Cuban dictator Fidel Castro died on Friday at the age of 90. Reactions poured in from around the world, especially in North America where Castro played a significant role in the geopolitics of the past fifty years. President Obama offered a largely neutral statement on Castro’s passing. Under President Obama, […]
On Tuesday, the Ecuadorian government admitted that it had in fact restricted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s Internet access. Ecuador said that it made the decision on its own after WikiLeaks published numerous documents related to the American presidential election. WikiLeaks has been active in leaking emails from the Democratic National Committee and […]
The ambassadors on the United Nations Security Council announced on Wednesday that the members have come behind Antonio Guterres to be the next Secretary-General. In the straw poll, Guterres was easily the top pick with 13 “encouraged” votes. He did not have any “discouraged” votes, but two members expressed “no […]
Last week, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez signed a peace deal in an attempt to end the 52-year-long war that has been taking place in the country. Colombian voters, however, decided to block the passage of the peace deal, with the “no” vote coming out with […]
Singaporean teen blogger Amos Yee will be spending time in prison after uploading controversial posts about religion to social media platforms. Yee was convicted on eight charges, six of which concern “wounding religious feeling” and two of which are for failing to turn up at a police station when called for. […]
