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Income inequality in India has hit its highest level in 92 years. New figures from Credit Suisse suggest the wealthy elite of India, its richest 1%, now own 58.4% of the wealth. This makes India, often revered as a key rising economic…
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Writer's note: A glossary for certain key terms can be found at the end of the article. President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will have a seismic impact on Middle Eastern geopolitics and Washington’s…
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In 2015, millions of Syrian refugees fled their war-torn country in search of peace and security. The vast majority of these refugees have settled in areas surrounding Syria, and hundreds of thousands ventured further into Europe. Thousands…
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A universal tradition as old as the occasion itself, the New Year's resolution is practised worldwide by individuals from all walks of life. People set the tone for the new year by making resolutions to resolve undesired traits, kick bad…
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The Left-Green Party turned to two unconventional potential partners—the Euroskeptic conservative Independence Party along with the agrarian conservative Progressive Party, both of Iceland’s historic governing parties.
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Late last year, a woman in Nevada died of an infection inflicted by a pan-resistance bacterium. The bacteria was found to be resistant to 26 different antibiotic drugs and, most importantly, to carbapenems — an antibiotic used as the last…
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When one thinks of the global order, America comes to mind as the pre-eminent power whether that be in military, diplomatic, economic, or cultural realms. There is an awareness that old colonial actors play some role, but it is one that has…
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‘’January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.’’  - Donald Trump Donald Trump ran an unlikely campaign to become the 45th President of the United States. Long regarded as a joke…
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Introduction/ Background In the year 632 CE the founding patriarch of Islam, Prophet Muhammad died, leading to a chain of events that would greatly affect the course of history, and which continue to do so to this day. Without a clear…
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