May 31, 2023

Villains

In a final decision, Cambodia’s Constitutional Council recently rejected the claims of opposition politicians with the Candlelight Party who said they should be allowed to stand for election in July. They had been disqualified because of incorrectly submitted registration papers, officials said. The council’s decision means the...

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May 31, 2023

In The Spotlight

Protesters and police clashed in the town of Nagu in southwestern China this week after authorities attempted to partially dismantle a 14th-century mosque in the Muslim-majority municipality, the Guardian reported. Over the weekend, Nagu officials were set to dismantle parts of the Najiaying mosque after a...

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May 31, 2023

Do As I Say …

A Salvadoran court sentenced a former president and another official to lengthy prison sentences on charges of having links with criminal groups and failure to comply with their duties, Reuters reported. Former President Mauricio Funes and his Security Minister David Munguía Payes were sentenced to 14...

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May 31, 2023

No Peace

Western powers urged ethnic Serbs and Albanians to stop fighting in northern Kosovo after dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured in skirmishes with protesters this week, prompting concerns of a wider conflict in the Balkan country, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. NATO officials said 30 of...

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May 31, 2023

First Kiss

Scientists and historians have debated when humans started the practice of kissing in a romantic and sexual sense. Past studies have suggested familial or friendly pecks have been common between humans across time and geography, while the first evidence of romantic kissing traces back to 1500...

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