Travis Tempest Update Donald Trump commented, “it’s time to make our schools a much harder target for attackers, when we declare our schools to be a free gun zone it just puts our students in far more danger”. This means that Donald Trump is allowing certain teachers to take courses on gun management and protection in case of emergency. This will “apparently” protect school children from
Modern-Day slave trade exposed in Libya
West African migrants, are being barbarically abused and then sold into the modern-day slave trade, for a measly $400 in Libya. Apparently, illegal slave trading has become so normalised in this community that criminals have started bargaining off fellow human beings in public spaces, and some survivors of this horrendous treatment have told a United Nations agency that they have been exposed to not only being
SASB Students in Government – Scottish Youth Parliament
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BREAKING: Australia Legalises Same-Sex Marriage
Following a postal ballot to indicate levels of engagement, the people of Australia have overwhelmingly voted to legalise same sex marriage. With almost 80% turnout, all states and territories voted in favour of a change in the legal status of marriage Politician, Bill Shorten, spoke to a large crowd in Melbourne saying; “today we celebrate, tomorrow we legislate. What this shows is unconditional love always has
Miss Peru: Pageants and Politics
Rachael Smith | Political Reporter Miss Peru contestants gave gender inequality facts and figures instead of their bust sizes at the pageant and it was undoubtedly an iconic moment in the history of the competition, considering Peru has the second highest rate of violence against women in South America. Several contestants, namely: Camila Canicoba, Juana Acevedo, Luciana Fernandez and Melina Machuca, approached the microphone and instead
Trump’s Polarizing Response to NY Terror Attack and Hefty Security Budget Cuts
Eleanor Service | Reporter In the wake of the tragic events that took place in New York on October 31st, President Trump has had a characteristically extreme and relatively polarizing response. He took to Twitter to say: There have been many people questioning the President’s response to this tragedy, saying that following this attack Trump has called for immediate policy change, but in the wake
Catalonia Declares Independence
Erin Seils| Reporter The Catalan parliament has declared independence from Spain. This motion was approved by Catalan MPs with 70 in favour, 10 against, and two abstentions in the 135-seat chamber. Some have shown their support for the movement – Finnish MP Mikko Kärnä, tweeted shortly after the declaration was made: Congratulations to the independent Republic of #Catalonia. Next week I will submit a motion to
From a Caledonian to Catalonia – Who’s Got the Power?
Faith Sindick | Reporter Jack Mitchell-Divers | Editor-In-Chief On Tuesday evening the President of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont signed a document that declared Catalonia’s independence from Spain but then said it would not activated for several weeks. On Fiesta Nacional de España Pro-Spain protestors threw chairs to the Pro-Catalonia protestors on the streets of Barcelona before being split up by the police.