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July 25, 2022

Raising the Alarm

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern Saturday, as cases of the virus increase worldwide and countries scramble to secure enough vaccines, Politico reported. WHO has recorded more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in dozens of countries since May. Monkeypox is...

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July 25, 2022

Breaking a Ceiling

Indian lawmakers elected an Indigenous tribal woman to become the country’s president this week, a move seen as a significant breakthrough for one of India’s marginalized minority groups, the Washington Post reported. Draupadi Murmu, a former governor of Jharkhand state, was sworn in Monday, making her...

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July 25, 2022

The Big Family

The Cuban parliament approved changes to its family law that would allow gay marriage, an amendment that has met resistance from the country’s religious community, Reuters reported. The Families Code would legalize same-sex marriage and civil unions, as well as allow gay couples to adopt children...

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July 22, 2022

Game Over

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi officially resigned Thursday, plunging the European country into further uncertainty and triggering snap elections in the fall, Bloomberg reported. Draghi’s decision followed the withdrawal of support by his coalition partners in a confidence vote Wednesday, leading to the collapse of the...

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July 22, 2022

The New King

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president, taking the reins of a country plagued with a deep economic crisis that has sparked massive social unrest, including demands for his resignation, France 24 reported. Wickremesinghe took office a day after Sri Lankan...

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July 22, 2022

Whodunnit

Turkey denied reports that it carried out attacks against civilians in Iraq’s northern Duhok province, where a strike killed eight people, including two children, and wounded 23 others at a tourist resort, Al Jazeera reported Thursday. On Wednesday, at least four missiles struck an area in...

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July 21, 2022

Calling a Spade…

Belarus broke the law when it diverted a Ryanair passenger flight to arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist last year, according to a report by the United Nation’s civil aviation agency, Radio Free Europe reported Tuesday. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) released a fact-finding report on...

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July 21, 2022

The Fugitive

Staff at Lebanon’s central bank began a three-day strike Wednesday as authorities conducted a raid on the institution in a divisive investigation against the bank’s embattled governor Riad Salameh, the National reported. On Tuesday, Judge Ghada Aoun and security forces entered the Banque du Liban searching...

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July 21, 2022

Tall Order

Spain’s Supreme Court scrapped a rule that prevented shorter women from joining the country’s police force, ruling that the regulation was “discriminatory,” Euronews reported. The case is related to a woman, who was rejected from the force in 2017 for failing to fulfill the height requirement....

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July 20, 2022

Broken Record

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met with dozens of foreign diplomats this week to present allegations regarding supposed vulnerabilities in Brazil’s electronic voting system ahead of October’s presidential elections, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. In a meeting at the presidential palace, Bolsonaro did not provide concrete evidence...

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July 19, 2022

Yes, We Can

Iran is capable of building a nuclear weapon but will not do so, according to an Iranian official, whose comments came after US President Joe Biden visited the Middle East in an effort to boost ties in the region and address Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, CBS...

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July 19, 2022

Leverage

The party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a major win in Pakistan’s most populous province Monday, a victory that would allow him to push for snap parliamentary elections just months after being ousted from office, the Financial Times reported. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf – or...

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July 19, 2022

What About Us?

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched in the streets of the Hungarian capital Monday, the latest in a series of protests against changes to the country’s tax code, the Associated Press reported. Since last week, demonstrators, most working as food delivery couriers and independent entrepreneurs, have been...

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July 18, 2022

Too Big To Fail

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned this week, plunging Europe’s third largest economy into instability as it struggles with rising inflation and the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. Draghi, the former chief of the European Central Bank, said he will...

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July 18, 2022

No Quarter

Gang wars in Haiti have trapped thousands of people in a slum in the capital without food and water even as the Caribbean nation reels from a fuel shortage, the Guardian reported Saturday. Officials said fighting in Port-au-Prince’s notorious Cité Soleil slum has left at least...

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July 18, 2022

A First One

Thousands of Panamanians took to the streets across the country this week to protest rising fuel prices and government corruption, the first time inflation has become a problem in the wealthy Central American nation, the Associated Press reported. Indigenous groups, workers’ and teachers’ unions marched across...

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July 15, 2022

Spiraling

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned Thursday after being forced to flee the island because of a civilian uproar over the collapsing economy, Nikkei Asia reported. Earlier this week, Rajapaksa announced he would resign Wednesday after thousands of protesters breached his residence over the weekend in protests against...

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