No Safe Harbor
COVID-19 Global Update More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of […]
Change the Drain
NEED TO KNOW EUROPE Change the Drain Northern European populations are growing older, jeopardizing growth in the continent’s economic powerhouses. Young Southern […]
Losing Hope
NEED TO KNOW ROMANIA Losing Hope Bucharest is supposedly the Paris of the East. Citing the French influence on the Romanian capital’s […]
An Exit from Crisis
NEED TO KNOW VENEZUELA An Exit from Crisis Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido recently defied a travel ban to attend an international […]
The Big Cleanup
NEED TO KNOW PERU The Big Cleanup Peruvian police recently arrested six tourists for vandalizing Machu Picchu, the former Incan citadel that […]
About Face, About Grace
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR About Face, About Grace Ye Thein went to Rakhine state in western Myanmar around Christmas to show support […]
The End of the Beginning
NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM The End of the Beginning Women standing for seats in the British parliament face threats, intimidation and […]
Justice, and Forgiveness
NEED TO KNOW GERMANY Justice, and Forgiveness Bruno Dey joined the SS when he was a teenager in Nazi Germany, landing a […]
The Politics of Greed
NEED TO KNOW SRI LANKA The Politics of Greed Gotabaya Rajapaksa helped crush a nearly 30-year-long insurgency in Sri Lanka in 2009 […]
Sighing All The Way To The Polls
NEED TO KNOW SPAIN Sighing All The Way To The Polls The weather was so cold on election day Sunday in Spain […]
Dropped Calls
NEED TO KNOW BANGLADESH Dropped Calls Around one million Rohingya refugees live in camps in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. They fled their […]
Historic Liabilities
NEED TO KNOW GUAM Historic Liabilities When Walter Denton was 13 years old and growing up in the US territory of Guam, […]
Gimme Shelter
NEED TO KNOW IRELAND Gimme Shelter An Irish university student became famous after he tweeted a photo of a long, winding queue […]
A Golden Union
NEED TO KNOW AFRICA A Golden Union Africa’s 1.3 billion people live and work in a $3.4 trillion economy, compared with China’s […]
Ignorance and Consequences
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR Ignorance and Consequences A gunman murdered Ko Ni while his two-year-old grandson was in his arms. A member […]
Holy Politics
NEED TO KNOW ORTHODOX CHURCH Holy Politics A battle for the soul of the Eastern Orthodox Church is underway. The result might […]
Pride and Prejudice
NEED TO KNOW MACEDONIA Pride and Prejudice Numerous civilizations, religions and ideologies have dominated the Balkan Peninsula over the millennia. Greeks, Slavs, […]
The Other Refugee Crisis
NEED TO KNOW BOTSWANA The Other Refugee Crisis The scandal over the discovery this summer of scores of elephant carcasses in Botswana […]
Whose Fault
NEED TO KNOW INDIA Whose Fault Indian authorities recently arrested five activists on charges of inciting “caste-based” violence. The activists, who included […]
No Time For Snoozing
NEED TO KNOW COLUMBIA No Time For Snoozing Newly elected Colombian President Ivan Duque, sworn in earlier this month, is unlikely to […]
No Clothes For The Emperors
NEED TO KNOW PAKISTAN No Clothes For The Emperors Pakistan has appointed a former Supreme Court justice to lead a caretaker government […]
Role Models
NEED TO KNOW BANGLADESH Role Models Imitation may be the highest form of flattery but when it comes to Bangladesh mimicking the […]
It’s Alive!
NEED TO KNOW ITALY It’s Alive! German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron may have been able to stave off […]
Puppet Politics
NEED TO KNOW MYANMAR Puppet Politics Following the surprise resignation of President U Htin Kyaw late last month on account of poor […]