Bidding on Paradise
NEED TO KNOW Bidding on Paradise INDONESIA Indonesia wants to auction off development rights for more than 100 islands spread out over […]
Rule By Chaos
NEED TO KNOW Rule By Chaos PERU Foreign tourists were recently stranded at Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Incan citadel and UNESCO World […]
Creating a New Chapter
NEED TO KNOW Creating a New Chapter UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Russian soldiers have been building trenches on the Black Sea coast of the […]
White Noise
NEED TO KNOW White Noise TUNISIA The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) recently attacked Tunisian President Kais Saied in the run-up to […]
White Rock Politics
NEED TO KNOW White Rock Politics GUINEA-BISSAU Braima Seidi Ba and Ricardo Ariza Monje thought they could stuff nearly 2 tons of […]
Greening Pains
NEED TO KNOW Greening Pains FRANCE The European Union plans on banning new non-electric cars starting in 2035. This big shift in […]
Them’s Fightin’ Words
NEED TO KNOW Them’s Fightin’ Words WORLD When Twitter first launched, it was celebrated in India as a new kind of town […]
The Invisible Victims
NEED TO KNOW The Invisible Victims UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Earlier this year, doctors in Kherson, Ukraine immediately took action when they heard that […]
Malthusian Miscalculations
NEED TO KNOW Malthusian Miscalculations WORLD In the late 18th century, British economist Thomas Malthus posited that humankind’s population would outstrip the […]
Give War a Chance
NEED TO KNOW Give War a Chance JAPAN Japan is planning on increasing defense spending to two percent of its gross domestic […]
Quitting, Loudly
NEED TO KNOW Quitting, Loudly CHILE Irina Karamanos recently resigned from her position as First Lady of Chile. She is still Chilean […]
Royal Flush
NEED TO KNOW Royal Flush EUROPE The fifth season of the Netflix show, “The Crown,” depicts the British royal family in the […]
Might and Right
NEED TO KNOW Might and Right UKRAINE Ukraine isn’t letting up. After reclaiming more than half of the territory lost after Russia’s […]
New Money, Old Problems
NEED TO KNOW New Money, Old Problems NIGERIA Nigeria recently launched newly designed currency notes in denominations of 200, 500, and 1,000 […]
Inviting Locusts
NEED TO KNOW Inviting Locusts GUATEMALA Guatemalan authorities recently detained two Americans for attempting to steal scores of Mayan artifacts – “stone […]
The Scramble
NEED TO KNOW The Scramble CYPRUS As Russians flee their homeland in order to avoid conscription and the trenches in Ukraine where […]
On The Fence
NEED TO KNOW On The Fence BULGARIA The Schengen Area is one of the European Union’s most popular innovations: A travel zone […]
It’s the Little Things
NEED TO KNOW It’s the Little Things QATAR The World Cup was supposed to be Qatar’s crowning achievement, its entry into the […]
The Payoff
NEED TO KNOW The Payoff WORLD Reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change is possibly the struggle of our lifetime. Telling developing […]
Roadblocks for a Generation
NEED TO KNOW Roadblocks for a Generation TAIWAN While Taiwan debates expanding its democracy, observers are debating whether China will be soon […]
The Little Country That Could
NEED TO KNOW The Little Country That Could NEW ZEALAND Few people on Earth enjoy clear night skies. Light pollution obscures the […]
The Wizard of Oz
NEED TO KNOW The Wizard of Oz RUSSIA More than 100,000 Russian troops have died since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the […]
Voting with the Feet
NEED TO KNOW Voting with the Feet NICARAGUA Jose Galeano, 35, has a degree in veterinary medicine. In his home country of […]
Waving Bye-Bye
NEED TO KNOW Waving Bye-Bye EGYPT Shortly before Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hosted world leaders for the United Nations Climate Change Conference […]