By Zeru Peter Li On Sunday, May 3rd, 2020, a Uber spokesperson stated that the company has been recently planning to put together a new rule in its riding policies to enforce drivers and riders in certain regions like North America to …
Read More »Fuel Truck Bombing in Syria
By Kevin Zhang A fuel truck bomb in a northern Syrian market killed at least 46 on April 28th, including Syrian rebel fighters backed by Turkey, according to US officials. The blast occurred in Afrin, a city controlled by Turkish proxies, just …
Read More »Nova Scotia Shooting
By Kevin Zhang On April 19th, 2020, a gunman by the name of Gabriel Wortman impersonated a police officer and went on a shooting rampage that lasted around 12 hours and spanned for miles. The shooting began when the 51-year-old denture-fitter attacked …
Read More »Anti-Lynching Law After 150 Years of Injustice
By David Zhang Since the end of the civil war, a horrifically bloody battle over the disparity in the North and South caused by the polarizing issue of slavery. In 1864, the war was over, but that did not do much to …
Read More »NY Stock Market Tripped a Circuit Breaker on March 9
By Brian Wu On March 18, 33 minutes after opening, the S&P 500 index dropped by 7%, which triggered a circuit breaker for 15 minutes. After the market reopened at 9:48 a.m., the condition got a little better, but the major indexes …
Read More »Sikh Temple Attacked in Kabul Afghanistan
By Kevin Zhang On March 25, 2020, militants stormed a Sikh gurdwara, or worshipping site in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people in a span of six hours. The terrorist attack occurs just as the war-ravaged country is beginning to suffer …
Read More »Greco-Turkish Border Skirmish
By Michael Chang This year continues the new monthly traditions of increasing international tension as Turkey, a holdover site for much of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan’s refugees, opens its border for migrants to leave for the European Union. Turkish President Recep Erdogan …
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