In June, Germany offered Namibia more than one billion euros over 30 years as reparations for the 1904-1908 genocide and property theft of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people. This offer comes after six years of negations between both bodies and Germany’s official recognition of the genocide in May. The
Kristina Timanovskaya, a Belarusian runner, was taken to Haneda Airport on Sunday 1 August, at the request of Belarusian officials. Upon arriving, she pleaded to local Japanese officials to let her stay in Tokyo, the site of this year’s Olympics. According toThe New York Times, Timanovskaya was “worried about [her]
Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and the United States have held a military exercise in the Lviv region, Ukraine. The drill called “Three Swords-2021” included more than 1200 servicemen and around 200 combat vehicles from all member countries and lasted from July 12th-30th in Western Ukraine. It followed the largest water military
The ice sheet which has historically been known to cover Greenland has recently gone into a state of rapid melting. Last week, there was enough melted ice that occurred in one single day, that it is estimated to be enough to cover the entire surface of the U.S. state, Florida
On 2 August, German politician Christian Shmidt became the newest international envoy to assume the position of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia. His appointment has received consistent pushback from Bosnian Serb politicians and Russia. The Office of the High Representative is a position that was initially
Nestled between Canada and the United States, Lake Superior is an immense and remote body of water — the largest freshwater lake by surface area in the world. On its shores, local communities are sustained by drawing on its natural resources. The fishing traditions supported by Lake Superior were interrupted
Poland has announced that they will dissolve the highly criticized Disciplinary Chamber to end disagreements with the European Union. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, head of the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), announced “We will dissolve the Disciplinary Chamber as it currently operates and in this way the subject of the dispute
Vitaly Shishov, head of a Belarusian exile group, was found dead in Kiev, Ukraine on 3 August. Shishov was head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), a group that criticized the Belarusian government for its recent authoritarian actions. According to CNN, his body was found hanging in a park,
Members of Myanmar’s shadow government, the National Unity Government (NUG), have condemned its military ruler Min Aung Hlaing for taking the prime minister role in a caretaker (military) government. This move is reportedly an attempt to win government legitimacy and international recognition. Min Aung Hlaing made the announcement during a speech
Amid a worsening health crisis, burgeoning food inequality, and an uncertain political situation, an estimated 1,000 Malaysians took to the streets in an anti-government rally on Saturday, 31 July. Themed “Keluar dan #Lawan,” (‘Get Out and Protest’), the protest was organized by Sekretariat Solidarity Rakyat (SSR), a coalition of youth and
In the Czech Republic, President Miloš Zeman signed a new bill this week that will offer compensation to the women illegally sterilized from 1966 to 2012. The law includes a provision that outlines a one-time payment of 300,000 Czech crowns from the government to individuals unlawfully treated. Most of the
