After 12 years of state-sanctioned militarised war against Mexico’s illegal drug cartels and an estimated 200,000 people dead, incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has admitted that the war on drugs was a “failed strategy”. On Nov 8, the incoming government of Mexico submitted…
China’s Ministry of Education wants to make university life harder for its undergraduates. Amongst its initiatives, the ministry has mandated that universities penalises its students more harshly for plagiarism and data manipulation. Also banned is the “clearing test”, which offers Chinese university students a…
A shroud of fear has been cast over Tanzania’s towering coastal city of Dar es Salaam. Paul Makonda, the regional governor of the rapidly developed city, has set up an anti-LGBT taskforce last month. Demanding for the identities of LGBT persons and their arrests,…
MRT commuters soon have to go through airport-like security checks before they go on their morning commute – walking through a metal detector and placing their bags through an X-ray scanner. Starting 12 November, enhanced security screening will soon be implemented at select MRT…
Macron talks big In a radio interview with Europe 1 last Monday (5 Nov), French President Emmanuel Macron called for the development of a “true European army” to protect Europe from “China, Russia and even the United States”. Macron justified this by raising concerns…
Who’s in and Who’s out of the CEC? In the biennial PAP conference held at the Singapore Expo on November 11th, approximately 2,000 party cadres gathered to vote for candidate that would form the PAP’s next Central Executive Committee (CEC). The CEC is the…
The Blue Wave The US Democratic Party has managed to seize control of the House of Representatives, despite losing a significant number of seats in the Senate to the Republicans. This round of elections saw a record turnout of an estimated 113 million ballots…
In the aftermath of the incident which claimed the life of full-time national serviceman (NSF) Corporal First Class Liu Kai, two images have since been leaked surrounding the circumstances of the accident. In response, the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) has filed a police…
Throughout the history of Singapore and even until today, our political scene has always been dominated by the Lee Family. In Goh Chok Tong’s new book, Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story, our second-generation prime minister tries to find his own voice and…
South Korea’s top court has just ruled that people can reject mandatory military service because of religious or conscience reasons. This will affect more than 900 conscientious objectors on trial, who are imprisoned for refusing to serve in the military. Most of these individuals…
