Weekly News Blast | Feb 4 - 11
On January 17, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles was undergoing a “corrective procedure” for a benign (non-cancerous) enlarge...
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Danielle Uehara
Jan 153 min read
Weekly News Blast | Jan 7 - 14
Lithium mining in Chile has been suspended at the Atacama Salt Flats, the world’s largest lithium deposit, after indigenous groups blocke...
Danielle Uehara
Dec 19, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Dec 12 - 17
According to Japan’s Ministry of Defense, North Korea launched a possible long-range ballistic missile on Wednesday, around the same time...
Danielle Uehara
Nov 20, 20234 min read
Weekly News Blast | Nov 12-19
On Sunday, November 19, Argentina held its run-off elections between centrist Sergio Massa and a far-right candidate Javier Milei. During...
Danielle Uehara
Oct 23, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Oct 15 - 22
Early on October 21, prominent Jewish activist Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home in Lafayette Park, Detroit. Acco...
Danielle Uehara
Sep 25, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Sep 18 - 24
On Monday, September 18, Canada expelled India’s top intelligence agent with little explanation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Danielle Uehara
Aug 28, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Aug 20-27
On August 24, former president Donald Trump turned himself into the Fulton County Jail on state charges for his efforts to overturn the...
Danielle Uehara
Aug 23, 20233 min read
Political Disagreements Force Spain into a State of Government Limbo
On July 23, Spanish voters headed to the polls for a snap general election called unexpectedly by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Since...
Danielle Uehara
Aug 1, 20233 min read
Discontent Surrounds NYC’s New Congestion Pricing Plan
The New York City Council recently approved final plans to build the first congestion pricing program in the United States. The program...
Danielle Uehara
Jul 31, 20235 min read
Weekly News Blast | July 23 - 30
According to the mayor of Moscow and the Russian Defense Ministry, in the early hours of July 30, three Ukrainian drones damaged two high...
Danielle Uehara
Jun 27, 20234 min read
DeSantis’ Dispute with Disney
On April 26, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ selected board voted to nullify two agreements that gave Disney vast control over the c...
Danielle Uehara
Jun 20, 20234 min read
Weekly News Blast | June 11-18
According to multiple crypto-tracking experts, a group of North Korean hackers known as “Lazarus” were likely behind the theft of at leas...
Danielle Uehara
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Devastating Storms Strike Mississippi and the South
On March 24, an unusually powerful tornado struck western Mississippi, killing 26 people and shocking meteorologists. That weekend, sever...
Danielle Uehara
Mar 31, 20233 min read
The World’s Delayed Response to the Situation in Afghanistan
After twenty years of conflict with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, the Taliban, a militant Islamic fundamentalist group, retook contr...
Danielle Uehara
Jan 30, 20233 min read
Why Indonesia’s Recent Earthquake Was So Disastrous
Indonesia, an archipelago nation in Southeast Asia, has one of the world's highest rates of natural disasters. Located in the aptly named...
Danielle Uehara
Jan 28, 20236 min read
British Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns
After only 45 days in office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss of the Conservative party resigned on October 20, 2022. Appointed on Septe...
Danielle Uehara
Oct 12, 20223 min read
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act
On August 16, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. A less ambitious version of Build Back Better, the la...
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...
Danielle Uehara
Jul 22, 20228 min read
The End of Roe
For almost 50 years, Roe v. Wade has protected a woman’s rights to abortion, but on June 24, the landmark precedent was overturned...
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...
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