Stumbling To the Starting Line
NEED TO KNOW Stumbling To the Starting Line LIBYA Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush fled to Turkey last week after the oil-rich […]
Next Steps
NEED TO KNOW Next Steps RUSSIA DNA tests prove that the leader of the mercenary Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, died in a […]
Old Story, New Horrors
NEED TO KNOW Old Story, New Horrors SUDAN Sudan’s military-led central government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force formerly […]
Europe’s Growing Force
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A Toxic Mystery
NEED TO KNOW A Toxic Mystery IRAN Someone has been poisoning girls in schools in Iran since November last year. “Victims described […]
Mopping Up
NEED TO KNOW Mopping Up GUATEMALA Anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arévalo won Guatemala’s presidential election on Aug. 20, garnering a clear mandate with […]
Walking Out
NEED TO KNOW Walking Out NORTH KOREA The mother of an American serviceman who sprinted across the border to North Korea last […]
All the Spoils
NEED TO KNOW All the Spoils GABON Gabon and the Bank of America recently finalized a “debt-for-nature swap,” the first on the […]
The Fraying Chains
NEED TO KNOW The Fraying Chains IRAN Almost a year ago, a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died while in the custody […]
Lose, Lose
NEED TO KNOW Lose, Lose ZIMBABWE Police in Zimbabwe arrested 40 leaders of the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) party on […]
A Playing Field
NEED TO KNOW A Playing Field PAPUA NEW GUINEA The world is wooing Papua New Guinea, a poor country to the north […]
Promises, Betrayed
NEED TO KNOW Promises, Betrayed AFGHANISTAN This week, the Taliban marked two years since it returned to power following the US-led troop […]
Taming Through Terror
NEED TO KNOW Taming Through Terror ECUADOR Just a few years ago, Ecuador, sandwiched between narco-states Peru and Colombia, then grappling with […]
An Unholy Temperature
NEED TO KNOW An Unholy Temperature SWEDEN Parents with children throwing tantrums in public to get attention often just try to move […]
Squeaky No More
NEED TO KNOW Squeaky No More SINGAPORE There’s a tacit agreement between Singapore’s rulers and the population: We the People will settle […]
The War on Culture
NEED TO KNOW The War on Culture UKRAINE As Ukrainian soldiers dig in to make advances on the battlefield in what many […]
Opaque Waters
NEED TO KNOW Opaque Waters JAPAN Chef Kazuyuki Tanioka owns a sushi restaurant called Toya in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Life […]
On the Side of Life
NEED TO KNOW On the Side of Life COLOMBIA Pablo Beltran recently visited Bogota, the capital of his native country Colombia, for […]
There, and Back Again
NEED TO KNOW There, and Back Again EUROPEAN UNION Tunisia recovered more than 900 bodies of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean […]
Wobbly Stools
NEED TO KNOW Wobbly Stools WEST BANK & GAZA Late last month, globetrotting New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman announced that American […]
Watch Your Step
NEED TO KNOW Watch Your Step UKRAINE Some say the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia appears to be failing. “I think that the […]
An Antiquated Model
NEED TO KNOW An Antiquated Model BOLIVIA China has invested more than a billion dollars in lithium and other mines in Bolivia. […]
Dimming Star
NEED TO KNOW Dimming Star BANGLADESH The foreign minister of Bangladesh recently called ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, and 10 […]