Barbara Bush: A life in pictures
18 April 2018 The former US first lady, mother of a president and literacy campaigner has died at the age of 92. Barbara Bush was born in New York City in 1925. She met her […]
Opinion
The trend of migration in the United States is moving west and south! What does this mean for international students?
Americans are estimated to be the planet’s favorite vote. They voted for their own president with both hands. They also forgot to use their feet to vote for the city of hope in the United […]
Trump’s Trade War, the Background and Prospects
The dice is cast. President Donald Trump fired the shot in a trade war: imposing tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum, despite strong opposition and controversies. He justified these tariffs are to […]
Is the press too free?
LONDON ― The poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia at an Italian restaurant in Salisbury has driven an important story off the front pages of the British press. Last month, […]
Malala to VOA: Pakistanis ‘Have Stood Against Extremists’
Malala Yousafzai says she wants the world to know that there is peace in Pakistan and that its people have stood up to extremists. That is the message the Nobel Peace Prize laureate wanted to […]
Stephen Hawking: ‘His laboratory was the universe’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Everyone knew of Stephen Hawking’s cosmic brilliance, but few could comprehend it. Not even top-notch astronomers. Hawking, who died at his home in Cambridge, England, early in the morning of 14 March 2018, […]
Dow Jones and S&P Drops by More Than 4% – Indication of Correction Territory for the Stock Market?
Since global crisis a decade ago, the stock market has been steady with low-interest rates that provided comfortable rides for the businesses and investors. However, the new age has come with the drastic drop in […]
The Ten Levels of Loneliness
After leaving my friends and family behind to go abroad, I was excited for this new experience! However, I did not know how boring it could be at times. I thought that studying abroad would […]
The Psychological Problems of International Students Cannot be Ignored
2017 was another extremely heavy year for the international student population. There were seemingly endless reports of foreign students committing suicide with the root cause often pointing towards overwhelming pressure and depression. In a simple […]
Ballet festival from Moscow Festival Ballet
At the beginning of new semester, Moscow Festival Ballet, a ballet group from Russia, gifted the first art banquet of 2018. From Jan. 16 to Jan.18, these Russian artists gave a series of classical Russian […]