By Vincent Huang Reince Priebus has been pushed out of his position of White House Chief of Staff to be replaced by former marine general, John Kelly. And only a week ago, Sean Spicer, the White House’s press secretary, resigned when …
Read More »O.J. Simpson Granted Parole
By Roger Kim On July 20, 2017, O.J. Simpson was granted parole by a Nevada parole board after serving more than eight years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping in a Las Vegas hotel. He is scheduled to be released on …
Read More »Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Dissident and Nobel Laureate, Dies
By Cheryl Liu Confirmed by the Chinese Shenyang City Bureau of Justice in its news website, the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo died on July 13, 2017, at the age of 61 years. Liu Xiaobo was a well-known Chinese writer …
Read More »American Tourist Beaten to Death in Greece
By Patrick Xu Baraki Henderson, a 22-year-old University of Arizona graduate, was beaten to death on a trip to Greece. While on the trip to stage a photo shoot launching his new clothing line, Henderson was involved in a fatal confrontation on …
Read More »G-20 TAKEAWAYS
By: Annie Yang President Trump found it is necessary to go on the “G-20” trip. G-20 is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies. This international trip had an outcome better than the previous trip …
Read More »Increased Tensions After North Korean Missile
By Vincent Huang On July 3, 2017, a few hours before the celebration of Independence Day in the U.S., North Korea conducted another missile test following the other launches in the previous months. The missile took off from the Panghyon airfield and …
Read More »NASA Selects 2017 Class
By Roger Kim On June 9, 2017, NASA selected its astronaut class of 2017, the largest since 2000. The five women and seven men selected as the agency’s new astronaut candidates rose to the top of more than 18,300 applicants. With the …
Read More »Harvard Rescinds Student Acceptance Offers
By Roger Kim In mid-April, Harvard University rescinded the acceptance offers of 10 students after administrators learned that the students had shared obscene memes in a private Facebook group. The Facebook group was an offshoot of the official Harvard Class of …
Read More »June 2017 London Attack
By Vincent Huang On June 3, 2017, right before 10 p.m., a rented white van plowed across the London Bridge heading towards the Borough Market, filled with stores and restaurants. The van was driving at speeds of more than twice the speed …
Read More »Manchester Arena Concert Attacked by a Suicide Bombing
By Shannon Yan On May 22, 2017, Manchester wrenched hearts from all over the world after a suicide bomb exploded near the end of the Ariana Grande concert at around 10:33 PM in the Manchester Arena. It has been reported that there …
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