On January 7th 2023, after fifteen rounds of voting, the 118th US Congress elected Kevin Owen McCarthy as the 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. McCarthy’s election for Speaker was tumultuous, with it taking fifteen rounds of voting for McCarthy to gain a majority vote. This
On December 8th 2022, the United States and Russia conducted a prisoner swap between former American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.According to reports from the White House, this transaction between the two states was the result of several months of negotiatio
On the 2nd of October 2022, Brazil elected left-wing candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula) for the presidency.Lula won the presidency with 50.9% of the votes.His opponent, and now incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro won 49.1%. Lula had previously served in office from 2003 to 2010 as the 35th Pr
China held its Communist Party Congress this month, which takes place every 5 years, and endorsed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s third term. Chinese President Xi Jinping was handed a third five year term as leader of China on October 22nd, after approval from the Communist Party Congress. Currently,
On September 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of Russian reserves. This mobilization is significant as it is the first time the Russian state has commanded the mobilization of its reserve forces since the Second World War. President Putin, with this plan, aims to i
On September 6th, 2022, the United Kingdom announced its new Prime Minister Liz Truss. Her victory came after defeating fellow Conservative party challenger, Rishi Sunak, during the Conservative Party leadership contest. According to the Conservative Party, Liz Truss won with roughly 80,000 votes wh
South Korea is no longer considered a safe haven for the Monkeypox virus with South Korea confirming its first case of the disease on June 22, 2022. Following the news of the confirmed positive case, the South Korean Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has stated that it would raise the ale
South Korean truckers ended their strike and went back to work on June 15th, effectively ending their 8 day strike. The unionized truckers agreed to return back to work following a tentative agreement seized with the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. According to the union, the union
If the US Supreme Court decides to uphold its leaked initial draft majority opinion in 2022, there will be several consequences and controversies such as women losing full federal constitutional protection of abortion rights. In other words, they could lose their legal right to terminate unwanted pr
In 2020, young men in their 20s and 30s marched the streets of Seoul to exhibit how they felt in regards to feminism and how it has “gone too far”—namely, that there were no limits or boundaries for what was considered "extreme" when it came to gender related issues. This supposed reaction to unfilt
South Korea's semiconductor industry is suffering due to the Russian Ukrainian conflict. The current situation in Ukraine, one of South Korea's main trading partners, has negative implications for South Korea's economy.Especially in regards to the semiconductors industry, instability due to the Ukra