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January 16, 2023

Judging the Judges

Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated across the country over the weekend to protest against the conservative government’s plan to overhaul Israel’s top court, a move critics say could weaken the Jewish nation’s democracy, the Wall Street Journal reported. Activists and opposition parties took to the...

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January 16, 2023

A Cold Welcome

Benin’s pro-government parties won a majority of seats in parliament following last week’s legislative elections, a vote that also saw the return of the opposition after four years out of government, Agence France-Presse reported. The country’s constitutional court said that parties supporting President Patrice Talon won...

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January 13, 2023

The Best Offense …

Japan and the United States are planning to strengthen their defense alliance and upgrade the US military’s posture in the country, moves aimed at countering China’s influence, CNN reported Thursday. Officials from both countries announced the plan during the US-Japan Security Consultative Committee meeting on Wednesday,...

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January 13, 2023

The Pillars Fall

Haiti’s last remaining lawmakers saw their terms expire this week, a development that is deepening the Caribbean nation’s political crisis and solidifying what observers call a de facto dictatorship in a country wracked by gang violence, the Associated Press reported. Ten senators, who had been symbolically...

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January 12, 2023

Law & Order

A senior judge in Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the arrests of two top security officials in the capital this week, just days after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s three main government buildings, the Washington Post reported. The arrest warrants target Anderson Torres,...

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January 12, 2023

The Revolving Door

Peru’s attorney general launched an investigation into new President Dina Boluarte and her ministers on allegations of genocide following a crackdown on violent protests gripping the country since last month, the Guardian reported. The probe came after 17 civilians were killed in the country’s southern Puno...

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January 11, 2023

Eureka!

Earth’s protective ozone layer is on its way to recovery within the next four decades, a bit of good news amid repeated and consistently dire warnings about the climate, CNBC reported. A United Nations-backed panel of researchers released a report this week highlighting how the trend...

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January 09, 2023

Sore Losers

Thousands of protesters supporting former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the country’s key government buildings in the capital Sunday, a little over a week after a new leftist president took office, the Wall Street Journal reported. Demonstrators dressed in Brazil’s national green and yellow colors charged...

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January 09, 2023

Olive Branch

Mali’s military junta pardoned and suspended the sentences of 49 Ivorian troops over the weekend, bringing an end to a diplomatic spat that had underscored the West African country’s growing isolation and poor relations with its neighbors, the New York Times reported. Malian authorities had detained...

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January 06, 2023

A Good Start

Cuba welcomed the United States’ decision this week to resume full immigrant visa services at the US embassy in Havana, five years after Washington closed consular services in the capital due to a spate of unexplained health incidents, Al Jazeera reported. The embassy began processing immigrant...

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