Dairy and Dictatorship
NEED TO KNOW Dairy and Dictatorship CUBA Years ago, the late Fidel Castro promised that Cuba’s communist government would subsidize a liter […]
Closing the Circle
NEED TO KNOW Closing the Circle NATO If Finland joins NATO, the Western Alliance will have opened a potential 800-mile-long front in […]
Moving Out
NEED TO KNOW Moving Out NORWAY Norway has become a key supplier of energy as Europe seeks out alternatives to Russian oil […]
But First, Trust
NEED TO KNOW But First, Trust IRAN An Iranian engineer recently died and another employee was wounded in an “unexplained incident” at […]
The Old Malignancy
NEED TO KNOW The Old Malignancy WEST AFRICA Sixty alleged terrorists on motorcycles attacked a military checkpoint in Kpinkankandi on the Togo […]
The Grim Reaper’s Harvest
NEED TO KNOW The Grim Reaper’s Harvest UKRAINE The Russo-Ukrainian War has now crossed the three-month mark. So far, it’s a stalemate. […]
Return of the Repressed
NEED TO KNOW Return of the Repressed COLOMBIA A Colombian rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN) announced a 10-day, unilateral ceasefire […]
A Faustian Bargain
NEED TO KNOW A Faustian Bargain CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Soldiers with links to Russia recently beat, tortured and executed civilians in the […]
Cutting Edge, Blunted
NEED TO KNOW Cutting Edge, Blunted EUROPEAN UNION American serial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s proposed purchase of social network Twitter has garnered a […]
The Jig is Up
NEED TO KNOW The Jig is Up NORTH KOREA For more than two years, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un insisted that […]
The New Guard
NEED TO KNOW The New Guard AUSTRALIA Australia is experiencing its most raucous federal elections in years as outsiders seemed poised to […]
Guns and Crypto
NEED TO KNOW Guns and Crypto EL SALVADOR Crime and Bitcoin are the two most powerful forces in El Salvador. The question […]
The Forever-war
NEED TO KNOW The Forever-war WORLD Some Ukrainian women in Poland, refugees from their country’s war against Russia, want to have abortions. […]
All Hot on the Cyber Front
NEED TO KNOW All Hot on the Cyber Front RUSSIA On May 9, as Russian soldiers, tanks and other vehicles paraded through […]
Home Alone
NEED TO KNOW Home Alone CHINA A 13-year-old Chinese boy was home alone for 66 days in Kunshan in eastern China while […]
Shattered
NEED TO KNOW Shattered LEBANON Lebanese expatriates took to the polls recently before parliamentary elections in their homeland on May 15. Their […]
When the Show Doesn’t Go On
NEED TO KNOW When the Show Doesn’t Go On SOUTH AFRICA Environmentalists on the Wild Coast, a region of South Africa, are […]
The Boogeymen
NEED TO KNOW The Boogeymen UKRAINE Ukraine’s Azov Battalion started off eight years ago as a group of far-right activists who launched […]
Outsourcing Futures
NEED TO KNOW Outsourcing Futures UNITED KINGDOM Hundreds of migrants are crossing the dangerous English Channel to start new lives in Britain […]
It Runs in the Family
NEED TO KNOW It Runs in the Family PHILIPPINES Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, a senator in the Philippines who is now running […]
Law & Order
NEED TO KNOW Law & Order HONG KONG Gangsters beat up and robbed John Lee Ka-chiu when he was a boy growing […]
Batons and Bucks
NEED TO KNOW Batons and Bucks NORTHERN IRELAND Sinn Fein, with a history as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, […]
No Free Lunch
NEED TO KNOW No Free Lunch ANGOLA Angolans traditionally offer meals of cornmeal or cassava porridge and beans with palm oil in […]