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Floods in Accra, Ghana lead to explosion that kills hundreds

Caleb Amstutz, Staff Writer September 4, 2015

On June 3, an explosion rocked a busy suburb in Accra, the capital of Ghana and an area where Guilford College hosts a study abroad program. Officials still do not know how many people died because...

Protesters in Sao Paulo held a large Brazilian flag and called for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff.

Brazilians protest government kickbacks

Amol Garg, Staff Writer September 4, 2015

The pots and pans are out and the citizens of Brazil are taking to the streets to impeach President Dilma Rousseff. Support has drastically dropped for Rousseff in the past year. Impeachment cries can...

Ireland passes gender recognition law, but US still unfriendly to the transgender community

Harris Billings, Staff Writer September 4, 2015

In 1993, Ireland decriminalized homosexual activity. Twenty-two years later, the transgender community of Ireland celebrates a major victory. In May 2015, Ireland became the first country to legalize...

Xenophobic attacks in South Africa leave several dead

Zachary Lindsey, Staff Writer May 1, 2015

South Africa, often known as the Rainbow Nation because of the country’s multicultural diversity, is going through an outbreak of xenophobic killing. Currently, 300 suspects have been arrested for anti-immigrant...

News In Brief

Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor May 1, 2015

Napel: An earthquake in western Nepal shook the country on April 26, killing over five thousand people, injuring at least ten thousand and destroying historic landmarks in the capital, Kathmandu. ...

Nine months after the death of Lennon Lacy, questions remain

Nicole Zelniker, Features Editor May 1, 2015

Last summer, on Aug. 29, a woman found African-American high school senior Lennon Lacy hanged from a swing set in a predominantly white trailer park. It has been nine months, and it is still unclear...

GSO most food-insecure city in the nation

GSO most food-insecure city in the nation

Sommer Fanney, Staff Writer May 1, 2015

In east Greensboro a long Summit Avenue, the Bessemer Center plaza is empty. Nearly 20 years ago there was a Winn-Dixie, but no businesses have been open there since. Because of this, the surrounding...

Elements of voter laws deemed illegal

Nicole Zelniker, Features Editor April 24, 2015

Young adults make up 13 percent of voters in North Carolina, but 16 percent of young adults have no form of North Carolina photo ID, according to Democracy North Carolina. Black people make up 22 percent...

News in brief: Week of 4/24/15

Abe Kenmore, World & Nation Editor April 24, 2015

Costa Rica Dr. Brian Kubicki, a Minnesotan scientist in Costa Rica, has found a new species of frog that looks remarkably like The Muppet’s host, Kermit the Frog, according to CBC. The frog, which...

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