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On Solid Ground: All About Taurus

Saahithya Gutta, Lifestyle & Features Editor, Social Media Lead • March 17, 2022

The second sign of the zodiac calendar is Taurus, running from mid-April to mid-May. While nowhere near as dark as Scorpio, Taurus often gets a bad reputation. Typically, people regard Tauruses as lazy...

Monday, March 7th

March 8, 2022

Ukraine formally petitioned for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Russia to halt its invasion. They cited the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide...

Sunday, March 6th

March 7, 2022

Advisers close to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called for Russian citizens to participate in anti-war protests. Thousands of Russian showed up to staged anti-war demonstrations across...

Saturday, March 5th

March 7, 2022

The Russian government agreed to a cease-fire to allow civilians to safely leave Mariupol and Volnovakha, two cities in Eastern Ukraine under heavy attack. Less than three hours later, Ukrainian officials...

Friday, March 4th

March 7, 2022

Two days ago, the BBC announced that Russians were flocking their website to keep up with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today, the Russian government blocked access to BBC in the country as well as other...

The Historical Background Behind the Russia and Ukraine Conflict

Saahithya Gutta, Saanvi Tatipalli, and Tisha Kaur • March 7, 2022

On February 24th, Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking Ukrainians and countries around the world. The events that followed included a long list of unprecedented acts and an even longer list of exceptional...

Thursday, March 3rd

March 4, 2022

Russian forces have officially seized control of Kherson, a strategic port city in Ukraine. They aim to cut off Ukraine's sea access. This happened while the advance on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, was stalled....

Tuesday, March 1st

March 1, 2022

In an address to his nation, President Zelensky announced that Russia had fired cruise missiles at government offices in Kharkiv's Freedom Square. Kharkiv is Ukraine's second-largest city with a population...

Monday, February 28th

March 1, 2022

By the time of publication, in total, 1684 people in Ukraine are injured and 352 Ukrainian civilians have died. At this point, 520,000 civilians have fled from Ukraine. After five hours, the peace...

Sunday, February 27th

March 1, 2022

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to send a delegation of the Ukrainian government to conduct peace talks with Russian officials in Belarus. Although Belarus is a Russian ally, Ukraine still...

Saturday, February 26th

March 1, 2022

Russian military forces met fierce resistance during their advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, while several outside organizations continued to place financial, social and business sanctions and...

Friday, February 25th

March 1, 2022

The Russian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Vasily Nebenzya, vetoed the resolution from the UN’s security council calling for Russia to withdraw from Ukraine. The resolution called for Moscow...