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The Perspective

A snippet of notable monthly events.

Perspective #16: Autumn 2025

Perspective #16: Autumn 2025

Saad Jadoon Death of Charlie Kirk On September 10th 2025, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on the Utah Valley University campus whilst debating students. The next day, 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson surrendered himself to the local sheriff. His death garnered widespread international attention and the condemnation of political violence

Perspective #15: Summer 2025

Perspective #15: Summer 2025

Chloe Jones July 9th - The Shortest Day in History On July 9th, the Earth spun round a few milliseconds faster than ever before - making it the shortest day in history. While some scientists viewed this anomaly as a result of climate instability, others dismissed it as a normal

The Perspective #14: June 2025

The Perspective #14: June 2025

Elize Hartzer Israel-Iran conflict On June 13, in the midst of the Israel-Gaza conflict, Israel launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’- surprise attacks on key nuclear facilities within Iran in order to prevent the perceived threat of them building nuclear weapons to use against Israel. The supreme leader of Iran, Ali

The Perspective #13: Spring 2025

The Perspective #13: Spring 2025

Nathan Samuel Pope Francis dies at 88: Robert Prevost elected On April 21st 2025, Pope Francis died at the age of 88. This brought his 12-year pontificate to an end, after being elected on March 13th 2013. Following his passing, there was a nine-day mourning period. After this, the conclave

The Perspective #12: February25

The Perspective #12: February25

The German Federal Election 2025 Elize Hartzer On the 23rd of February, Germany held a record breaking election. The snap election was called in 2024 due to a governmental crisis in which the 3-party coalition broke down, lost its majority, and intentionally lost a vote of no-confidence. Germany uses a

The Perspective #11: January25

The Perspective #11: January25

DeepSeek’s effect on the US stock market Nathan Samuel In January 2025 a new AI model, DeepSeek-R1, was released to the public. The company behind the model, DeepSeek, was founded by Liang Wenfeng. He is the CEO of the hedge fund, High-flyer, which is in China's top

The Perspective #10: December24

The Perspective #10: December24

The Fall of the Assad Regime Juliette Hussey On December 13th, thousands of civilians took to the landmark sword of Damascus to celebrate their ‘victory’ in overthrowing the Assad regime - the chant ringing in the crowd: ‘One, one, the Syrian people is one’. Former leader, Bashar al-Assad was evacuated