Man holding assault rifle. Source : Mauricio Mascaro via Pexels After the shooting at a California dance hall, two more mass shootings have taken place resulting in loss of life. This past weekend, 11 people were killed in Monterey Park, California, by 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, who took to the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, and…
Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight. Source : Jamie Christiani/Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists The 2023 Doomsday Clock has been moved by atomic scientists to 90 seconds to midnight, placing the world in “a time of unprecedented danger”. The Doomsday Clock was created by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in 1947 to illustrate…
Google search engine displayed on a tablet. Source : Photomix via Pexels Google has been sued by the US Justice Department following allegations of misconduct surrounding online advertising. The Justice Department, and eight states, filed an antitrust suit agents the internet giant, describing conduct as negatively impacting advertisers, consumers, and the US Government. Google is…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source : President of Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacks over a dozen officials after corruption allegations surfaced. 15 officials resigned Tuesday in response to the allegations. The corruption allegations regard Illicit payments to deputy ministers, bribery, and inflated military contracts. Among the officials caught in the scandal are the Deputy Defence…
Mike Pence. Source : Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons (Used under Creative Commons) Classified documents were found by aides at former US Vice President Mike Pence’s home in Indiana this week. Coming after President Joe Biden’s recent classified documents scandal, and former President Donald Trump also possessing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home, Mike Pence,…
Joe Biden. Source : The White House Earlier this week, DOJ and FBI investigators found six more classified documents in President Joe Biden’s Delaware home. The documents are the third set of documents found from President Biden’s time as Vice President with Barack Obama, but some also date back to his time as senator. The…
Gender-affirming hormones improve mental health in trans young people. Source: Ted Eytan, scimex A US study has found that gender-affirming hormones are linked to improved mental health and psychosocial functioning in trans and nonbinary young people. The study, from the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that when teenagers’ outer appearance matched up with their…
Australia Day in Perth, 2013. Source: Kaoz69, Wikimedia Commons The Victorian government has decided to cancel its annual Australia Day parade, receiving both praise and criticism. A First Nations leader has applauded the government for this decision, whereas Victoria’s Opposition leader called the decision ‘deeply disappointing’ and demanded an explanation. A Victorian government spokesperson said,…
Wilston station, Newmarket Road. Source: TravellerQLD, Wikimedia Commons A 17-year-old boy from Burpengary has been charged with murder after the death of a 43-year-old man on Newmarket Road on Brisbane’s North side. The man’s body was found near Wilston train station by a member of the public at around 2am on Sunday morning. The teenager…
Vigil for the Orlando nightclub shooting back in 2016. Source: Kaldari, Wikimedia Commons A man has shot and killed at least 10 people, injuring around 10 others, at a Lunar New Year ballroom dance in Monterey Park near Los Angeles. Eyewitnesses have described the shooter as being a 30 to 50 year old Asian male,…