Living in the Present. Preparing for the Future
CDC announces that Title 42 will end but is blocked by a federal judge. Australia and India sign a trade deal to make them less dependent on China. Qatar bans LGBTQ themes at FIFA. Lima imposes a curfew due to protests because of inflation. More than 1,200 companies have boycotted Russia and Belarus. The United […]
Protests erupt in Kazakhstan and a state of emergency is in place. The president’s residence and offices are set on fire. More than 200 are killed and hundreds are injured in the clashes with police. Airports are closed and many members of government resign or are being dismissed. Thousands are arrested. Rodrigo Duterte signs a […]
Editors note: It’s finally the end of 2021, the year that we thought would be better than 2020. We were wrong. We feel the repercussions of past choices and the current ones that leaders have put forth into our society. The pandemic has brought us a new kind of world. The “new normal” is not […]
Statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth were torn down and Catholic churches have been burned in Manitoba, Canada after mass graves of Indigenous children have been found. Bangladesh imposes a lockdown that will only let residents leave their homes in case of an emergency. The military is to enforce the lockdown. Michigan Governor announces […]
New Zealand raises the minimum wage to $20/hr. A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from 1985 is sold for $660,000 due to a rare cover. It broke the previous record of $156,000 from Super Mario Bros. 3 in November. LG anounced that they will stop making smartphones. 1,844 inmates in Nigeria escape after an […]
Authors Note: As we start the new year, there is definitely a feeling that none of us have felt before. A feeling of both dread and hope or perhaps making this year count even more, as most of us felt our lives had been taken away since the beginning of the pandemic. With over 100,000,000 […]
Before we begin, Coronavirus has been rampant for the whole year of 2020. Although this is a current events blog post, updates on Coronavirus all over the world are updated daily. These updates will not be included in the reports as it is ever changing and growing exponentially. Also, this quarter will not include the […]
UK Prime minister Boris Johnson will let up to three million Hong Kong residents to apply for political asylum and citizenship after new laws and mass protests against the Chinese government. Italian law enforcement, Guardia di Finanza, seizes 14 metric tonnes of Fenethylline. Valued over $1.2 billion, it becomes the largest drug bust in history. […]
Whiting Oil Corporation declares bankruptcy in part due to Covid-19. China reports asymptomatic cases for Covid-19. Youtube removes videos of 5G linked to Covid-19 after cell towers had been vandalized. UK Prime Minister goes to the ICU for worsening Covid-19. China ends lockdown in Wuhan. Cyclone Harold (category 5) hits Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and […]
Covid-19 is the biggest story of the year and perhaps the century. Bushfires rage throughout Australia. Starting in September 2019 and ending in February, the fires spread to at least 46 million acres of land. The death is toll at 33 and homes lost is at 2,680. An estimated 1.25 billion animals were killed. Indonesian […]