Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has won reelection with more than 70% of the vote, the country’s election commission said on Sunday 31st December, as opposition candidates and their supporters questioned the validity of the results. The preliminary results of the Dec. 20 election were announced in the capital, Kinshasa, amid demands from the opposition and some civil society groups for the vote...

“Geoeconomic fragmentation is becoming increasingly real,” says IMF Senior Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath, who is considered one of the most influential scholars in international macroeconomics. Speaking to Euronews, she pointed to the "fragmentation" of global trade amid the war in Ukraine. According to the expert, the war in Ukraine has changed global trade, and the EU is in a vulnerable position.

According to British Police, hate crimes against Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim in the United Kingdom are up by 140 percent compared with this time last year. The United Kingdom anti-Islamophobia organization Tell MAMA has received a sevenfold increase in reports of Islamophobia since October 7. (Aljazeera.com)

The Guardian reported on 24 December 2023, “At least 166 people had been killed since Saturday, the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said, bringing the total number of dead to 20,424, although thousands more...