SEOUL (Parliament Politics Magazine): In 2021, South Korea’s economy grew at its strongest rate in 11 years, owing to increases in construction activity and exports, which offset decreases in capital investment and a delayed recovery in the coronavirus-affected service sectors. According to
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine): An uncommon heavy snowfall over southeast Europe resulted in shutting down the Istanbul airport, and commuters were trapped in their cars around Athens. The snowstorm blanketed swaths of the eastern Mediterranean, triggering outages and traffic chaos. Europe’s busiest
NUKU’ALOFA (Parliament Politics Magazine): Following Saturday’s volcanic eruption and tsunami, stories of survival are beginning to emerge from Tonga. After telling a local radio station that he had to swim for more than a day to survive the tsunami, Lisala Folau’s story
BELGRADE (Parliament Politics Magazine): Serbia’s populist government decided to suspend all licences for mining company Rio Tinto, which intended opening a lithium mine near the town of Loznica in the country’s west to defuse huge demonstrations by environmentalists. In a televised statement
LISBON (Parliament Politics Magazine): On January 30, Portuguese voters who are quarantined due to Covid-19 will be eligible to vote, but they are advised to do so later in the day. The parliament of the Republican Assembly of Portugal, will elect 230
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine): The cost of living is growing significantly, not just in the UK but around the world, from buying groceries to heating our houses. Inflation, or the rate at which prices rise, has reached new highs since 2008. The
TUNIS (Parliament Politics Magazine): Hundreds of demonstrators marked the 11th anniversary of Tunisia’s revolution on Friday, including Rhida Bouziane. During a demonstration last week, a Tunisian man died as a result of the wounds he sustained at the time of the security
Armed Drones Race to Change the Face of Modern-Day Warfare The rise of killer drones has caused controversy in military circles. They can be programmed to carry explosives and attack critical infrastructure, or they can be used to kill people gathered
The latest news in the Donald Trump investigation concerns the allegations that the president and his family were involved in a wide-ranging fraud. The New York State attorney general accused the Trump Organization of misrepresenting the value of assets to obtain financing.
COLOMBO (Parliament Politics Magazine): As depleting foreign currency reserves have hindered the import of basic everyday commodities such as cooking gas, a lone bullock cart carrying a barrel of kerosene, a symbol of life in Sri Lanka in the 1970s, has once
