NEED TO KNOW Chaos Theory CENTRAL ASIA The former Soviet republics of Central Asia are following in the footsteps of Russia in […]

NEED TO KNOW Meta Problematic WORLD Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg had a chance late last year to stand up to the […]

NEED TO KNOW Stuck in Purgatory CAMBODIA Thirty years ago, diplomats signed the Paris Peace Agreement to bring an end to civil […]

NEED TO KNOW Headwinds WORLD The coronavirus pandemic disrupted global energy supplies. Now it’s not clear if world leaders can fix the […]

NEED TO KNOW On a High Wire INDONESIA Indonesian President Joko Widodo – known as Jokowi – is urging the world’s rich […]

NEED TO KNOW Fait Accompli UZBEKISTAN When voters in Uzbekistan head to the polls to elect a new president on Oct. 24, […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Flyovers and Squid TAIWAN Chinese President Xi Jinping recently called for the peaceful unification of his country with […]

NEED TO KNOW Pop Goes the Bubble CHINA China’s real estate bubble is bursting. As Reuters explained, Evergrande has acquired $300 billion […]

NEED TO KNOW Me, too! AFGHANISTAN Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar recently told Western leaders that he and his forces will treat […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Forever Insurgency The Taliban claimed victory after the recent end of the US-led NATO occupation of Afghanistan. […]

NEED TO KNOW INDIA Demography, Meet Destiny India is slated to surpass China and become the most populous country in the world […]

NEED TO KNOW CHINA Too Big To Succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced the creation of a new stock exchange for […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Sweaty Palms Indian envoys recently spoke to Taliban officials who now run Afghanistan after the American withdrawal from […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN No Vacancy Airbnb will offer 20,000 Afghan refugees free, temporary housing around the world as they seek to […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Brother, Can You Spare a Wage Hike? An Iranian immigrant, Zahra Hossein Zadeh, earns $19 an hour cleaning […]

NEED TO KNOW TAIWAN Recall Rage Is too much democracy a bad thing? If you ask some progressive politicians in Taiwan these […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Winners of Nothing A week ago, the Taliban toppled the Afghan government and took over the country. […]

NEED TO KNOW THE PHILIPPINES Truth & Consequences Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court want to investigate whether people died unjustly in […]

NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Fall Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as Taliban fighters entered Kabul, leading to the […]

NEED TO KNOW SRI LANKA The Invasion of the Nurdle First, smoke from the burning container ship X-Press Pearl polluted the skies […]

NEED TO KNOW CHINA Pride Goeth… China is building more than 100 new nuclear missile silos in its northwestern desert, according to […]

NEED TO KNOW JAPAN Laurels in Silence Victorious Olympic athletes will put on their own medals at the Tokyo games this summer. […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Falling Down The tragic collapse of the Surfside condominium in Florida last month highlighted how such accidents are […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD Time Off A stereotype of Japanese culture would depict it as workaholic. In reality, Japanese officials are pushing […]