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August 28, 2023

Rinse and Repeat

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office following general elections, a vote that was marred by irregularities, delays and allegations of fraud, Sky News reported. Election officials announced Saturday that Mnangagwa of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) had secured more...

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August 28, 2023

Canal Jams

The Panama Canal will extend transit restrictions for cargo ships because of drought-induced low water levels, Panamanian authorities announced this week, a move that could cause further disruptions to global supply chains, Al Jazeera reported. Earlier this year, canal officials issued a series of restrictions on...

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August 25, 2023

New Blood

The BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa will add six more countries into its ranks, as key members Russia and China seek to expand the influence of the loose economic bloc to counteract Western global dominance, the Washington Post reported. After a...

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August 25, 2023

Going Bigger

Nicaragua banned a Jesuit religious order from operating in the country, the latest move by President Daniel Ortega against the Catholic Church and opposition figures, the Associated Press reported. On Wednesday, officials said the Catholic order, known as the Society of Jesus, had failed to comply...

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August 24, 2023

Fed Up

Hundreds of Syrians protested in the country’s southern regions this week, the latest expression of defiance against the autocratic government of President Bashar Assad amid a worsening economic crisis, Al-Monitor reported. Protesters marched in the southern city of Suwayda and the surrounding areas to demonstrate against...

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August 24, 2023

The Big Cheese

Italian producers of the famous Parmigiano Reggiano cheese are putting microchips in their products, as a part of an effort to fight copycats and enforce their dairy product’s protected status, CBS News reported. Parmigiano Reggiano – also known as parmesan – is one of the world’s...

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August 23, 2023

New Beginnings

Real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin secured enough votes in parliament to become Thailand’s new prime minister Tuesday, finally ending the political deadlock in the Southeast Asian country following May’s elections, CNBC reported. Srettha, a candidate of the populist Pheu Thai Party, received 482 votes, including from...

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August 23, 2023

The Slippery Slope

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rejected a proposal by Niger’s military junta to return to civilian rule within three years, a move that prolongs the ongoing regional crisis as the bloc mulls military intervention, the Voice of America reported Tuesday. The regional bloc’s...

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August 23, 2023

The Hostages

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed Facebook’s parent company Meta for blocking news content in Canada, as the country fights massive wildfires that have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from their homes, and provinces to declare states of emergency, Bloomberg reported. The...

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August 22, 2023

A Draw

Ecuador’s presidential elections will head to a runoff in October after Sunday’s first round yielded no clear winner, a vote overshadowed by the rising violence in the country and the assassination of a main contender, the Financial Times reported Monday. Preliminary results showed leftist candidate Luisa...

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August 21, 2023

Push, Pull

China launched military drills around Taiwan over the weekend, shortly after the island’s vice president, William Lai, made two stopovers in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported. Last week, Lai visited Paraguay to reinforce relations with the South American nation – one of Taiwan’s...

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August 21, 2023

The Lingering Stink

Austrian prosecutors indicted former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz over the weekend on charges of making false statements in a parliamentary inquiry three years ago, the latest development in a long-running political scandal that has unsettled the country since 2019, Politico reported. The recent indictment is part of...

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August 21, 2023

‘A Fig Leaf’

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned 35 political prisoners over the weekend, including the prominent Arab Spring activist Ahmed Douma, a move aimed at improving Egypt’s human rights record as it seeks badly needed international funding, the Washington Post reported. Douma was one of the key...

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August 18, 2023

Heal Thyself

The World Health Organization called for countries to integrate traditional and complementary medicine into their healthcare systems, prompting online backlash from medical researchers who see the practices as pseudoscience, Politico reported Thursday. The United Nations agency made the announcement Thursday during the WHO Traditional Medicine Global...

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