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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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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a resounding electoral victory on October 22nd, with his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) retaining its 2/3rd supermajority. Buoyed by this development, Prime Minister Abe is likely to continue the highly…
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With “Dodgy Dave” (David Cameron) out of the spotlight after the unexpected result of the Brexit referendum in 2016, a new protagonist arises out of the ranks from the Tories. Following the 2016 Conservative Party leadership…
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Despite the fact that "freedom of the press" is loosely protected in the Angolan Constitution, the former president, Jose dos Santos, nullified these rights by passing a series of "security laws,"  ostensibly meant to protect the state from…
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On October 5, 2017, police allegedly assassinated at least 8 people and left at least 20 wounded in a massacre in the forest of El Tandil in Tumaco, a port city next to the Pacific Ocean in Colombia. Victims, many of whom were coca…
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“Il n’y a pas de raison que le droit de grève soit supérieur à la liberté de travailler” : c’est ce qu’a déclaré le Premier ministre belge, Charles Michel, suite à la grève appelée par la Centrale Générale des Services Publics (CGSP) le 10…
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In the few days following Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic landfall in Puerto Rico, US news media were dominated by Trump’s comment, made that same weekend, that NFL players who take a knee should be fired. The destruction and devastation…
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SpaceX has been all over the news lately regarding its mission to Mars and its unprecedented ability to land and reuse its rockets. The accomplishments and future plans of SpaceX represent the cutting edge of space technology and…
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The Las Vegas mass shooting—the worst mass shooting in recent American history—has incited much controversy on the topic of gun control in the United States. Indeed the event has reignited debate across the nation as to whether it is…
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