Building Bridges of Disconnect
This week, China unveiled an infrastructural feat of incredible proportions, the longest sea-crossing bridge ever constructed.
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World
Merkel Will Not Seek Re-Election Following Huge Election Losses
Germany’s mammoth political leader, Angela Merkel, announced on October 29 that she will not seek re-election as German Chancellor in 2021. Merkel also stated that she would step down as the head of her political party, the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), at its conference in December.
The Changing State of Media in China
Concern over China’s censorship practices are rising again due to recent concerns over Google’s project titled Dragonfly.
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Iran Votes to Fight the Financing of Terrorism
Iran’s Parliament voted on Sunday, October 7 to join a global convention to cut off terror financing.
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2018 Nobel Prize Awarded to Advocates Against Sexual Violence
On October 5, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winners were announced in Oslo, Norway. This year’s winners are Denis Mukwege of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nadia Murad of the Republic of Iraq.
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United Kingdom Moves Closer than Ever to EU Customs Deal
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and Irish Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, have been in increased contact in the lead up to the October 18 European Union Council summit where more Brexit talks will take place.
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Locked out of Luck: ICJ Rules in Chile’s favor
On October 1, 2018, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Chile could not be forced into negotiating a corridor in the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. In Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, large screens were put up on display across town squares as the President of the ICJ, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusaf, delivered the courts final ruling.
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United Nations Climate Report Warns 12 Years to Control Climate Change
Staff writer Judy Koren describes a far more catastrophic image of the impacts climate change will have on the earth if global leaders do not step up and demand change.
Read MoreWorld Economic Forum Opens Possibilities for Growth in Association of South East Asia Nations.
Staff Writer Tien Phan delves into the potential possibilities springing from the association South East Asia Nations.
Read MoreInternational Court of Justice Receives Chagos Islands Case
Mauritius, an independent island state in the Indian Ocean, is in dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago.
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