The Consequences of Contretemps
NEED TO KNOW HONG KONG The Consequences of Contretemps Chinese filmmaker Ying Liang, 34, became stranded in Hong Kong in 2011 when […]
The Middle Child
NEED TO KNOW JORDAN The Middle Child Angry Jordanians regularly call into Rainbow Street, a talk radio show, to gripe about unemployment […]
Eviction Notice
NEED TO KNOW KENYA Eviction Notice Kenya intends to close the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps that together host more than 430,000 […]
Politics and Plague
NEED TO KNOW CANADA Politics and Plague The Canadian military recently deployed to Ontario amid a scary surge of the coronavirus that […]
Dharmic Democracy
NEED TO KNOW TIBET Dharmic Democracy In 1959, nine years after China occupied Tibet, the Dalai Lama and other Tibetans fled to […]
Vaccines for Sale
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Vaccines for Sale Indians were desperately searching for vaccines as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic struck […]
Walking Backwards
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Walking Backwards Farahnaz Forotan is an Afghan journalist who was granted an interview with Taliban leaders during peace […]
Bullies: 1; Voters: 0
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR Bullies: 1; Voters: 0 American oil giant Chevron is lobbying Congress hard to stop the US government from […]
Embarrassment of Riches
NEED TO KNOW MONTENEGRO Embarrassment of Riches Montenegro is lucky, in some ways. The Balkan region of Europe has long suffered a […]
Messy House
NEED TO KNOW NEPAL Messy House Gray smog is cutting off the air of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu amid a rash […]
After the King
NEED TO KNOW CHAD After the King President Idriss Deby recently won reelection to a sixth term to continue his grip on […]
Tickets to Never Never Land
NEED TO KNOW ALBANIA Tickets to Never Never Land Facebook knowingly allowed Albanian officials to spread lies on the social network. When […]
Problem Child
NEED TO KNOW HAITI Problem Child Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe resigned recently. He served for around a year, wrote Al Jazeera, […]
Denier-In-Chief
NEED TO KNOW TANZANIA Denier-In-Chief The president of Tanzania, John Magufuli, denied that Covid-19 was real. The virus likely proved him wrong. […]
Intimidation Games
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Intimidation Games Around 10 years ago, the Atlantic Council recalled, American leaders scoffed at those who viewed Russia […]
Hunger Games
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA Hunger Games Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago for his hand […]
Domino Theory
NEED TO KNOW MOZAMBIQUE Domino Theory People used stones and bedsheets to write “Help” and “SOS” on the ground in a desperate […]
A Stubborn Thorn
NEED TO KNOW BRAZIL A Stubborn Thorn Lula is back. The leftist former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently received […]
The Little Engine That Could
NEED TO KNOW CUBA The Little Engine That Could Even as Cuba remains isolated from the US, it’s poised to become the […]
When the Giants Come Calling
NEED TO KNOW CAPE VERDE When the Giants Come Calling To Venezuela, Alex Saab is a diplomat. To the US, he is […]
Global Fragility
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Global Fragility Critics of globalization have been repeating a mantra in the wake of the Japanese container ship […]
Change, Deferred
NEED TO KNOW CHILE Change, Deferred The coronavirus has forced many people to shelve their plans. In Chile, the pandemic is preventing […]
Paris’ Man
NEED TO KNOW CHAD Paris’ Man When Chadian President Idriss Deby accepted the nomination for a sixth term in office from the […]
Hedging Bets
NEED TO KNOW KYRGYZSTAN Hedging Bets Kyrgyzstan will hold a referendum on April 11 that will alter the constitution to increase the […]