What started off as anti-government protests have escalated into a foreign occupation. Earlier last week, unidentified gunmen took over various government buildings in the southern part of Ukraine known as Crimea. Once the gunmen established control of these buildings, they quickly raised the Russian flag. This comes after a majority of members of the president’s […]
Read more "Russian Intervention in the Ukraine"Spontaneous protests erupted in Ukraine’s capital city of Kiev the night of November 21st after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych decided to reject a free trade deal with the European Union that would have brought the Ukraine one step closer to European integration. The rejection of the free trade deal coupled with crippling unemployment and government corruption that […]
Read more "Crisis in Ukraine"Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela has passed away this Thursday after battling health issues the past few years. Often hailed as one of the greatest human rights advocates in the world, Mandela fought to end the system of segregation known as apartheid. He was imprisoned for inciting worker’s strikes in the early sixties and spent 18 years of his […]
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