World
17 Dec
Agnes Chow is one of Hong Kong's prominent pro-democracy activists. She fled to Canada amid Beijing's tightening clampdown on dissent and now cannot return.
17 Dec
As European leaders tussle over key decisions on Ukraine ahead of a crucial EU summit on December 14-15, Talking Europe hosts Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Olha Stefanishyna.
17 Dec
Finland was admitted into NATO this April, delays have persisted on Sweden’s entry, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linking a serious of unrelated issues to Ankara’s ratification of Sweden's accession – the latest of which is a potential sale of US F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We discuss what Sweden’s entry to NATO would actually mean with Sweden's top diplomat, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.
17 Dec
Ukraine's top general Valery Zaluzhny recently identified five areas that the country’s armed forces need to work on, in order to regain an edge over the Russians. Two of them involve drones: the drones themselves and the techniques for jamming them. Big and small, in the air, on land and in the sea, unmanned vehicles are absolutely central to this war. And the technology is evolving rapidly.
17 Dec
While President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's reputation has improved somewhat, observers fear that neither Egypt's economic crisis nor the dire human rights situation will be resolved.
17 Dec
Narges Mohammedi, a human rights activist, has been behind bars in Tehran since 2021. She will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday in absentia, and will be represented by her husband and two kids in Oslo.
17 Dec
The Ukrainian president had spoken to the new president after his election and thanked him. Russia's ambassador to Argentina is also due to attend the inauguration, alongside a number of world leaders.
17 Dec
The Philippines said a boat on a resupply mission to a territorial outpost in the South China Sea was "rammed" by a Chinese coast guard vessel. China claims the Philippine boat "changed direction" suddenly.
17 Dec
More than one million people in Russia are HIV positive, but many don't receive the necessary treatment. As infection rates soar, supplies of HIV/AIDS medications are dwindling. Why is that?
17 Dec
The two boats were at sea for weeks before landing. Indonesian authorities have said they have little resources to provide for the over 1,200 Rohingya refugees who have landed on beaches since November.
17 Dec
Who owns "Tarquinius and Lucretia"? Certainly not the Russian who acquired it in 1999, a court recently ruled. The Rubens painting was lost as looted art during the war. The chances of restitution are slim.
17 Dec
The diplomat was taken into custody in 2022 while on vacation in Iran. The family of 33-year-old Johan Floderus said he was detained without due process, with Sweden and the EU saying he is also innocent.
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