Life in Russia has become difficult for migrants from Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries since four Tajiks were among those arrested for allegedly killing 145 people in a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow on March 22. The Islamic State terrorist...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian denied that Israel was behind a strike in central Iran this week, an attack that heightened worry over a regional war breaking out, while the United States approved a new aid package to the Jewish nation over the weekend, NBC...
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Tens of thousands of people protested across the Canary Islands over the weekend, calling on authorities to revise the Spanish archipelago’s tourism strategy over concerns that the model has made life unaffordable for the locals and is not sustainable for the environment, the Guardian reported. Demonstrators...
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Togo’s parliament approved a new constitution over the weekend that critics and opposition lawmakers described as “a coup d’état,” with the aim of keeping long-time President Faure Gnassingbé in power, the BBC reported. The new charter will transform the small West African nation from a presidential...
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Archeologists unearthed dozens of pottery fragments on an island on the Great Barrier Reef dating back 2,000 to 3,000 years, marking the oldest pottery ever found in Australia, Science Alert reported. Crafted from locally sourced clay and sand, the pottery challenges colonial stereotypes and showcases the...
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The upcoming parliamentary election in India is expected to go well for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Surveys show that Indians are concerned about unemployment, inflation, and other kitchen-table issues, reported Reuters. But a majority of the billion voters who...
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Venezuelan officials criticized the United States’ decision this week to reimpose oil sanctions, after Washington said that the government of President Nicolas Maduro has failed to allow “an inclusive and competitive election” to take place this year, the Financial Times reported. In October, the Biden administration...
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Indonesian authorities shut down a provincial airport and evacuated hundreds of people this week following the eruption Wednesday of Mount Ruang in the north of the archipelago, prompting officials to also issue tsunami warnings, the New York Times reported. The volcanic eruption on a remote island...
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Italian lawmakers passed an amendment this week to allow anti-abortion activists to enter family planning clinics, a move that supporters hailed but the opposition and pro-choice advocates called a “heavy” blow to women’s rights, the Washington Post reported. The amendment is part of the right-wing government’s...
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The Toba super-eruption 74,000 years ago left a lake 62 miles long and 1,600 feet deep in Indonesia, a testament to the largest known natural disaster in the last 2.5 million years – its effects were felt around the globe. For decades, the common belief has...
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Zoran Milanović caused a stir last month when he announced his candidacy for Croatia’s parliament as a member of the Social Democratic Party – with the goal of becoming prime minister. The problem was that Milanović was the president of Croatia when he made his announcement. As...
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British lawmakers voted in favor of a pioneering bill that would prevent individuals born after 2009 from purchasing cigarettes, a piece of legislation that observers have described as one of strictest in the world, the BBC reported. On Tuesday, the bill, proposed by Conservative Prime Minister...
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Venezuela and Honduras took diplomatic actions against Ecuador this week in response to a recent police raid at Mexico’s embassy in the Ecuadorian capital Quito earlier this month, Al Jazeera reported. On Tuesday, Honduran Foreign Relations Minister Enrique Reina announced his country had recalled its charge...
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Georgia’s parliament passed Wednesday the first reading of a bill on “foreign agents” that critics warned could be used to stifle freedoms and move the Caucasus nation further away from its path to join the European Union, Reuters reported. The bill, supported by the ruling Georgian...
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Global warming is widely credited for causing ice to melt at both the Earth’s poles, leading to a rise in sea levels. And that in turn is shifting water, causing our planet to spin more slowly, Scientific American reported. Combined with other forces that alter Earth’s rotation...
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A fire tore through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the structure’s iconic spire and severely damaging one of the Danish capital’s oldest buildings, the Associated Press reported. Danish officials said the fire began Tuesday morning in the 17th-century building’s copper-covered roof...
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Unprecedented heavy rains unleashed devastating floods across southern Russia, Central and South Asia this week, claiming dozens of lives and displacing tens of thousands, and prompting anger from residents and concerns about climate change among scientists, CBS News reported. Lightning and torrential rains killed more than...
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A new study found that unless Japan revises its laws to permit separate surnames for married couples, every Japanese citizen could have the surname “Sato” within the next 500 years, the Guardian reported. Led by Hiroshi Yoshida of Tohoku University, the study projects a concerning trend...
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Many dog owners swear their pooches understand them. Now, a new groundbreaking study shows they actually might. The research suggests that canines possess a more sophisticated understanding of human language than previously recognized, the Los Angeles Times reported. To arrive at that conclusion, neuroscientist Marianna Boros and her...
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Parliamentary and local elections in the Solomon Islands on April 17 are yet another example of how domestic politics in Pacific countries have become proxy battles between China and the US. In 2022, three years after he rescinded his country’s recognition of Taiwan, Solomon Islands Prime...
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