With classes finally over, we’re faced with the ever-dreaded finals week. But before we begin a week of long nights spent studying, here are a few headlines you might have missed!
World
Last week, Bangladesh witnessed one of its most devastating disasters when a garment factory collapsed and killed over 400 workers. The collapse occurred in the capital of Dhaka where inspectors had been rummaging under piles of rubble for days in hopes of finding bodies and possible clues as to why the factory collapsed. The collapse renewed the debate on cheap labor and outsourcing by American companies to countries like Bangladesh. In recent months, The Walt Disney Company began pulling out of nations that provided cheap labor, including Pakistan, Venezuela and Bangladesh due to workers’ safety concerns.
US
Boston bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is being held at a federal Bureau of Prisons in its medical facility in Devens, Mass. Following Tsarnaev’s arrest, officials charged two of his friends, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev with conspiring to discard potentially incriminating items from a dorm room. After being charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, Tsarnaev could face the death sentence.
Entertainment
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s highly acclaimed novel, The Great Gatsby, finally hits the movie theaters this weekend. After spending months in anticipation, fans can finally see Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Toby Maguire reenact some of American literature’s most iconic novel characters.