Garrett's current Events blog

Coronavirus The Coronavirus started in 2020 in china. It is believed to have started at the Wuhan trade center for exotic animals. The symptoms of the coronavirus is similar to any other respiratory infection, including runny nose, coughing, sore throat, and sometimes a fever. The main cause of death is complete respiratory failure. There is over 5,000 cases just in China and 106 deaths.It has reached 19 countries including the U.S. The latest case was two people in New Hampshire. The Coronavirus spreads the same way other cold causing viruses do, through infected people coughing and sneezing, by touching an infected person, or by touching things such as door knobs that infected people have touched. There is speculation that the Coronavirus was created in a BioWarfare lab near the root of the outbreak, though it hasn't been confirmed. The reason it is called the coronavirus is because if you looked through a microscope it looks like the virus has a crown on the top, crown i

Wildfires in Australia Since June 2019 bushfires in Australia have been raging, especially in the southeast where the fires have been so bad a state of emergency was declared. The flames have destroyed over 72,000 square miles, 5,000 buildings and have taken the lives of 30 people, and up to a billion wild animals. Some of these animals have been driven to the brink of extinction. In December 2019 the New South Wales Government declared a state of emergency after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought which was helping the bush fires rapid growth. From September 2019 fires heavily impacted regions of the state of New South Wales, such as the North Coast, Mid North Coast, the Hunter Region, the Hawkesbury and Wollondilly in Sydney's far west, the Blue Mountains, Illawarra, and the South Coast, Riverina and Snowy Mountains with more than 100 fires burn across the state. Though Australia is in heavy recovery lots of money has been donated for recovery. 

Qasem Soleimani Killed in US Airstrike  Iran’s most powerful military commander Gen Qasem Soleimani was killed by a US airstrike in Iraq. He was killed at a Baghdad airport along with Iran backed officials. He was often considered the second most powerful figure in Iran. President Donald Trump ordered the airstrike on the 62-year-old general, he said, “General Soleimani was, directly and indirectly, responsible for the deaths of millions of people.” Soleimani’s death caused the tensions between Washington and Tehran to grow immensely. This also caused Iran to take multiple steps back from the nuclear deal, they have started enriching uranium with no restrictions, though they will still cooperate with the UN Nuclear Watchdog. Tehran says that if American lifts sanctions on oil trade from 2018 they will quickly undo the breaches. It was demanded by Iran the US must pay $130 billion in damages. On the 7th of January Iran struck back, they sent at least a dozen ballistic mi

  Withdrawing troops from Syria President Trump announced the withdrawal of all troops from northern Syria, and it caused an immediate backlash, which was criticized by critics as Damaging. Trump’s decision clears the way for Turkey to mount an invasion in Syria against the American-backed Kurdish forces. The Kurds, who operate in northern Syria, have continuously helped American troops fight ISIS in the region. And they’re holding about 70,000 ISIS fighters and their families. Though when we took out our soldiers in gave Turkey a clear path to the Kurds. This has caused rioting and protest in Syria this is what President Donald Trump tweeted. We turned our back on the Kurdish forces and know they have to lay down their guns because they cannot stand alone against turkey they  had our backs when we fought ISIS now we should have theirs    

          China-Tibet  Tibet is a region of China that is primarily mountains it rose in the 7th century. Though it has been occupied by China since 1959. Though now Tibetans want freedom from China. Even though China is occupying Tibet they have maintained their unique culture. China declares that Tibet is a part of China and has been for 800 years though that is not true in 1912 china declared Tibet it’s independence. They then had their own currency, government, stamps, and flag. Though in 1959 china invaded Tibet with over 40,000 troops, and forced them to adapt their Chinese customs. Tibetans are often discriminated against in China and the government says the people that what to free Tibet are anti-China.

  USA trade war with China  America and China have the two biggest economies in the world and right now they’re at war. Over the past year, the world's two largest economies have imposed tariffs billions of dollars worth of one another's goods, and that’s because of current president Donald J Trump, we’re in a trade war with China because Trump believes that we are being ripped off by China. In 2018 he put tariffs on china trying to make them change their trading practices, such as there growing trade deficit and them stealing American tech. Though it doesn’t stop there China retaliated and put tariffs of their own on America. This is causing some financial markets to wobble and if tariffs increase and end up covering all of USA-China Trade The global GDP (Global Domestic Product) will take a 600 billion dollar hit. America is planning to put another wave of tariffs on China on December 15 this tariff will be for things like footwear and phones and on October 1st they increa