By Kevin Zhang In a ceremony for the expansion of Russia’s borders, President Vladimir Putin signed documents that would effectively annex four regions in Ukraine – an act which has been declared illegal by Ukraine and its western backers.  Following the inking, …

By Kevin Zhang Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reserve troops on Wednesday to bolster forces fighting in Ukraine. The call-up has been deeply unpopular amongst the Russian people, and has been fiercely resisted. Protests sparked across the …

By Kevin Zhang On September 14th, 2022, Armenia applied to the Collective Security Treaty Organization for military support following an Azeri attack on its territory.  Armenian delegates made the request to the CSTO following an escalation of clashes along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border …

By Kevin Zhang Queen Elizabeth, longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom, has died at Balmoral castle at age 96, after a reign of 70 years.  She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at the Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the …

By Kevin Zhang The funeral for the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was held on Saturday, with many Russians paying their final respects.  Thousands of mourners stood in line to quietly file past Gorbachev’s open casket, surrounded by honor …

By Kevin Zhang  Four people have been killed in a shooting in Tucson, Arizona. The shooting took place at an apartment complex where an eviction notice was being served, officials said. A local constable, who was also a U.S. Army veteran, was …

By Kevin Zhang Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong will plead guilty in the city’s largest case over the national security law, after being detained for more than a year without being given a trial date under the law. The jailed former student …

By Kevin Zhang  Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to murder him due to his writing, was stabbed in the neck and lower abdomen onstage at a public lecture at western New York’s Chautaqua …

By Kevin Zhang China has conducted what have been described as “precision missile strikes” Thursday in waters off of Taiwan’s coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit …

By Kevin Zhang On Saturday, President Joe Biden once again tested positive for Covid-19 after consecutive days of testing negative for the virus, according to his Physician.  Biden, 79, is reportedly experiences no new symptoms and is continuing to feel well, according …