On January 25th, Joe Biden, the United States (US) President, overturned the executive order about permitting transgender Americans to join the military that former President Trump had virtually banned. In the time of Trump’s tenure, those who did not come out as transgender could not pursue transit
Cartoons originally published by the French newspaper, Charlie Hebdo, were the fundamental factor that led to the Charlie Hebdo shootings in 2015, for which a terrorist group of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took responsibility. Since then, there have been acute conflicts b
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States (US) on November 7th. While the US presidential transition took place after Election Day, the US has been in the middle of crisis and confusion. Donald Trump has refused to concede the result of the election, posting twee
The Nobel Prize Winner of 2020 was released last October. On October 5th, 2020, the Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine would go to Harvey Alter, Briton Michael Houghton, and Charles Rice. These scientists were nominated as the Nobel Prize winners for their disc
On October 2nd, President Donald Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). After Trump’s diagnosis, people who worked close to the president also turned out to be infected with COVID-19. One of Trump’s assistants, Nick Luna tested positive after traveling with him. Additionally,
With the widespread COVID-19, people in medical and pharmaceutical industries are desperately trying to invent vaccines. On August 11th, Russia first launched the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, funded by the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF). The Global Times reported that currently,
As Shinzo Abe suddenly resigned from the position of prime minister on August 28th due to health issues, three candidates came out to become the next prime minister. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, and former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba wer
On the evening of August 4th, Lebanon experienced two devastating explosions that took place at the Port of Beirut, the nation’s capital city. A team of specialists from England’s University of Sheffield calculates the magnitude and intensity of the explosions to have been approximately one-tenth of
Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America (USA), has released an official statement declaring his desire to place a nationwide ban on TikTok, a widely popular social media platform created by Chinese company ByteDance. Relations between China and the USA have not been the friendlie
Among COVID-19 vaccine research reports submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO), 10 of them are tested on human bodies. Remdesivir is one of the most promising medicines. It is made by Gilead Sciences, the American pharmaceutical company that developed Tamiflu, a medicine for influenza. The
In April, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+, a group of oil-producing countries that are not in OPEC, like Russia, agreed on reducing oil production to 9.7 million barrels per day in May and June to deal with the dramatic drop in oil prices. Oil prices rose continuou
On April 11th, the United Nations (UN) envoys in the Middle East urged Middle Eastern war nations to stop the war immediately. Along with the appeal of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, he urged all parties to take concrete steps in stopping the war. Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, and IsraelPalestin