A Hong Kong court ordered Chinese real estate giant Evergrande to liquidate its assets on Monday after the company failed to restructure its $300 billion debt, a blow to a sector hit by crackdowns, crises, and investor hesitancy, and one that could impact the already...
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Several donor countries suspended funding to the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees over the weekend after allegations rose that some of the agency’s staff were involved in Hamas’ deadly attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, CBS News reported. Last week, Israel said 12 staff...
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Thousands of Australians protested across the country over the weekend, advocating for Australia Day to be moved and renamed “Invasion Day” to acknowledge the impact of British colonization on the country’s Indigenous communities, the Guardian reported. Each Jan. 26, the country celebrates Australia Day, which commemorates...
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The High Court of Kenya on Monday ruled against a decision to send Kenyan police officers to lead a United Nations-backed mission in Haiti that would assist the country in combatting its endemic gang violence, throwing the future of an international mission to help the...
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado accused President Nicolás Maduro of employing intimidation tactics against her and her supporters, the latest fight between the government and the opposition ahead of elections later this year, the BBC reported. Machado alleged that two of her campaign coordinators were...
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Germany’s highest court ruled this week that a small far-right party will be ineligible for state funding for six years due to its alleged unconstitutional values and goals, a verdict that comes amid protests and concerns over extreme-right political groups in the country, Euronews reported. The...
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Thousands of people took to the streets of Tanzania’s biggest city on Wednesday under the banner of the main opposition party, the first large-scale protest since the government lifted a seven-year ban on political rallies, the Associated Press reported. Supporters of the Chadema party demonstrated peacefully...
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Thousands of Argentinian workers took part in a nationwide strike against President Javier Milei’s divisive economic reforms Wednesday, in what is being called the first test for the new leader and his “shock therapy” plan to lift Argentina out of a deep economic crisis, CNBC...
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The Turkish parliament ratified Sweden’s bid to join NATO this week, a vote that brings Stockholm closer to the 31-member alliance which expanded following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, Politico reported. Turkey’s ratification comes after 20 months of diplomatic negotiations with Stockholm and...
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A Canadian judge ruled this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of extraordinary powers to quell the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against Covid-19 vaccine mandates was unconstitutional, the Wall Street Journal reported. The case centers on the weeks-long demonstrations in the capital and at US-Canada...
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The British parliament’s upper house voted this week to delay a controversial treaty to send people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom to Rwanda, a symbolic setback to the government’s flagship – but lingering – plan to deter asylum seekers, the New York Times reported. Prime...
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Canada will impose a two-year cap on the intake of foreign students after explosive growth in recent years has resulted in a worsening housing crisis in the country, Reuters reported. Minister of Immigration Marc Miller unveiled plans to issue around 364,000 visas this year, which would...
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Lebanon’s highest court suspended the arrest warrants for two former cabinet ministers in connection with the 2020 Beirut port blast, the latest twist in an ongoing investigation into one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions, the Associated Press reported. This month, the court of cassation lifted...
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a Hindu temple built on the site of a mosque razed amid deadly religious riots in 1992, intending to boost his campaign ahead of this spring’s general election, the Associated Press reported. Thousands gathered in the northern city...
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A Salvadoran court released a woman who had been jailed for seven years after her baby’s premature death, a decision welcomed by human rights groups in a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion policies, Reuters reported this week. Lilian, 28, gave birth in 2015...
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Cameroon on Monday launched the world’s first regular vaccine program against malaria, a move aimed at fighting the mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands of children in Africa every year, the BBC reported. The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed a historic moment in the fight...
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Hundreds of thousands of people marched in cities across Germany over the weekend to protest against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after members of the far-right group met with an ethno-nationalist figure to discuss the mass deportations of people of foreign origin including German...
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At least one person died and six others were injured over the past few days in Comoros in unrest that began after electoral authorities declared incumbent President Azali Assoumani as the winner of the Jan. 14 presidential elections, the BBC reported. Earlier last week, Comoros’ electoral...
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Singapore’s transport minister resigned last week after being charged with corruption, an occurrence so unusual in the city-state that it hasn’t happened in decades, but now may damage its image of clean governance, the Financial Times reported. Iswaran is the first minister in Singapore to be...
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Pakistan launched retaliatory strikes Thursday on militants in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan province, raising fears of a new conflict breaking out in a region already tense due to the war between Israel and Hamas and its reverberations, the Associated Press reported. Iran said that at least...
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