Ready Player One
NEED TO KNOW Ready Player One MYANMAR In Myanmar, rebels play a video game called SpringBees to raise money for the civilian-led […]
Straddling the World
NEED TO KNOW Straddling the World OMAN The deputy ambassador of Oman to the US, Sabra Ahmed Al-Hooti, recently made a nuanced […]
The Depths
NEED TO KNOW The Depths MYANMAR In the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, casualties from natural and manmade disasters are mounting. Typhoon […]
The Grudge Match
NEED TO KNOW The Grudge Match MADAGASCAR A Madagascan court recently postponed the first round of the country’s presidential election by a […]
Giving Back Paradise
NEED TO KNOW Giving Back Paradise CHAGOS ISLANDS In the 1960s, British leaders were in the final stages of dismantling the empire […]
Playing Charades
NEED TO KNOW Playing Charades MYANMAR Two years ago, Myanmar’s generals staged a coup that ousted the Southeast Asian country’s civilian leaders, […]
White Rock Politics
NEED TO KNOW White Rock Politics GUINEA-BISSAU Braima Seidi Ba and Ricardo Ariza Monje thought they could stuff nearly 2 tons of […]
The Girls Next Door
NEED TO KNOW The Girls Next Door BANGLADESH Indian investigators recently busted an alleged human trafficking ring that was smuggling ethnic Rohingya […]
Crackdown, Meet Backlash
NEED TO KNOW Crackdown, Meet Backlash MYANMAR The military junta that controls Myanmar recently put deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi […]
A Caucasian Puzzle
NEED TO KNOW A Caucasian Puzzle ARMENIA Armenian President Armen Sarkissian recently resigned from office because he felt that he possessed too […]
Greasing the Wheels
NEED TO KNOW Greasing the Wheels ITALY The Italian judicial system took almost 20 years to determine whether a couple living near […]
Of Chickens and Eggs
NEED TO KNOW Of Chickens and Eggs MYANMAR Aung San Suu Kyi won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her pro-democracy […]
Pig in the Poke
NEED TO KNOW Pig in the Poke HONG KONG A wild boar infestation in Hong Kong provided fodder for a political cartoonist […]
Bullies: 1; Voters: 0
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR Bullies: 1; Voters: 0 American oil giant Chevron is lobbying Congress hard to stop the US government from […]
Of Golden Princes and Golden Dogs
NEED TO KNOW TURKMENISTAN Of Golden Princes and Golden Dogs Turkmenistan is culling stray dogs and cats, and sometimes pets, too, in […]
Suffer the Children
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA Suffer the Children Bandits recently released 279 Nigerian girls kidnapped recently from their school in Zamfara, a state […]
No Exits
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN No Exits President Joe Biden has a few months to decide whether to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan. […]
On the Move
NEED TO KNOW WORLD On the Move The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped citizens of poor and war-torn countries and leaders in affluent […]
The Façade Crumbles
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR The Façade Crumbles Khing Hnin Wai frequently produces videos of herself doing aerobics to electronic dance music near […]
Misery and Conspiracy
NEED TO KNOW VENEZUELA Misery and Conspiracy In the US, the power of communist Venezuela is the stuff of conspiracy theories. But […]
Oases and Mirages
NEED TO KNOW JORDAN Oases and Mirages Voters in Jordan will head to the polls on Nov. 10 to elect a new […]
The Freedoms of Choice
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR The Freedoms of Choice Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot in advance of […]
Plagues of Fire and Pestilence
NEED TO KNOW BRAZIL Plagues of Fire and Pestilence The Amazon is burning again. For the second year in a row, the […]
Who’s in Charge?
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of […]