On Thursday February 7, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s former attorney general, accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of pressuring for a settlement in a criminal case involving a Quebec-based construction company.
Read moreOn Wednesday, March 6, Diplomacy students had an online talk with Dr. Gabriel Hetland on the ongoing geopolitical crisis in Venezuela. Dr. Gabriel Hetland, professor of Latin America, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at the State University of New York at Albany, discussed several aspects of the current instability in Venezuela.
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The widely anticipated summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on February 27 and 28 turned out to be an unsuccessful effort to normalize diplomatic relations between the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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On March 1, Saudi Arabia’s Office of Public Prosecution announced its decision to move forward with their upcoming trials against women’s rights activists.
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In a surprise move on February 17, Pope Francis called together a four-day meeting to discuss sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, which was attended by hundreds of bishops and other Catholic leaders.
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Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, won re-election following national elections held on February 23.
Read moreOn Monday, March 4, former jihadist supporter Hoda Muthana’s request for case expedition was denied by the federal courts, the latest development in a case that has generated international discussion on the status of “ISIS brides”.
Read moreThe oil mining and production behemoth ExxonMobil is expected to begin oil production in Guyana in 2020.
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