The Blood Minerals
NEED TO KNOW The Blood Minerals RWANDA Rwandan President Paul Kagame recently won reelection in a landslide, adding five more years to […]
The Pot Bubbles Over
NEED TO KNOW The Pot Bubbles Over WORLD The recent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, who is running again […]
Big Pockets
NEED TO KNOW Big Pockets CHINA China could be outpacing the US and Europe in the race to realize fusion, a potentially […]
The Battles and the War
NEED TO KNOW The Battles and the War UNITED KINGDOM/ FRANCE Right-wing politicians opposed to immigration, the concentration of power in Brussels, […]
A Moderate’s Tale
NEED TO KNOW A Moderate’s Tale IRAN A moderate candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, 69, shockingly and decisively won the Iranian election earlier this […]
Formerly DailyChatter – Why are we changing our name?
DailyChatter has grown tremendously in recent years and our audience has expanded to include nearly 400,000 people across America and in 76 […]
Prosperity, by Fiat
NEED TO KNOW Prosperity, by Fiat RWANDA A notable international exchange occurred recently when Sir Keir Starmer, the new Labour prime minister […]
The Endgame That Wasn’t
NEED TO KNOW The Endgame That Wasn’t SYRIA Syrian voters will elect their members of parliament on July 15 – or at […]
Succession
NEED TO KNOW Succession BOLIVIA Bolivian President Luis Arce recently told the Associated Press that his mountainous South American country is not […]
Lost in the Desert
NEED TO KNOW Lost in the Desert AFRICA Bella, 27, from a small village in northern Guinea, decided to try her luck […]
Near Abroad Politics
NEED TO KNOW Near Abroad Politics GEORGIA Earlier this year, Georgian civilians clashed with riot police in Tbilisi, the capital of the […]
Little Dirty Gem
NEED TO KNOW Little Dirty Gem SINGAPORE Holders of Singaporean passports are among the luckiest in the world. They can travel to […]
The Many Shades of Terror
NEED TO KNOW The Many Shades of Terror SOMALIA The Somali National Army suffers from bungling leaders, inexperienced field officers and corrupt […]
‘A Radical Reset’
NEED TO KNOW ‘A Radical Reset’ UNITED KINGDOM In late May, just six weeks before the election, British Conservative Prime Minister Rishi […]
A Declaration of War
NEED TO KNOW A Declaration of War ECUADOR Ecuadoran prosecutors recently asked the South American country’s highest court to convict Carlos Angulo, […]
‘Meat-grinder’ Recruitment
NEED TO KNOW ‘Meat-grinder’ Recruitment RUSSIA The Russian army is recruiting female convicts to ship to the frontlines in Ukraine. In exchange […]
The Absence of Embarrassment
NEED TO KNOW The Absence of Embarrassment FIJI A court in Fiji recently sentenced former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to a year […]
Match Point
NEED TO KNOW Match Point FRANCE French authorities recently charged two boys aged 12 and 13 with raping a 12-year-old girl in […]
Passing the Bar
NEED TO KNOW Passing the Bar IRAN Iran’s mullahs approved six candidates to run for president on June 28, the date for […]
Sharing the Wealth
NEED TO KNOW Sharing the Wealth MONGOLIA Mongolian judges recently visited Plainview, Texas to learn about American justice. They also visited the […]
Sleepwalking Into War
NEED TO KNOW Sleepwalking Into War ISRAEL/ LEBANON The leader of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed political party and militant group based in Lebanon, […]
A Permanent Transition
NEED TO KNOW A Permanent Transition SOUTH SUDAN Global leaders are putting their heads together to solve South Sudan’s political crisis and […]
New and Shiny
NEED TO KNOW New and Shiny NETHERLANDS King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands recently visited Albany, Atlanta, and New York […]
The Genie in the Bottle
NEED TO KNOW The Genie in the Bottle TUNISIA Last month, prominent Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani was on a popular talk show […]