Category: World News
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What Just Happened in Venezuela?
by Oriana Acosta Oil, diamonds, and mercury. Venezuela is the country sitting on one of the worlds’ biggest oil supplies–so much wealth–that every single house would come with a room and bathroom made especially for the housekeeper. The average citizen would spend the summer in their beach house, and then go back to their regular…
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Russian Diplomats Expelled from Europe and U.S.
by Taylor Brown It’s the latest sign of the diplomatic breakdown between Russia and the West. Russian diplomats who were expelled from the U.S. arrived back in Moscow on Sunday. In the propaganda war, one image President Vladimir Putin didn’t want the world to see was the return of Russian diplomats and families from…
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Experience As a Vietnamese Student
by Minh Nguyen Did you know that Vietnam got a rank higher than the U.S in the PISA test? Based on the results of the international test released in 2015, Vietnam had the honor to place 17th with their overall score including math, science, and reading while U.S just placed at 36th with their overall…
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Poland’s New Bill Aims to Erase History
by Heysha Garcia-Melendez The Polish President, Andrzej Duda, signed a bill titled “The Holocaust Bill”. This bill states that you can’t blame Poland for any crimes that happened during the Holocaust. This will prohibit you from saying things like “Polish death camps” and if you do, you can get up to 3 years of prison…
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China Develops New Shipping Route
by Jose Roca Beijing has said that Global warmth meant the opening of some viable shipping routes through the Arctic that will become increasingly important for international trade. China would work with Russia and other Arctic countries in order to develop the polar route. This route is part of a really ambitious project so that China will…
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Logan Paul and The Suicide Forest
by Alex Noblecilla Logan Paul is a well known American vlogger and actor who first gained his fame from his use of the former app Vine. After it was discontinued, he went from six seconds on Vine, to about fifteen minutes daily on YouTube, obtaining millions of fans and subscribers. On December 31st of…
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The Tech Behind 2018 Winter Olympics
By Thiago Rego Each year of the Winter Games, the technology has been improving and changing both the sports and the athletes. In the 2018 Olympic Games, some of the newest technology was launched and used. With the innovations and use of that equipment, 2018’s Winter Olympics in South Korea will never be forgotten. The…
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Zimbabwe Coup
by Taylor Brown The military takeover of the Zimbabwean government might just be the oddest coup the modern world has ever seen. It began on November 14th when Maj. Gen. S.B. Moyo, military spokesman, announced from the national broadcast system that President Mugabe and other ‘corrupt’ officials had been taken into custody. The general…
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Atmospheric CO2 Reaches Record Level
by Adassa Coimin The U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin that the rate at which CO2 continues to increase in concentration in the atmosphere was 50 percent higher than the average of the past 10 years, in 2016. The report estimated that average concentrations of CO2 hit 403.3…
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Trip Around the World ~ Peru
by Alexandra Noblecilla Our school is full of students from different parts of the world. This feature will allow you to learn about their cultural background. This trip will take place in the amazing country of Peru. I was able to find a student at our school who comes from this country and she was kind…