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This February, Canadians from coast to coast balked at the announcement of the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, accused of killing 22 year-old Cree man Colten Boushie on his farm in Saskatoon. The case was highly publicized particularly due to…
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According to the UK Business Consortium, 78% of consumers said they were more likely to purchase from a company that supports and engages in activities to improve society. This incentivizing fact has prompted the proliferation of a practice…
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The conclusive victory of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in last October’s general election was supposed to re-establish his control over Japanese politics and allow him to claim a mandate from the people. Despite a summer marked by…
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An unprecedented mix of ecstasy and shock layered Kuala Lumpur on May 10th as Malaysians awoke dumbfounded to discover that the opposition party, Pakatan Harapan (PH), had somehow toppled the archaic incumbent, the Barisan Nasional (BN).…
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In 2015's spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service, its charming antagonist Mr. Valentine, brilliantly played by Samuel L. Jackson, is informed by his bodyguard that she had "contacted the KGB, MI6, Mossad, and Beijing" in search of the…
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On the international stage, Canada has always been seen as a moderate country renowned for its progressive leader. Canadians, on the other hand, know that this is not always the case: as in other liberal democracies, populism and right-wing…
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On May 14, thousands of Palestinians participating in the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip were met by Israeli armed forces at the two regions’ buffer zone. By the end of the day, at least 60 demonstrators were killed and 2700 more…
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Is the era of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) factionalism over? In February 2018, Fukushiro Nukaga, head of the third largest faction in the LDP (Heisei Kenkyu Kai), resigned as faction members became discontent with his failure to attain…
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The mass exodus of Rohingya refugees out of Myanmar and into neighboring countries has attracted significant attention from the international community in the last year and has even been labeled by many as a bona fide form of ethnic…
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The Angolan Civil War began as a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union. After successfully ending Portuguese colonization, the three liberation parties within Angola now had the task of deciding who would form the new…
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