It’s no doubt that the Winter Olympics have been a highly anticipated occasion for sports-lovers worldwide, especially as COVID-19 has ravaged any major event in the past years. Yet, the upcoming one located in Beijing has stirred up much controversy. In fact,... More »
On January 7, in Baltimore, Mayland, doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center performed a heart transplant surgery on David Bennett, age 57. What is special about this transplant is that the new heart is a genetically-engineered pig heart, experime... More »
It is becoming increasingly likely that the current vaccination campaign for COVID-19 and its various branches of variants will become one of—if not the largest—vaccination campaigns the world has ever seen. The number of doses given to people across the globe... More »
Two days over the Halloween weekend, CNN reported 11 mass shootings in the U.S. These news are part of a trend of increased gun violence during the pandemic. According the the Police Executive Research Forum, the first 9 months of 2020 saw a 28% increase in ho... More »
As a result of the newest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, Asian economies are likely to become stagnant in their growth during the upcoming year. As of right now, an increasing amount of cases caused by the Omicron variant are being identified around the contine... More »
Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States’ strike on Louisiana has been the most impactful natural disaster in the nation after a long while, beginning on August 26 and finally calming down on September 4. The aftermath of the sto... More »
Evergrande, the massive Shenzhen based Chinese property developer, has been facing a massive debt crisis. The company, which is the second largest real estate developer in China, has built up 300 billion US dollars in debt. This debt is as massive as GDPs of... More »
Though the Tokyo Olympic Games have only just passed, the Beijing Winter Olympics are quickly approaching. With this, there have been many updates as to details regarding who can and cannot watch, and this article contains everything you need to know. Firstly,... More »
After spending trillions of dollars and 2 decades in Afghanistan, the United States has withdrawn their military presence from the country. The United States’ NATO allies have similarly withdrawn military presence from Afghanistan as well. However, this withdr... More »
On November 24, 2021, a new variant of COVID-19 was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), first detected on November 11, 2021, in Botswana and November 14, 2021, in South Africa. The new variant is named Omicron and is now officially classified as a... More »
On the 19th of November, power was temporarily transferred over to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris while President Joe Biden went under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy. Albeit only for a measly 85 minutes, Harris became the first woman in United State... More »
As Travis Scott, the popular Texas rapper, ascended the stage that Friday night on November 5, panic and despair rippled through the crowd of 50,000 primarily young people. A crowd surge at the concert turned one section of the audience into an epicenter of ma... More »