Mauritius Sovereignty and the Endless Struggle Over the Chagos Archipelago
With a landslide victory of 94-15 (94 yes, 15 no) and 65 abstentions, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) recently passed a resolution strongly backed by members of the Non-Aligned Movement and the African Union to seek the opinion…
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Canada 150 in Hong Kong: A Report from Consul General Jeff Nankivell
Originally published in Harbour Times as "Canada 150 in Hong Kong: Photos and Report from Consul General Jeff Nankivell" on June 30, 2017. This republished version has been lightly edited for clarity.
Jeff Nankivell has a lot of…
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Too FARC Gone?
Sixty years, 220,000 deaths, seven million displacements and one failed referendum later, the Colombian people finally breathed a sigh of hopeful relief as the gruesome civil war between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
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Mom was Right: Creativity Matters
This article is the second of a multi-part series on contemporary artificial intelligence and its implications for humanity.
For Part I: "Unchaining the Mind through AI: What Artificial Intelligence Actually Means for Humanity"
For…
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The Lost Decade: How the Democratic Process went on Hiatus in Australia
Five Prime Ministers in six years: a figure one would not expect for a well-established and stable democracy in the Western world such as Australia.
Yet in recent years, democracy in Australia has weakened. It seems as if the people's…
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A Lawyer is Not Acceptable- At Least Not in China
A world superpower equipped with one of the largest economies in the world, China has indisputably become a dominant power on the international stage. However, the largest nation in the world can hardly be seen as an equal to its Western…
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The War on Journalism in the Philippines
On January 6, 2017, university professor and radio announcer Mario Contaoi was riding his motorbike on a national highway in Cagayan, the Philippines, when men riding on a tandem motorcycle opened fire and shot Contaoi from behind. Contaoi…
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Net Neutrality: Merely a First-World Problem?
Life on the internet has become the new norm. We shop, socialise, and learn (to name a few things) online. The internet has become a vital commodity, if one would consider it that, to modern day life. People’s need for the internet…
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Attack after Attack, a Scared Europe: What now?
What it feels like to be living in Europe:
Our newly militarized narrow streets echo with the stories of our own, of those who died, of those who saw and those who knew them. We jump up when kids play with firecrackers at our…
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The Drug War You’ve Never Heard Of: The Green Revolution and Narco-Politics in Punjab
Located in Northern India on the border with Pakistan, Punjab is a land famous for its warriors and agriculture. Dubbed the gateway to India, its inhabitants have long witnessed struggle and have fought to protect its lush irrigated…
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