Thailand’s new parliament convened on July 3rd after the progressive opposition Move Forward Party’s shocking election victory. The question of whether party leader Pita Limjaroenrat can really take power and become prime minister, ending nine years of military rule, remains in the air. Pita, a 42-year-old Harvard graduate and businessman,
More than 700 citizens in the East African nation of Ethiopia have died of starvation. The reason: United Nations and United States sanctions following the theft of food aid earlier this year. The lack of resources is estimated to affect around 20 million Ethiopians. Both the U.N. and U.S. halted
On June 19th, 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded his two day meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Blinken’s visit to China took place four months after his initial plans to travel were postponed due to the shooting down of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S. in
In protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul, over 300 Israeli military doctors in reserve units have refused to serve, should the bill be pursued. The legislation proposed in January would have the ability to limit the Supreme Court’s power in balancing the Parliament, the Knesset. Protests
Women’s oppression in Afghanistan has been intensified by the Taliban’s order for hair and beauty salons to shut down. Hilary Whiteman reported in her CNN article “Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons” that Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry
