On May 9, 2022, the Philippines will hold their next presidential elections. In an attempt to minimize election-related violence, the government has imposed a national firearms ban as of January 9, 2022. January 9 was the official start of the 150-day election period; the ban will remain in place until
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a successful troop intervention in Kazakhstan after almost a week of the worst violence the Central Asian state has experienced since its independence in 1991. On Monday, January 10, 2022, Reuters reported that Putin declared victory after paratroopers from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
This week, the Pope iterated one of his most assertive statements on vaccinations, urging individuals to get vaccinated as it is a “moral obligation.” Previously referring to vaccines as an “act of love,” the Pope denounced rhetoric discouraging vaccination as “baseless information.” The Pope’s pro-vaccine sentiments come at a pressing
