Global alliance formed to counter Chinese authority on global trade, security
Sahil Gujarati, Contributing Writer
June 22, 2020
A group of senior lawmakers from eight democratic countries have announced the formation of a new cross-parliamentary alliance which aims to counter the ascending threat of China’s authority on international subjects like global trade, human rights and global security. Legislators from eight countries and with...
Japan falls into recession amid COVID-19
Holly Jenvey, Staff Writer
June 16, 2020
COVID-19 has taken a toll on economies around the world as most businesses came to a halt. Consequently, Japan has now fallen into a recession, which has shed a light on the history of these economies. Japan has the third largest GDP, following the U.S. and China, but as of May 17, the country decla...
Protests could potentially impact weakened economy
Sahil Gujarati, Contributing Writer
June 15, 2020
The United States of America is experiencing one of the most painful civil disruptions in its history. Just as the country was recovering from the menacing threat of coronavirus and was reinstitutionalizing its economy, the entire country has come together to mourn and protest against the brutal deat...
Officials urge George Floyd protesters to get coronavirus tests
June 7, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — With New York City poised to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was in place amid protests of police brutality and racial injustice. But they also urged that demonstrators be tested for COVID-19. “Get a test. Get a...
Lauding ‘force’ against protests, Sen. Cotton raises profile
June 5, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Freshman Sen. Tom Cotton has risen to the ranks of potential 2024 Republican presidential contenders by making all the right enemies. By lining up behind President Donald Trump’s law-and-order recipe for controlling civic unrest, he’s making even more. “One thing above all...
Report: 3 more officers to be charged in George Floyd’s death
June 3, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other police officers on the scene when a Minneapolis officer killed George Floyd are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree murder, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The Star Tribune, citing...
Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide
June 2, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wielding extraordinary federal authority, President Donald Trump threatened the nation’s governors on Monday that he would deploy the military to states if they did not stamp out violent protests over police brutality that have roiled the nation over the past week. His announcement...
Family-ordered autopsy: Floyd died of asphyxia
June 1, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS — An autopsy commissioned for George Floyd’s family found that Floyd died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression, the Floyd family’s attorneys said Monday. The autopsy by a doctor who also examined Eric Garner’s body found the compression cut off blood to Floyd’s brain,...
Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control
June 1, 2020
NEW YORK (AP) — Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement's response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and contain the spread of coronavirus just as those efforts were finally getting underway. Health experts need newly infected people to remember and recount everyo...
SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans
May 30, 2020
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first...
Killing of George Floyd ignites nationwide unrest
Cailey Gleeson, Ria Bhagwat, Brita Hunegs, and Lacey Latch
May 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS — Last night a crowd outside Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct chanting a chorus of “Whose streets? Our streets!” echoed as flames coming from within the police headquarters licked the night sky as the building slowly burned. What began as a call about suspected forgery on a grocery store ...
Some DePaul organizations celebrate APIDA heritage month despite setbacks
Sonal Soni, Contributing Writer
May 28, 2020
May is Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American (APIDA) heritage month, and APIDA members at DePaul are utilizing this time to raise awareness for issues the community faces. Although in-person events cannot be held, the DePaul APIDA community engages in remote programming to keep the month long celebrat...
