On March 10th, the 66th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against China, there was a scuffle with the police in New Delhi, India. Tibetans who live in exile in India played the national anthems of Tibet and India, chanted anti-China slogans such as “Remember, Resist, Return,” and attempted to enter
The U.S. government’s mass deportations have sparked chaos and concern in Central America. Thousands of people shut out of the U.S., including hundreds of deportees, are moving south to countries like Costa Rica and Panama in what some journalists have dubbed a “reverse migration.” Just this month, 299 mostly Asian
The USAID freeze has put children’s lives at risk in orphanages in Kenya. One such orphanage is the Nyumbani Children’s Home, which receives medication from USAID for the one hundred children (who have HIV/AIDS) to combat the disease. On average, about $1,139 are needed annually per child that has HIV
The Philippines and Canada are close to signing a defense pact concerning the Indo-Pacific region. The pact, known as a visiting forces agreement or V.F.A., will allow larger Canadian military forces and drills in the Indo-Pacific. Canada has been increasing its presence in the region’s seas to strengthen security and
Trump’s executive order freezing the USAID program for 90 days is impacting people displaced from Myanmar. The Thai-Myanmar border is home to camps housing around 100,000 refugees. 69% of the camps’ funding comes from the U.S. government, so once the announcement was made, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and other
On January 23rd, fighting in the Sudanese civil war set the country’s largest oil refinery, the al-Jaili, on fire. Satellite images captured by Planet Labs and analyzed by AP News revealed the fire . The al-Jaili refinery is located 40 miles north of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and co-owned by the
In light of Trump’s recent comments, Panama wants to remind the world that the Panama Canal belongs to them and is not for sale. On January 9th, Panamanians honored the anniversary of the uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal, known as Martyrs’ Day. Marches took place, where the
The Indian foreign ministry is concerned about China’s plans to build a dam on the Yarlung Zangbo River, which flows through Tibet and then curves through Northeast India and Bangladesh, where it is known as the Brahmaputra River. The dam project, which is estimated to cost as much as $127
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has warned that Russia poses a more widespread security threat than just the Russia-Ukraine war. On 22 December 2024, Finland hosted the leaders of Italy, Greece, and Sweden at an E.U. summit to discuss security in Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. Meloni, who leads Italy’s far-right
