French officials confirm ‘talks’ on Tuesday with Nigerien Junta military officials to withdraw about 1,500 troops from Niger following the military’s coup on the nation’s government in late July. The Nigerien military held the Nigerien President, Mohamed Bazoum, at the Presidential Palace with plans to prosecute the official for ‘high treason’ since the initial attack. President Bazoum is the tip of Niger’s long history with French colonialism, not garnering their independenc

Uruguayan citizens face a three-year-long drought that threatens clean drinking water and risks health. The record-setting drought is brought on by rising global temperatures and poor water infrastructure investments from current and prior Uruguayan administrations, leaving many with contaminated drinking water unsuitable for consumption. “The water leaves the hair a little hard and salty. You can still cook, clean, and wash yourself, but not drink. No one has been hospitaliz

A mass heatwave affecting Europe began near the end of June and continues to break records in many European nations. The heatwave began in the Mediterranean and quickly reached France, Spain, and Portugal, and continued toward areas like the U.K., Greece, and Italy. Italy and the U.K. declared a state of emergency, along with many other European countries. Researchers found that the European heatwaves occurred when a jet stream had temporarily split in two, leaving an area of

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to step down Thursday, July 14, 2022 after protestors stormed his house July 9, amidst widespread disapproval of economic downfall and poor government management. Factors which further contributed to the protests are the devaluation of the Sri Lankan rupee due to over production of currency, a policy shift to organic or biological farming, the Easter bombings in 2019, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rajapaksa fled

El Salvador is a historically violent country. Since 1994, the country has been on the top 20 countries with the highest homicide rate list. Since 2015 they have been on a downward crime trend from an average of 18 homicides a day to the following year (2016) at 14. The crime rate in 2018 was 9 homicides a day, and in 2019, when El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele took office, crime rates dropped to 6 homicides a day. There is conflicting information on how the drop in crim

URUGUAY-On May 31, 2022, a metallurgical factory laid off 150 workers in Uruguay. Union workers met on Monday with the general secretary of the National Union of Metal Workers and Related Branches to see what could be done not to close the factory. “A decision [has been] made,” factory management said. The closure resulted from the Uruguayan government not considering the proposals made by factory union workers and not due to a lack of company management. “The problem is that

Home to a host of unique creatures and animals, the 55 million-year-old Amazon Rainforest is one of the most untouched pieces of Earth. The wildlife there is unlike anything else found on the planet. Home to rare animals like the Mountain Gorilla, the Jaguar, Black Panther, Scarlet Macaw, Poison Dart Frog, Black Howler Monkey, and the Green Anaconda, to name a few. The Amazon also accounts for 20 percent of our planet’s oxygen supply, and is known as “the lungs of the earth.

Australia has some of the most diverse and unique wildlife of anywhere in the world now threatened by ever-growing wildfires. The mainstream media focus primarily on the Koala bear and although the animal is in danger, there are other species which are equally, if not, more so on the verge of extinction due to this national natural disaster. On December 20, 2019 wildfires began to spread across Australia. At the start, the ‘bush-fires’ consumed 37,000 acres. Damaged wildernes

Photo and video credit goes to Alejandro Fernandez WASHINGTON- Since December 19, 2018, the people of Sudan began peaceful protests consisting of sit-ins and rallies to address concerns about their poor living conditions, lack of medical treatment and support by their dictatorial government and the rising cost of living in Sudan. Since the protests began, mass killings by the Sudanese government militia began. The killings included women, children and all others who spoke