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October 12, 2023

The Squeeze

Andorra introduced a temporary ban on foreigners buying property, as the diminutive European country experiences a surge in real estate prices that has made housing scarce for its residents, Euronews reported. Lawmakers recently passed a three-month ban on foreign investment that will bar non-residents from investing...

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October 11, 2023

No Refuge

At least 29 people died at a refugee camp in northern Myanmar this week in an artillery strike that critics blamed on the country’s ruling junta, as the military battles various ethnic resistance movements following a coup more than two years ago, Sky News reported. The...

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October 10, 2023

A Loud Message

Germany’s ruling three-party coalition suffered a bitter electoral defeat in two key state elections this week, while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party saw a significant increase, a result that underlines its growing national power, Bloomberg reported. Sunday’s elections saw the governing Social Democratic Party...

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October 09, 2023

Teeter, Totter

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Afghanistan over the weekend, causing thousands of casualties in the Central Asian country as it grapples with a humanitarian crisis and international isolation following the Taliban takeover two years ago, the Washington Post reported. Taliban officials said the earthquake hit...

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October 06, 2023

The Dragging Feet

The Guatemalan government resumed its presidential transition with representatives of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo this week, a move that comes after weeks of disputes and controversy following Arévalo’s landslide victory in an August run-off, Reuters reported. Arévalo won Guatemala’s presidential elections on promises to root out corruption...

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October 06, 2023

Worrisome Pattern

Indian police raided the homes of journalists linked to an independent news outlet critical of the government – and accused of spreading Chinese propaganda – a move that has sparked concern over eroding press freedoms in the world’s largest democracy, CNN reported. The raids targeted reporters,...

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October 05, 2023

Not Waiting

More than 60 women from Greenland are seeking compensation from the Danish government for forced sterilization decades ago, a practice that lasted for more than 50 years, Agence France-Presse reported. These women, many of them teenagers, were part of a program organized by Denmark to limit...

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October 04, 2023

S.O.S.

The United Nations Security Council approved the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the battered Caribbean country grapples with out-of-control violence from criminal gangs and a years-long political crisis, CNN reported. Thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favor of a resolution,...

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October 04, 2023

The Standoff

Tunisian President Kais Saied rejected financial aid from the European Union, a move that could undermine a deal between Tunisia and the bloc to stop illegal migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe, Reuters reported. Last month, the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, announced...

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