Weekly Recap: Dec 19 to Dec 25
Dec 26: Putin declares Moscow ready for talks to end War in Ukraine, Taliban orders all NGOs to stop female employees from working, Gunman opens fire in Paris killing three people and wounding three others.
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Weekly Recap Dec 12 to Dec 18
Dec 19: International Monetary Fund Chief Kristalina Georgieva announced that China has agreed to form an international debt “roundtable”, US to finalise plans to send a Patriot air defence system to Ukraine, UN Nuclear inspectors to visit Tehran as Iran enriched uranium levels.
Weekly Recap: Dec 5 to Dec 11
Dec 12: Dina Boluarte Sworn in as Peru’s new President after impeachment of former President Pedro Castillo, Indonesia’s passes law criminalising sex outside of marriage, the UN calls investigation on allegations of an illegal abortion programme run by the Nigerian army.
Weekly Recap: Nov 28 to Dec 5
Dec 5: Chevron to resume operations for oil in Venezuela after agreement with the government, Iran began construction on a new nuclear power plant, Uganda discharges last known Ebola patient.
Weekly Recap: Nov 21 to Nov 27
Nov 28: Russia continues its bombardment on Kherson, Ukraine, Indonesian earthquake kills more than 250 people, Anwar Ibrahim sworn in as 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Weekly Recap Oct 24 – Oct 30
Oct 31: Halloween crowd surge in Seoul kills at least 153 people, Brazilian leftist presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads over far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government orders expulsion of Rwandan Ambassador Vincent Karega.
Weekly Recap: Oct 17 to Oct 23
Oct 24: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after 45 days in office, China President Xi Jinping secures third term as leader of the CCP and unveils new Politburo Standing Committee, Former US President Donald Trump ordered to testify under oath surround last year’s US Capitol riots.
Weekly Recap: Sept 26 to Oct 3
Oct 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin proclaims annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions, Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with the Netherlands over interventionist concerns, Turkey calls back Greek ambassador in protest over Greek deployment of US armoured vehicles along Turkish coast.
Weekly Recap: Sept 19 to Sept 25
Sept 26: Rightist Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s first female prime minister on Sunday (Sept 25), As protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody flared, Iran restricts access to various social media platforms on Wednesday (Sept 22), Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet on Friday (Sept 23) to contain the rising tensions on Taiwan.
Weekly Recap: Aug 29 to Sept 5
Sept 5: Colombia and Venezuela restore full diplomatic relations, The United Nations (UN) releases long-awaited report confirming allegations of abuse in Xinjiang, Russia’s Gazprom indefinitely suspends natural gas flows.
