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The resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his family’s offshore wealth revealed by the Panama Paper leaks has plunged Islamabad into a protracted political crisis. Coupled with Donald Trump’s public accusations that the Pakistani…
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The eyes of Sunday football-goers have been on more than just the game since the start of this NFL season. Widespread national anthem protests by players in response to racial injustices in the United States have sparked controversy across…
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When Montrealers head to the polls on November 5th to cast their ballots in the municipal elections, it will mark the beginning of a seasonal trend: Quebec’s provincial elections are expected to take place in fall 2018 and the next Canadian…
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This weekend, I had the chance to go to one of Istanbul’s most prestigious art shows, the Istanbul Biennial, which is held at the Istanbul Modern. This year’s theme, “İyi bir komşu” (“A good neighbour”), gave artists a wide berth to…
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55 years ago, the world watched as Myanmar, formerly Burma, suffered a revolutionary coup d'état in which the country's military toppled the civilian, pro-independence Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League-government (AFPFL). The military…
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Human rights advocate and renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has not only taken the contemporary art movement by storm but has guided international discourse on the implications of Chinese and American politics. Ai Weiwei was born in the…
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Stunting (also referred to as stunted growth or nutritional stunting) is the limited growth of human development in early life, measured by height. If a child’s height is two standard deviations less than the median, based on the World…
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We are lucky to live in a time and place when we are granted the right to free speech. In our digital age, we can see the effects of the use of this freedom clearer and faster than before. We can quickly see the negative effects of speech…
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On September 6, Facebook finally admitted to finding evidence pointing to Russian meddling on its platform to influence voter behaviour. In a blog post on Facebook’s press site Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos announced an internal review…
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