Demography, Meet Destiny
NEED TO KNOW INDIA Demography, Meet Destiny India is slated to surpass China and become the most populous country in the world […]
The Price of Democracy
NEED TO KNOW GUINEA The Price of Democracy The lives of Guineans and the wallets of industries everywhere were thrown into disarray […]
Eco Election
NEED TO KNOW NORWAY Eco Election Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg might become the first top politician to be ousted due to […]
Too Big To Succeed
NEED TO KNOW CHINA Too Big To Succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping recently announced the creation of a new stock exchange for […]
Remember the Children
NEED TO KNOW NIGERIA Remember the Children Gunmen in Nigeria freed nearly a hundred kidnapped school children recently. Families in Nigeria’s north-central […]
Human Weapons
NEED TO KNOW LITHUANIA Human Weapons Lithuania is building a 315-mile-long fence on its southern border. The structure has two functions: keeping […]
Testing the Scales
NEED TO KNOW BOLIVIA Testing the Scales A lot is capturing Bolivians’ attention these days. Wildfires are raging through the forests. Cases […]
Sweaty Palms
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Sweaty Palms Indian envoys recently spoke to Taliban officials who now run Afghanistan after the American withdrawal from […]
A Country Named Despair
NEED TO KNOW HAITI A Country Named Despair In July, the president of Haiti was assassinated. In mid-August, an earthquake in the […]
Avoiding Sinkholes
NEED TO KNOW MOROCCO Avoiding Sinkholes Moroccan King Mohammed VI recently denounced “methodical attacks” on his country, alluding to critics abroad who […]
When the Levee Breaks
NEED TO KNOW ETHIOPIA When the Levee Breaks Rebels seeking to separate their region from Ethiopia, the Oromo Liberation Army, have been […]
RealPolitik
NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE & RUSSIA RealPolitik Erfan Kudusov and many other Tatars fled Crimea when Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014. […]
No Vacancy
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN No Vacancy Airbnb will offer 20,000 Afghan refugees free, temporary housing around the world as they seek to […]
Brother, Can You Spare a Wage Hike?
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Brother, Can You Spare a Wage Hike? An Iranian immigrant, Zahra Hossein Zadeh, earns $19 an hour cleaning […]
Fighting the Undertow
NEED TO KNOW AFRICA Fighting the Undertow Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was sworn in as president Tuesday after a stunning defeat […]
Recall Rage
NEED TO KNOW TAIWAN Recall Rage Is too much democracy a bad thing? If you ask some progressive politicians in Taiwan these […]
The Overachiever
NEED TO KNOW ICELAND The Overachiever Iceland has long punched above its weight in tourism, scientific prowess, the arts and other realms […]
The Winners of Nothing
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Winners of Nothing A week ago, the Taliban toppled the Afghan government and took over the country. […]
Weaponizing Passports
NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE Weaponizing Passports Russian officials have been issuing Russian passports to residents of eastern Ukraine, a region that has […]
Truth & Consequences
NEED TO KNOW THE PHILIPPINES Truth & Consequences Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court want to investigate whether people died unjustly in […]
The Crypto Fiat
NEED TO KNOW EL SALVADOR The Crypto Fiat Bitcoin has fascinated and frightened investors who love to watch its value rise (one […]
Weaponizing Secularism
NEED TO KNOW FRANCE Weaponizing Secularism Ever since French officials banned Muslim women from wearing face veils at schools in 2004, the […]
The Fall
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Fall Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country Sunday as Taliban fighters entered Kabul, leading to the […]
Problem Child
NEED TO KNOW POLAND Problem Child From the headlines, one would think Poland is at war with the European Union. The Central […]