At a recent joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden made new remarks about the western nation’s position regarding Taiwan and emphasized that, if China were to attack Taiwan, the United States would aid in defending the island’s independence. As outlined in the “one
On May 30th, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) announced that the European Union had overstated its climate spending by at least €72 billion, in which the EU fell short of the bloc’s self-imposed goal to spend 20% of its full budget on sustainability and tackling issues regarding climate change.
In recent weeks it has been reported that a rebel group, known as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has been forcing civilians to join their fight, where children and adults alike are physically threatened, and their relatives put into jail when not obliging with the army’s wishes. Captured fighters
On May 9th, parliamentarians within the European Union took steps to address low cocoa prices in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, asking the European Commission to start negotiations to alleviate the current environment, labor, and human rights abuses occurring within the industry. Estimates place the global cocoa market’s worth at
On May 2, China officially backed support for Sri Lanka’s decision to work with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to restructure the nation’s current debt crisis and help alleviate its economic, political, and social issues. With default of a little over $50 billion in foreign debt, rising interest
On April 24th, Defense Minister General Paulo Sergio Nogueira stated his dismay and dismissal towards the recent comments made by Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso regarding Brazil’s voting system and the country’s current president, Jair Bolsonaro. Barroso has claimed that the Armed Forces, in particular, received guidance by the
On Monday, April 18th, President Ebrahim Raisi declared that Iran’s armed forces are ready to respond to the “slightest” possible military moves taken by Israel against the Islamic Republic. This remark comes after last month’s stalling of negotiation talks between Tehran and the US in order to revive the country’s
On March 27th, Israel hosted a landmark summit in which foreign ministers from Morocco, Bahrain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States met to discuss a myriad of international issues. They also met to illustrate successful steps towards normalizing relations between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle
In recent weeks, the Vatican has begun discussing a possible meeting in Jerusalem between Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. This would be the second summit connecting the two figures since the Great Schism that divided the Christian religion into Eastern and Western branches in 1054, the first
On Monday, April 4th, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted fault after his extensive appeasement of Vladimir Putin’s aggressive advancement and the prolonged advocacy for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia. With close ties to the Kremlin and a long history in favor of Western rapprochement with Russia, President
On March 21st, China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, containing 132 people, lost height rapidly, nosediving from a cruising altitude of 30,000 ft before hitting the ground. In the aftermath of the devastating Boeing 737-800 crash near the hilly area of Wuzhou, China, the United States will
On February 24th, in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014, Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, sparking international uproar and receiving condemnation from top leaders, countries, and companies across the globe. Between sanctions and public outcry, roughly 300 corporations have severed ties with Russia or
