After taking containment measures during the pandemic, the Chinese government is trying to reduce the likelihood of a major COVID-19 outbreak during travels for the Lunar New Year this month. On Friday(1/6/23), the Transportation Ministry urged those who will be traveling to minimize gatherings and trips, mostly if they will involve the elderly, small children, pregnant women, and people...

On Wednesday(1/11/23), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) posted an advisory notice stating that the United States NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) system had failed due to an overnight glitch. However, it posted at around 9 am that the “normal air traffic operations (were) resuming gradually.” The NOTAM system is critical since it is responsible for keeping pilots and flight personnel...

U.S. President Joe Biden visited Mexico City on January 9th and 10th, 2023, for the tenth North American Leaders Summit (NALS). He also held bilateral meetings with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts. One of the key items that the leaders addressed is migration. Better cooperation between the United States and Mexico is vital to handle the massive number of immigrants...

On Wednesday January 4th, Al-Shabab terrorists detonated two car bombs in central Somalia, killing at least 35 people, including eight members of a single family. After government forces and allied clan militias began forcing the insurgents out of an area they had long held, the Al-Qaeda offshoot launched a new attack on the town of Mahas in the Hiran region....

On Thursday, January 5th, 2023, Russia announced a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark the Eastern Orthodox Christmas, that would be the most significant truce since the invasion began. Yet, leaders from Ukraine said the idea was an untrustworthy and ruthless enemy’s cynical posturing. Exchanges of artillery fire along the front line have broken the truce. Ukrainian officials say that...

On Thursday, January 5th, 2023, President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian army to hold a thirty-six-hour ceasefire in Ukraine over the weekend for the sake of the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday. The Kremlin stated that the order was in response to a proposal that Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, proposed earlier in the day. Ukraine dismissed...

Georgia is the latest team that has won consecutive national titles. According to ESPN statistics and information research, only some teams have won consecutive titles in college football since 1990. The school’s back-to-back titles place it on the shortlist of institutions that have achieved the feat. The Georgia Bulldogs beat TCU 65-7 to win the College Football Playoff national championship...

For centuries, diamonds have been used to symbolize love, beauty, and power. However, illegal trading and unsafe mining practices have tarnished the industry. Conflict diamonds, also known as blood or rough diamonds, are the main reason Kimberly Process was established. Conflict diamonds are illegally traded to finance wars against legitimate governments. Conflict diamonds are mined using slave labor, exposing...

As Russian soldiers made calls home as their war efforts faltered, other people were listening apart from their loved ones. Ukrainian troops used the mobile phone calls that Russian soldiers made to determine their location and kill them in huge numbers. This is according to an investigation that The New York Times published detailing Russia's mistakes throughout the war. The...

This past Sunday(1/1/23) Ukraine carried out a strike in the Russian-occupied region of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. According to former officials, pro-Russian military bloggers, and the Ukrainian military, the strike appears to have killed many Russian soldiers. Ukraine claims that the strike killed 400 Russian soldiers, but Russian officials have contested the figures claiming that the strike killed only 63...