Téa Satariano
Jun 11
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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Téa Satariano
Jun 112 min
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...
Matthew Inui
May 134 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 63 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 294 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 223 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 104 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 13 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 256 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 113 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 43 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 124 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 63 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 315 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 153 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 83 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 14 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, 20233 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, 20232 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, 20234 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, 20234 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...
Danielle Uehara
Oct 23, 20233 min
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...
Matthew Inui
Oct 9, 20233 min
Weekly News Blast | Oct 1 - 8
The trial for cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried began on October 3. He faces seven federal charges, including wire fraud, securities...
Matthew Inui
Oct 4, 20234 min
Weekly News Blast | Sep 24 - Oct 1
On September 26, New York judge Arthur Engoron ruled that former president Donald J. Trump had routinely committed fraud by inflating the...
Danielle Uehara
Sep 25, 20233 min
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...
Matthew Inui
Sep 18, 20234 min
Weekly News Blast | Sep 10 - 17
Torrents from tropical “medicane” Storm Daniel recently caused unprecedented flooding in Derna, a city in northeastern Libya. According...
Matthew Inui
Sep 4, 20234 min
Weekly News Blast | Aug 27 - Sep 3
After failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate last week, presidential candidate Francis Suarez announced on August 29...
Danielle Uehara
Aug 28, 20233 min
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...
Matthew Inui
Aug 7, 20234 min
Weekly News Blast | July 30 - Aug 6
On August 1, the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded the U.S. credit rating from the highest (AAA) to the second highest (AA+). In a statemen...
Danielle Uehara
Jul 31, 20235 min
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
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 21, 20234 min
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
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
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
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
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 29, 20232 min
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
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
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
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...
Matthew Inui
Jul 21, 20224 min
Weekly News Blast | Jul. 10-17
A summary of notable events from the previous week: LA County COVID spike, first photos from NASA's Webb Telescope, Twitter sues Elon Musk.
Breanna Crossman
Jul 20, 20223 min
Weekly News Blast | Jul. 4-10
Key events from the week of July 4: parade shooting leaves seven dead, Georgia grand jury subpoenas former Trump campaign lawyers...
Matthew Inui
Jul 11, 20224 min
Weekly News Blast | Jun. 19-26
Key events from the week of June 19 to June 26: CDC approves COVID-19 vaccine for young children, FINA restricts transgender women...
Breanna Crossman
Jun 26, 20224 min
Weekly News Blast | Jun. 13-19
Noteworthy events from the week of June 13: Trump to be indicted for January 6 insurrection, transgender swimmers banned by FINA...
Ariel Donato
Jun 20, 20222 min
Weekly News Blast | Jun. 5-12
A summary of key events from early June: U.S. gun reform laws in response to shootings, Yellowstone National Park experiences flooding...
Matthew Inui
Jun 15, 20223 min
Weekly News Blast | May 29-Jun. 5
Major events from the past week: the Supreme Court blocks a law regulating social media companies, shooting in Tulsa, Johnny Depp wins...
Breanna Crossman
Jun 6, 20224 min
Weekly News Blast | May 23-30
A summary of events from the past week: tragic shooting in Uvalde, Southern Baptist Church report reveals abuse, baby formula shortage...
Ariel Donato
May 30, 20222 min
Weekly News Blast | May 15-22
A synopsis of key world events from this past week: Monkeypox in 12 countries, COVID-19 spreading in the U.S., Biden on the China-Taiwan...
Matthew Inui
May 20, 20224 min
Weekly News Blast | May 8-15
A summary of key world events from the past week: Russia celebrates Victory Day, abortion protection bill fails, COVID-19 in North Korea...
Breanna Crossman
May 9, 20223 min
Weekly News Blast | May 2-8
The most important events from the past week: Roe v. Wade decision leaked, the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp lawsuits, New Mexico wildfires...
Matthew Inui
Apr 26, 20223 min
Weekly News Blast | Apr. 17-24
A recap of key developments from the last week: White House Easter Egg Roll 2022, Arizona wildfire evacuations, Biden signs Earth Day...
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