Lula's Difficult Job

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Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva has a tricky job ahead. He won his way back to the presidency in October, but now faces a polarized electorate. Nearly two-fifths of people polled still think the election was rigged. The World's Largest Car Sharing Marketplace Turro is the world's largest car sharing marketplace.

At a meeting of defence ministers from the Asia-Pacific region, heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington were all too apparent. A naval spat in the Taiwan Strait looms large over relations. What will it take for both sides to talk? In Brazil, Lula faces an uphill battle to undo his predecessor’s policies. And are British boarding schools worth it?

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