Opinion
September 11, 2001, terror attacks was the inflection point for Muslim-Americans, butpost-9/11 ramifications of Islamophobia still corrupts the fabric of Americansociety more than two decades later. According to FBI statistics, hate crimes against Muslims skyrocketedimmediately after 9/11, rising 1,617% from 2000 to 2001, marking some of thehighest numbers of Islamophobic […]
Opinion
From left to right: Minister of state and national security adviser of Saudi Arabia Musaad Bin Mohammed Al Aiban; Wang Yi, Chinese senior diplomat; and Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council during a meeting in Beijing, China on March 10, 2023. In an unprecedented move, two […]
Opinion
The proverbial phrase, “The higher you climb, the harder you fall,” couldn’t be more fitting for India business mogul Gautam Adani, who saw half of his wealth vanish after New York based short seller Hindenburg Research accused Mr. Adani of “pulling the largest con in corporate history.” The scathing report […]
International
According to UN estimates, the world population hit the 8 billion mark last week as it took only twelve years to add a billion people to the growing population. After the period of rapid growth in the 20th century, the population growth is slowing down, and earth’s population will begin […]
Media
Cryptocurrency trading firm FTX has filed for bankruptcy protection after it was unable to complete its customers withdrawal requests last Friday according to The NYT. A privately held company, at one time a $32 billion cryptocurrency giant, saw its value plunged to zero after its buyout deal was canceled following an […]
Opinion
Elon Musk’s much anticipated Twitter takeover is all set to redraw lines between free speech and hate speech. The dust around the future of the social media platform, Twitter, has finally been settled after Elon Musk acquired it for $44 billion last week. This happened after Twitter sued him for […]
International / News
“Today, it’s Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country,” UN chief. According to CNN, more than 33 million people have been affected by flash floods in Pakistan, killing 1500 people so far. One third of Pakistan is underwater due to unprecedented torrential monsoon rains, causing upward of $20 billion damages […]
Opinion
Gerald Brevard III, 30, a suspect who mercilessly shot five homeless men, killing two in New York City and Washington D.C. in early March has been arrested in Washington D.C. The body of one victim was found stabbed, shot and burned in a tent. His motive behind this horrendous act […]