Lose, Lose
NEED TO KNOW Lose, Lose ZIMBABWE Police in Zimbabwe arrested 40 leaders of the opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) party on […]
A Playing Field
NEED TO KNOW A Playing Field PAPUA NEW GUINEA The world is wooing Papua New Guinea, a poor country to the north […]
Promises, Betrayed
NEED TO KNOW Promises, Betrayed AFGHANISTAN This week, the Taliban marked two years since it returned to power following the US-led troop […]
Taming Through Terror
NEED TO KNOW Taming Through Terror ECUADOR Just a few years ago, Ecuador, sandwiched between narco-states Peru and Colombia, then grappling with […]
An Unholy Temperature
NEED TO KNOW An Unholy Temperature SWEDEN Parents with children throwing tantrums in public to get attention often just try to move […]
Squeaky No More
NEED TO KNOW Squeaky No More SINGAPORE There’s a tacit agreement between Singapore’s rulers and the population: We the People will settle […]
The War on Culture
NEED TO KNOW The War on Culture UKRAINE As Ukrainian soldiers dig in to make advances on the battlefield in what many […]
Opaque Waters
NEED TO KNOW Opaque Waters JAPAN Chef Kazuyuki Tanioka owns a sushi restaurant called Toya in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Life […]
On the Side of Life
NEED TO KNOW On the Side of Life COLOMBIA Pablo Beltran recently visited Bogota, the capital of his native country Colombia, for […]
There, and Back Again
NEED TO KNOW There, and Back Again EUROPEAN UNION Tunisia recovered more than 900 bodies of migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean […]
Wobbly Stools
NEED TO KNOW Wobbly Stools WEST BANK & GAZA Late last month, globetrotting New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman announced that American […]
Watch Your Step
NEED TO KNOW Watch Your Step UKRAINE Some say the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia appears to be failing. “I think that the […]
An Antiquated Model
NEED TO KNOW An Antiquated Model BOLIVIA China has invested more than a billion dollars in lithium and other mines in Bolivia. […]
Dimming Star
NEED TO KNOW Dimming Star BANGLADESH The foreign minister of Bangladesh recently called ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, and 10 […]
Palace Intrigue
NEED TO KNOW Palace Intrigue NIGER Two years ago, the president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, was elected in the West African country’s […]
To Be Reasonable
NEED TO KNOW To Be Reasonable ISRAEL Left and right in Israel are split over the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Going A-Courting
NEED TO KNOW Going A-Courting RUSSIA Russian President Vladimir Putin was on a charm offensive at the recent Russia–Africa Summit in St. […]
The Hired Hands
NEED TO KNOW The Hired Hands CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) around […]
A Worrying Popularity
NEED TO KNOW A Worrying Popularity THAILAND When Thai voters cast their ballots for a new parliament in May, they roundly rejected […]
Declaring War
NEED TO KNOW Declaring War BRAZIL Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is leading the charge to protect the Amazonian rainforest. […]
Boilergeddon
NEED TO KNOW Boilergeddon GERMANY Many environmentalists, including the eco-minded politicians in the Green Party in Germany, believe heat pumps will save […]
The Peace Dividend
NEED TO KNOW The Peace Dividend UKRAINE Former American President Donald Trump recently said that, if he resided in the White House […]
Null and Void
NEED TO KNOW Null and Void CAMBODIA Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s chances of winning reelection on July 23 are very good. […]