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US journalist Evan Gershkovich appealed the latest extension of his pre-trial detention in Russia on espionage charges Saturday, according to Russian state media. This is Gershkovich’s third appeal, having appealed his previous extension of pre-trial detention and his original arrest and detention in April. According to Russian state news agency TASS, the Wall Street Journal [...]

South Korean police on Thursday arrested a large number of protesters demonstrating outside the Japanese embassy against the Japanese government’s dumping of treated radioactive water into the ocean. Japan has faced harsh criticism from many neighboring countries over this decision despite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) support. Multiple news outlets report that 16 protesters [...]

“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959)           Whether conspicuous or obscure, terrorism generally presents itself as a systemic challenge. This means, inter alia, that seemingly singular strategic and legal matters may actually be many-sided and interrelated. Regarding legal issues, though [...]

Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, in public protest following reports earlier this week that Japan will begin releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Japan will begin their operation to release “contaminated” radioactive water which has been stored in the region since [...]

Protesters demonstrated in Belém, Brazil on Sunday during a Brazilian government environmental conference, The Amazon Dialogues, against the state oil company Petrobras’s proposal to begin offshore drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River. The proposed project is located in deep waters off the Brazillian state of Amapá. The protesters’ main concern is Petrobras’ lack [...]

Mexican authorities confirmed Thursday that they recovered two bodies from the Rio Grande. Authorities recovered one of the bodies, a Mexican national, from buoys recently floated by Texas in an effort to slow border crossings from Mexico. The second body, a Honduran national, was recovered further upstream, away from the buoys. The incidents have renewed [...]

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi faced questions from South Korean legislators at a Seoul forum on Sunday over his decision to endorse Japan’s proposal to discharge water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. A recent joint poll conducted by South Korean and Japanese newspapers reveals that a [...]

A French Parliamentary report leaked to the French press Thursday claimed Marine Le Pen’s far-right party  “Rassemblement national” knowingly spread Kremlin talking points. Le Pen called the report “sectarian, dishonest and politicized,” despite the fact that it was Le Pen herself who demanded an investigation into foreign interference in French politics. Le Pen is known [...]

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a case challenging the authority of federal agencies to create regulations. Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, concerns a group of herring fishermen who are being required by the National Marine Fisheries Service to pay the salaries of monitors who are required to ride along on fishing boats. [...]

The UK government Sunday announced the successful evacuation of British embassy staff and their families from Khartoum, Sudan. The military operation was carried out as a response to “significant escalation in violence and threats” to British diplomats in Sudan as fighting in the country continues. As the power struggle between the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support [...]