Never have the U.S. elections been so intense and controversial than during the 2016 election cycle. After the IB Economics elections project at AISG, student and teacher involvement in the elections was especially strong. Many members of the school population... More »
As a student who takes Economics, and well aware that all IB Economics students, Juniors and Seniors, have been involved in the production of video advertisements of either of the candidates in the 2016 US presidential elections, I decided to introduce to all ... More »
It’s been a week since the offensive to liberate Mosul — Iraq’s second-largest city — from its two-year long grip from ISIS began, and so far, the Iraqi army has been ahead of schedule, liberating 78 villages, and killing 800 ISIS fighters as of Monday morning... More »
The most recent and final presidential debate took place today, October 20, 2016, between the two presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Similar to the previous debates, this debate was full of accusing the other of a wrongdoing and trying ... More »
After the recently leaked video featuring Donald Trump demeaning women, Michelle Obama took to the campaign trail and called out the Republican nominee for President of the United States on his behaviour. After the recording of Trump bragging about sexually as... More »
Reported on May 21, 2016 by AFP, China is said to be cutting off relations with Taiwan if new president Tsai Ing-wen does not support the “one China” idea the China state media said on Saturday. During Tsai’s inauguration speech, she announced that Taiwan will... More »
Abortion has been a controversial issue in the US politics that existed starting from a long time ago, even with the fact that abortion was legalized 40 years ago by the Supreme Court. Ever since abortion was legalized in the year of 1973, numerous attempts ha... More »
About a week ago there was a video posted on Youtube in regards to the group known only as Anonymous and their apparent declaration of what they are calling Total War against Donald Trump. As someone who only partially follows the political campaign there is b... More »
The controversial US presidential candidate, Donald Trump, found himself heavily criticized by other competitors this past weekend, when he failed multiple times to disavow support from an important former Ku Klux Klan figure. On a Facebook post published on t... More »
Europe is facing the worst migrant crisis since World War II. More than a million migrants entered the continent in 2015, not including the great number of refugees dying on the way. Many European nations took steps towards tightening refugee policies this wee... More »
Every year the president stands in front of the US Congress for the State of Union. This year marks a very special one. It is the last State of Union presented by Barack Obama as the President of the United States, and therefor the last one before the Presiden... More »
Tsai Ing Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party was elected President of The Republic of China this past weekend, winning 56% of the vote. Tsai Ing Wen’s Campaign HQ in 2016 Taiwan just got their own, self-called “trendy” female president, like South Korea’s... More »