We’re changing our name to GlobalPost - Here’s why
April 28, 2023

Rear-view Mirror

Portugal’s president suggested that the country should take responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, marking the first time a Portuguese leader has hinted at an apology for the nation’s colonial past, Reuters reported. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa made the historic statement during...

Read full story →
April 27, 2023

Streets of Fire

Sudan’s army moved former President Omar al-Bashir and members of his former regime to a military hospital Wednesday after fighting between the army and paramilitary forces in the capital resulted in the release of thousands of detainees from Kober prison, which had held the deposed...

Read full story →
April 26, 2023

A Last Gambit

Colombian authorities expelled Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó this week after the former parliamentary leader sought to participate in a summit in Bogotá, Colombia, aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Venezuela, Agence France-Presse reported. Guaidó said in a statement Monday that he had walked across...

Read full story →
April 26, 2023

A Chipped Diamond

Subdued protests marked commemoration ceremonies honoring the 75th anniversary of Israel’s founding Tuesday as the country continues its battle over a plan to reform its judiciary, the Washington Post reported. At military cemeteries across the country, mourners honoring the fallen – as is tradition in the...

Read full story →
April 26, 2023

Out With the Broom

Hong Kong will overhaul its last major political representative body, part of the city’s government’s efforts to prevent pro-democracy activists from taking office and ensure that municipal-level organizations are run by Beijing loyalists, the Associated Press reported. Chief Executive John Lee announced Tuesday changes to the...

Read full story →
April 25, 2023

Deadly Fervor

Kenyan authorities exhumed the bodies of scores of people from a forest in the country’s southeast this week, the work of what appears to be a religious starvation cult that has shocked the nation, the Washington Post reported Monday. Police investigators said at least 70 people...

Read full story →
April 24, 2023

The End of the Road

Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo surrendered to US authorities over the weekend and is expected to be extradited to Peru where he faces charges of corruption and money laundering, Agence France-Presse reported. Toledo, who served as Peru’s president from 2001 to 2006, is wanted for alleged...

Read full story →
April 24, 2023

Try, Try Again

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni refused to sign into law a new bill that would impose harsh penalties including death against homosexuals, and requested that lawmakers revise the controversial draft legislation, Al Jazeera reported. Museveni ordered the amendments following a meeting with legislators of his ruling party,...

Read full story →
April 21, 2023

The Gray

A new Netflix documentary series sparked outrage in Egypt this week for portraying ancient Egyptian Queen Cleopatra as a Black woman, with one lawyer calling for the streaming platform to be blocked in the North African country, the Telegraph reported. The issue stems from a trailer...

Read full story →
April 20, 2023

No, Sir

Mexico’s top court struck down part of a law that would put day-to-day public security forces under military control, a verdict that deals a blow to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador who pushed for the legislation, the Financial Times reported. The case centers on Mexico’s National...

Read full story →
April 20, 2023

Closed Season

New Zealand Map

Organizers of a competition for children to hunt and kill feral cats in New Zealand called off the event this week following a backlash from animal rights groups, the Independent reported Wednesday. The North Canterbury Hunting Competition had initially unveiled a category offering children under 14...

Read full story →
April 19, 2023

Bullets and Blame

An internationally supported 24-hour ceasefire agreed Tuesday between Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was over as soon as it had begun, Reuters reported. The ceasefire was supposed to bring a temporary end to four days of intense fighting that since Saturday has...

Read full story →
Show more
Loading new posts...
No more posts