Refusing to Collapse
NEED TO KNOW Refusing to Collapse VENEZUELA President Nicolás Maduro seems likely to breeze through Venezuela’s July 28 general election. He recently […]
Up for Grabs
NEED TO KNOW Up for Grabs SLOVAKIA Thousands of Slovaks took to the streets of their capital of Bratislava recently to protest […]
Listen to the Children
NEED TO KNOW Listen to the Children SENEGAL A primary school in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, recently held elections for their […]
Friends With Benefits
NEED TO KNOW Friends With Benefits PHILIPPINES American Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo recently joined executives from GreenFire Energy, Google Asia Pacific, […]
The Face of Defiance
NEED TO KNOW The Face of Defiance ISRAEL Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who is the highest-ranking Jewish […]
Vladimir the Determined
NEED TO KNOW Vladimir the Determined RUSSIA Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, is urging Russians to […]
Old Wine, New Bottle
NEED TO KNOW Old Wine, New Bottle CAMBODIA American diplomats recently registered their “serious concerns” about Chinese investments in the Ream Naval […]
Being There
NEED TO KNOW Being There EUROPEAN UNION Saxon State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, and Transport Martin Dulig recently said that Germany’s […]
The Masterful Player
NEED TO KNOW The Masterful Player ITALY Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been confronting twin crises. The first is low economic […]
The Crows Gather
NEED TO KNOW The Crows Gather DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Rwanda’s incursion into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has […]
Stinky Politics
NEED TO KNOW Stinky Politics PORTUGAL In November, investigators searched the official residence of Portugal’s Socialist Prime Minister António Costa, as well […]
The Language of Families
NEED TO KNOW The Language of Families IRELAND Irish voters will cast ballots in a nationwide referendum on March 8 – International […]
On All Sides
NEED TO KNOW On All Sides EGYPT Germany’s left-wing Rosa Luxemburg Foundation recently described Egypt as a “regional hegemon in decline,” an […]
A Place in the World
NEED TO KNOW A Place in the World NORTH KOREA North Korea’s tourism industry shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Around 100 […]
Location, Location
NEED TO KNOW Location, Location DJIBOUTI An Iranian ship named the Behshad was docked off Djibouti near a Chinese military base for […]
Decisions, Decisions
NEED TO KNOW Decisions, Decisions IRAN On March 1, Iranian voters will take part in a legislative election that will be pivotal […]
The Ghosts of the Sea
NEED TO KNOW The Ghosts of the Sea TRINIDAD & TOBAGO A bag containing $75,000 worth of cocaine recently washed up on […]
Kua takoto te Mānuka
NEED TO KNOW Kua takoto te Mānuka NEW ZEALAND Courses in the Māori language, te reo, are immensely popular in New Zealand, […]
Family Feud
NEED TO KNOW Family Feud HUNGARY Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs and others have described […]
Swimming With Crocodiles
NEED TO KNOW Swimming With Crocodiles ZIMBABWE A Zimbabwean court recently gave opposition leader Job Sikhala a suspended sentence of nine months […]
Forced Predictability
NEED TO KNOW Forced Predictability BELARUS Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko recently claimed that his security forces had captured Ukrainian and Belarusian “saboteurs” […]
Running Out the Clock
NEED TO KNOW Running Out the Clock UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Near the front line in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian soldiers detail how […]
A Popular Resistance
NEED TO KNOW A Popular Resistance MYANMAR In Nam Hpat Kar in northern Myanmar, a towering golden Buddha statue stands above the […]