By Alice Zhong On April 8, 2018, at least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements. …
Read More »“Assassination List” Doctor Jailed for 12 Years
By Ashley He In March 2017, former British emergency room doctor Martin Watt was found guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Martin Watt was working in Monklands Hospital since 1994 until he was fired in 2012. Police found three …
Read More »The Largest Cash Acquisition in China’s Internet History
By Runjie (Sahany) Xiao On April 2, 2018, Alibaba Group, Ant Financial, and Ele.me jointly announced that Alibaba Group has signed a purchase agreement with Ele.me which is a local life platform founded in 2008 and includes online takeaway, new retail, instant …
Read More »Amazon’s HQ2 Location
By Lily Wang Amazon, the third most valuable company in the world, founded its first headquarters in Seattle in 1999. Now, it’s time for it to pick a second headquarter. Amazon has been looking for the optimal location for a couple of …
Read More »The French Police Officer Sacrifices Himself Against ISIS
By Eason Zhu As terrorism continues to grow in Western countries, another attack has happened in a supermarket in southern France this week. One of the police officers on duty sacrificed himself in order to prevent more people being killed. The attacker, …
Read More »Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian
By Roger Kim On March 18, 2018, at around 10 p.m., a pedestrian named Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed, in Tempe, Ariz, by a Volvo XC90 outfitted with a sensor system operated by Uber and with a human safety driver at …
Read More »Master of the Universe Stephen Hawking is Dead
By Roger Kim Stephen W. Hawking, the world renowned theoretical physicist, cosmologist, Director of Research at University of Cambridge’s Center for Theoretical Cosmology, and best-selling author died on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at his home in Cambridge, England at age of 76. …
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