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South Korea Scraps Its Traditional Reckoning of Age, Making All Citizens Younger by 1 Year
Legislation made law on June 28 (Wednesday) in the Republic of Korea has mandated that official documents adopt the "international age" system used by most countries in the world, abolishing the traditional interpretation of age...
Supreme Court Rules ‘Affirmative Action’ in College Admissions Violate the 14th Amendment
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court decided 6-3 to rule unconstitutional university admissions that judge applicants by their race. The "affirmative action" regime, in place for decades, was billed as a way of...
NYC Care: New Patient Data Shows Strong Engagement With Doctors
NYC Care is a health care access program that provides comprehensive and low or no-cost health care services through NYC Health + Hospitals for New Yorkers who cannot afford or are ineligible for health insurance...
Colombia Has 7 Years’ Worth of Proven Oil Reserves Left, Finance Minister Says
Speaking with Reuters on Tuesday (June 20), finance minister of Colombia Ricardo Bonilla mentioned that his country has enough proven oil reserves to keep exporting for at least seven years, and that "with some contingencies...
UN Adopts First High Seas Treaty to Protect Oceans’ Biodiversity
After 20 years of diplomatic efforts, the United Nations has adopted an unprecedented treaty to protect the high seas and preserve marine biodiversity in international waters, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Monday (June 19). The agreement...
Former PSU Student Returns First-Edition Copy of ‘1984’ to Library 65 Years After Due Date, Appends Note About Present-day Relevance
An 86-year-old who checked out a first-edition copy of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 in the 1950s returned the book to Multnomah County Library in May, appending a note about the importance of the novel's...
District Judge Bars Seattle Police From Enforcing Graffiti Ban
On June 13 (Tuesday), U.S. District Court Judge Marcha Pechman issued a preliminary injunction according to which the City of Seattle cannot enforce its laws banning graffiti vandalism, even on private property. According to Pechman,...
‘An abhorrent betrayal’: FBI Arrests 6 Who Allegedly Trafficked Human Body Parts Stolen From Harvard Medical School
Six individuals have been apprehended by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of stolen human body parts, including remains obtained from cadavers at Harvard Medical School. Following the...
Massachusetts Students Protest Coercive LGBT ‘Pride’ Event, Labelled ‘Intolerant’
Middle school students in Burlington, Massachusetts came out to reject educators' pushing them to participate in an LGBT event on Friday, June 2, prompting school officials to denounce the teens for "intolerance." The administration of...
Leading in the Polls, Trump Arrives in Florida to Face Charges
On June 12, former President Donald Trump made his way to Miami to face federal criminal charges while a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll suggests that the case against him has not dampened his chances of reelection....
US Expressed Its Concerns With Cuba Over Hosting of Chinese Spy Base, White House Says
According to White House spokesperson John Kirby, the United States has expressed its concerns to the Cuban government regarding the hosting of Chinese spy operations on Cuban soil. Kirby acknowledged that the current bilateral relationship...
Conservationists and Lobstermen Clash Over ‘Ropeless’ Lobster Fishing
A new technology that enables lobster harvesters to fish with minimal rope usage is generating excitement among conservationists. They believe it can help prevent whale entanglements, a growing issue along the northeastern coast of America....