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US President Donald Trump and his Vice President, JD Vance, were both sworn into office on January 21st, 2025, marking the official end of now-former President Biden’s term and Trump’s resumption of the powers the Oval Office entails. In his 29-minute-long inaugural address, Trump declared that “the decline of America is over” and railed against various aspects of Biden’s administration and the “many betrayals [of the American people] that have taken place.”

On January 26, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo Petro refused the entry of two U.S. military aircraft carrying approximately 160 deported Colombian immigrants. Colombia is...

A seemingly ordinary day in Novi Sad, Serbia’s second-largest city turned tragic on November 1, 2024, when the overarching canopy of the city’s railway station collapsed, taking the lives of fifteen passengers who happened to be underneath. The public immediately called for those in charge to take responsibility for the incident and paid tribute to the victims in peaceful demonstrations meant to draw attention to inefficiencies in government projects. These demonstrations quickly turned violent with the emergence of anti-protest interference, lifting the entire country on its feet and taking it to the streets.

James Earl Carter Jr., former peanut farmer, Governor of Georgia, US Navy veteran, 39th President of the United States of America, and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, died at age 100 on Sunday, 29 December 2024, over 22 months after he began receiving hospice care. Upon his 100th birthday in October of 2024, Carter became the first former U.S. president to reach the century mark, with George H. W. Bush the closest, who died at the age of 94 in 2018.

On January 20, Donald Trump will take office ahead of his second term as president of the United States of America, bringing a lot of political instability. Aside from the domestic issues Trump plans to attack explosively, he has recently added oil to the fire with intimidating rhetoric used against neighboring territories and their owners. He expressed a desire to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal and claimed Canada should become the 51st state or face consequences otherwise.

Ivory Coast’s decision to expel French troops is a landmark moment in its pursuit of sovereignty and self-reliance. It reflects broader regional trends of distancing from former colonial powers and redefining relationships on more equal terms. As the Ivorian military takes control of the Port Bouët base and steps up to lead the nation’s security efforts, it reflects the country’s determination to shape its own future.

On January 8, 2025, after more than 630 days in prison images of Belarusian political prisoner Viktor Babaryko were released. Babaryko is one of Belarus's most famous political prisoners who ran a powerful campaign against the authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 elections. Following the polls Babaryko was arrested, accused of “laundering funds obtained by criminal means” and sentenced to 14 years of prison without the possibility of an appeal.

On Monday, January 6th, the US Congress certified Donald Trump’s victory in last year's presidential elections, which took place on November 5, 2024. In order to legally determine the winner of the election, this procedure is required, which involves members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate allocating their state’s votes in the Electoral College and declaring that their state’s election results are “regular in form and authentic”. 

The Kenyan government declared gender violence as the country’s biggest security threat this past Thursday, December 19. Since September 2023 there have been 7107 reports of sexual and gender-based violence and now in just the past four months, 100 women in Kenya have been killed, most by men they knew. The country’s gender violence is endemic and following the surge in cases, the government proposes an action plan which includes a special police unit dedicated to femicide and a presidential group to propose methods to combat gender-based violence.

Protests erupted throughout Georgia after the government suspended EU membership talks until 2028, demanding democratic reforms and closer EU ties. As a country with a population of 3.7 million, its stability and sovereignty are critical in the region. Following the government's decision to halt EU membership negotiations until 2028, Georgia has seen a rise in protests and political unrest in recent weeks. At nationwide rallies in Tbilisi, thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets to demand democratic reforms and renewed commitment to the EU. Georgia's long history of protecting its stability, and sovereignty, and efforts to strengthen its links with the West are highlighted by the government's efforts to handle this crisis.