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Spotify reaches settlement on royalty payment issue

Leader in the booming streaming industry has reached a settlement to improve payments to music publishers as the company hopes to avoid potentially costly lawsuits

Key Republicans warm to Obama judge

US President Barack Obama (left) announces Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to the US Supreme Court, in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, on Wednesday. Picture: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE

Supreme Court nomination becomes part of electoral battle, write Megan Cassella and Susan Heavey

Clinton will win but party’s future lies with Sanders

Democratic US presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wave before the start of the Univision News and Washington Post Democratic US presidential candidates debate in Kendall, Florida. Picture: REUTERS

Sanders goes much further than anyone expects and has ability to inspire party’s liberal grassroots

Analyses show US voters leaning to the left

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bloomington, Illinois, on Sunday. Picture: REUTERS/JIM YOUNG

Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination seems inexorable but polls show only 23% of the electorate identify as Republicans, writes John Stremlau

Mass rallies as Brazilian president faces impeachment

Opponents of the Brazilian government take part in a protest demanding the resignation of President Dilma Rousseff on March 13, 2016 at the Esplanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia. More than a million people are expected to flood Brazil's streets in massive anti-government protests calling for President Dilma Rousseff's ouster over a corruption scandal and the crumbling economy. Picture:AFP/EVARISTO SA

Supporters of Dilma Rousseff call mass street rallies on in her defence, counter-attacking in a political crisis that threatens to drive her from office

Threat that Trump represents ‘is on par with jihadist militants’

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump stands between his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and his son Eric during a news conference held at his Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday. Picture: REUTERS

Economist Intelligence Unit ranks victory for the Republican front-runner at 12 on an index where the top threat is a Chinese economic ‘hard landing’ rated 20

Companies have expressed interest in Viacom’s minority stake

Philippe Dauman. Picture: REUTERS/GRETCHEN ERTL

Media company says it is looking for a strategic partner to help its international and digital businesses, rather than financial buyers such as private-equity firms

Judge moves to block appointment as Brazil’s Lula sworn in

President Dilma Rousseff (left) prepares to swear in her predecessor, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as her new chief of staff, in Brasilia, Brazil, on Thursday. Picture: EPA/FERNANDO BIZERRA JR

Protests gain momentum as federal judge in Brasilia issues an injunction to suspend Lula’s appointment on the grounds it will block justice

Opinion

Revolutionary hopefuls are geared up for a fight

EFF leader Julius Malema is seen at a press conference held by the party in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. The EFF has declared war against the Gupta family, known supporters of President Jacob Zuma. Picture: THE TIMES/ALON SKUY

Donald Trump in the United States is cathartic rather than incendiary while Julius Malema in South Africa is taking extremism to new heights


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