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The 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
On March 1, Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won the Nigerian...
Lolita Chowdhury
Apr 3, 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
Mar 31, 20233 min read


Who’s Running in the 2024 Presidential Election So Far?
The 2024 Presidential election season is approaching fast, with new faces joining the contentious race for the Oval Office. Here is an ov...
Breanna Crossman
Mar 25, 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...
Matthew Inui
Mar 7, 20234 min read


Spy Balloons Spell Uncertainty for Already Fraying U.S.-China Relations
On January 28, a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was detected in U.S. airspace near the Canadian border. After transiting over Can...
Matthew Inui
Mar 7, 20234 min read


The Contentious 2022 Midterms - Who Won, and What’s Next for the Nation
The midterm elections of 2022 shaped the 118th Congress of the United States and were one of the most influential elections of the past d...
Breanna Crossman
Feb 16, 20235 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...
David Lee
Feb 14, 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...
Ariel Donato
Feb 6, 20233 min read


McCarthy Wins The Speaker Election, But At What Cost?
On January 6, exactly two years after protestors stormed Capitol Hill and breached the halls of Congress, Republican Representative Kevin...
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...
Matthew Inui
Jan 30, 20234 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 30, 20233 min read


Zan, Zendegi, Azadi: The Current Crisis in Iran
For people worldwide, 1979 carries memories of hostage crises, nuclear accidents, and Soviet invasions. For the people of Iran, 1979 mark...
Mahsa Forghani
Jan 30, 20236 min read


World's Largest Volcano Erupts in Hawaii
Mauna Loa is among one of four volcanoes that make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipel...
Magdeline Gomes
Jan 29, 20232 min read


The North Carolina Blackouts
Shadowed by a national cold front, tens of thousands of North Carolinians were also left without electricity. As the potential for domest...
Dhruti Pattabhi
Jan 29, 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...
Breanna Crossman
Jan 28, 20232 min read


Ukraine War Updates
The year 2022 has come to a close, but the war between Ukraine and Russia continues. Soldiers and civilians from both countries have been...
David Lee
Jan 28, 20234 min read


Trump Calls For Termination of U.S. Constitution After Release of Matt Taibi’s ‘The Twitter Files’
On December 3, former U.S. president Donald Trump took to his proprietary social media platform ‘Truth Social’ and called for the termina...
Husnain Malik
Jan 28, 20233 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
Jan 28, 20236 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 ...
Lolita Chowdhury
Jan 12, 20233 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...
David Lee
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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