Pride and Pressure
NEED TO KNOW Pride and Pressure KYRGYZSTAN D Billions is a quartet of Kyrgyz singers whose performances for kids on YouTube have […]
Intrigue in the Palace
NEED TO KNOW Intrigue in the Palace COLOMBIA Leftist leaders from around the globe recently issued an open letter to the Colombian […]
When the Levee Breaks
NEED TO KNOW When the Levee Breaks RUSSIA/ UKRAINE Theories abound about the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Russian-occupied southern […]
Direction: Hopelessness
NEED TO KNOW Direction: Hopelessness CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Fighting in the civil war in Sudan has prompted 14,000 refugees to flee across […]
Settlement of Evil
NEED TO KNOW Settlement of Evil POLAND A mile-long mass of hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Warsaw, […]
Mission Wealth
NEED TO KNOW Mission Wealth LAOS Anousa “Jack” Luangsuphom is a prominent activist and critic of the authoritarian, communist government of Laos. […]
Far North Face Off
NEED TO KNOW Far North Face Off NORWAY Norwegian officials recently warned their citizens to avoid Hvaldimir, a beluga whale that swims […]
Musical Chairs
NEED TO KNOW Musical Chairs SOUTH AFRICA Apartheid, or legal segregation based on race, ended in South Africa almost 30 years ago. […]
‘Cool’ Crimefighting
NEED TO KNOW ‘Cool’ Crimefighting EL SALVADOR A judge in El Salvador recently sentenced the former president of the country, Mauricio Funes, […]
Enmity, Long and Deep
NEED TO KNOW Enmity, Long and Deep KOSOVO Kosovo declared independence in 2008, around a decade after NATO bombed Serbian forces who […]
Seed to Stem
NEED TO KNOW Seed to Stem GUINEA-BISSAU Farmers in the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau are planting their maize, millet, and sorghum in […]
Balkan Malaise
NEED TO KNOW Balkan Malaise ALBANIA Men from remote mountain regions have been among the majority of the more than 12,000 Albanians […]
Villains
NEED TO KNOW Villains CAMBODIA In a final decision, Cambodia’s Constitutional Council recently rejected the claims of opposition politicians with the Candlelight […]
The Meanest of Streets
NEED TO KNOW The Meanest of Streets HAITI Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently called for the richest countries in […]
Russian Reveille
NEED TO KNOW Russian Reveille RUSSIA Twenty-three years ago, respected Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen penned an op-ed in the New York Times […]
Swinging Politics
NEED TO KNOW Swinging Politics SPAIN Aficionados of Spanish history will likely know that the fascists won the country’s civil war in […]
Inch By Inch
NEED TO KNOW Inch By Inch MAURITANIA Voters in Mauritania cast ballots in parliamentary and local government elections on May 13 and […]
Terrorist Vs. Terrorist
NEED TO KNOW Terrorist Vs. Terrorist AFGHANISTAN Since the US exited Afghanistan nearly two years ago, the leader of the Islamic Emirate […]
Full Court Press
NEED TO KNOW Full Court Press CHINA American and Chinese officials held more than eight hours of “candid” and “constructive” talks in […]
Comforting the Afflicters
NEED TO KNOW Comforting the Afflicters MALI Government troops and foreign fighters – allegedly soldiers affiliated with the Wagner Group, the Russian […]
Tough Love
NEED TO KNOW Tough Love GREECE Eight years ago, at the peak of the migration crisis in Europe, around one million Syrian […]
East of Eden
NEED TO KNOW East of Eden EAST TIMOR Timor-Leste, or East Timor, depends on an oil-funded sovereign wealth fund to finance 80 […]