By Sofia Mendes
COVID-19 has officially reached the shores of Kiribati, a small island nation in the Pacific, after avoiding the disease for almost two years .
Category: International
Beijing life Faces Mass Lockdown Ahead of the Winter Olympics
By Keshav Vinod
A lockdown will be imposed in the lead-up to the Winter Olympic Games in two weeks in Beijing.
President Biden Warns Putin Not to Invade Ukraine
By Max Thaler
In a call Tuesday morning, Biden voiced opposition to Putin invading Ukraine.
U.S. Plans Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic
By Clarissa Calderon
The U.S. is planning a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics to protest Chinese human rights abuses.
Israeli Based NSO spyware ‘hacked US State Department phones’
By Keshav Vinod
State Department Officials had their phones hacked by an unknown hacker. The hack has been shown to use pay software developed by NSO, an Israeli based spy technology company.
U.S. and other countries tighten travel rules to try to slow Omicron Spread
By Cooper Polczinski
The U.S. along with other countries brace for the new COVID variant “Omicron” by implementing travel bans on African nations.
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launched on Tuesday
By Callie Krosin
The new technology being tested has the potential to alter the course of asteroids
Activists Blockade Amazon Warehouses in Europe on Black Friday
By Kendall Claar
Climate activists targeted Amazon fulfillment centers in Europe on one of the company’s busiest days of the year in an attempt to put pressure on the company to change its policies and practices.
Western Europe Still Fighting The Pandemic
By Keshav Vinod
Countries like Austria and Germany have been plagued with further positive cases and plan to go into another full lockdown
Crisis at the Belarus and Poland Border Escalates
By Callie Krosin
The European Union is to step up sanctions against Belarus in response to an escalating migrant crisis on the border with Poland.