The French repatriation of African art is once again at the forefront of much discussion and debate in France, after four activists were recently fined for removing an African artifact from a Parisian museum in June. French museums hold about 90,000 pieces of African art and other artifacts that were
Responding to climate change has been at the top of much of the world’s to-do list lately, particularly that of the United Nations after their Climate Change Summit in September. However, a different approach to climate change is also growing in relevance: members of the Arctic Council— Scandinavian nations, Denmark
Amidst copious other concerns brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the American government is having difficulty deciding how to handle an activity that at least one billion children take part in daily: school. With cases and deaths growing out of control in some parts of the country and steadily decreasing
United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new rules allowing Hong Kong citizens holding a British National Overseas passport to emigrate into the U.K., in retaliation to a new set of security laws imposed on Hong Kong residents that he deemed undemocratic and unfair. Under the new rules, Hong Kong
The outrage over the murder of Black American George Floyd in late May and the subsequent protests over police brutality have not been confined to the United States; citizens in countries around the world–like France, England, Brazil, and more–have taken to the streets to protest racism and over-policing. The sudden
At least 20 soldiers have been killed in the Galwan Valley area of the Himalayan border between India and China, after clashes between both nations’ forces over the location’s disputed border. This border has been the location and cause of many skirmishes between soldiers of both sides since the Sino-Indian
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by American police officers and the subsequent widespread protests regarding police brutality across the United States and beyond, French law enforcement members are protesting their own government’s plans to change common policing practices and discipline racist officers. The country-wide protests—which included
After months of closed borders to all tourism-related travel due to COVID-19, several European countries and the European Union are beginning to draft plans regarding the reopening of many borders to tourism. The European Commission has been encouraging its members to correlate their borders and re-openings, and while some are
In the midst of the global chaos surrounding the Coronavirus strain, COVID-19, including clashes between leaders and health organizations over how to best combat it, the World Health Organization has announced that Latin America is the new epicentre of the virus. This announcement occurred after weeks of concern on the
Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States special representative for Afghanistan, left for Doha and Kabul in pursuit of peace talks with Taliban and Afghan officials regarding the United States’ military presence in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. Khalilzad departed on Sunday, May 17th, after the Afghan president and the
On May 9th, Chinese and Indian soldiers “aggressively” clashed at a border between the two nations at a border close to Tibet, according to a spokesperson of the India Ministry of Defense. The skirmish, which took place in Nuka La, North Sikkim, left four Indian soldiers and seven Chinese soldiers
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the globe, national leaders offer conflicting approaches to tame its path of destruction. Citizens around the world are urging Brazilian leaders “to adopt immediate measures to protect the country’s indigenous populations against the devastating virus.” Brazilian artists Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado created
Brazil’s Minister of Health confirmed that the coronavirus has officially reached the Amazon’s Indigenous Yanomami tribe, a notably remote group situated along the Brazil-Venezuela border. Amidst concerns that the coronavirus could irreversibly affect the world’s most at-risk populations, Brazilian officials announced Wednesday that a 15-year-old Yanomami boy was the first
