Clara Marchionini

In January 2018, Venezuela’s government, led by Nicolàs Maduro, launched a new official currency, the Petro. The world’s first government-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro is the administration’s latest attempt to solve its longstanding…
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Business mogul Elon Musk made headlines once more in February 2018 as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy set out for space. The rocket, the most powerful to be launched into space yet, carries a red Tesla and Musk’s ambitions to explore and colonize…
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McGill Model United Nations (McMUN) returns to Montreal this weekend for the 29th time, bringing hundreds of international students together once more. 2018 is a landmark year for Canada’s largest model UN conference, with three committee…
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In January 2018, French president Emmanuel Macron resolved to make fake news a thing of the past with an unprecedented anti-fake news law project. Speaking at the annual presidential New Year’s speech, he explained that its aim will be to…
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Shortly after dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s death in 2011, experts forecasted difficult years of state reconstruction for Libya. The Arab Spring transformed life as Libyans knew it, who, despite their battles, anticipated that the winds of…
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On the 6th of October, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in devising the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ICAN’s efforts to achieve global nuclear…
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It’s September 10th in Florida. Evacuations have taken place, reporters are feverishly on their feet, Irma is about to hit. Floridians brace themselves as best as they can for disaster. The hurricane has already destroyed multiple islands…
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On August 17th 2017, a van rammed into a crowd on La Rambla, Barcelona, killing fourteen and injuring over one hundred people. While n August 26th, Spaniards marched the streets of Barcelona to show that they were "not afraid" of…
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On the 23rd of July 2017, the International Aids Society (IAS) gathered in Paris to review the AIDS pandemic’s global status. The IAS, founded in 1988, is one of the world’s most visible associations dedicated to the HIV/AIDS cause. The…
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In the summer of 2017, members of European far-right movements will be travelling to the Mediterranean Sea. Scheduled activities will include group bonding exercises, boating, and preventing drowning migrants from being rescued.…
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Germany’s Federal election, which will be held in September 2017, stands as the next political test for the European Union following Emmanuel Macron’s victory over Marine Le Pen in France on May 7th. Unlike recent elections across the…
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