No Borders
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION No Borders Leaders at Volvo, ArcelorMittal, BASF, Daimler, Iberdrola, Orsted, Thyssenkrupp, Titan Cement, Siemens, Shell and other […]
Alphabet Pandemic
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Alphabet Pandemic Just when the world thought it was safe to go inside without a mask again, the […]
Time Off
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Time Off A stereotype of Japanese culture would depict it as workaholic. In reality, Japanese officials are pushing […]
New Normal
NEED TO KNOW BULGARIA New Normal Bulgaria could be at a turning point. Voters are scheduled to go to the polls on […]
Thinner
NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA Thinner North Koreans are worried about their supreme leader’s weight loss. “Our people’s hearts ached most when […]
Cats and Dogs
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Cats and Dogs The experiences of our cats and dogs are windows into how humans suffered and endured […]
The Hardest Word
NEED TO KNOW WEST AFRICA The Hardest Word President Emmanuel Macron recently apologized for his country’s role in the massacre of thousands […]
‘Just Little Savages’
NEED TO KNOW CANADA ‘Just Little Savages’ Canadian First Nation leaders found the remains of more than 200 former students – all […]
Leave No Man Behind
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Leave No Man Behind Interpreters were crucial in the US-led effort to root out Islamic fundamentalists in Afghanistan […]
Ever Collapsing
NEED TO KNOW LEBANON Ever Collapsing Lebanon keeps lurching from crisis to crisis. The currency amid the coronavirus pandemic shrunk 90 percent. […]
Who Matters?
NEED TO KNOW BURKINA FASO Who Matters? Angelina Jolie recently visited war-ravaged Burkina Faso to bring attention to – and generate help […]
No Quarter
NEED TO KNOW NICARAGUA No Quarter Nicaraguan intellectual Emilio Álvarez Montalván once described his fellow citizens as “outgoing, imaginative, hard-working, and compassionate” […]
All the King’s Horses
NEED TO KNOW LIBYA All the King’s Horses Literally and figuratively, Libya is a minefield. Russian mercenaries fighting in Libya’s civil wars […]
Thrust and Parry
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Thrust and Parry After meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Switzerland recently, American President Joe Biden said Russia […]
Bitter Win
NEED TO KNOW ALGERIA Bitter Win Algeria’s traditional ruling political party, the National Liberation Front, garnered the most votes in parliamentary elections […]
Tweet Control
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA Tweet Control When Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and Culture announced a new ban on Twitter on June […]
Deadly Impatience
NEED TO KNOW INDIA Deadly Impatience The Taj Mahal reopened to visitors recently. Officials closed the 17th-century mausoleum honoring the Mughal Emperor […]
A Taxing Issue
NEED TO KNOW WORLD A Taxing Issue At their recent meeting in Britain, leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations accepted […]
Living Ghosts
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA Living Ghosts Thousands have perished and more than 2 million people have fled their homes in Tigray, a […]
Exorcising Enemies
NEED TO KNOW IRAN Exorcising Enemies Iran and world leaders hope to revive the 2015 nuclear accords before Iranian voters elect a […]
The Defeated
NEED TO KNOW ARMENIA The Defeated Serzh Sargsyan, a former Armenian president and prime minister now running for parliament, recently pledged to […]
Repression By Grammar
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Repression By Grammar Traditional Czech speakers add “ova” to the last names of females. The suffix literally means […]
Borderlines
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Borderlines Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei recently blamed the US for attracting migrants seeking a haven from violence and […]