The Swedish government is drafting a new law that would allow the country to veto foreign investments on national security grounds, a move that Sweden’s business lobby worries would impact investment in the wealthy Nordic nation, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The proposal comes a month after an...
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A new Chilean law will provide financial aid to children whose mothers were killed by their current or former partners, a move the government hopes will address the issue of femicide across Chile and Latin America, the BBC reported. Passed in April, the “Reparation Law for...
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a runoff later this month after results of Sunday’s elections showed that he and his party defied expectations of winning the first round, the Washington Post reported Monday. Preliminary results showed Erdogan won 49.4 percent of the vote, while...
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Two Thai opposition parties secured the largest share of the vote in Sunday’s parliamentary polls, delivering a stinging rebuke to Thailand’s military leaders who have ruled the country since their 2014 coup, the New York Times reported. Election results showed that the progressive Move Forward Party...
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The High Court of Malawi ordered the government this month to allow children with dreadlocks to enroll in public schools, a verdict that is seen as a victory for the country’s Rastafarian community, the Voice of America reported. The case centers on two Rastafarian minors who...
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The Serbian government collected thousands of firearms this week as part of a campaign to reduce the number of weapons in the hands of civilians, following two mass shootings that rattled the Balkan nation earlier this month, the New York Times reported. President Aleksandar Vucic said...
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Thousands of people protested in Senegal’s capital against President Macky Sall’s moves toward a third term and his alleged crackdown on potential challengers for next year’s presidential elections, Africanews reported. The demonstrations in Dakar on Friday were organized by a group called the “Movement of the...
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India’s main opposition Congress party secured a significant win in the Karnataka state elections over the weekend, dealing a major blow to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of next year’s national polls, Reuters reported Saturday. Results showed the Congress party won 135 of 224...
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At least 25 people died this week during days of tribal clashes in southern Sudan, prompting fears that the ongoing fighting between the country’s rival generals will lead to violence spreading to other provinces, the Associated Press reported. Health officials and local media said clashes began...
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The Italian government called a crisis meeting Thursday to address the spiking price of pasta in the country, where the staple is held as an integral part of the culture, the Washington Post reported. Adolfo Urso, Italy’s business enterprise minister, convened a meeting of a new...
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Clashes between police and anti-government protesters this week killed at least seven people in Guinea, as demonstrations broke out again against the military junta that seized power nearly two years ago, Reuters reported. Protests took place in the capital Conakry and other cities across the West...
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A security officer shot and killed six people at a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba this week, an attack that took place during an annual Jewish pilgrimage at one of Africa’s oldest synagogues, Sky News reported Wednesday. Tunisian officials said the unidentified gunman killed...
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Ecuadoran lawmakers voted this week to begin an impeachment trial against conservative President Guillermo Lasso, a move many analysts said could set off a political crisis in the Latin American nation, the Washington Post reported. The vote marks the first time an Ecuadoran president has been...
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Chinese police arrested a man this week accused of using ChatGPT to generate a fake news article posted across social media, the first time authorities have enforced a recently passed law related to artificial intelligence, CNBC reported. Officials alleged that the man fabricated a news story...
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Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian militant group commanders and 10 others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the latest round of violence in one of the deadliest periods in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in years, the Wall Street Journal reported. Israel’s military said the strikes targeted senior...
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Pakistani paramilitary forces arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the capital Tuesday, a move that risks exacerbating the political and economic crises in the South Asian nation, NPR reported, as violent demonstrations erupted across the country. The troops arrested Khan at an Islamabad courthouse, where...
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Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger stepped down this week after numerous ministers in his government resigned, a move that may likely deepen the political crisis in the country just months before an election that could see a pro-Russian party win, the Guardian reported. Heger handed his...
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Chilean conservative parties scored a major win Monday in an election to select members of the body that will draft Chile’s new constitution, a victory that marks a marked shift from the progressive majority that was originally charged with drawing up the first draft, the...
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The Arab League readmitted Syria after a nearly 12-year absence this week, a move many observers suggested could rehabilitate the international image of Syrian President Bashir al-Assad, CNN reported. The league suspended Syria’s membership in 2011 after Assad launched a brutal crackdown against anti-government protests that...
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The Serbian government deployed police officers to schools across the country Monday following two mass shootings last week that stunned the Balkan country, leaving 17 dead and more than 20 wounded, Radio Free Europe reported. Police officials announced Monday that they will deploy officers to primary...
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