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June 18, 2024

Puppet Masters

Lawmakers in Canada’s Parliament are in uproar over the release of a classified report this month that showed extensive foreign interference by China and India in Canadian democracy, Bloomberg reported. The report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) alleges that some lawmakers...

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June 17, 2024

To the Streets

Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in cities across the country over the weekend to protest a bill that would equate abortions with homicide, including in cases where the pregnancy is the result of a rape, Le Monde reported. On Saturday, about 10,000 demonstrators –...

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June 17, 2024

Throwing the Dice

Hundreds of thousands of people marched across France over the weekend to protest against the country’s far-right National Rally party as polls project it to secure more seats than ever before in parliamentary elections later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported. Officials said more than...

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June 14, 2024

At the Starting Line

Argentine President Javier Milei secured his first legislative win Thursday after the parliament’s upper house narrowly approved a package of free-market reforms and fiscal measures aimed at reviving the country’s struggling economy, the Wall Street Journal reported. The package – passed after hours of debate and...

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June 13, 2024

No Good Deed …

A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday indicted Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and 13 others on embezzlement charges, the latest accusations against the respected economist that many of his supporters say are politically motivated, the Associated Press reported. The prosecution accused Yunus and other defendants of embezzling around...

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June 13, 2024

Making an Example

A United Nations-affiliated body is reviewing allegations that Canada’s Human Rights Commission discriminated against Black and other minorities, potentially impacting the commission’s role in UN human rights activities, Reuters reported. The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, which accredits national human rights bodies, announced the...

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June 12, 2024

Balloons and Bullets

South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after a group of North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, an incident that comes amid escalating tensions between the neighbors, the BBC reported. After the incident, Seoul’s military announced that around...

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June 12, 2024

National Mourning

Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima, a potential candidate for next year’s general elections, died in a plane crash this week, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Chilima and nine others were flying from the capital Lilongwe to the northern city of Mzuzu on Monday to participate in the funeral...

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June 12, 2024

Musical Chairs

Irish voters boosted the country’s centrist government during this week’s local and European Parliament elections, dealing a blow to the opposition Sinn Féin, while also electing a handful of far-right candidates, the Guardian reported. The ruling coalition, made up of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the...

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June 11, 2024

To Be Continued

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a rare third term this week, following a sobering election result that saw his once-dominant Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lose its majority in the lower house and raised questions about his new coalition government’s ability to...

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June 11, 2024

Hedging Bets

Mexico’s ruling Morena party and its allies secured a super-majority in the lower house of parliament but not the upper house in elections earlier this month, according to party officials, a result that leaves the leftist group short of the two-thirds majority needed to change...

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June 10, 2024

Loud and Clear

Far-right parties made major gains in the European Union’s parliamentary elections Sunday, dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, who reacted by calling new elections in France for later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported. The early returns showed the National Rally garnering...

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June 10, 2024

Managing the Stage

Iran’s Guardian Council on Sunday approved six candidates to run in the country’s presidential election later this month, weeks after President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others died in a helicopter crash, Radio Free Europe reported. The candidates will include the conservative parliament speaker, Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf,...

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