What’s going on? Since 10th January, Venezuela’s current president, Mr Nicolas Maduro, was deemed illegitimate by Venezuela’s opposition-controlled parliament – voiding the results of the controversial 2018 Venezuelan presidential elections. The elections had seen record-low voter turnouts and opposition boycotts that nonetheless gave Mr…
What happened? Following a Facebook post by an Ang Mo Kio resident, which depicted many unopened letters and packages in a dustbin, SingPost has been urged to take action. The postman responsible for delivering the mail has now been arrested by the police and…
What happened? Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a shock move, has fired former Canadian Ambassador to China, John McCallum. This follows controversial comments he made regarding the extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecom giant, Huawei. Ms Meng, the Chief…
What Happened? Myanmar’s LGBTQIA+ community just had their maiden voyage on the first-ever Pride Boat Parade held in Asia last Saturday, 26th January. More than 600 participants set sail off a river in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, as part of the Yangon…
What Happened? Democratic Party member and first-term Senator of California, Kamala Harris recently announced her candidacy for the 2020 United States Presidential elections during her appearance on daily morning show, ”Good Morning America”. Her campaign reveal on the 21st January coincided with Martin Luther…
What Happened? Dolapo Badmos, Chief Superintendent and spokeswoman for the Lagos State Police Command, warned the homosexual community in Nigeria to leave the country or face potential criminal prosecution in a recent Instagram post. “If you’re homosexually inclined, Nigeria is not a place for…
Jeremy Corbyn attempts to oust UK Prime Minister Theresa May The shocking 2016 referendum concluded with the UK voting ‘Yes’ on leaving the European Union. UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been scrambling since 2016 to get the UK Parliament to approve her EU…
What Happened? Overland, many are aware of the unilateral decision by Malaysia to delay the High-Speed Rail project in 2018. It was a topsy-turvy turn of events which saw newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced that he would abruptly cancel the project,…
What happened? The International Justice Mission (IJM) reported that the number of cybersex trade-related rescue and arrest operations in the Philippines went up from 17 in 2015 to 51 in the first nine months of 2018. What’s worse is that the age of the…
Caught up in some Home Affairs Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Amidi was apprehended earlier this Thursday by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), facing a laundry list of 45 charges that include corruption and criminal breach of trust. In particular, local media…
