January 15, 2024

Simmer, and Boil

On Jan. 12, the United States and its allies launched more than 100 missiles at 60 targets in Yemen, including “control nodes, munitions, depots, launching systems, production facilities, and air defense radar systems,” reported CNN. Five people perished and six were wounded in the attacks. The American,...

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January 15, 2024

A Vote for Independence

William Lai, the candidate for Taiwan’s ruling party, won Saturday’s presidential election in a vote that defied China’s ambition of “reunification” but also expressed citizens’ concerns over domestic woes, Reuters reported. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is staying in office following on from Tsai Ing-wen’s eight-year...

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January 15, 2024

Pomp, Danish Style

Denmark’s King Frederik X officially took the throne Sunday following the abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II, in a royal ceremony that diverted from tradition and underscored the country’s understated approach to its constitutional monarchy, the Guardian reported. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed Frederik X...

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January 15, 2024

Going Twice

Myanmar’s military and an alliance of ethnic rebel groups agreed to a Chinese-brokered ceasefire this week, after more than two months of intense fighting in the country’s northeast that has posed a major challenge for the ruling junta following its coup nearly three years ago,...

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January 15, 2024

Extreme Nappers

Many bird species tend to take short naps throughout the day, sometimes lasting around 10 seconds at a time. But one species of penguin in the Southern Ocean takes napping to a whole other level, taking thousands of naps a day, according to New Scientist. Recently, a...

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