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By Henry Su At the end of August, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe announced his sudden resignation, citing health concerns. Elections originally anticipated for 2021...

On October 18th, Bolivian held its first general election since the disputed 2019 election. Luis Arce and his running mate David Choquehuanca, of the Movement for Socialism party (MAS-IPSP) won the election with 55.1% of the vote. The general election was originally scheduled for May 3rd, but it was delayed to September 6th and then to October 18th. Arce had previously served as Morales’s Minister of Economy and Public Finance. While Choquehuanca had previously served as Chancellor of Bolivia. Arce received almost double the votes of the closest candidate, Carlos Mesa of the FRI, a center left party. MAS-IPSP was also the ruling party in Bolivia before the 2019 political crisis. MAS-IPSP also held on to its majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Bolivia.

20,000 is considered a large number. To count from 1 to 20,000 would take you approximately five hours—twenty thousand seconds totals to 5 hours, 33 minutes, and 20 seconds. Now imagine the number 20,000 in people. East itself instructs around 1,050 students; 20,000 people would fill East 19 times and then some. Imagine we removed 20,000 people from East Amherst. Over 80% of the town would be gone.

For the third time, Alpha Condé and Cellou Dalein Diallo faced off at the polls for the Guinean presidency. The 82-year-old Alpha Condé won a much-disputed third term with 59% of the vote after elections on October 18th. There is a two-term limit, but a constitutional referendum last March increased the presidential term from five to six years and also reset the term count of the current president. This gives Condé the opportunity to remain in office for another twelve years, something that has led to violent protests spreading across the nation.

The death of George Floyd last May inspired nationwide protests and highlighted systemic racism and police brutality that have plagued the United States for decades. Police brutality, unfortunately, is not a problem unique to our country. In Nigeria, people have taken to the streets to protest the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a part of the Nigerian police force infamous for murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, and torture.

By Jonah Ruddock Source: Pius Utomi Ekpei/ AFP- Getty Images The death of George Floyd last May inspired nationwide protests and highlighted systemic racism and police...

By Grace Hwang Source: Associated Press On August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed to normalize relations with Israel after Israel agreed to...

By Seth Gellman Source: TASS Belarus, a former Soviet republic bordering Russia, has been experiencing turmoil since the reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko on August 9th....

Unfortunately, the world is still in the middle of a global pandemic. As of right now, Erie County might still be mostly stable with regards to its COVID situation, but the same can’t be said for other parts of the world. Leaders and health officials have voiced concerns and worries over a second wave of COVID-19 in the fall, and it looks like their worries are coming to fruition: COVID-19 is surging again.

While 2020 may have brought us wave after wave of bad news and misfortunes, British women (and anyone else with a period) are rejoicing. The United Kingdom government has announced the abolition of the “tampon tax,” marking the successful conclusion to a 20-year struggle of women’s rights activists.