On October 9, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon said she wants to hold a referendum in October of next year for Scottish Independence. The United Kingdom government has not agreed, but the UK’s Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday on the legality of Scotland’s administration voting for independence without the government’s consent.
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Her passing forces the world to consider what she stood for as a monarch of the Commonwealth realms. World leaders publicly acknowledging only the positives runs contrary to how others, especially people in African nations, view the Queen’s legacy and is an insult to former British colonies who fought for their right to rule themselves.
Read MoreNovember 11, Poland celebrated the 99th anniversary of its independence in the aftermath of World War I reversing 123 years of partition. But afterwards, many remain in Warsaw for an unofficial march organized by the National Radical Camp and the All Polish Youth.
Read MoreIraq’s government has said that all measures to isolate the Kurdish region would be temporary and reversed if the Kurds annulled the results of the vote, which Iraq’s Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional.
Read MoreThe Catalan government announced that independence was approved by almost 90 percent of about 2.3 million voters, while the Spanish courts declared the referendum unconstitutional and refused to recognize the vote.
Read MoreCatalonia may soon become its own country, and if Arthur Mas, president of the most northeast region of Spain has his way, it would become the 20th country in the Eurozone and the 29th country in the European Union.
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