On August 3rd, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin (汪文斌) announced that Hong Kong would suspend its extradition treaty with New Zealand. This move came in response to New Zealand’s announcement on July 27th that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, following numerous other Western […]
Muslims in France took another hit this week as two local mosques in Lyon became the targets of arson attacks. The attacks took place on Wednesday and Friday night and destroyed main parts of the buildings, including the entrance and prayer rooms, forcing some worshipers to make their Friday prayers […]
A diplomatic agreement established this week between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel has left Palestinians feeling further neglected. Although the agreement included the caveat that Israel cannot annex the West Bank, a plan that Israeli leadership has long pushed for, the action has nevertheless been viewed as a […]
Over the past two weeks, Bolivian demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest repeated delays to the rerun of last October’s election in which the former socialist president, Evo Morales, was ousted from his 14-year-long presidential incumbency. Citing sanitary measures due to COVID-19, the interim government has postponed the […]
