March 13, 2023

Blazing Furnace

Vietnamese lawmakers elected Vo Van Thuong as the Southeast Asian country’s new president in early March, almost two months after his predecessor, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was ousted due to a string of corruption scandals stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Officials allegedly bilked expatriate Vietnamese citizens seeking...

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March 13, 2023

Making Up

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations following Chinese-led negotiations, a landmark development that many analysts see as a de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East and Beijing’s increasing international role, CNBC reported. The two regional rivals made the announcement Friday following four days...

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March 13, 2023

The Heavy Thumb

Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved the country’s municipal councils this week, a move critics say is another step toward dismantling the North African country’s democratic gains following the 2011 revolution, Africanews reported. The dissolution has come more than a month before the mandates of 350 mayors...

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March 13, 2023

Moving Mountains

The renowned chocolate “Toblerone” is being forced to remove the iconic image of Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain because the brand cannot be considered “Swiss” anymore under the country’s law, Euronews reported. The redesign came after the brand’s US owner, Mondelez, decided to move production outside of Switzerland...

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March 13, 2023

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Egypt’s famous Great Pyramid of Giza continues to unveil its secrets. Archaeologists recently discovered a hidden corridor inside the 4,500-year-old structure, using novel imaging techniques based on cosmic rays to analyze a cavity behind the pyramid’s north face, a cavity first discovered in 2016, NBC News...

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