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September 06, 2023

Involuntary Aid

Cuban authorities discovered an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cuba’s citizens to fight for Russia in the Ukraine war, CBS News reported. The country’s foreign ministry confirmed that the government is working to dismantle the trafficking ring operating from Russia that is being used...

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September 04, 2023

Crossing Lines

China’s land and maritime neighbors protested against a newly published map displaying new and expanded Chinese borders, a move that could exacerbate already simmering regional tensions over Beijing’s territorial claims, Nikkei Asia reported. Last week, China’s Ministry of Natural Resource published a 2023 edition of the...

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September 04, 2023

What’s to Celebrate?

Violent clashes erupted in Israel’s Tel Aviv over the weekend, as Eritrean asylum seekers expressed their anger against Eritrea’s government during celebrations of the African country’s independence, the Washington Post reported. The unrest began Saturday when the Eritrean embassy in Tel Aviv organized an event celebrating...

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September 04, 2023

Times A-Changin’

Bordeaux, one of France’s renowned wine regions, is facing an uphill battle as it grapples with a combination of challenges that threaten its historic winemaking tradition, CNBC reported. Extreme weather events and shifting consumer preferences are making it increasingly difficult for winemakers to sustain their operations....

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September 01, 2023

Holding On Tight

Guatemala’s Congress refused to recognize seven lawmakers from the Seed Movement party of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo, a move that risks deepening the political crisis in the Central American nation following a tumultuous presidential election, the Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, the legislative body declared the Seed...

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August 30, 2023

Dark Rainbows

A Ugandan man became the first person in the country to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality,” an offense that is punishable by death under a recently enacted anti-gay law, Reuters reported Tuesday. Ugandan authorities said the 20-year-old individual was charged this month after he “performed unlawful...

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August 30, 2023

Dress Codes

France will ban female students in state schools from wearing the abaya, the latest policy targeting Muslim dress that the government insists is aimed at preserving the country’s secular values even as critics accuse it of being Islamophobic, CNN reported. French Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced this...

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August 29, 2023

Dangerous Liaisons

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah dismissed Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush on Monday after she met with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen last week in Rome, a meeting that sparked protests in the war-torn country and caused controversy in Israel, Al Jazeera reported. The diplomatic fiasco...

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August 29, 2023

Teacher, Preacher

Mexico’s new school textbooks are causing an uproar between leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and opponents who have criticized them as politicized and rife with factual error, a dispute that comes as Mexican students returned to class on Monday, the Financial Times reported. The controversy...

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