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April 04, 2022

Sorry

Pope Francis formally apologized over the weekend for the abuse Canadian Indigenous children experienced at Catholic Church-run residential schools for over a century, following years of campaigning by Canada’s native leaders to receive an apology, the Wall Street Journal reported. The pontiff expressed “indignation and shame...

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April 04, 2022

Checkmate

Pakistani President Arif Alvi dissolved the country’s parliament Sunday following a request by Prime Minister Imran Khan, a move that plunges Pakistan into a constitutional crisis and possible snap polls, NPR reported. Alvi’s move came a few days after a number of lawmakers from Khan’s party...

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April 04, 2022

Free Enterprise

Hundreds of Cuban private enterprises attended a weekend trade fair at Havana’s convention center, in what has been described as a major commercial milestone on the communist island, the Associated Press reported. More than 700 companies and cooperatives showed off a wide variety of products, such...

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April 01, 2022

Wearing Thin

Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament this week after lawmakers held an online session to repeal decrees that he used last year to assume near-total power, Reuters reported Thursday. More than half of all legislators took part in an online parliamentary session Wednesday, the first since...

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April 01, 2022

Round and Round

Peruvian authorities refused to release former President Alberto Fujimori from prison following a request from the regional Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which said it will review the divisive leader’s case, the Associated Press reported. The decision comes nearly two weeks after Peru’s Constitutional Court ordered...

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March 31, 2022

Game Over

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is under pressure to resign after a major ally in his coalition switched to the opposition on Wednesday, a move that comes ahead of a no-confidence vote next week, Al Jazeera reported. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) party said it...

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March 30, 2022

No Quarter

A Malaysian man with learning disabilities lost a last-minute attempt to appeal his death sentence after Singapore’s top court rejected his request Tuesday, the Guardian reported. Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam was arrested in 2009 for attempting to smuggle about 1.5 ounces of heroin into Singapore. He said...

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March 30, 2022

Rough Waters

Turkey and Romania dispatched their navy to defuse potential explosive mines in the Black Sea following reports that the weapons may be drifting from Ukraine’s shores to neighboring countries, the Washington Post reported. Mines of unknown origin began appearing near the coasts of both countries in...

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March 29, 2022

Mea Culpa

Canadian Indigenous leaders and survivors of the country’s controversial residential schools met with Pope Francis on Monday, the first of a series of meetings this week in the hopes of securing a papal apology for the abuses committed by the Catholic clergy and school staff,...

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March 29, 2022

Dead Ends

Peace negotiations in the Central African Republic ended this week without any concrete progress amid an ongoing civil war that has been raging since 2013, Agence France-Presse reported. The talks are part of President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s pledge to push for national reconciliation following his controversial re-election...

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March 28, 2022

Realpolitik

Israel hosted a first-of-its-kind summit of Arab foreign ministers over the weekend in what is considered a major sign of changing geopolitical alignments in the Middle East amid regional concerns over Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported. The foreign ministers from Bahrain, Israel, Morocco and the...

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March 25, 2022

Hands and Tills

Two evangelical pastors in Brazil allegedly used their influence with the Education Ministry to steer funds to their allies, a burgeoning scandal hitting the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces reelection this year, the Associated Press reported. Major Brazilian publications released stories and leaked audio...

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