Last week, Britain announced the relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions for hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in November. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pushed for the event to take place in person, believing that urgent change will prove most effective face-to-face. The summit is set to
Southeastern Nigerian city centres were deserted Monday after people stayed at home to show solidarity with detained separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu and to express grievances about how the country is run according to Reuters. The stay-at-home protest called by the banned group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was successful in
On August 9th, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke with United States vice president Kamala Harris about issues of internal migration and Central America’s ongoing struggle with COVID-19. The U.S.-Mexico call is the first sign that Mexico is starting to implement the economic changes promised in the deal the
Human rights groups have criticized Spain for sending hundreds of unaccompanied minors back to Morocco from Ceuta, the country’s North African enclave. These deportations, which the rights groups say are illegal, have prompted worries over a lack of transparency from Spanish officials. The operation was reportedly not officially announced, and
In Afghanistan, the Taliban have made major gains over the past week. At the time of writing, on Sunday the 15th of August, the Afghan government no longer controls many of the nation’s major cities. Since August 9th, the Taliban has managed to seize over 22 provincial capitals throughout the
Afghanistan’s slip into Taliban hands has now become a free fall, with the latest prediction that Kabul, the capital, will fall within a week. On Saturday, Taliban rebels took control of the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, sending Afghan soldiers fleeing as the rebels pushed closer to Kabul and Western
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its first major report in nearly a decade on Monday, turning the spotlight on the escalating climate crisis and its impact on regions around the world. The highly anticipated report, which was written by the world’s leading scientists and signed
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known to the world as Lula, has been the President of Brazil for much of the 21st century. He has also been a union leader, prisoner, inspiration and figure of adoration for much of Brazil’s working class. Emerging from Northeastern Brazil’s industrial union politics, he
