News: Around the World 4/27

Dübendorf, Switzerland – Solar Impulse, a completely solar powered airplane from Switzerland, has completed a three-day journey from Hawaii to San Francisco in one of the final legs of its around the world...

News: Around the World 4/20

Ecuador – The death toll continues to rise after a powerful earthquake in Ecuador’s northwestern coast shook the nation on Saturday, April 16. 246 people have been pronounced dead and hundreds more are...

News: Around the World 4/13

Myanmar – Dozens of students were released from a prison in Myanmar after a year of detention. The student activists were arrested as political prisoners for protests against educational reforms last March....

News: Around the World 4/6

Kolkata, India – After the collapse of a flyover overpass that was under construction, many are feared as trapped and injured under the concrete and steel remnants of the overpass. So far the incident has...

News: Around the World 3/30

Cyprus, Egypt – Egypt Air Flight MS181 was hijacked and taken over by a passenger who was claimed to be wearing a suicide vest. The hijacking caused the plane to divert its course to Larnaca International...

News: Around the World

Rostov-on-Don, Russia – A Boeing 737 passenger jet carrying 55 passengers and seven crew members crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The jet reportedly missed the runway on its landing...

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Ankara, Turkey – A car bomb explosion in the Kizilay district of the Turkish capital Ankara claimed the lives of 32 and wounded over 100. Eyewitnesses say that several vehicles within the vicinity of the...

Stag Spotlight: Binyam Tsegaye

From a small town in Ethiopia to Fairfield, Connecticut, Binyam Tsegaye has traveled a long way to arrive at his position here as the Graduate Resident Coordinator who oversees Kostka and Claver Halls at...