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The death toll now reaches six thousand in Ukraine thanks to the biggest diplomatic crisis since 1989. From the…
#TBT URSS
6000 morts et la plus importante tension diplomatique entre Russie et Occidentaux depuis 1989, voici le résultat de…
At it Again: Russia-Ukraine Natural Gas Disputes
Global energy consumption is changing. Natural gas has grown to 21% of the global total primary energy supply,…
India’s Daughters
With the recent release of Leslee Udwin’s documentary India’s Daughter, which investigates the 2012 brutal gang…
China, the Unlikely Leader of the Green Revolution
China is by far the biggest polluter in the world, emitting 6018 million tons of greenhouse gases per year in 2009…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
Resistance Is Futile: Prominent Putin Critic Gunned Down…
In the past year, from its annexation of Crimea to its contentious role as host of the 2014 Winter Olympics in…
One law for the Rich and Another for the Poor?
A common rhetoric that says that “If Steve Jobs was born in Korea, Apple would not have been existed,”…
The Happiness Survey speaks for the South Korean…
20% of children have once felt the pulse to run away from home and 10% have had suicidal thoughts: a shocking…
Weekly Roundup: Problem Solved?
With today’s news reaching from Xinjiang to Iran, there was no doubt that the MIR Online writers would take us…
Threat of Lame Duck Looms over South Korea
Whereas the year 2015 marks the 70th year of Korea’s independence, the citizens’ faith in the nation’s government…
Moving forward… and back again: India’s slow…
While the fight for legalization of same-sex marriage continues in most of the United States and other nations,…