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World News · 27. October 2024
By: Rishaan Chowdhury Two years ago, Russia began an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Despite years of support for separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Russia’s full fledged attack stunned the world, as it was the first time that a war of this size had been seen on European soil since WWII. Russian forces, who were significantly better equipped and purportedly better trained, were expected to win within weeks. In the opening days of the war the world watched in horror as Russian...
World News · 03. January 2024
By Rishaan Chowdhury It was a cloudy day in London when Indian batsmen Sunil Gavaskar lined up to bat. The date was June 9, 1983 and India had miraculously qualified for the Cricket World Cup. Gavaskar didn’t know whether India would win the match, and he definitely didn’t believe India had a chance to make it to the knockout stage, considering professional cricket was very new in India, a remnant of the British Raj. Back home the former colony was a dense country of 745 million, plagued by...
World News · 05. November 2023
By Rishaan Chowdhury People sleep peacefully. Outside, the air is warm as the sun rises over southern Israel. A cool breeze wafts through the serene kibbutzim. In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, the sabbath morning is quiet. Suddenly the silence is pierced by air raid sirens. Within moments thousands of rockets are fired at the cities, citizens panicking as they take cover. Explosions rock the metropolises as the Iron Dome defense system shoots down rockets. Meanwhile in the kibbutzim, pandemonium...
World News · 22. May 2023
By Rishaan Chowdhury Sudan is a nation that has been ravaged by violence for decades. The African nation once was a colony of the United Kingdom, as was most of east africa. The British colonizers split the country in two, creating two sections to prevent exploitation of the south – which was underdeveloped – by the north. Unfortunately, British neglect and the integration of northerners into the colonial government resulted in South Sudan becoming more underdeveloped and excluded from...
World News · 14. April 2023
By Rishaan Chowdhury Since the beginning of the United States, espionage has always been a crucial aspect of the nation’s foreign policy, with spies abroad helping the U.S. and spies at home harming it. During the Revolutionary War people such as Nathan Hale spied for the United States behind British lines, benefiting the revolutionary cause greatly. During World War II, British spies helped benefit the Allied cause by misleading German officials and misinforming high ranking Nazis of troop...
World News · 03. March 2023
By Rishaan Chowdhury Six months ago, in a country located just south of Ecuador lay Peru. Nestled in between the Pacific ocean and the Andes, this beautiful destination was a thriving place, with a stable democracy and a growing economy with Peru’s GDP growing by 2.7% in 2022. But suddenly in December former President Pedro Castillo announced plans to dissolve congress, this was because of an impeachment vote that was about to occur. Unfortunately for him Congress voted overwhelmingly in...
World News · 03. February 2023
By: Rishaan Chowdhury During the Nazi regime, Chancellor Adolf Hitler committed horrific crimes against humanity across Europe. One of the most brutal battles of World War Two (WWII) was the fight for the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). The Soviet Union at its height controlled many countries including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belorussia (now Belarus), Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirgiziya (now Kyrgyzstan), Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia (now Moldova), Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and...