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April 13, 2022

Party’s Over

London’s Metropolitan Police fined British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Tuesday for attending illegal parties held on government premises during a strict Covid-19 lockdown, reigniting calls for the Conservative leader to resign, CNBC reported. Police have been investigating 12 gatherings in Downing...

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April 13, 2022

Staying Transparent

Brazil’s electoral authority for the first time invited European Union representatives to observe its upcoming presidential elections amid fears that far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will reject the results if they do not show him winning reelection, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) said...

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April 12, 2022

Runoff Redux

Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron secured the top spot in France’s presidential elections Sunday, but he failed to gain enough votes to avoid a runoff election against his main opponent, far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the Washington Post reported Monday. Results showed that Macron secured nearly 28...

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April 12, 2022

Symbolic Victory

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador overwhelmingly won Sunday’s recall referendum, a plebiscite that he himself had proposed to ask voters whether he should step down or continue his six-year term, the Wall Street Journal reported. The country’s electoral agency said that more than 90 percent...

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April 11, 2022

Bowled Out

Pakistani lawmakers approved a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan over the weekend, a vote that plunges the country into a political crisis and early elections amid economic woes, the New York Times reported. Lawmakers passed the motion with 174 votes in Pakistan’s 342-seat parliament,...

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April 11, 2022

Making It Stick

Gambian President Adama Barrow’s party won the weekend parliamentary elections but failed to secure a majority needed to govern the West African country, Radio France Internationale reported. The election commission said that Barrow’s National People’s Party won 19 of the 53 contested seats, defeating the main...

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April 08, 2022

Baby Steps

Exiled Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi transferred his powers to a presidential council Thursday, a major step aimed at ending the years-long civil war in Yemen, the BBC reported. Hadi announced that the new leadership council will be led by former Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi...

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April 08, 2022

Robot Workers

Qatar World Cup organizers admitted this week that migrant employees were exploited while working for FIFA’s preparation tournaments in the Gulf State, following a scathing report by Amnesty International, the Associated Press reported. The organizers' admission followed a 73-page report by the human rights organization detailing...

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April 07, 2022

Teeter, Totter

Israel’s government moved toward collapse Wednesday after a right-wing lawmaker from the ruling coalition announced she was joining the opposition, raising concerns that the country might head for an election in less than a year, Axios reported. Coalition whip Idit Silman of the Yamina Party said...

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April 06, 2022

Keep Your Friends Close

India and Australia signed a trade deal this week to boost economic ties in an effort to curb China’s influence in the Asia-Pacific region, the Independent reported. Leaders of both countries hailed the new Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement as “a watershed moment.” The trade agreement...

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April 06, 2022

Punting

Turkish authorities are considering transferring the trial of those accused of murdering Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, a move seen as an effort by Turkey to improve relations with the Gulf kingdom amid ongoing economic woes, the Washington Post reported. A Turkish...

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April 05, 2022

Abandoning Ship

Several Sri Lankan ministers and officials resigned Monday following ongoing mass demonstrations as the country experiences its worst economic crisis in decades, CNN reported. The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Youth and Sports – the latter who is also President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s nephew –...

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