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From a public perspective, it seems as though there is never any peace within the European Union. For the past 5 years, over and over again we have watched crisis after crisis unravel; yet somehow things pull through in the fourth quarter.…
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Xi Jinping began his seven-day US visit in Seattle on Tuesday. Historically, no state visit by a Chinese president has been an easy visit, but they have generally come in the spirit of cooperation. However, since Hu Jintao's last trip to US…
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When people think of Puerto Rico, they often think of beautiful beaches and peaceful getaways. For island residents, however, the story is different. After Puerto Rico’s failure to repay its debt this past June, which accounted for 94%…
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“Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.” These words reoccurred throughout Adam Hummel’s TEDTalk in Toronto, and reflect his personal philosophy. Hummel founded the Kenya Peace Project, a…
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Health matters. Being healthy enhances life quality by enabling people the ability to do a variety of things in their lives. Whether one can enjoy these privileges largely depends on the government’s delivery of healthcare. In attempt to…
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The arresting images and videos of refugees fleeing to Europe have brought the Syrian Civil War back into the public attention of the West, despite the fact that there has been no cessation in the fighting for over four years. The war broke…
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On August 24th, or what is now being referred to as China’s “Black Monday”, the Shanghai Composite Exchange suffered its worst one-day loss in eight years.1 Consequently, global investors immediately turned their focus to other major stock…
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The opening words of the current version of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, adopted in 1982 at the 5th National People’s Congress, reads: “The People's Republic of China is a socialist state under the people's…
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Last week the image of a four year- old Syrian girl, holding her hands up in surrender to a reporter’s camera, which she mistook for a weapon, went viral. The fear in the child’s eyes is a haunting reminder of the ongoing conflict in…
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The Mosul Public Library and Museum, home to statues and artefacts dating back to the ancient Assyrian and Akkadian empires; the ancient capitals of the Assyrian empire, Nineveh and Khorsabad; the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and…
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