On Wednesday, June 26 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed in Canberra, Australia after being freed by United States courts under a plea deal. Prior, Assange had flown from the U.K., where he was incarcerated from April 2019 to June 2024, to Saipan to attend court. Saipan is an island in
China and the European Union have decided to begin discussions regarding proposed tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles entering the European market. Officials from both countries communicated this on June 22, with E.U. commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis commenting on his talks with China’s commerce ministry. Two days later, Beijing expressed that a
On June 9, South Korea announced that it would restart broadcasting via loudspeakers at the North Korean border, an activity that had been dormant for six years. This decision comes in response to North Korea’s recent actions of launching hundreds of balloons filled with trash into South Korea, as reported
A senior administration official stated that the U.S. government is striving to ensure the credibility of the upcoming Venezuelan elections despite challenges. Such presidential election is scheduled for July 28 this year, giving an historical opportunity since the 2000s for an opposition candidate to win. According to the New York
Solidarity encampments calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across university campuses in the United States. Hundreds of students across the country have been arrested over the last two weeks including at University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), Columbia, and University
According to the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), the amount of people killed or injured in gang violence in Haiti between January and March 2024 has increased 53% compared to the last three months of 2023. The first quarter of 2024 has been the most violent since BINUH
