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 […]
Wobbly Dominoes
NEED TO KNOW Wobbly Dominoes SUDAN The civil war in Sudan has claimed hundreds of lives and forced more than 160,000 people […]
Welcome Back
NEED TO KNOW Welcome Back SYRIA The Arab League recently welcomed Syria back into the fold after suspending the country’s membership 12 […]
The Ephemeral Ballot
NEED TO KNOW The Ephemeral Ballot VENEZUELA Venezuelan voters are supposed to go to the polls sometime next year to elect a […]
Strongman Down
NEED TO KNOW Strongman Down TURKEY Turkish politicians have been appealing to voters in the Mediterranean city of Mersin in the run-up […]
Family Business
NEED TO KNOW Family Business THAILAND Thai political candidate Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 36, who is the frontrunner in upcoming national elections, recently gave […]
A Pyrrhic Victory
NEED TO KNOW A Pyrrhic Victory UKRAINE Ukrainian commanders have been establishing protected supply lines and funneling soldiers and weapons to Bakhmut, […]
The Wheels of Fortune
NEED TO KNOW The Wheels of Fortune ROMANIA Romania has emerged from its post-Cold War funk to become a more service-oriented economy […]
Eldorado’s Slums
NEED TO KNOW Eldorado’s Slums MAYOTTE French authorities have dispatched more than 1,800 police officers and gendarmes as well as 500 prosecutors, […]
Bona Fides and Possibilities
NEED TO KNOW Bona Fides and Possibilities CHILE Early last year, shortly after he was elected president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, 37, […]