This week marked the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The assembly included over 190 member nations, from all over the world.
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Since Kim Jong-Un took power over North Korea after the death of his father, he has been running the country emphasizing just how much power he has over his people: frequent military parades, public executions of political enemies, and consistently reminding the people about the “dangers” of the West (particularly the United States of America).
On Sept. 19, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Puebla State of Mexico, about 71 miles southeast of Mexico City. The states of Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Mexico have also been damaged by the earthquake, the second to hit Mexico since the 1985 Mexico City earthquake that killed nearly 10,000 people.
Two weeks after the devastating Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico was battered by another storm, Hurricane Maria. The storm’s 155 miles-per-hour winds spanned across the entire territory, prompting thousands to take refuge and wrecking an already-crushed island.
Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful hurricanes to strike the Caribbean and the southeast U.S., hit the U.S. & U.K.
Among the crazy weather last week, with multiple hurricanes, and even an earthquake in southern Mexico, it’s easy to have missed the Equifax credit breach that was announced on September 7th, in what many are calling the “worst data breach in the history of the modern era.”
On Monday, the city of Hoboken unveiled its new memorial for the city’s victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks at its annual interfaith service ceremony.
On Friday, August 26th, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the small Texas town of Rockport. The storm devastated the area as it made its way inland to Houston, which was inundated with floods and rain, which broke all previous rainfall records for a single storm in the continental US, with 51.88 inches recorded.
On Tuesday, April 4, the Syrian government was accused of carrying out a chemical attack on an area held by rebel groups.
On Tuesday morning President Rump sent out another provoking tweet this time aimed at the Stupe. “We had another great News Conference at Rump Tower today.