By Kelly Sanchez Australia has been enduring a hellish fire season since August 2019. Over 14.6 million acres have been affected by these fires—which is over two times more than what Brazil suffered with the 2019 Amazon Rainforest Fires. At least 25 people have been killed as a result, and almost 2,000 homes have been…
By Fabiha Faruque Hong Kong, one of South Asia’s most toured places, is a city of the future. It is a city that contains some of the world’s most jaw-dropping engineering endeavors and attractive themed sites (such as the internationally famous Disney Land). It is simply a progressive, tech-advanced city — and with its high-world…
By Ajmaanie Dort It’s been over 240 days since protests first started, and the streets of the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and its neighboring provinces have all been shut down by the government. The remaining streets that are accessible to the public are filled with angry protesters voicing their frustrations through acts of violence and…
By Vanessa Falcon Hurricane Dorian was expected to hit Florida— and hard —but luckily the storm changed its directory last minute. Unfortunately, the Bahamas weren’t as lucky as the United States. The storm lingered for days, eating away at homes and destroying lives in the Bahamas. Now that residents of the Bahamas are searching for…
By Rhobie Toussaint Imagine roofs being torn off of buildings, houses being flooded with water, and cars flipped over and damaged. People have nowhere to turn, trying to brace themselves for impact. The devastation that would strike the Bahamas was one they could never truly prepared for. Dorian, a Category Five at the time it…
By Gabriella Licona The humanitarian crisis in Sudan began in December 2018 when civilians began to protest against President Omar al-Bashir— a president who they claim was more a dictator than anything else. After word spread around like wildfire of his plan to overthrow the previous government, Omar al-Bashir took over as president in 1989….
By Michelle Mairena In the hope of finding peace, safety, and new opportunities for his family, Daoud Nabi fled his home country of Afghanistan with his two sons in 1977. Christchurch, New Zealand, then became his home, the home where his sons and grandchildren would later grow up in the alleged safety of a first…
By Jaylyn Gonzalez In the hours between seven and eight Sunday evening, various storm warnings were issued throughout South Florida. However, at the last second, the storm took a turn to Cuba, developing into a tornado that left the already fragile capital, Havana, in shambles. The unexpected and monstrous tornado ripped through the Cuban streets;…
By Michelle Mairena “Get out, Maduro” chanted the crowd of hundreds of thousands of protesters as they marched this Wednesday in Caracas, Venezuela. In front of the crowd, holding a microphone and giving an ardent speech was Juan Guaidó, the President of Venezuela’s National Assembly, a government body that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro objects to…
By Luis Mila The infamous Raúl Castro was known across the globe as Cuba’s president; however his preselected successor which would inherit all his rule—Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez—was a subject of the unknown. U.S. Congress members bombarded Mr. Díaz-Canel with a series of questions when they visited in early 2015. They revolved around his thoughts on…