Elon Musk has been named the richest man in the world, surpassing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Musk owns luxury car brand, Tesla, and private space exploration company, SpaceX. Tesla’s stock has skyrocketed in the past week, pushing the business over the 700 billion dollar mark.
250 Million Indian Workers Strike Over New Policies
Over 250 million workers participated in a nationwide strike against India’s new anti-labor and anti-farmer policies enacted by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The workers and farmers joined together to protest the mistreatment of Modi’s government have caused. The action has been […]
Students Name The 2020 Mars Rover
NASA opened up a competition of naming the 2020 Mars Rover. They started judging the essays in November of 2019 and picked nine names for people to vote on worldwide. The winner and name will be announced in March.
EU Pushes for Universal Phone Charger
The EU is pushing for a measure to instate a universal phone charger. This measure would make it required for all producers of electronics to produce a common charger compatible with all smartphones, tablets, e-readers, digital cameras, etc., according to the New York Times.
Past and Present Problems; History Between Iran and the US
With menacing missiles and ultimatums being thrown across the Atlantic Ocean and Twitter, the relationship between Iran and the United States is starting to crumble. Iran and the U.S have gone in and out of agreements and threats that has put a strain on their relationship throughout time.