The recent vote on March 13th in the American House of Representatives against TikTok marks a milestone in the debate surrounding the popular video-sharing platform. With a resounding 352 votes (out of 435) in favour, the House passed bipartisan legislation which aims to force ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest
The increasing military assertiveness of China and the Philippines in the South China Sea is escalating the tension in this strategic resource-rich waterway. Over the past 20 years, China has been occupying reefs and atolls to the detriment of competing claimants, including the Philippines. Incidents between the two powers –
At the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum 2024, held in Davos from 15-19 January, global leaders, CEOs, and experts met together to discuss global challenges and transformations. With mounting violence in the Middle East, and newly inflamed tensions under the spotlight – as the results of elections
The world is looking closely at the island of Formosa, as the January 13th presidential and parliamentary elections come closer. On January 7th, as tension keeps mounting, China has announced sanctions against 5 US arms manufacturers over weapons sales to Taiwan. “Taiwan’s January election will set the tone for global
On 29th December 2023, South Africa filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), alleging that Israel is engaging in genocidal acts in Gaza. South Africa claims Israel is violating its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention, to which Israel is a ratifying party. The main issue in
The Chinese delegation at the 28th Conference of the Parties on Climate (COP28) in Dubai, headed by top exponents of the Ministry for Environment and Ecology and by executive vice-premier Ding Xuexiang, proved to be a key player in a possible fuel phase-out. Still, China remained mostly discreet about its
On December 3rd, President Nicolás Maduro held a referendum in Venezuela. Voters were asked five questions regarding the centuries-old territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region. The government-controlled electoral authority claimed that all five questions received 95% of yes votes. Moreover, while the referendum is only consultative in
On November 15th, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met near San Francisco on the side-lines of the annual APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum), as French journal Le Monde reports. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since November 14, 2022, when they met during
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the top UN official in Sudan, told reporters on 10th November that warfare in Sudan is “verging on pure evil”, as multiple reports on Darfur’s escalating violence, sexual assaults, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, and grave violations of the most basic human and children rights are being conducted on
On November 5th the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) announced that a nuclear submarine would be deployed in the CENTCOM area of competence. This show of force by the USA is only one of the most recent steps in the escalation of the ongoing conflict in Gaza at the international level
