Category: NEWS

Turkey’s Erdoğan Seeks to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Turkey’s Erdoğan Seeks to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Turkey’s membership would grant it additional leverage against the West as well as bolster its economy through ties with Eurasian countries. Currently, Ankara is mired in efforts to bring down its inflation numbers ahead of next year’s elections.

September 20, 2022
Astronomers Discover Ocean Planet

Astronomers Discover Ocean Planet

Scientists have discovered an exoplanet covered entirely by water. Interest in such ‘ocean planets’ is high, as they form very likely environments for the development of life.

September 20, 2022
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