By: Vivienne Wellet Lions are a wild and beautiful species. They are muscular, deep-chested, short, and round-headed. Male lions are often bigger than females and they have a mane that goes around their head to show off to females. Scientifically named Panthera leo, they are native to Africa and India and can run up to 80mph to catch their food. They are carnivores so they … Continue reading Lions
On Monday, February 7th, at a roundtable in South Florida, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis voiced his support for the controversial Parental Rights in Education bill, which has been dubbed by many critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill. Under this bill, the discussion of sexual orientations as well as gender identity will be prohibited in the state’s primary schools. According to Florida Republican Senator Dennis … Continue reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized by White House over “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) recently held a meeting over the developing situation in Eastern Europe between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allied countries there and the Russian Federation. One of the many meetings in the council’s history, this one was preceded by harsh Kremlin rhetoric about Western Media and countries’ reactions to their association in Ukraine. Top Kremlin officials claimed that the United … Continue reading UN Security Council holds meeting over Russian Tensions
By: Vivienne Wellet Koalas are cute, fluffy animals that everyone loves, at least, almost everyone. Some people hunt koalas for their pelts to sell and to destroy their habitats through deforestation. There are only about 32,000-58,000 of two different species of the northern koala and the southern koala. Koalas have 30 teeth so they can chew through the food they like including eucalyptus leaves, brush … Continue reading Adorable Koalas Might Become Endangered
(Featured image provided by Getty Images) As of this Tuesday, Belgium has just passed a law allowing its government workers the right to “disconnect,” or, in other words, no longer have to answer any work emails, calls, etc. after work hours. Under this new law, federal/civil servants cannot be contacted in any shape and or form outside working hours unless there are circumstances that are … Continue reading Belgium passes new law to allow government workers the right to “disconnect”
Recent tensions have been heating up between Ukraine, their North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) allies, and the Russian Government. For years, Russia has been placing heavy pressure on Ukraine, especially with the forced ‘annexation’ of Ukrainian Crimea in 2014 by the Russian Federation. Russian forces took over all of the Crimean peninsula due to the (clearly Russian-Backed) heavy separatist movements that had begun to revolt in … Continue reading The Ukrainian Conflict, From Crimea To Now
(Featured image provided by Wikimedia Commons) In an announcement made on Tuesday on the official College Board Newsroom website, the College Board stated that they will be officially starting to deliver the SAT® Suite of Assessments tests digitally. The Suite of Assessments includes the PSAT™ 8/9, PSAT™ 10, PSAT/NMSQT®, and SATs. The SAT will still be scored out on a scale of up to 1600, … Continue reading SAT to go fully digital by 2024
Starting Friday, February 4th, 2022 the Beijing Winter Olympics will take place with teams all over the world competing for big wins. Both Summer and Winter Olympics take place every four years in different locations around the world. In preparation for the games coming up in just a few weeks, people are concerned about COVID and the protocols that are going to take place. As of … Continue reading Beijing Olympics and COVID-19 Protocals
By: Vivienne Wellet An underwater volcano erupted offshore of Ohonua, which is around Australia. An underwater volcano forms when two tectonic plates collide with each other but one goes underneath the other one and after molten lava is produced in the second layer of Earth’s interior. According to officials, in Alaska, they could hear the sound of the explosion once it erupted. Many Airports, beaches, … Continue reading Underwater Volcano Sets Off Tsunami
The island nation of Tonga was recently devastated by an undersea volcanic eruption and an undersea tsunami which was caused by said eruption. Patchy communications and sparse satellite images show that the island is covered in ash and waterlogged houses and debris. The underwater eruption also slightly affected other countries around the Pacific, resulting in some small Tsunamis and earthquakes in other regions of the … Continue reading Tonga Devastated by Undersea Tsunami
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