June 27, 2023

Pugachevshchina

In the 1770s, a Cossack named Emelian Pugachev rebelled against Catherine the Great. As described in Alexander Pushkin’s novel, “The Captain’s Daughter,” peasants furious at the Russian army’s corruption fueled the rebellion. But Pugachev’s uprising failed. He was captured and publicly executed in Moscow. Today, Russians...

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June 27, 2023

Election Fever

Clashes broke out in parts of Guatemala as the country held general elections, a high-stakes vote that comes amid years of corruption, poverty and violence, Euronews reported Monday. Locals stopped election authorities from opening polling stations in San Jose del Golfo, in central Guatemala. They complained...

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June 27, 2023

The Comeback Kid

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in Monday, a day after his center-right New Democracy party won a resounding victory in Greece’s repeat parliamentary elections, Reuters reported. Results showed that New Democracy secured a majority by receiving 158 of 300 parliamentary seats, while the leftist...

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June 27, 2023

Fun By Fiat

Indonesian workers will enjoy a five-day weekend at the end of the month after the president ordered additional holidays in an effort to boost travel and consumption in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, Bloomberg reported. President Joko Widodo declared June 28 and 30 as collective leave days...

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June 27, 2023

Building the Way

Most people hunt for landmarks to find their way when lost but one desert ant species goes even further – it builds them in order to survive the scorching salt flats of Tunisia, according to New Scientist. The Cataglyphis fortis are known to travel long distances...

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