n a few dozen hours, nearly 80,000 migrants, primarily Moroccan, swarmed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Amidst a tense and chaotic atmosphere...

Jason Arday, the youngest black professor in the University of Cambridge teaching sociology of education, was found dead in his home on Aug. 14. While he had been largely regarded as a prominent figure in British academia...

By Melvin Najarian May 20, 2026 On March 1, Iranian state media reported that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, aged 86, had been killed in a major airstrike carried out by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28, along with several senior figures within Iran’s security leadership. The report confirmed earlier statements from President Trump, who had a

By Chelsea Lu Apr 1, 2026 On July 17, 1966, a boy is born into poverty in the Mexican state of Michoacán. By the age of 14, he starts guarding marijuana plantations; at 19, he immigrates illegally to California, where he is arrested and deported for heroin trafficking charges; and, by the early 2010s, he emerges as the kingpin of the infamous

By Teresa Sun Apr 1, 2026 Once silent and stripped of their most iconic residents, the volcanic slopes of Floreana Island in the Galápagos are alive once again with a slow, heavy rhythm. For nearly two centuries, the Floreana giant tortoise was a species existing only in sketches and bleached shells. That changed on Feb. 20, when a cohort

By Ayush Deshpande Feb. 11, 2026 Leona hung Art Every day, millions of people around the world use Teflon pans, waterproof clothing and makeup. Most of these items share a common ingredient: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—synthetic compounds that can remain inside living organisms’ bodies and the environment for years. Due to the harmful effects of PFAS, on Feb. 27, 2025, France passed a bill which, starting Jan. 1, would ban the sale, import and man

By Melvin Najarian Feb. 11, 2026 Leona Hung Art For over four decades, Iran’s government has ruled through oppression and human rights abuses. Since December 2025, economic collapse and collective anger have spurred nationwide demonstrations, pushing Iranians to exercise open resistance. What began as protests over inflation in Tehran’s bazaars quickly turned into one of the most direct challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 2022 Women Life Freedom moveme