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International Affairs Update

Ellora Houchins, Staff Writer • March 31, 2025

Russian Drone Attack Against Ukraine According to local officials and emergency services, Russian drones were launched overnight Sunday across Ukraine, reported by AP News on March 23. The attacks,...

International Affairs Update

Ellora Houchins, Staff Writer • March 21, 2025

Devastating fire in North Macedonia A small Balkan nation experienced a tragedy this past weekend, as an overcrowded nightclub was set aflame, AP News reported on March 16. The massive fire killed 59...

International Affairs Update

Ellora Houchins, Staff Writer • March 16, 2025

New Canadian Prime Minister Just shy of a decade later, Justin Trudeau has officially resigned as Canada’s Prime Minister. Mark Carney, formerly the Bank of England governor, was elected leader of...

International Affairs update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • February 15, 2025

‘Let all hell break out’   Reuters reported on Feb. 10 that the United States President Donald Trump stated that Hamas has a deadline of Saturday, Feb. 15 to release all hostages or he will...

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson in Jan. 2023, photo from WikiCommonsImages.

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • February 7, 2025

Fatal shooting at school in Sweden   On Feb. 4, Sweden experienced its worst mass shooting in the nation's history, resulting in the deaths of 10 people at the Risbergska school, an adult education...

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • January 31, 2025

Serbian Prime Minister announces “resignation On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic resigned “amid a wave of anti-corruption protests that have spread across the Balkan country,”...

Israel’s military chief of staff Herzi Halevi, photo from WikiCommonsImages.

International Affairs Update:

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • January 24, 2025

Israeli top general resigns  Reuters reported on Jan. 21 that Israel’s military chief of staff Herzi Halevi has announced he will be resigning on Mar. 6 to hold accountability for the “massive...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, photo from WikiCommons.

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • January 17, 2025

Talk of ceasefire in Gaza    AP News also reported on Jan. 14 that officials stated Hamas has accepted a potential agreement to ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to end the current on-going 15 month...

Photo of newly elected Vice President and first female leader of Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, photo from WikiCommonsImages

International Affairs Update

Breanna Dorrian, News Editor • December 6, 2024

First female leader in Namibia   AP News reported on Dec. 3 that Namibia, a country in Southern Africa, has elected its first female leader, Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. She won the...

Canterbury Cathedral, photo from Unsplash

International news update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • November 17, 2024

Archbishop and head of the Church of England resigns amidst sex abuse scandal    AP News reported Nov. 11, that the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, Justin Welby resigned...

A discovery within an Egyptian tomb

Lindsay Deyton, Digital Media Manager • November 10, 2024

On Nov. 5, the Ancient Origins organization reported that archaeologists unintentionally discovered what appeared to be an Egyptian Tomb. This tomb seems to be dated back all the way to the Middle Kingdom...

International Affairs Update

Bre Dorrian, News Editor • November 10, 2024

Russia and Ukraine War Persists   10,000 North Korean troops have entered into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, becoming “legitimate targets” to Ukrainian soldiers if they become combative, the...

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