Prime minister António Costa upsets polls and can now govern without other left support

Costa has won plaudits for turning around Portugal’s post-crisis economy

Far-right Chega party vying to be the country’s third force in parliament

Liam O’Flaherty led the armed four-day occupation 100 years ago this week

More than 60 people have gone on trial in relation to protests over Cuba’s economic crisis

The president’s path has been cleared to lead for life, but he faces problems domestically

São Paulo Letter: Bolsonaro attempted to prevent Marighella reaching cinemas

Europe Letter: Broken supply chains, tricky neighbours and vaccine rifts prompt change

An Irishman’s Diary

Beijing will have to do far more to convince the world that the tennis star is not subject to coercion

Elsewhere this week, Bertie Ahern’s comments on the North go completely south

Peng Shuai has not been publicly heard of since making a Weibo post on November 2nd

Washington hoping for stability amid increased tensions between US and China

The Communist Party has signalled that its current leader will retain his grip on power for the foreseeable future

Senior US official says Biden had made clear that while he welcomes ‘stiff competition’ with China, he does not want conflict

Party approves resolution exalting Chinese president as one of nation’s greatest leaders

Strong inflation could rekindle talk of Fed raising interest rates earlier than expected

Online censors blocked post on Weibo of Zhang Gaoli’s alleged assault

New law punishing slander of China’s martyrs being enforced with revolutionary zeal

Gen Mark Milley confirms Beijing has tested advanced nuclear-capable weapon

Seven killed by gunfire and 140 injured in clashes between soldiers and protesters

Communist Party seeks tenuous balance in treatment of property behemoth

Failures to eliminate the Delta variant have brought to an abrupt end the region’s reliance on isolation

Voters hand defeat to PM Andrej Babis’s ANO party and back opposition group Together

Taiwan’s presidential office says the future of the island rests in the hands of its people

Low turnout expected due to ‘apathy and despair’ among 25 million potential voters

‘Everyone here agrees on this. We are all very anti-communist Chinese. It is in our DNA’

Taiwan premier accuses China of trying to ‘jeopardise regional peace’ with air display

Expected win after Navalny crackdown will be used by Kremlin as proof of support for Putin

The internet, border controls, supply chains and migration are the new weapons in our globalised world

Authorities argue three hour per week rule necessary to stop growing gaming addiction

‘I really hate the idea of forcing children to study ideology. But I can’t voice my concern in front of my son’

Campaigners wary that ruling party could use cases as means of bolstering its power

The crackdown controversies provide a window on the mounting stresses and strains of middle-class life in China’s big cities

Authorities in Wuhan planning to test all of the city’s residents for Covid-19

Activists, protesters and journalists reportedly detained in security crackdown

While its leaders monopolise power in this huge state of 1.4 billion people they cannot claim exclusive responsibility for what has been achieved

President gives hour-long TV address as Communist Party marks its centenary

MEP tells Global Times Chinese system of government is ‘serving interest of people’

FG get a taste of their own medicine at Kate O’Connell’s Dublin Bay South pharmacy