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My Experience with the American Foundation for Children with AIDS

This past summer, I worked with the American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA) in Zimbabwe and saw firsthand the impacts of the recent events. According to the World Health Organization, the leading cause of death in Zimbabwe is HIV/AIDS. The Centers for Disease Control reports HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a preventable and treatable disease that affects the body’s immune system, leaving the body susceptible to infections and illnesses. HIV’s transition into AIDS happens in three stages: Acute HIV infection, Chronic HIV Infection, and finally, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). People with AIDS typically survive three years after the transition.

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2025International News
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New Sora AI Video Generator Raises Ethical Questions

Being able to generate videos from short prompts in about a minute, OpenAI’s Sora 2 app quickly found success following its release this past September, reaching one million downloads in under 5 days according to Time Magazine. Despite the technology’s seemingly endless capabilities, the platform still laid down some ground rules–videos had a clear Sora 2 logo, consent was needed to make clips of living people, and prompts that were intentionally fraudulent, sexual, or violent would not be generated. 

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Current US Deportations Violate International Law, Stain Nation’s Conscience

Experts caution that the Trump Administration’s current deportation policy — which has resumed deportations to third countries — violates international law. This rash behavior violates the principle of non-refoulement, where a country can only deport migrants after meeting certain criteria, and the right to due process. These actions are a stain on our nations conscience and violate our time-honored mantra “justice for all.” 

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2025FocusAfrica
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The Usage of Drones for Terrorism in Africa

On Africa’s evolving battlefields, the skies are a new front in the fight against terror. Over the past two years, both Islamist militants and state-actor rivals have increasingly relied on drones, not only for reconnaissance, but for lethal strike missions. The result is a fundamental transformation in the projection of violence across the continent, especially in Sudan and the Sahel, where comparatively low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are rebalancing the dynamics of asymmetric conflict.

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China’s Rapid Drone Development

China’s drone aspirations are no longer a paper threat in theory but are being turned into reality in the form of capabilities that are changing the direction of airborne warfare. From gigantic “mothership” UAVs to stealthier unmanned fighter aircraft and a deep integration of civilian and military drone sectors, Beijing is sprinting towards an era of unmanned dominance. But risk yields reward: China must balance scale, survivability, command and control, and geopolitical blowback.

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2025International News
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Russian Incursions on NATO Airspace

Russia has once again tested the patience and balance of Europe. On the night of September 9 , Poland reported Russian drones violating its airspace. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) viewed it as a threat to its airspace and sent its fighter jets to shoot the drones. Simultaneously, strikes occurred in Ukraine by the Kremlin, causing NATO to fear that the peace efforts were not making a huge difference.

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The War on Late Night: ABC Suspends Jimmy Kimmel

As observed by NBC, despite the criticism the right has for “cancel culture” in recent years, MAGA conservatives seem to now be calling it “consequence culture” as it relates to regulating the public’s reaction to 31-year-old right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In the limelight is the suspension of popular talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! just two days after the titular comedian implied President Donald Trump and his associates were exploiting Kirk’s death. Outrage on all sides of the political spectrum followed, not just at Disney’s ABC for pulling the show in response to Kimmel’s remarks by affiliated broadcasters such as Nexstar, but also at Trump and his allies for seemingly influencing the decision. 

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