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U.K to increase Defense Spending ahead of AUKUS Deal

(Featured Image provided by Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP) United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Rishi Runak released a statement on Sunday that the UK will look towards expanding its military defense spending. Rishi stated that the budget increase by about £5 billion ($6 billion) is in response to the “epoch-defining” challenge presented by China and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Last year, the U.K. released the … Continue reading U.K to increase Defense Spending ahead of AUKUS Deal

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Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban discrimination based on caste

(Featured Photo provided by TWITTER/@CMKSHAMA) Seattle, Washington, is becoming the first city in the United States (U.S.) to ban discrimination specifically based on caste. The caste system is a social hierarchy of sorts that categorizes people based on their birth. Factors can include their past lives, karma, and their family lineage. The caste system in India has its origins based on Hinduism and has existed … Continue reading Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban discrimination based on caste

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Chinese Spy Ballon: The Incident and its Fallout

(Featured Photo provided by Javier Zarracina/USA Today) Just last week, a massive white balloon presumed to be a Chinese spy balloon was spotted off the Californian coast. It had been floating around North America for a few days at that point, having arrived at the Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska before going into Canadian airspace and then back into the United States in Northern Idaho. … Continue reading Chinese Spy Ballon: The Incident and its Fallout

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Classified Government Documents found in Biden’s Office

(Featured image provided by Andrew Harnik/AP) Recently, news broke out that several classified United States (U.S.) government documents were found in an office space once belonging to President Joe Biden at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, where he once served as an honorary professor at Pennsylvania State University.  The documents were actually initially found last year on November 2, 2022, six … Continue reading Classified Government Documents found in Biden’s Office

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First Congressional Public Hearing on UFOs in Decades

(Featured Image provided by Wikimedia Commons) For the first time in several decades, a public congressional hearing was held in the United States (U.S) government on the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAFs), more commonly known as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). The last time a hearing was made on the topic was back in 1966 by Project Blue Book, a program run by the US … Continue reading First Congressional Public Hearing on UFOs in Decades

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Leaked Supreme Court Draft reveals decision to overrule abortion rights

(Featured photo provided by Alex Brandon/AP) On Monday, Politico obtained and leaked an initial majority draft opinion written by Supreme Court Of The United States (SCOTUS) Justice Samuel Alito. In the 98-page draft, which was originally circulated throughout the court back in February, it’s evident that the Supreme Court has decided to strike down the 1973 Roe v. Wade case, which guaranteed the right to … Continue reading Leaked Supreme Court Draft reveals decision to overrule abortion rights

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New Covid Variant: Omicron

(Featured Image provided by Thomas Faull/Alamy Live News/Alamy Live News) Just when we thought that the Alpha and Delta variants were already bad enough, a new covid variant, labeled the Omicron variant has just recently been identified in South Africa. The variant has different symptoms than normal and is rumored to be able to be spread faster, especially among younger people. Around November 18th, Dr. … Continue reading New Covid Variant: Omicron

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U.S and China Face off, many compare it to the Cold War

Last Friday, President Joe Biden held a meeting with the three other leaders of a group known as “The Quad.” The bunch consisted of “leading democracies in the Indo Pacific:” the US, Japan, India, and Australia.  U.S officials say that the meeting was an informal gathering, but China has condemned the Quad several times over the past months criticizing how they’re like a “Cold War-styled” … Continue reading U.S and China Face off, many compare it to the Cold War

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