The Current Deal The current Afghan peace deal is falling apart at the seams. On February 29th, the United States and the Taliban came to an agreement which included the U.S. and NATO withdrawing all their forces from Afghanistan. The deal also included provisions barring the Taliban from allowing any
Last Saturday, a surge of resentment among thousands of Israeli people took to the street with black flags in Tel Aviv’s Rabin to demonstrate against the unity deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival, Benny Gantz on the eve of a court hearing. Protesters shouted “Shame! Shame!”
On Saturday, Tanzanian President John Magufuli announced that his country will begin importing an untested COVID-19 ‘cure’ from Madagascar. The miracle remedy is a herbal tonic known as ‘COVID Organics’. Its key ingredient is the Artemisia plant, which is commonly used to treat malaria. Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina officially endorsed COVID
On April 28th, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that companies using offshore tax havens would be ineligible for the next round of government COVID-19 financial aid. Trudeau had refused to make these concessions the previous week but reversed his position after pressure from the Bloc Québécois party. The Prime Minister
The Sporadic Riots Riots have been popping up in juvenile detention facilities all across the United States. These riots are manifestations of the resentment and anxiety that policies responding to COVID-19 have generated. The first riot took place on April 15th, in the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn. Reports vary,
The European Union recently held an online summit where over eight billion dollars was pledged to aid in developing a vaccine to battle COVID-19, and to fund research studying the diagnosis and treatment of the virus. The final donors included more than thirty countries and several UN and philanthropic organizations
In the world’s youngest country, where armed conflict has led to widespread displacement and massive famine, COVID-19 is only making a dire situation worse. South Sudan’s security and humanitarian conditions are only expected to deteriorate as the virus hinders critical humanitarian aid deliveries, burdens an already fragile health system, and staunches the flow of
