On January 25, 2020, over 1.6 billion people of Asian
descent across the globe will celebrate the first day
of the Chinese New Year — China's grandest festival
and longest public holiday. Also known as the Lunar
New Year, or Spring Festival, it is observed on the
first day of the lunar calendar, the dates of which fall
somewhere between January 21 and February 20 a...
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, a solemn group
of seven US House prosecutors, known as
impeachment managers, delivered the 1,416-word
bound "Articles of Impeachment Against Donald John
Trump" to the Senate Chamber. The ceremonial
procession marked the beginning of a rare Senate
impeachment trial — only witnessed twice before i...
On Monday, January 20, 2020, Americans will
celebrate Martin Luther King (MLK) Day. The federal
holiday, commemorated annually on the third
Monday of January, serves multiple purposes. It
honors the life and legacy of the activist who led the
fight for racial equality, brings focus on current civil
rights issues, highlights the power of using nonviol...
On Wednesday, September 11, 2019, Americans will
commemorate the 18th anniversary of one of the
most tragic days in modern US history. On
September 11, 2001, 19 members of the Islamic
extremist organization Al Qaeda conducted a series
of brutal, well-orchestrated attacks on American soil.
In addition to cutting short the lives of 2,977 innoc...
If you have been paying any attention to the news,
you may have heard of the ongoing unrest in Hong
Kong. Since June 2019, pro-democracy protestors
have brought large areas of the bustling Chinese
territory to a standstill with weekly demonstrations
and sit-ins. Among the most disruptive was the
August 12 protest at the Hong Kong International ...
From July 26 to July 28, 2019, New York's Arthur
Ashe Stadium hosted the biggest video game
competition of all time — the Fortnite World Cup. The
event, witnessed by a live audience of over 23,000
and more than 2 million fans online, was the
culmination of a 10-week qualification process that
whittled down the approximately 40 million hopefu...
July 20, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of the
Apollo 11 moon landing. The groundbreaking
journey began on July 16, 1969, when NASA
astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael
Collins launched into space from Florida's Kennedy
Space Center. Four days later, on July 20, half a
billion people across the globe — or about one-sev...
The US women's national soccer team's quest for the
2019 FIFA World Cup began on June 11, 2019, with
a resounding 13-0 win over Thailand. In addition to
being the largest margin of victory ever in a
women’s World Cup match, the score also set a new
record for the most goals in a single World Cup
game — for both men and women. The team's incr...
Reaching the summit of Mount Everest, the world's
highest mountain, is every climber's dream.
However, despite improvements in equipment and
weather forecasting systems, the treacherous trek
continues to claim a few lives annually. But with
eleven deaths already reported this year, the 2019
season has been the deadliest since 2014, when f...
