Several days ago, humanitarian rescue worker Daniel Calvelo saw his week bookended with death and new life. The 26-year-old was working as part of Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms. They were doing search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea, a job that is sometimes dangerous, often devastating, and occasionally full of joy and hope. Calvelo…
As the Christian community around the world prepared for Holy Week celebrations, a most unholy incident took place on a runway of O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, one of the busiest hubs for air travel in the world. The dreadful incident involved the violent removal of Dr. David Dao, a 69-year old Asian physician, from…
Despite the recession, Nollywood is seeing their best-ever box office returns thanks to a number of recent blockbusters. The romantic comedy The Wedding Party is leading the way with great critical acclaim and huge box office success. This film broke a number of box office records. According to The Guardian, it had “the biggest opening weekend in…
Parts of Africa are facing an unprecedented level of famine. The FAO, or Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has indicated that 4.9 million people, or roughly 40% of the South Sudan region, are in desperate need of food. “Famine is already a reality in parts of South Sudan. Unless we act…
Hillary Clinton spoke candidly on the second day of Women in the World Summit in NYC this week, giving her first real interview since the election. She spoke with Nicholas Kristof in front of an audience of around 3,000 people. Former Secretary Clinton spoke about her personal post-election journey, the role of misogyny in…
On Thursday night, two American warships operating in the Mediterranean launched dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles against military targets in Syria. This formal attack took place at the same time United States President Donald Trump was having dinner with Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China. According to reports by CNN and the BBC, the…
Elephants, hippos, warthogs, walruses, and other mammals have reasons to rejoice in late March 2017. It has only been three months since the People’s Republic of China abandoned its legal trade in ivory, and African conservation groups are already celebrating great news. According to Kenyan newspaper The Star, activists and attorneys representing Save the Elephants issued…
South Africa’s Jacob Zuma is causing controversy once again, this time after ignoring desperate pleas not to disrupt his cabinet. Despite the calls for stability, Zuma dropped the axe and fired five ministers in his cabinet, including the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan. In addition to Gordan losing his job, Zuma also removed Tina Joemat-Pettersson,…
Why Retired General Michael Flynn Will Get No Immunity Just when you think that the Trump administration could not get any more bizarre than it has already been in less than 100 days of governance, retired Army General Michael Flynn comes out of nowhere to stir up the witches’ brew. As a former National…
Malia Obama was spotted enjoying a night on the town this past week with a very handsome mystery man, causing a flurry of speculation. It didn’t take long for the mystery to be solved, as the man has been identified as 23-year-old Stanford grad Rob Franklin. The official line is that the pair are just…
