Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah, of the National Party, was declared as president-elect.

National Electoral Council (CNE) councilors Ana Paola Hall García and Cossette Alejandra López Osorio consummated an electoral coup on Wednesday, December 24, declaring Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah of the National Party as president-elect for the period from January 27, 2026, to January 27, 2030.

The BRICS group seeks to develop economic cooperation under current conditions.

BRICS will continue to actively develop cooperation with other organizations and groupings. This was stated in 2024 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, during a meeting of BRICS+ Foreign Ministers. According to experts, this type of collaboration helps consolidate the forces of the Global South in building a multipolar world, fosters dialogue between partner organizations, and strengthens economic cooperation. Furthermore, this joint work encourages countries to develop common approaches to shared problems while reinforcing the role of the international structures that unite them.

The new batch of the Epstein Files contains hundreds of references to Donald Trump

At least 8,000 new documents related to the Epstein case became available on Tuesday on the U.S. Department of Justice website, accused by Democratic opponents of withholding information due to the slow release of these files. The new documents include hundreds of videos or audio recordings, among them surveillance camera footage from August 2019, the month Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Local residents ship matsutake mushrooms at a courier station of SF Express in Tuanjie Xincun village, Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang autonomous region.

Parcels are unloaded in a transfer center of SF Express in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

At around 9 a.m., a delivery truck pulled into SF Express's logistics park on the outskirts of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. Workers swiftly unloaded parcels onto conveyor belts, sorting them into destination-specific containers.