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World War I officially concluded on November 11th, 1918 at 11:00 am, only ending after four bloody years of fighting and 16 million dead. It had started in 1914, and pitted the Central Powers, the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires,…
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This article was originally published by The Observer on Wednesday, 6th November, 2018. This article is a part of the an article-sharing collaboration with The Observer, a Print and Online publication from Queen's University. When Yoweri…
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According to a new Levada poll, Vladimir Putin's approval rating has dropped to 66%, its lowest level since 2013. Levada, the independent Russian pollster, has also published figures suggesting that only 39% of Russians trust Putin the most…
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At a young age, many of us have a defining moment that alters our perspective and way of thinking. For me, this moment was the shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. I would hardly call it an awakening; rather, a…
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On October 28th 2018, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election. Bolsonaro is notorious for his shocking rhetoric and his archaic attitude towards women and the LGBTQ community. He has claimed that after having…
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If Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1947, they wouldn’t be Italian, they’d be Indian and Pakistani. Sadly, my twin sister and I are the only ones in my family with this split identity as inter-marriage is considered taboo. It's tough…
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The Nord Stream pipeline snakes across the depths of the Baltic sea, stretching from St. Petersburg to Northern Germany. Since 2011, the pipeline has sent millions of cubic meters of Russian natural gas to Germany and other European states…
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L’accord nucléaire iranien, formellement nommé le “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” (JCPOA), est l’aboutissement de 12 années de négociation entre l’Iran et les grandes puissances internationales (les P5+1 - USA, Royaume-Uni, France,…
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Sept ans après sa découverte par une inspectrice des impôts de Bonn, l’une des plus grosses escroqueries fiscales de l’Histoire allemande a été dévoilée, mi-octobre, par dix-neuf médias internationaux parmi lesquels Die Zeit, Le Monde et la…
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Introduction In Citizens United, the US Supreme Court made a drastic decision that pushed the United States ever closer to becoming a liberal oligarchy nominally legitimated by quasi-democratic procedures.  More notably, it marks yet…
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