On July 4th, Chile’s President Gabriel Boric Font received a new constitutional draft. This new draft is intended to replace the country’s original Magna Carta, which was written during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The constitution’s ultimate fate lies with the Chilean people; Boric issued a mandate calling for a
On February 28th, 2022, Ville Itälä, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), presented a report that had been long in the making. It covered a year-long investigation on Frontex, the European Border Agency, which confirmed the involvement of the organization in illegal activities in the Aegean Sea. The report,
Since the 2015 and 2016 migration crises, Mediterranean countries have been at the frontline of dealing with millions of refugees fleeing war, poverty, and persecution from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. While it’s unknown how many asylum seekers cross through Greece undetected each year, according to Pew Research, Greece was the
Over the past few weeks, major concern has grown surrounding Russian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine. Continual damage to the plant has drawn attention from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Security Council as well as the G7 powers who said Russia must
The United States and its allies, including Britain and the European Union, closed their airspace to Russian planes as part of a barrage of sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its decision to send its armed forces into Ukraine in February. On August 8th, the Russian foreign ministry announced
In June 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States passed down its opinion on the landmark case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health (2022). In a 5-4 ruling, the court held that there was no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, overturning Roe v. Wade (1973) and
At least 21 civilians and 8 police officers tragically lost their lives in an eruption of violence last week on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in what are believed to be anti-government protests aimed at overthrowing President Julius Maada Bio, though the full details are not yet known. Police
