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Four Suffolk UNICEF members created signs to spread domestic violence and child marriage awareness.

Suffolk UNICEF raises awareness surrounding domestic violence and child marriage

Grace Dreher, Asst. World News Editor March 9, 2022

Suffolk University UNICEF held an informational event to spread awareness about domestic abuse, child marriage and resources for victims of violence on March 2. The event featured guest speaker Kourou...

Poland accepts nearly a million refugees from Ukraine

Poland accepts nearly a million refugees from Ukraine

Alex Svenson and Ricardo Orphanos March 9, 2022

Thousands of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine have sought asylum in neighboring Poland, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week. After eight years of stalemate war beginning in 2014 when...

Ukraine supporters demonstrate outside of the MA statehouse.

NATO-Russian tensions during the Ukraine crisis

Alec Maskell and Alex Svenson February 26, 2022

Although the Cold War ended 30 years ago, relations between NATO member states and Russia have recently deteriorated, with the threat of a global war once again a possibility. Tensions between NATO...

Conflict escalates between Ukraine and Russia

Conflict escalates between Ukraine and Russia

Alec Maskell and Alex Svenson February 23, 2022

Tensions have risen once again between Ukraine and Russia, after eight years of war between the two Eastern European nations. The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia began in 2014 when Ukraine experienced...

Peterson captures photos of Madrid from her time abroad.

Suffolk student studies in Spain for second semester

Shealagh Sullivan, Assistant News Editor February 8, 2022

During her freshman year at the Suffolk University Madrid Campus, Maile Petersen has tackled culture shock, world travel and has found herself embracing discomfort and new adventures. From the moment...

Berlin Wall once divided the country for decades

New era, old threats: Neo-nazism on the rise in Germany

Murat Metshin February 26, 2020

Germany, once known to be one of the safest countries in Europe, now painfully awaken by a series of tragic incidents threatening its citizens.    A driver intentionally rammed a car into a crowd during...

Migrants deported to El Salvador targeted by gangs, face violence

Gonzalo Echeverria February 19, 2020

Over 100 migrants that were deported back to El Salvador over the last few years were murdered within a short time of arriving back in their home country. At the beginning of February 2020, the Human...

Global commentary: Turks continue to pursue Kurds in Syria, Trump continues to tweet

Global commentary: Turks continue to pursue Kurds in Syria, Trump continues to tweet

Chris Sadrnoori October 23, 2019

On October 7th, President Donald Trump began the withdrawal process of U.S. soldiers from Syria, leaving a key ally in the fight against ISIS - the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) - to fend for themselves...

Global commentary: U.S. sends troops to Saudi Arabia in response to Iranian aggression

Murat Metshin October 2, 2019

After the drone attacks on the world’s largest oil field in Saudi Arabia, the United States announced it would deploy additional troops in the Middle East. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said to NBC...

Global Commentary: Brunei punishment of homosexuality intolerable

Chris Sadrnoori April 10, 2019

The tiny nation of Brunei recently drew the ire of the international community when it declared the new Sharia-based penal code would go into effect on April 3. The most widespread of these new laws is...

Global commentary: Hanoi summit sparks hope for a united Korea

Chris Sadrnoori March 6, 2019

Last week, President Donald Trump was in Hanoi, Vietnam, to speak with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. This was the second round of talks that aimed to denuclearize the peninsula in Southeast Asia. Although...

Global commentary: Trump terminates Cold War treaty, nuclear war on the horizon?

Chris Sadrnoori February 28, 2019

In Oct. 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States plans to terminate the 31-year-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Treaty (INF), a landmark deal that signaled the end of the Cold War. The...

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