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On Tuesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favor of Somalia over a disputed area in the Indian Ocean believed to contain gas and oil. Despite Kenya’s declaration that it had control of the region since 1979, the ICJ drew a line that was closest to the proposed line Somalia marked during the negotiation.Continue reading “The United Nations Highest Court’s Verdict on the Disputed Maritime Border Between Somalia and Kenya”

Following the 2020 census, Texas was appointed 38 congressional districts of which are drawn by the state legislature. For the first time in decades, federal law allows Texas to draw political maps without federal approval to ensure they don’t violate the rights of people of color. The new proposed congressional map of Texas for thisContinue reading “The Changes of the New Texas Redistricting Proposal”

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists distributed two years of completed research compiled of almost 12 million reports from approximately 300 politicians, including at least 35 current and former leaders, who used offshore companies to make personal purchases while evading taxes and concealing their assets. Fourteen financial services companies provided these documents from various nations. Continue reading “Pandora Papers Exposed the Rich and Powerful”

With the United State’s Supreme court meeting in person again for the first time in over a year, a largely conservative court aims to tackle America’s most controversial issues. Issues such as guns, abortion, affirmative action, and the separation of church and state will all be addressed by the Supreme Court in the coming yearsContinue reading “Supreme Court Turns Focus to America’s Most Controversial Issues”

Since 2018, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou has been detained in Canada on behalf of the United States. Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, was charged by US prosecutors with selling equipment to Iran, stealing trade secrets, and engaging in fraud in violation of the 2017 sanctions. Meng went to her final court hearingContinue reading “Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou Released After Admitting Wrongdoing”

As American infrastructure ages, maintaining transportation systems, waterways, internet, and electrical grids is of increased importance. These seldom thought about services provide the framework on which the American economy is run. Not only does infrastructure affect our economic output and convenience but also our energy consumption. Using dated electrical grids, hydroelectric dams, and public transitContinue reading “What’s Next with Biden’s Infrastructure Bill?”

You’re likely already aware of the US’s national debt of unfathomable proportions (somewhere in the realm of 28 trillion and climbing fast; see usdebtclock.org). But most Americans aren’t really concerned about what goes on behind the scenes. Yes, it’s one of the government’s least glamorous topics, but now it might have consequences for everybody (AmericaContinue reading “What Happens if the U.S. Defaults on its Debt? (for the first time ever)”

Del Rio, which means “river,” is a town in southern Texas that borders Ciudad Acuña, Mexico. Residents in both cities are used to crossing the border daily for work, visitation, and other reasons. Since Friday, they haven’t been able to do so when authorities shut the border to block immigrants from crossing or camping beneath the borderContinue reading “The Fate of Migrants at the Border Town of Del Rio in Southern Texas”

California’s historic drought this summer has brought on a wave of new challenges to some of the largest and oldest growing trees in the world. Severe fires last year killed thousands of sequoias and burned hundreds of buildings. This year things have hardly changed. On Friday, September 20th the base of the largest tree inContinue reading “The Threat to California’s Oldest Trees”