By Kevin Zhang Chinese president Xi Jinping called Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, over a month after meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Xi made the call to Zelenskyy after weeks of intensifying pressure from various Western leaders to use his …
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By Kevin Zhang Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has just test launched its massive new rocket, Starship. The gargantuan spacecraft exploded just minutes in on its maiden flight. No-one was hurt during the uncrewed test that lifted off from the Texas coast …
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By Kevin Zhang The Chinese government plans to tighten already stringent restrictions on the amount of time children can spend playing video games and have high confidence that their new rules will be obeyed. China plans to restrict the gaming time of …
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By Kevin Zhang About half an hour before opening for business, employees at the Old National Bank branch near the Ohio River in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, were preparing to begin a board meeting. Just minutes later, five bank employees would become casualties …
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By Kevin Zhang Finland has officially become the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization security alliance, spelling out bad news for Russia. The accession of Finland into NATO effectively doubles NATO’s border with Russia. The Finnish foreign minister handed the …
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By Kevin Zhang At least 26 people have been killed after multiple tornadoes ravaged through towns and cities in the American South and Midwest. Thousands of homes were destroyed and even more were left without power as the huge storms devastated several …
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By Kevin Zhang Ugandan lawmakers have passed a bill prescribing jail time of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations. The bill is supported by popular opinion in Uganda but effectively completely outcasts the East African country’s LGBTQ community. …
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By Kevin Zhang A U.S. military MQ-9 surveillance drone has crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday after being intercepted by a pair of Russian fighter jets, in the first incident of its kind since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. The …
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By Kevin Zhang Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday morning after a 48-hour period in which a bank run and capital crisis led to the second-largest failure of a financial institution in American history. California regulators closed down the technology-focused lender and …
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By Kevin Zhang Terrorist group al-Qaeda confirmed on Sunday, March 5th, that a senior member of the jihadist group in Yemen has been killed in air strikes, said the SITE Intelligence Group. According to AFP, local security and government sources have stated …
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