North Korea Turns Down Vaccine, Focusing on Stricter Covid Prevention

On Thursday September 2nd, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un ordered N. Korean officials to implement stricter epidemic prevention policies in “our style.” Kim said during a Politburo meeting on Thursday that officials need to “bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention is the task of paramount importance which must not be loosened even a […]

How Costly was America’s Intervention in Afghanistan?

At the two ends of the two-decade war in Afghanistan, the American public held very different viewpoints toward US military actions. Back in 2001, after the 9/11 attack, 8 in 10 Americans supported the US military to engage in ground war in Afghanistan, according to a Gallup poll. Already in a poll in 2018, nearly […]

A New Army? The Weapons Left for Taliban

One of the most dramatic incidents during the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan is the United States soldiers leaving Bagram Military Base without telling the Afghan military commander on July 5th, 2021. The Associated Press has posted pictures of rows and rows of abandoned vehicles in Bagram, waiting for any comers, mainly the Taliban, […]

Capital Falls. President Runs. What’s Next for Afghanistan?

Afghan Ashraf Ghani fleeing from his Presidential Palace and Taliban fighters entering Kabul on August 15, 2021 signals the end to an era in Afghanistan, the era first began on September 11, 2001. According to a Brown University study, in these two decades, over 171,000 lives have been lost, both of the Afghan people and […]

Paris Leads the Way, the U.S. Health Care Workers Joined ‘Vaccine Passport” Resistance

With growing new surges of Delta variant, France’s parliament passed a law requires its citizens a proof of vaccination, a pass sanitaire (“health pass”), for entering restaurants or board planes, trains, and other public places. After the vaccine mandate was announced on July 12th, 2021, thousands of people have gathered on the streets of Paris […]

Putting the Brakes on Fast Fashion

Fashion revolves around the latest trends but is the industry behind the curve on the only trend that ultimately matters – the need to radically alter our patterns of consumption to ensure the survival of the planet. The fashion industry produces between 2 to 8 per cent of global carbon emissions. Textile dyeing is also […]

Inflation is Coming, How Can We Save from Usual Habits

One dollar in the 1950s equals more than $10 in 2021, and no one can predict where inflation is going in the future. If we cannot predict inflation, then the best choice we have is to prepare ourselves for it. Besides going hastily into investing, we might as well start saving money from spending on […]

Move Aside, Cash, Here Comes Bitcoin: A New Age for Ransomware

Since the beginning of July 2021, the Russian-linked organization REvil’s ransomware has attacked around one million companies throughout the world and demanded $70 million in cryptocurrency in order for victims to unlock the seized devices or files. The concept of ransomware is no longer novel now with many households having access to electronic devices. Ransomware […]

California Sends Puzzle Messages to its Schools and Citizens

On June 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, lifted its stay-at-home order that has been in practice for more than a year. This means each individual Californian region, such as counties and cities, may decide independentlyon future plans to counter the still-existing Covid-19 pandemic. But shortly after the reopening, California saw an increase […]