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The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

Weekly World Update: Paris Louvre attack

Weekly World Update: Paris Louvre attack

Hilly Yehoshua February 4, 2017

Paris didn't only make the list of the top five most visited cities but also made the top fifty in the cities most attacked.  Paris is one of the most visited international cities in the world, with...

Weekly World Update: Destruction in Chile

Weekly World Update: Destruction in Chile

Hilly Yehoshua January 29, 2017

Wildfires have wreaked havoc and destruction in Central and Southern Chile, killing nearly a dozen, and obliterating thousands of homes. Chile has had a long history of earthquakes, floods, and volcanic...

Weekly World Update: Reactions to Trump in power

Weekly World Update: Reactions to Trump in power

Hilly Yehoshua January 23, 2017

From China to Iran to the London UK, the world does not support Donald Trump’s idea of a fascist USA. Hundreds of thousands of protestors gathered on the streets, and walked across state lines to...

Weekly World Update: Sudan

Weekly World Update: Sudan

Hilly Yehoshua January 15, 2017

     North-African country, Sudan, is currently one of the most destitute, violent,  isolated regions in Africa.      Modern Sudan was once known as Nubia, a kingdom that came under Egyptian...

This image captures Syrian city, Aleppo before and after the civil war between Assad's regime and the rebels.

Weekly World Update: Aleppo

Hilly Yehoshua December 18, 2016

Aleppo, previously one of Syria's largest, most prosperous and industrial cities is now in ruins. Northern Syrian city, Aleppo, has been a major battle ground between Assad's forces and the Syrian...

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