief July 18 — UN sanctions hit Congo armed groups, Uganda mourns 20 schoolchildren, Senegal sees a political...
July 18, 2026
Hormuz crisis fallout: as Iran squeezes the Strait of Hormuz and Asia scrambles for energy, the shock is rewiring Latin...
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