With the next academic year due to begin shortly, students around the world are eagerly awaiting to see how their education will continue in the fall. However, for international students attending college in the United States, the remainder of the summer holiday will likely include even more anxiety and distress, […]
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve day by day, it is impossible to know how exactly schools will operate in the fall. With infection rates continuing to spike in countries like the United States, it seems certain that in order for students to safely return to the classroom by […]
On Saturday, June 20th, the Chinese government unveiled the blueprint for a highly controversial new national security law in the semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong. Under this legislation, China can bypass Hong Kong’s independent judicial system, which according to CNN, will allow the city’s pro-Chinese top official “to handpick which […]
Nearly three weeks ago, George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American citizen of Minneapolis, Minnesota, was arrested by police officers after an employee at a convenience store called 911 claiming Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill to purchase cigarettes. The rest of the story, which has circulated throughout international media […]
Members of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed “horror” on Thursday, June 11th over “reports on the discovery of at least eight mass graves in past days, the majority of them in Tarhuna.” Until recently, this western Libyan town was controlled by Commander Khalifa Haftar of the […]
Just a few months ago, the world eagerly awaited as the calendar ticked ever so closer to the onslaught of the third decade of the twenty-first century. Many hoped that the new decade would play witness to a time of revolutionary human innovation, and that global technological capabilities would continue […]
In what initially appeared to be an admirable demonstration of strength and courage, the children of Jamal Khashoggi publicly expressed their forgiveness to father’s assassins in a recent tweet. This announcement will in all likelihood spare the lives of five Saudi officials who have each been convicted and sentenced to […]
Last month, Donald Trump shocked world leaders and health experts after announcing his intention to cut American funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Speaking before reporters at a White House press briefing on April 14th, Trump accused the WHO of “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the […]
As COVID-19 continues to disrupt everyday society, governments around the world have had to make careful changes to their judicial systems in order to adapt to physical distancing policies. Thousands of prisoners serving minor or short sentences have been temporarily released, and many European countries have chosen to postpone trials […]
Since COVID-19 first broke out and swept across the globe, the world’s most well renowned and developed nations have been devastated by the deadly virus. As of Thursday May 7th, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy have a combined coronavirus count of almost 650,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, […]
Speaking before a Vancouver audience at a March 2015 TED Conference, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates predicted that “if anything kills over 10 million people in the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war.” Gates’s warning came amidst the West […]
When will we be able to go back to work? This is a question which millions of Americans have asked as stay-at-home orders continue to impact more than 97% of the national population. The truth is that nobody yet knows when it will be safe to gather in large numbers, […]
Nearly two weeks ago, the 55-year-old British Prime Minister Boris Johnson became the latest victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson announced on Friday, March 27 that he was experiencing “mild symptoms,” specifically a cough and fever, and would self isolate on Downing Street. Two days later, the Prime Minister posted […]
In a blow to the already crippled moral of the American public, President Trump revealed on Sunday, March 29 that social distancing guidelines will remain in effect until at least the end of April. This announcement is devastating for all Americans, who are eagerly anticipating any good news from the […]
At least 50 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a recent ambush conducted by Boko Haram extremists in the country’s northern Yobe state, near the town of Goneri. Details of the attack were provided by a source from the Nigerian military on Monday, March 23rd, who claimed the attack occurred as […]
Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States in 2017, he has consistently downplayed existential threats towards both national and global security. In the fall of 2019, Trump nearly pushed the United States into another long term and seemingly endless war in the Middle […]
On Monday March 9th, North Korea “fired at least three unidentified projectiles,” over the Sea of Japan. These projectiles were detected by South Korea’s Defense Ministry, who reported that each “had a maximum flight distance of 200 kilometers (124 miles) and maximum altitude of 50 kilometers (31 miles).” The ministry […]
On Tuesday, March 3, Yemen’s UN recognized government called upon the United States to designate the Houthi rebels as a terrorist organization. Yemen’s Minister of Information, Moammar Al-Eryani, personally called on Congress to make this designation in a recent tweet, where he accused both the Houthi and Iranian forces of […]
On Tuesday, 25 February, Hosni Mubarak, who held the Egyptian presidency for nearly 30 years, died at the age of 91. This announcement came following a Twitter post by his son, Alaa Mubarak, stating that “indeed, to Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return’…my father, Hosni Mubarak, passed […]
On 17 February 2020, Bashar Al-Assad congratulated his military forces for successfully “consolidating control over the entire province of Aleppo in northern Syria.” Amidst a recent raid of prolific violence, Assad promised that Aleppo would “return stronger than ever”, vowing that the regime will not halt its military operations against […]
