On Wednesday, Apr. 10, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell, issued a harrowing warning that there are “two years left to save the planet” during a “Chatham House think tank in London.” This claim was not backed by definitive proof but was used by Stiell as the basis for an immediate call to action. 

In the early morning of Friday, Apr. 12, citizens of Isfahan, Iran, were startled by the sound of explosions, which caused their windows and the ground to shake. Individuals who were set to board flights in Tehran, Israel, were told that their flights were canceled and to evacuate the area. It was then that the people of Israel learned that they had attacked Iran. 

What was seemingly a quiet Sunday night in Syracuse, New York quickly turned into one of the deadliest in 30 years as two police officers were killed on Apr. 13, 2024. The incident occurred after the two officers attempted to pull over a gray Honda Civic on a peaceful street in the city. The driver of the vehicle disregarded the officers and drove away, but only after they had obtained the license plate number, allowing them to track the car. 

Every day, immigrant workers throughout the United States take part in dangerous yet necessary roles that seemingly go unnoticed. While a tragedy, the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, MD could be an incident that advocates for the safety of those immigrant workers who face threatening situations every day. 

On Tuesday, Mar. 19, the USA’s Department of Defense’s subsidiary company, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), approved the company Northrop Grumman to begin working on the 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study, focusing on the refinement of a lunar railway system. Within the next decade, Northrop Grumman will construct a plan for and allocate all necessary funding for creating a lunar railroad that spans the entire length of our barren Moon—a decision that sparked widespread debate amongst many, mainly because of the controversial companies leading the charge: DARPA and Northrop Grumman.

In the early morning of Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2024, a 984-foot-long ship collided with a pillar on Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. This led to the collapse of the bridge and the disappearance of night shift construction members who were believed to be filling potholes at the time of the collapse. 

On Mar. 11, 2024, it was learned that a fertilizer spill occurred in southwestern Iowa. At least 250,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen spilled “into a drainage ditch and into the East Nishnabotna River, which flows into the Nishnabotna River and then the Missouri River.” 

During the later hours of Friday, Mar. 22, 2024, armed assailants burst into Krasnogorsk’s Crocus City Hall, a music venue in the northwest suburb of Moscow, Russia. The attackers then set the venue ablaze through the use of Molotov cocktails, only after setting off minutes of heavy gunfire. The devastating attack left a growing death toll of 139 people while wounding over a hundred more. The incident unfolded before the Russian rock band Picnic was set to perform in front of a sold-out crowd.

On Feb. 18, 2024, 29-year-old Abdullahi Muya was reported missing to the Rochester Police Department. Over a month later, on Tuesday, March 19, at around 8:00 a.m., the staff of the Highland Park Reservoir noticed Muya’s body below the water, and a police scuba team recovered it thereafter. While the reservoir is fenced, it is rumored that Muya climbed over the fence and then slid down into the water, leading to his death. As of now, there are no suspicions of criminal intent involved in Muya’s death, as nobody seemed to be present at the time of his death. 

On Mar. 22, 2024, it was shared with the world through a short video that 42-year-old, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing preventative early treatment. 

In December 2019, the European Parliament approved the European Green Deal. This deal is described by the European Union (EU) as, “a package of policy initiatives, which aims to set the EU on the path to a green transition, with the ultimate goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050.” Some of the changes this program seeks to achieve include clean energy, creating sustainable emissions—from industry, agriculture, and residential use alike—better building infrastructure, preserving biodiversity, creating alternative energy sources, and financing research on the progression of climate change.