The World Health Organization declared an end to the Covid-19 emergency over the weekend, a move that marks the official conclusion of one of worst pandemics in modern history, the Wall Street Journal reported. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the end of the emergency, saying...
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Thousands of people demonstrated across Israel over the weekend for the 18th consecutive week, with protesters attempting to keep up pressure on the government over its controversial plan to overhaul the judiciary, the Times of Israel reported. The latest demonstrations saw a number of Israeli figures...
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“Dozens” of people have been killed over days of ethnic clashes between Christian tribes and a Hindu community in the northeastern state of Manipur, Indian officials said Monday, with mobs attacking homes, churches and temples, according to the BBC. Indian officials deployed army troops and enforced...
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The United Kingdom is finalizing the preparations for the coronation of King Charles III Saturday, a major event marked with pomp, tradition, and religiosity that comes amid questions about the future of the centuries-old British monarchy, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Charles automatically ascended to the...
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Authorities launched a major operation against Italy’s most feared mafia organization in eight European countries this week, a move that has been called a “severe blow” to the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, the Telegraph reported. Police in Italy, Germany, France, and other countries raided addresses associated with...
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Indian wrestlers continued their protests in the capital this week over the government’s inaction against the head of the country’s wrestling federation whom they accuse of sexual harassment, Al Jazeera reported Thursday. For 10 days, the protesting athletes – including Olympic medalists – have been camping...
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Tech giant Google clashed with Brazilian authorities this week over a divisive new bill aimed at curbing “fake news” that is also coming under fire from other tech firms and social media platforms, the Financial Times reported. The fight began when Google promoted an article on...
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A teenage boy shot and killed eight children and a security guard at a school in the Serbian capital Wednesday, an incident that has rocked the Balkan nation where school shootings are extremely rare, CNN reported. Serbia’s Interior Ministry said the unnamed 13-year-old boy opened fire...
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French Polynesian voters elected a pro-independence party in the archipelago’s elections, a victory that has renewed calls for a referendum on independence for France’s sprawling South Pacific overseas territory, Politico reported. The Tavini Huiraatira party of former President Oscar Temaru won 38 of the 57 seats...
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Canada introduced an amended version of a controversial gun control bill Tuesday, after the previous proposal came under fire from opposition lawmakers and gun-rights advocates, CBC reported. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said the amended Bill C-21 will include new definitions of prohibited firearms that cover...
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Former Minister of Finance Santiago Peña won Paraguay’s presidential elections, returning the ruling Colorado Party to power after a tight race that had threatened to end its decades-long hold on the country, Al Jazeera reported. Results showed that Peña received more than 42 percent of the...
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A Norwegian artist unveiled the life-sized sculpture of a walrus named Freya in the capital of Oslo this week, in memory of the marine mammal that was killed by authorities last year over safety concerns, the New York Times reported. Artist Astri Tonoian created the bronze...
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Mexico’s upper house of parliament approved a package of laws this week, including a contentious mining reform that sparked concerns from the country’s mining chamber and its trade partner Canada, Reuters reported. Lawmakers of the ruling Morena party and its allies approved the bills, including two...
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Opposing protests took place in France and on the French island of Mayotte this week, over planned changes to the country’s immigration laws and the deportations of illegal migrants from the French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, Agence France-Presse reported. In Paris and other cities,...
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The Spanish government passed a bill this week that will ban “comic” bullfighting events featuring dwarves wearing costumes, a move that disability rights groups welcomed but a few surviving performers criticized, the Associated Press reported. Groups of people with dwarfism – self-styled as “dwarf toreros” –...
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Lithuania passed a new law that will allow volunteers to use force to help detain migrants trying to enter the country’s borders, a move the government says will enhance border security – but human rights advocates fear will attract “far-right extremists,” and promote violence, Euronews...
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Zimbabwe is planning to launch a digital currency this month to address the depreciation of its national currency caused by longstanding economic challenges, the Associated Press reported. The new currency will introduce “tokens” that are supported “by physical gold held by the bank.” Zimbabweans can buy...
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Japan approved the sale of an abortion pill for the first time, a move many medical professionals and supporters see as a major milestone for reproductive and women’s rights in the socially conservative country, the Independent reported over the weekend. The health ministry said the medication...
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El Salvador began its trial against former President Mauricio Funes this week, with prosecutors alleging that the former leader had negotiated a truce with the country’s street gangs during his 2009 to 2014 presidential term, the Associated Press reported. Authorities accused Funes of illicit association and...
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A bank security guard shot and killed a prominent Iranian cleric this week, a rare attack on a high-level religious figure that comes as the country continues to grapple with unrest, the Wall Street Journal reported. Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani was shot by the guard at...
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