There is a growing sense that we are crossing thresholds as we scan the growing chaos across the world. This macro-perspective of the last 30 days for June 2023 shows unprecedented events on the climate change front, while situations in sphere of geo politics suggest no one is really capable of stopping our downward momentum. Tremors in the economy continue to suggest some dreadful this way comes. Tragedy on the humanitarian fronts show that the weakest and poorest of the world continue to bear the greatest brunt of the global chaos – and their numbers are growing! All of these stories are covered in our Global Review – June 2023 podcast report.
You can find links to the stories referenced in this Global Review – June podcast episode below.
Economics
- Eviction Rates Are Surging
- After Debt Ceiling Increases, America Faces a Deluge of Debt
- For Saudi Arabia the Price of Oil Is Falling Too Low
- US Inflation Hits Lowest Level Since March 2021
- World Bank Projects Weak Global Growth Amid Rising Interest Rates
- Corporate Profits Drove Up Prices Last Years, Says ECB Head
- IMF Puts Blame for Rise in Prices On Corporate Greed
Geopolitics
- How the Ukraine War Moved Into Russia
- UN Documents Summary Execution of 77 Ukrainian Civilians
- Battles Intensify Between Sudan’s Warring Factions
- A Catastrophic Food Shortage Looms As Fighting in Sudan Escalates
- Darfur, Blighted By Genocide, Faces a New Catastrophe
- Ethnic Violence in Sudan Raises Genocide Alarms
- West Darfur Governor Abducted, Killed
- Ethnic Violence Continues in India’s Manipur
- Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Towns After Shooting
- Four Killed At Least 45 Wounded in Israeli Raid on Jenin
- Israel To Ramp Up Settlement Expansion in West Bank
- Militia in Congo Kills Dozens at Camp for Internally Displaced
- Russian Ransomware Group Breached Federal Agencies in Cyberattack
- Death Toll Mounts As Unrest Flares in Senegal
- Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Likely Begun
- Haiti Inundated by Heavy Floods
- Deadly Quake Adds to Haiti’s Misery Following Flooding
- What Happened in Russia
Humanitarian
- Over 1,000 Afghan Civilians Killed Since Taliban Takeover
- In Missing Submersible and Migrant Disaster, a Tale of Two Pakistans
- More Than 40 Women Killed in Honduran Prison Riot
- South Sudan Hits Dire Milestone of 100,000 New Refugees
- USAID Cuts Food Support for Millions in Ethiopia
- At Least 80 Afghan Students Poisoned in School
- Deaths on Middle East Migration Routes Reach Highest Rates Since 2017
- UN Food Agency Will Slash Syrian Aid By Half
- More UN Sex Abuse Allegations in Central African Republic
Climate Change
- Dangerous Extreme Heat Topples Records Around the World
- Heatwaves Could Cause Energy Shortages Across Two Thirds of North America
- The Panama Canal Is Restricting Large Ships Because of Drought
- The World Bank Spent $37 Billion Since 20202 on Climate Mitigation Projects That Have Little To Do With Climate Change
- Earth’s Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh Right Now, and That’s A Big Problem
- Kansas What Harvest Historically Small
- Bangladesh Suffers Long Power Cuts Amid Worst Heat Wave in Decades
- Dozens Die in India Heatwave
- Texas Heat Wave Has Smashed Some All Time Records, And There’s No Relief in Sight
- Tens of Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Ashore on Texas Gulf Coast
- Brutal Heatwave Makes Texas Among Hottest Places On Earth
- Scientists Baffled Why the Oceans Are Warming So Fast
- El Nino Is Officially Here
- State of the Climate Report
Disease
- Peru Extends Health Emergency Amid Record Dengue Outbreak
- Southern US Reports Malaria Cases for First Time in 20 Years
