Of Chickens and Eggs
NEED TO KNOW Of Chickens and Eggs MYANMAR Aung San Suu Kyi won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her pro-democracy […]
The Toady’s Dilemma
NEED TO KNOW The Toady’s Dilemma BELARUS Totalitarian President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus recently issued a message to opposition figures who have […]
Easy Come, Easy Go
NEED TO KNOW Easy Come, Easy Go MALI Leaders in Mali recently ordered Danish troops out of the country, saying they never […]
A Contraption Called Democracy
NEED TO KNOW A Contraption Called Democracy PORTUGAL In late 2019, the Atlantic magazine portrayed the government of Prime Minister António Costa […]
Class is Sort Of in Session
NEED TO KNOW Class is Sort Of in Session UGANDA More than half of Ugandan students stopped attending school at the beginning […]
The Covid Orphans
NEED TO KNOW The Covid Orphans PERU More than 204,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Peru, the highest rate per […]
Dissing Information
NEED TO KNOW Dissing Information WORLD Late last year, a bank executive from Monaco seemingly tweeted about the white birch forests, tasty […]
The Technocrat and the Tycoon
NEED TO KNOW The Technocrat and the Tycoon ITALY Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 85, was recently admitted to the hospital […]
Divided They Stay
NEED TO KNOW Divided They Stay NORTHERN CYPRUS Turkish Cypriots for years have been reluctant to reunify with the Greek side of […]
Worst Crisis Today
NEED TO KNOW Worst Crisis Today YEMEN Houthi rebels in Yemen recently launched a drone and missile strike against the United Arab […]
Standing Tall
NEED TO KNOW Standing Tall BARBADOS When the BBC asked Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley about climate change last year, the interviewer […]
Unbending Science
NEED TO KNOW Unbending Science WORLD Australia deported Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic after federal court judges upheld the immigration minister’s decision […]
Fed Up, Pushed Down
NEED TO KNOW Fed Up, Pushed Down KAZAKHSTAN Officials in Kazakhstan recently announced that, with the help of Russian troops, stability had […]
What’s In a Name
NEED TO KNOW What’s In a Name CHINA / INDIA Indian leaders recently blasted Chinese officials for moves that appear to ramp […]
No More Mr. Nice Guy
NEED TO KNOW No More Mr. Nice Guy ETHIOPIA Air strikes have become a routine part of life in northern Ethiopia. The […]
Justice Delayed But Not Daunted
NEED TO KNOW Justice Delayed But Not Daunted LATIN AMERICA The Inter-American Court of Human Rights, a Costa Rica-based panel affiliated with […]
The Long Goodbye
NEED TO KNOW The Long Goodbye BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Fikret Alic appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1992 during the […]
Perception is Key
NEED TO KNOW Perception is Key EGYPT French automaker Citroën recently apologized for airing a television commercial in Egypt that featured the […]
Falling From Grace
NEED TO KNOW Falling From Grace BENIN Benin’s former justice minister, Reckya Madougou, had been planning to run for president against cotton […]
The Honey-do-list
NEED TO KNOW The Honey-do-list UKRAINE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a former television star and comedian, has installed friends and colleagues from […]
Mission Impossible
NEED TO KNOW Mission Impossible NORTH KOREA North Koreans were barred from laughing, drinking alcohol or enjoying leisure activities from Dec. 17-28. […]
Bloody Passions
NEED TO KNOW Bloody Passions PAKISTAN Priyantha Kumara was a Christian and Sri Lankan citizen who managed a Rajco Industries factory in […]
Once More Unto the Breach
NEED TO KNOW Once More Unto the Breach WORLD As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spread around the globe, the Netherlands […]
A Frightful Old Year
NEED TO KNOW A Frightful Old Year WORLD Fear was the watchword of 2021. People feared the coronavirus. In Africa, where the […]