Gerelt-Od Kherlen, 12, could not contain his excitement after winning a bronze medal in the children’s national boxing championship in Mongolia. In September, his father heard about the opening of the Mongolian Boxing Academy close to their home in Dambadarjaa, a tent-dotted district on the outskirts of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. The boy had been restless. “We are happy that our son has found his passion and hobby,” said...

EXPLAINER Court records allege that under Bolsonaro’s aide, Brazil’s spy agency snooped on politicians, judges and other officials. Brazilian police arrested five people on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations that the country’s spy agency was weaponised by former President Jair Bolsonaro during his time in office from 2019 to 2023. Federal police allege that Bolsonaro’s spy chief, Alexandre Ramagem, was running a “criminal organisation...