https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/30/nato-foreign-ministers-to-meet-amid-renewed-russia-tensions It seems that Moscow and Ukraine are on the verge of, well, something, as Moscow gathers troops and weapons on the border between the two countries. The sum of troops seems to be around 92,000, as well as drones and electronic warfare. NATO already has troops stationed in Ukraine, as this isn’t the first time this year that Moscow… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/30/us-lifts-colombias-farc-foreign-terrorist-designation The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is officially no longer a ‘foreign terrorist’ in the United State’s eyes. Originally, FARC was a group of people that banded together in 1964 against the Colombian government after a series of unfair governance in the people’s eyes (hence FARC’s alternative title as the People’s Army). Over the years, they were… Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58673578 For almost eight years, immigration, both illegal and legal, has been a topic of contention in the United States. Now, as tensions rise at the US border, the US has been forced to make some hard choices. Many of the migrants at the border are fleeing economic turmoil after the Covid crisis, or political unrest, and even unsafe living… Read more »
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-journalist-held-myanmar-faces-new-terrorism-sedition-charges-lawyer-rcna5068 Myanmar has recently been in the news for it’s military coup that it staged against it’s government, as what many people have defined as a direct response to the countries transition to a democratic power. This action in itself was condemned internationally, even more so when the military shut down all ways out of the largest city in Myanmar,… Read more »
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/bolivia-calls-on-canada-to-waive-patent-and-export-covid-19-vaccines-1.5658974 Currently there are 3-4 major vaccines being administered throughout the world, due to their patenting from the scientists and companies that created them. This includes Pfizer, Moderna, and of course Johnson & Johnson. But although 4 vaccines for one illness seems like a lot, when the world is in need of mass vaccination, it seems to have fallen short…. Read more »
link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-59199514 As climate awareness rises globally, countries are already noticing their actions have a devastating effect on places they didn’t even consider. For Wales, it’s come to light that their imports are causing large amounts of destruction to not only the Amazon rain-forest but parts of the Amazon inhabited by Native peoples and tribes. Wales seems to… Read more »
