July 20, 2023

Winning Minds, Losing Hearts

“Sanchismo” might be the wedge issue in Spain’s general election on July 23. That’s because the center-right Partido Popular leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo and other conservative leaders are expected to defeat Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party – in part, because they...

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July 20, 2023

The Unwanted

Thailand’s parliament blocked Pita Limjaroenrat from being nominated for the post of prime minister Wednesday, the second time lawmakers rejected the candidate whose progressive Move Forward Party won a surprise victory in May’s election, the Washington Post reported. Pita had assembled a coalition of parties holding...

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July 20, 2023

The Old Ways

Honduras is planning to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere, as the government seeks to address rising crime and gang violence that are rocking the Central American nation, the Associated Press reported. President Xioamara Castro proposed plans to build an isolated detention...

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July 20, 2023

A Heavy Hand

At least one person died and hundreds were injured across Bangladesh this week, after tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets calling for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down ahead of elections early next year, Al Jazeera reported. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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July 20, 2023

The Pain of Knowing

People can go to great lengths to acquire information even if that information will not benefit them in any way, Science Magazine reported. In a series of experiments, psychologist Stefan Bode and his team showed human volunteers a series of coin flips, where each side came...

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