Ramya Krishna, Staff Writer
October 12, 2019
From Sept. 20 to Sept. 27, students around the world walked out of schools in the middle of the day to protest the lack of governmental action on issues of climate change. This event was known as the Global Climate Strike, started by a 16-year-old girl from Sweden named Greta Thunberg. After convincing...
Tags: Amnesty International, Autumn Peltier, Climate Change, Dakota Access Pipeline, Elm Street, Flint Water Crisis, Golbal Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg, Ilhan Omar, Isra Hirsi, Michael Knowles, Protests, Sweden, Vladimir Putin
Aarushi Ahuja, World & Nation Editor
March 23, 2018
Russia
Vladimir Putin was re-elected the president of Russia on Sunday, March 18. Putin has been embroiled in controversy over the outcome of the election, as he has regularly been accused of targeting potential political opponents. U.S. President Donald Trump has received a great deal of backlash...
Tags: “a violation of international law”, “mobile price war”, Aircel, bankruptcy, Blaine Gaskill, daughter Najin, develop reproductive technology, England, former spy, granddaughter Fatu, Great Mills High School, India, India’s large market of mobile phone users, Kenya, last male northern white rhinoceros, Maxis Communications, mobile phone company, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, poisoning, Russia, Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko, Russian diplomats, saving the species, school resource officer, Sudan, U.S. President Donald Trump, United Kingdom, united states, Vladimir Putin
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...
Tags: Alexei Navalny, Ambae, ammunition, Bamenda, Cameroon, catalonia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, demonstrations, Egypt, Egyptian business executives, emergency relief organizations, evacuees, independence referendum, injuries, Mariano Rajoy, national security forces, news in brief, NIBs, North Korean ship, opposition leader, politically motivated sentencing, Prime Minister, rocket-propelled grenades, Russia, Russia presidential election, Santo, Spain, U.N., unconstitutional, Vanuatu, Vladimir Putin, volcano eruption
