Jan 27: Wuhan virus spreads to 12 countries abroad, East Africa suffers from major locust outbreak, and Trump’s lawyers admonish impeachment trial
North America and Canada Donald Trump has become the first US president to attend America’s
weekly recap
Nov 11: Trump withdraws from Paris climate deal, Iran continues backing out of nuclear deal, and ICC sentences another African leader to imprisonment
North America and Canada US President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the
Nov 3: Spain likely to host climate change talks after Chile pulled out, India set to build world’s largest facial recognition system, and far-right extremism in Germany led to ‘Nazi Emergency’
North America and Canada US President Donald Trump has ridiculed Beto O’Rourke just hours after
Oct 28: Trudeau narrowly scores a second term, Hong Kong formally withdraws extradition bill, and dozens frozen to death in botched human trafficking
North America and Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scraped a narrow victory in the Canadian
Oct 21: US energy secretary resigns amid Trump’s inquiry, Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council, and Google under fire for flouting EU copyright law
North America and Canada Following political attacks and increasing media scrutiny, Hunter Biden, the son
Oct 13: China flexes economic muscles on political issues, climate activist Thunberg is denied a Nobel Prize, and Trump comes under fire in impeachment and campaign finance trials
North America & Canada Polls published by leading news outlets suggested that a majority of
Sept 30: Trump faces impeachment calls again, Johnson’s proroguing deemed unlawful, climate change at the forefront in the UN
Trump faces impeachment calls again, Johnson’s proroguing deemed unlawful, climate change at the forefront in the UN.
Sept 22: Trudeau apologises for donning brownface, Taiwan loses second ally in a week, and Singapore holds first-ever climate change rally
North America and Canada Australian PM Scott Morrison will be visiting the United States for
