#ICYMI with Polly Boiko

Life on the road for your average refugee is just not all it’s cracked up to be in today’s globalized world. From children taken from their families, to being left to drown in the Mediterranean, the 'not welcome' signs are up. Many of...

The globe’s biggest sporting event has come to Russia, and while the fans and the players still seem to believe the World Cup is about football, the politicians know that scoring political points is more important than scoring goals. Russia...

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu toured Europe this week trying to sink the already sunk Iran nuclear deal. Annoyingly for him though, everyone kept wanting to talk about those 120 or so Palestinians shot by Israeli soldiers. It was a frustrating...

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un are the Ross and Rachel of geopolitics, leaving the world constantly wondering, whether these two will stop dancing around the subject and just get together. Trump set a date for June 12 for a big meet, North...

This week the world was asking, does Sweden know something we don’t? The famously peaceful and egalitarian home of flat-pack furniture handed out a guide to fighting a war to all of its citizens. Swedes were told to prepare for “total...

Britain’s Prince Harry is marrying American actress Meghan Markle. It’s highly likely that you know this already, and it’s even more likely you couldn’t care less. One of the defining characteristics of the event being held...

Donald ‘Art of the Deal’ Trump demonstrated he can break ‘em as well as make ‘em by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal. Of course, he risks causing more chaos in the Middle East, but that is what US presidents tend to do....

In Case You Missed It, a young girl called Keziah posted pictures on social media of her Chinese style prom dress, leading to a stream of anger from people who clearly don’t have better things to worry about. The rage on Twitter was caused by...

There was a heartwarming display of affection in Washington as Emmanuel Macron visited his best buddy Donald Trump, and the two couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Geopolitics’ very own odd couple nauseated the world, and possibly...

After allegations of a chemical attack in Syria, Western fighter jets were soon revving their engines, ready to unleash a “humanitarian intervention.” Chemical weapons inspectors were on their way to the Syrian town of Douma to...