The Daily Brief

April 4, 2023 The Daily Brief

UN Should Say NO to Flawed Definition of Antisemitism; Moms of Uganda’s LGBT+ people Write to Museveni; Push for True Colonial Reckoning in Namibia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Israel and Palestine.

UN Headquarters
April 3, 2023 The Daily Brief

Online Learning Tools Harvest Children’s Data; Russia Should Release Arrested Reporter Evan Gershkovich; Sex Testing Rules Harm Women Athletes; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Twitter.

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March 31, 2023 The Daily Brief

Hard “No” to Twitter’s Paid Subscription; A Kosovo War Crimes Trial at Last; Landmark UN Resolution on Climate Change; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz; Correction: Burkina Faso; Special Thanks; Quote of the Day: Sports.

Twitter application on a mobile phone.
March 30, 2023 The Daily Brief

Deputizing Vigilantes to Hunt Down Migrants; No News Is Bad News in Burkina Faso; Dangerous Games in France; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: Tanzania.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference concerning border security along the Texas border with Mexico on February 21, 2023, in Weslaco, Texas.
March 29, 2023 The Daily Brief

Amnesty International’s Annual Report; Seeds of Justice in the Central African Republic; A Fashion Show in the European Parliament; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: El Salvador; Quote of the Day: Afghanistan.

Girls in a bedroom of their house damaged by Saudi-led air strikes
March 28, 2023 The Daily Brief

A Damning New UN Report; Egypt: You Can’t Go Home Again; Vietnam: Free Truong Van Dung!; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Quote of the Day: UK.

Neighbourhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi, and Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs of Italy talking about five Search and Rescue vessels given to the Libyan Coast Guard.
March 27, 2023 The Daily Brief

Tirana Hassan Takes the Reins; New Afghan School Year, Same Old Taliban Misogyny; France Punishing Pension Protesters; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Three Questions for Tirana Hassan; Quote of the Day: TikTok and China.

Human Rights Watch, Executive Director, Tirana Hassan. 
March 24, 2023 The Daily Brief

The Problem Goes Beyond TikTok; El Salvador: Shrinking Freedoms, Filling Prisons; Brazil's Chance to Make a Change; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Weekly Quiz; Quote of the Day: The Right to Abortion.

Shou Zi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, November 16, 2022.
March 23, 2023 The Daily Brief

Turkey’s Restrictions on Quake-Displaced Refugees; Outlawing People in Uganda; Don’t Stop Watching Ethiopia; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Daily Brief in the News: UK/Rwanda; Quote of the Day: Brazil.

A Syrian refugee couple carry their belongings by shopping cart in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş province, Turkey, February 8, 2023
March 22, 2023 The Daily Brief

Too Wide a Net for “Terrorism” in Pakistan; Reconstructing a War Crime; EU Mental Health Double Standards; Take Note: Other Key Stories; Listen: Stranded in Syria; Quote of the Day: Australia/Afghanistan.

A riot police officer looks on after firing tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan during clashes in Lahore, Pakistan, March 15, 2023.