A record-breaking 137 economies around the world have established reforms that make starting and operating small/medium-sized business easier. "Doing Business" is the World Bank Organization's annual report that measures the ease of business, and better scores on the report has a correlation with more income equality and less poverty. An especially interesting aspect of the 2017 installment is that it also added gender discrimination to the criteria when assessing a state.

Stateless Somalia is attempting to re-legitimize itself by creating a new electoral process for the 2016 election. Somalia's next president will be elected on November 30th. Some interesting aspects to note is that this election is not universal, but putting a process in place is the country's first step to developing universal elections by 2020 and creating more political participation.

A young man stabbed 59-year-old man multiple times. The victim is in the hospital and remains in critical condition. The attacker was arrested and his actions are linked to terrorist behavior, specifically for ISIS. Australia as a whole has become increasingly "radical" over the past few years.

A recent court ruling in Kenya states that Christian schools cannot ban Muslim girls from wearing hijabs as part of their uniforms. Judges state that schools must embrace diversity and non-discrimination. About 83% of Kenya's population is Christian, with 11% being Muslim.

There has been a major increase in suicides from children as young as 12 in a war torn Syrian town. These suicides are linked to a major increase among depression and paranoia, along with a lack of mental health support as well as basic medical care. In school, teachers note that the kids no longer laugh as they used to, and draw pictures of the war.