Weekly News Blast | June 2-9
Following a defeat by significant margins against the far right in the European elections Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron dissol...
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Matthew Inui
- May 13
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | May 5 - 12
Former public security minister José Raúl Mulino was declared the winner of the Panama presidential election on May 5, marking the end of...
Téa Satariano
- May 6
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | April 28 - May 5
Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas’ 28th Congressional District, and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, were charged with bribery...
Mackenzie Mathieu
- Apr 29
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | April 21 - 28
On April 17, Columbia University president Nemat Minouche Shafik was called to testify before the House Committee on Education and the Wo...
Mahsa Forghani
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | April 14 - 21
Former president Donald Trump is currently facing his first criminal trial. Trump has been accused of falsifying business records and pay...
Matthew Inui
- Apr 10
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | March 31 - April 7
Seven humanitarian aid workers were killed in Gaza on April 1 after Israel led deadly airstrikes on their truck caravan. According to the...
Téa Satariano
- Apr 1
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Mar 24 - 31
Early Tuesday morning, a cargo ship collided with the support beams of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after losing power, almo...
Mackenzie Mathieu
- Mar 25
- 6 min
Weekly News Blast | March 18 - 24
In February, Judge Arthur F. Engoron decided against former president Donald Trump in a New York civil fraud case, ruling that the family...
Matthew Inui
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | March 3 - 10
In an overwhelming 780-72 vote, French MPs and senators passed an amendment declaring abortion a “guaranteed freedom,” making France the...
NCJ Editors
- Mar 4
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Feb 25 - March 3
On Friday, a Texas district court judge temporarily halted a demand for the LGTBQ advocacy group PFLAG National to hand over information...
Danielle Uehara
- Feb 12
- 4 min
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...
Téa Satariano
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Jan 28 - Feb 3
Since Thursday, Southern California has been hit with historic amounts of rainfall, formed by two separate storm systems in the region...
Mackenzie Mathieu
- Jan 31
- 5 min
Weekly News Blast | Jan 21 - 28
On January 23, New Hampshire held the country’s second Republican presidential primary. The two remaining candidates, former President Do...
Danielle Uehara
- Jan 15
- 3 min
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...
Téa Satariano
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Weekly News Blast | Dec 31 - Jan 7
On January 5, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state of Idaho to enforce a strict abortion ban, stating that they would hear arguments...
Mackenzie Mathieu
- Jan 1
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Dec 24 - 31
Following the Colorado Supreme Court ruling last week that removed Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in the state, more states...
Danielle Uehara
- Dec 19, 2023
- 3 min
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...
Téa Satariano
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
Weekly News Blast | Dec 3 - 10
On December 5, United States President Biden told several of his campaign donors that he is not certain whether he will run for president...
Mackenzie Mathieu
- Dec 5, 2023
- 4 min
Weekly News Blast | Nov 26 - Dec 3
On November 30, the Russian Supreme Court ruled that “the international LGBTQ public movement and its subdivisions” should be designated a..
Danielle Uehara
- Nov 20, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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