South African President Resists Calls to Resign

Lolita Chowdhury

Jan 12, 20233 min read

South African President Resists Calls to Resign

A report conducted in late November 2022 by an independent parliamentary panel alleges South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attempted ...

What Does Italy’s Election of a New Prime Minister Mean for the Country?

David Lee

Dec 30, 20224 min read

What Does Italy’s Election of a New Prime Minister Mean for the Country?

Italians took to the polls in their recent election to vote for a new prime minister and seats in parliament on September 25, 2022. The l...

Russian Referendum: Why Serbia Won’t Recognize It

Lolita Chowdhury

Nov 8, 20222 min read

Russian Referendum: Why Serbia Won’t Recognize It

On September 23, more than half a year after its invasion of Ukraine began, Russia held annexation referendums in four Ukrainian province...

Emily Zavala

Oct 8, 20224 min read

Devastating Floods Around the World

In the past year, the world has witnessed some of the most catastrophic floods that have brought unprecedented damage. Some of the most p...

Prime Minister of Parties? Controversy in Finland

David Lee

Sep 25, 20224 min read

Prime Minister of Parties? Controversy in Finland

Videos of Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin partying and dancing with friends were leaked on August 17, causing international backlash...

Danielle Uehara

Sep 14, 20226 min read

Updates on Ukraine

August 24 marked six months since war first broke out between Russia and Ukraine. Since the beginning of the conflict, Ukraine has receiv...

The Russia–Ukraine Grain Deal and Why It Matters

Clarissa Sung

Aug 21, 20224 min read

The Russia–Ukraine Grain Deal and Why It Matters

On February 24, Russia launched a “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine, igniting a war that would last for over four months and result in tho...

The Facts and Falsehoods Surrounding Monkeypox

Mahsa Forghani

Aug 17, 20226 min read

The Facts and Falsehoods Surrounding Monkeypox

Since January of 2020, the COVID-19 virus has run rampant throughout 228 countries and territories worldwide. Flash forward to 2022 and m...

Developments on the Russia–Ukraine War: A Brief Analysis

Dhruti Pattabhi

Aug 9, 20222 min read

Developments on the Russia–Ukraine War: A Brief Analysis

Beginning in 2014, the ongoing Russian–Ukrainian conflict has since experienced both escalations and falls. One such instigation began...

David Lee

Aug 8, 20224 min read

The Sri Lankan Economic Crisis

On July 9, hundreds of thousands of protesters stormed the presidential residence in Sri Lanka’s capital, breaking into the building...

Tensions Rise: Taiwan, China, and U.S. Involvement

Danielle Uehara

Jun 23, 20226 min read

Tensions Rise: Taiwan, China, and U.S. Involvement

The relationship between China and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) has always been shaky. However, recent events have led to an...

A Summary of the 2022 French Presidential Elections

Danielle Uehara

May 24, 20227 min read

A Summary of the 2022 French Presidential Elections

On April 24, Emmanuel Macron was re-elected as the French president, making him the first French leader to win a re-election in decades...

Volunteer Foreign Fighters Join Ukraine against Russia

Breanna Crossman

Apr 9, 20224 min read

Volunteer Foreign Fighters Join Ukraine against Russia

Since February 24, 2022, Russian forces have invaded Ukraine and unleashed violence on its 44 million inhabitants...

The Largest Mass Execution in Saudi Arabia’s Modern Kingdom

Danielle Uehara

Apr 7, 20223 min read

The Largest Mass Execution in Saudi Arabia’s Modern Kingdom

On March 12 in Saudi Arabia, 81 people were executed for a variety of crimes, the largest mass execution in the country’s modern history...

The West Responds to the Invasion of Ukraine

Matthew Inui

Mar 9, 20224 min read

The West Responds to the Invasion of Ukraine

Tensions first began building two days before the invasion when Putin declared the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine independent...

Eastern Ukraine: A Territorial Dispute Turned International Concern

Matthew Inui

Jan 30, 20224 min read

Eastern Ukraine: A Territorial Dispute Turned International Concern

For close to 70 years, Ukraine, formerly known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, had been a part of the Soviet Union...

A Conference for the Climate: A Rundown of COP26

Mahsa Forghani

Jan 20, 20224 min read

A Conference for the Climate: A Rundown of COP26

From October 31 to November 12, world leaders met in Glasgow for the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) after 2020’s conference...

Dhruti Pattabhi

Nov 3, 20216 min read

A Timeline of Afghanistan

Current events are often molded by the past. Afghanistan, in recent times, has seen many political issues come to the surface...

Dhruti Pattabhi

Aug 30, 20213 min read

The Politics of Climate Change

In light of abnormal weather patterns and erratic shifts in the environment, scientists have observed the surfacing issue of climate change.

Fake News: A Dangerous 21st Century Oxymoron

Ariel Donato

Mar 8, 20215 min read

Fake News: A Dangerous 21st Century Oxymoron

During most of the 20th century, Americans could generally trust news reports to relay factual material without partiality. Standards...

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