Category: NEWS

UN Contests New British Public Order Law

The UN asks for benevolence towards activists whose demands—mainly about human rights and environmental issues—are deemed “existential.”

Spain Ignores Pleas of Its Citizen in Cuban Prison

Spain Ignores Pleas of Its Citizen in Cuban Prison

“Doing nothing is the worst option,” the OCDH said. “The pressure from Spain could be decisive in obtaining the release of Mario Josué Prieto Ricardo.”

September 19, 2022
Tigray Rebels and Ethiopian Government Move Towards Peace

Tigray Rebels and Ethiopian Government Move Towards Peace

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has agreed to African Union (AU) mediated peace talks with the Ethiopian government.

September 19, 2022
Research Finds Marriage ‘Sweet Spot’ for Twenty-Somethings

Research Finds Marriage ‘Sweet Spot’ for Twenty-Somethings

Age at marriage matters, but in different ways for different groups, according to a recent study.

September 19, 2022
Change in Hungarian Abortion Law

Change in Hungarian Abortion Law

The minister of the interior believes that the decree is not a tightening of existing legislation, but a better means of transmitting the deeper issues inherent in the decision to have an abortion.

September 19, 2022
Chile’s Boric Approval Reaches an All-Time Low

Chile’s Boric Approval Reaches an All-Time Low

After voters rejected a constitutional reform, Boric’s approval falls to 33%.

September 19, 2022
VOX Calls for Referendum, Defends ‘Energy Sovereignty’

VOX Calls for Referendum, Defends ‘Energy Sovereignty’

VOX proposed lifting the country’s freeze on exploring and exploiting its own resources.

September 18, 2022
Denmark Limits COVID-19 Booster to Over 50s

Denmark Limits COVID-19 Booster to Over 50s

Denmark is the first country to announce that booster shots will not be offered to the general population under age 50.

September 18, 2022
Putin, Xi Call for End of U.S. Dominated ‘Unipolar World’

Putin, Xi Call for End of U.S. Dominated ‘Unipolar World’

For all their apparent unity, Russia’s contribution to our present chaotic moment is increasingly ruffling Beijing’s feathers. It is much bothered by the continued forestallment of the Ukrainian war’s end.

September 18, 2022
Spain: First to Bestow Legal Personhood to an Ecosystem

Spain: First to Bestow Legal Personhood to an Ecosystem

Some legal experts find the lagoons’ juridical personality status as legally murky as the waters the bill aims to clean up.

September 18, 2022
Hungary “No Longer a Democracy,” Says EU Report

Hungary “No Longer a Democracy,” Says EU Report

An expression is used to define Orbán’s Hungary, that of a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy”—a new political concept coined specifically for the occasion.

September 17, 2022
Post-Election Upheaval in Swedish Politics

Post-Election Upheaval in Swedish Politics

For the first time in four decades, the moderates are not the largest non-socialist party in the Riksdag.

September 17, 2022
Danish Hijab Ban in Schools: Freedom for Girls or State Overreach?

Danish Hijab Ban in Schools: Freedom for Girls or State Overreach?

In the opinion of the commission members, who have both personal and professional experience working directly with minority communities, the reality is that most girls wear the hijab due to familial pressure.

September 17, 2022