The recent impact of Storm Éowyn on the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom has brought the quality of weather-resistant power infrastructure into question for both countries. The storm lasted from January 21 to January 27 and crossed much of the North Sea before dissipating, leaving hundreds of thousands to suffer power outages, while certain areas were damaged further by high winds and fallen trees.
Read MoreOn November 23, Uruguay will host runoff elections after no presidential candidate received a majority of the votes during the initial round of voting. As Uruguay heads into the final round of its 2024 presidential election, The Associated Press says all eyes are on the showdown between two political candidates: Yamandú Orsi, representing the left-wing Broad Front (Frente Amplio), and Álvaro Delgado, the candidate for the center-right National Party (Partido Nacional).
Read MoreOn Sunday, October 26, parliamentary elections in Georgia resulted in the ruling Georgian Dream party receiving 54 percent of the country’s vote, with the two main opposition parties, the Coalition for Change and the United National Movement, bringing in 11 percent and 10 percent of the vote, respectively, reports CNN.
Read MoreOn October 1, Shigeru Ishiba, the former defense minister of long-time Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, was elected by the Japanese parliament to replace Fumio Kishida as the prime minister, states NPR. In the week leading up to Ishiba’s appointment, he was selected as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which effectively cleared the way for him as the LDP holds the majority in parliament and has ruled Japan almost every year post-World War II.
Read MoreThe International Criminal Court (ICC) was established by the United Nations on July 17, 1998, with the passage of the Rome Statute. It came as a response to horrific crimes committed during conflicts throughout the twentieth century – namely the World Wars, the Cold War, and the conflicts in Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Read MoreAfrica has long called for more representation in global governance, and recent calls for more representation at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have been gaining attention.
Read MoreInternational preparations for the G20 2024 summit in Brazil are underway, as the summit is set to expand for the first time since its foundation in 1999.
Read MoreSince its inception in 1944, the World Bank has played a vital role in universally supporting and developing financial initiatives to decrease poverty while simultaneously stimulating economic growth in various nations with limited resources.
Read MoreOn September 3, 2024, the United States Department of Justice unsealed seven criminal charges against six of the highest-ranking Hamas leaders.
Read MoreSince February 2021, Myanmar has transformed from a young country with hopes of democratic reforms to a nation devastated by ethnopolitical civil war. In the aftermath of the 2020 elections, which saw the National League for Democracy (NLD) win the parliamentary majority over the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a political party known for supporting the military, or Tatmadaw, a coup ensued.
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