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 […]
A Troubled Land
NEED TO KNOW A Troubled Land AFGHANISTAN At least nine people died and 13 were injured in Afghanistan recently when bomb blasts […]
No Vacancy
NEED TO KNOW No Vacancy POLAND The number of Ukrainian war refugees who have fled to Poland has surpassed the population of […]
The War Without a Name
NEED TO KNOW The War Without a Name MEXICO A Mexican drug gang recently left six severed heads on a car roof […]
The Comeback Kid
NEED TO KNOW The Comeback Kid PAKISTAN Tens of thousands of Pakistanis attended a recent rally in support of former Prime Minister […]
Guns & Butter
NEED TO KNOW Guns & Butter MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Observers in Tunisia are wondering how much higher food prices can […]
Desperate, and Cursed
NEED TO KNOW Desperate, and Cursed SRI LANKA Schoolteacher Agnes Felician has been protesting lately against the policies of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. […]
Coming Together, Coming Apart
NEED TO KNOW Coming Together, Coming Apart UKRAINE It’s been two months since Russia invaded Ukraine to push back against alleged NATO […]
Wanted: Redemption
NEED TO KNOW Wanted: Redemption RUSSIA A few years before the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian satirist Vladimir Voinovich imagined a […]
Zeitenwende
NEED TO KNOW Zeitenwende GERMANY Are homeowners in Frankfurt to blame for the atrocities in Ukraine? Some critics think so. “Vladimir Putin’s […]
On a High Wire
NEED TO KNOW On a High Wire TURKEY Turkish leaders have said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is illegal. They have delivered […]
Looky, Looky
NEED TO KNOW Looky, Looky SOMALILAND Though technically part of war-torn Somalia, Somaliland declared independence in 1991, has governed itself for 30 […]
Twilight of the Gods
NEED TO KNOW Twilight of the Gods RUSSIA-UKRAINE The island of Jersey, a British territory and tax haven in the English Channel, […]
Talk Abroad and at Home
NEED TO KNOW Talk Abroad and at Home SLOVENIA Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa recently joined the premiers of the Czech Republic […]
Fear and Vindication
NEED TO KNOW Fear and Vindication BALTICS Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have become the first European countries to cut off gas imports […]
Sovereignty Un-Stifled
NEED TO KNOW Sovereignty Un-Stifled FINLAND Finlandization has been proposed as a final status for Ukraine after Russia concludes its ongoing brutal […]
Shopping Around
NEED TO KNOW Shopping Around AFRICA Around 45 percent of the European Union’s gas comes from Russia. In the next few months, […]
The Wages of the Toady
NEED TO KNOW The Wages of the Toady BELARUS Russian soldiers retreating from Ukraine to Belarus are selling goods that they have […]
The Game of Neutrality
NEED TO KNOW The Game of Neutrality WORLD As his soldiers fight Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently pledged that his country […]
Bullets and Choices
NEED TO KNOW Bullets and Choices MOLDOVA Moldovans looking to the east can see smoke on the horizon as Ukrainian troops fend […]