Today, we find ourselves in a globally-connected world with equally global problems. While we may not realize it, certain events affect us all –indirectly or otherwise. Two such events have occurred in the past few weeks: a decision in China and an election in Russia. CHINA AND TERM LIMITS In mid-March, ...
A 15-day state of emergency has been declared in the Maldives after security forces entered the island nation’s highest court. A tweet by the Maldives Judiciary on Feb. 5 reported the Maldives National Defense Forces stormed the Supreme Court in the capital city of Male. This comes after the court’s ...
[audio mp3="https://wiux.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Rea_Cape-Town-Water.mp3"][/audio] South Africa's second-largest city is due to run out of water on April 12. According to city officials, Cape Town is dangerously close to running completely dry. As the so-called “Day Zero” looms, the available ...
On December 6, President Trump announced his decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Eventually, steps will be taken to move the U.S. embassy there, from its current location in Tel Aviv. Why is this so important? For one, it reverses 20 years of American diplomatic ...
After a week of self-imposed exile, Zimbabwe’s former Vice President returns and is sworn in as interim President. Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, fled to South Africa when then-President Robert Mugabe, 93, replaced the Vice President with his wife, Grace Mugabe. What followed was a confusing but peaceful ...
The Lebanese Prime Minister attempted to resign this past weekend, and is now allegedly under house arrest. On Saturday, PM Saad al-Hariri made a televised announcement of his abrupt resignation, citing fears of an assassination plot as the reason. His father, former PM Rafik Hariri, was assassinated ...
This week, a federal judge took steps to block President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked implementation on the grounds that it was likely the transgender service members who had sued the Trump ...
PM Theresa May has made some decidedly big promises for the future of the UK post-Brexit. Even though the ruling was declared final after the 2016 referendum, there were and are still many details that need to be hammered out before the UK will be able to leave the European Union. Here’s a breakdown ...
Two Dead Stars Collide In August, the collision of two dead stars was observed. Two neutron stars in a distant galaxy –NGC 4993, some 130 million light-years from us– spun around each other, drawing closer and closer until they finally met in a violent explosion. A ‘nova’ is the abrupt increase ...
Since 1901, Nobel Prizes have been awarded nearly every year in the categories of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Studies. The decisions, announced in Stockholm, Sweden (except for the Peace Prize, which is announced from Oslo, Norway), are always eagerly ...
