News in Brief
Aarushi Ahuja, World & Nation Editor
October 6, 2017
Cameroon On Oct. 2, at least eight people were killed in separatist rallies for independence in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. The demonstrations were met with open fire by national security forces. As another response to the unrest, the federal government has blocked internet services in t...
News in Brief
September 15, 2017
Egypt On Saturday, Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived over 3,500 years ago. The site took around five months to excavate, yielding a humble historical discovery. Egyptian officials struggling to revive the country’s history presented the finding as a ...
News in brief
Ian Penny, World & Nation Editor
December 2, 2016
Egypt Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi no longer faces the death penalty. Following the Arab Spring and President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign, Morsi won the 2012 presidential election. Barely a year later, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi led a military coup against the government. Along with...
Eight good things happening in the world
Nicole Zelniker, World & Nation Editor
October 2, 2015
Solomon Islands Earlier this week, scientists exploring the Solomon Islands discovered the first biofluorescent turtle known to man. Biofluorecence, not to be confused with bioluminescence, is the ability to reflect light and re-emit it as a different color. The endangered hawksbill sea turtle joins ...
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 is a species of glass frogs, has large, white eyes and a translucent belly, through which its organs...
News in Brief 11/7/14
Abe Kenmore, World and Nation editor
November 7, 2014
Mexico City, Mexico: The elusive mayor of Iguala, Jose Luis Abarca, who has been on the run since the well-publicized massacre of six students and the disappearance of 43 more over a month ago, has finally been apprehended according to the BBC. The mayor was found with his wife, María de los Ángel...
News in Brief
Rishab Revankar, World and Nation Editor
March 28, 2014
The Hague, Netherlands The Group of 8 (G8), an assembly of the world’s eight leading industrialized nations, is now the G7. On March 24, U.S. government officials told CNN that President Barack Obama and other world leaders have suspended Russia’s G8 membership in response to Russian President Vladim...
History in the making: new discoveries that change everything
Josh Barker, Staff Writer
April 12, 2013
There is a lot left to learn about this world. Over the last year, there have been a number of highly important scientific and historic discoveries made. Among these discoveries is the world’s oldest sundial, a lost microcontinent off of the coast of Africa and stone spearheads dating back 250,000...
Egypt in state of emergency
Laura Hay, Staff Writer
February 15, 2013
Egypt’s citizens continue to protest the country’s policies, leading the government to declare a national state of emergency in late January. Violence from protests has claimed the lives of more than 60 people in the region. “Continuing political strife could cause the collapse of the state...
