On June 15, a fishing trawler carrying up to 750 migrant refugees from Pakistan, Palestine, Syria, and Egypt sank off the coast of Greece. The official death toll currently numbers 81, but only 104 of the hundreds of passengers on board the ship have been rescued. Significant controversy exists regarding
On July 3rd, after a two-year review, Japan received approval from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (I.A.E.A.) to release treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, which was wrecked during the 2011 tsunami, into the Pacific Ocean, according to Reuters. “We have to recognize that such a
A groundbreaking development, the new drug donanemab is being celebrated as a pivotal moment in the battle against Alzheimer’s, following a global trial validating its efficacy in slowing cognitive decline. By targeting the accumulation of a specific brain protein associated with this form of dementia, donanemab offers hope for treating
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, a dissident known for supporting the protest movement in Iran, has been sentenced to six years and three months in prison, as confirmed on his official Twitter page. Salehi was arrested during nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, while
On Sunday, 9 July, supporters from over seventy countries across the globe joined marches in their own communities to speak out against the ongoing violence in Haiti and to unite around a solitary mission to help the country work towards peace. Gangs have a longstanding presence in Haiti but gang-related
