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Ishan Karkare
Jan 62 min read
Weekly News Blast | December 29-January 5
On December 29, 2024, Jeju Air Flight 2216, coming from Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan, South Korea, tragically crashed during its attempt to la
Apurvasai Lakshmanan
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Weekly News Blast | December 23-28
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck Southern California on December 26, causing significant damage in Los Angele
Rashmi Karthik
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Weekly News Blast | December 8-15
Donald Trump settled charges against ABC News in the defamation case of George Stephanopolous for 15 million dollars. Publicly filed on Satu
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...
Matthew Inui
Jul 3, 20234 min read
Weekly News Blast | June 25 - July 2
After a tumultuous mayoral election in Canada’s most populous city, veteran politician Olivia Chow was declared the new mayor-elect of To...
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...
Matthew Inui
Mar 7, 20234 min read
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 26 - Mar. 5
Since the UK left the European Union (EU) in 2020, Northern Ireland (which remains part of the UK but shares a land border with the indep...
David Lee
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 6-12
On February 6, Turkey and Syria were struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake, leaving more than 46,000 dead. The strongest in the country in...
Ariel Donato
Feb 6, 20233 min read
Weekly News Blast | Jan. 30 – Feb. 5
Pursuant to the Biden administration’s new immigration program, U.S. officials have approved more than 7,500 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragu...
Matthew Inui
Jan 30, 20234 min read
Weekly News Blast | Jan. 22-29
This week, former Vice President Mike Pence reported that his staff had found a “small number of documents” from his time in the White Ho...
Breanna Crossman
Jan 28, 20232 min read
Weekly News Blast 1/15-1/22
On January 22, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran killed 11 and injured more at a Los Angeles dance hall, inciting new fears about mass shootings a...
Matthew Inui
Dec 29, 20224 min read
Weekly News Blast | Nov. 6-13
On November 6, 2022, the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) convened in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. In the following days, delegates and ...
Breanna Crossman
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Weekly News Blast | Nov. 1-7
With the midterms only days away, notable figures such as Former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama visited several key battlegroun...
Matthew Inui
Oct 12, 20224 min read
Weekly News Blast Sept. 11-18
A summary of notable events from the previous week.
1. Ukraine Reclaims Kharkiv Region From Russian Control
On September 11, Russia for...
Michaela Dumlao
Feb 28, 20223 min read
Weekly News Blast | Feb. 20-27
A recap of key developments from this past week: Russia invades Ukraine, the international community responds, Biden nominates a justice...
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