Opinion analysis by Michael Sadek, Staff Writer

In a world that readily advocates transparency and accountability, it’s quite impressive how promptly these two tenets break down during health crises. If truth be, China’s fear of international criticism paved the way for opaqueness and concealment at the governmental level, whereby key information was withheld in order to cover up negligence and maladministration. And it isn’t only China that has breached transparency touchstones.

Opinion analysis by Rhea Haddad, Staff Writer

As traditional markets struggle to find directions in these difficult times, the cryptocurrency market is experiencing unique trends. Conceived in response to the financial crisis of 2008, the bitcoin has been defined as being explicitly decorrelated from other financial assets, giving it a safe haven status.

Opinion analysis by Michael Maalouf, Staff Writer

“LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your 2nd Amendment. It is under siege, LIBERATE MICHIGAN, LIBERATE MINESSOTA..” Another controversial tweet by the U.S. president to support the protests taking place against the lockdown measures that his own cabinet had introduced to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak.

Analysis by Zeina Dagher, Staff Writer

As of April 15th 2020, Kiev in Ukraine has the worst air pollution in the world, due to fires near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site. The fires started on April 3rd near the village of Vladimirovka, that sits within the elusion zone of the site, and have spread into nearby forests, almost reached the defunct power plant.

Opinion analysis by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

The impact of jerseys you wear, the games you watch, and the sports you plat, is far deeper beyond the scope of thrill and excitement. the realm of sports has continuously been utilized as a distraction from the menacing world we live in, it is not separate at all.

Analysis by Tala Otaibi, Staff Writer

Transnational corporations have been able to take advantage of the neoliberal policies implemented decades ago in order to set up factories anywhere they wanted around the world. TNCs took forth to disperse their manufacturing processes to systematically take place in many different places, especially in the developing world.

Analysis by Dina Richani, Staff Writer

Tehran’s stripped and sanctioned economy abandons COVID-19 lockdown and resumes major shops and businesses. President of the Islamic Republic Hassan Rouhani stated on Saturday that the country should commence with economic initiatives while taking the worst economic situations into consideration.

Analysis by Gaelle Nohra, Staff Writer

Labeled as one of the world’s trending topics, going into lockdown might be the optimal recourse for governments to flatten the curves, with economic growth curves included. Yet, unlike its Nordic neighbors, Sweden is one of the countries that chose against adhering to social distancing measures and saw a government-mandated lockdown as a undesirable option.

Opinion piece by Taleen El Gharib, Staff Writer

Predators have created a means of communication amidst the new strict Youtube policies, in order to remain subtle in the eyes of a random user and not be reported. Now that it is common to put timestamps in the comments that take the viewer directly to that certain clip of the video, predators would comment a series of timestamps on videos, easily recognisable by other child predators.

Opinion piece by Michael Maalouf, Staff Writer

Opinion analysis by Farah Termos, Staff Writer

Kashmir: A muslim-majority dense land shared by China, India and Pakistan is currently under the threat of complete eradication: and yet, with no international media covering the news, Kashmir is being blindsided by the rest of the world in battling two wars: one of oppression, and the other of historical imprint.

Policy Analysis by Tala Majzoub, Staff Writer

This was a big week for Denmark. On Friday April 17th, the Danish government promised to relax its more restrictive measures, with small businesses, hairdressers, chiropractors and schools gradually reopening. Naturally, the news triggered a frenzy of activity, as people eagerly prepared to go back to their “normal” lives, everyone in Denmark from union leaders and lawmakers to the Crown Prince of Denmark enthusiastically tweeted about finally being able to get a fresh haircut.

Opinion analysis by Karim Jandali Rifai

Amidst several touts by President Donald Trump over controversial coronavirus treatments, including hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir, not to mention the reference to disinfectants as a possible treatment, no conclusive evidence is present to support using these drugs. However, with the limited time and exponential growth of the number of cases, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working on facilitating medical countermeasures to treat and prevent the disease.

Opinion analysis by Sarah Yehya, Staff Writer

U.S. airlines are asking for federal aid worth $50 billion, because their revenues plummeted during the corona virus crisis. Looking back at the past decade, they’ve spent $70 billion in stock buy-backs. Other industries like restaurants have asked for a total of $325 billion, while the hotel industry has asked for $150 billion. Companies have not spent their money wisely and are asking the government for a bailout. At the brink of bankruptcy, Corporate America is in utter desperation.

Opinion piece by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it…” William Saroyan.

News Analysis by Mounia El Khawand, Staff Writer

On Monday, April 20th of 2020, for the first time in history, the price of a barrel of oils tumbled into the negatives. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark for oil prices, reached an unprecedented low of -$40.32 a barrel. With flights being grounded, motorized movement critically restrained, and all sorts of businesses and operations frozen - the demand for oil has all but vanished, leaving the world inundated by the once-prized fossil fuel.

Opinion Analysis by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

Ethiopia had proceeded with the construction of the dam during a time where the Arab state had been preoccupied with the Egyptian revolution of 2011. Thus, Ethiopia was able to slip right beneath the hands of the Arabs and proceeded on its road to development, breaking International agreements without consultation. The Egyptians were left blindsided and angered. Will you hold a nation accountable for depending so greatly on a treaty built on discrimination?

Analysis by Abrar Salhuba, Staff Writer

The concern with the potentiality arose when an investigation the Guardian published on September 25 revealed leaked TikTok documents, in which the app was instructing its moderators on censoring videos with topics the Communist party disapproved of such as Tiananmen Square, Tibetan independence and Falun Gong.

Policy Analysis by Sarah El-Abd,

Editor-in-Chief

Accusing the WHO of pushing “China’s misinformation about the virus”, all while claiming that the organization was failing and “severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus.” are amongst the many attacks on the WHO by Trump in the past weeks. We now more than ever need to turn away from the love of the unipolar capitalist world that provides many with security and peace, but guarantees global danger, jeopardy, and paralysis the moment the US acts against the will and morals of the global order.

Opinion piece by Annabelle Ghanem, Staff Writer

The virus has jeopardized the life of the poorest man in the world, as well as the richest. The life of a laborer, as well as the life of a prime minister. Simultaneously, the lower class of every nation was touched too. With the class system endangering their health due to present lack of available commodities or shelters, as well as the global economic pause threatening the obtainment of their already limited supplies.