On the off-chance the reduced media coverage doesn’t keep you from thinking about the Yemen crisis while you’re off making your morning coffee, chances are it probably appears to you as a clear dichotomous conflict. On one side, the Hadi government with the backing of the Saudi-led coalition; and on the other, the Houthis with their Shia-axis backing. 

Countries that are achieving economic growth through greenhouse gases emitting practices such as fossil fuel use, will be the ones to face fewer consequences from the resulting climate change, while countries most vulnerable to climate change are the least responsible for its genesis.

This year, Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 major hurricane, swept through the Bahamas. More than 60 people were killed, 70,000 were left homeless, and daily life was completely disrupted with massive flooding and loss of even the most basic forms of infrastructure.

When the Notre Dame, entailing within its walls and architecture centuries of historical significance, began burning down to ashes, the city wept. Donations poured in. Reconstruction efforts started on a whim, and the nation was on its way to patch up the sanctuary within 5 years. 

This past week represented momentous results in the war against ISIS in Syria. As
this article was written, more vehicles containing were reported to have evacuated Baghouz,
the final stronghold of the militant organization. 

We often hear about the sexual trafficking of women, children, and even men, and
many people believe this is all that human trafficking is. But, in today’s world, there is
a problem that goes vastly underreported: surrogacy.

On March 2nd, 2018, several gunmen opened fire on the French embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital. Over thirty people died in the terrorist attack, and over eighty were injured (Khan, 2018). This attack was the third assault in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, in a little over two years.