The brutal killing of George Floyd, now more than a year ago, sparked a widespread movement to reform the criminal justice system throughout the United States. Under the motto of “defund the police,” the nation rose in protest what they see as the violation of constitutional rights with impunity on behalf of the police. Although
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For the first time in over sixty years, a member of the Castro family will not be leading Cuba. At the end of another five-year term as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, who took the reins from his older brother Fidel in 2008, is finally taking a back seat. His
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The United States’ system of federal elections, which dictates the balance of power in Washington D.C., has, over the last decade, revealed its vulnerabilities. Trust in the outcome of the elections has been deeply damaged among voters on both sides, many of whom only believe the outcome is fair if their party is victorious. According
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“The Line”. What sounds like one of Netflix’s dystopian shows is actually a fully-fledged project of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman as part of the country’s “vision 2030” plan. “The Line” is the infrastructural city planning of the future metropole Neom, a modern ecotopia, promising harmony, sustainability, health and innovation all within an
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Syria’s refugee crisis has developed into the Middle East’s most pressing humanitarian issue of the last decade. Since the start of the conflict in March 2011, more than half of Syria’s pre-war population has been displaced. Most refugees found sanctity in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt, and more than 1 million have also migrated to
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Since 2012 there have been 95 recorded incidents of Islamist terrorism in Europe, collectively claiming 373 lives. Of these, 28, or almost 30%, have taken place on French soil, amounting to 265 victims, over 70% of the total body count. What exactly have the French people or the Republic they inhabit and embody done to deserve such a vile fate in the minds of
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One might say that we are at a turning point in how we share: be it either personal stories, moments, or news. As much as we have put our online experiences on a pedestal as either complementary to our daily lives or as a means of escapism from the tumult of in-person exchanges, we have
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The second wave of toilet paper hoarding hit Australia in late June, and purchase limits were reintroduced in the country’s biggest supermarket chains. However, life is slowly starting to pick up its pace again in Melbourne and the entire state of Victoria after one of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns of nearly four months. Melbourne,
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In an increasingly aware global population, sustainable and clean energy sources are topics almost everyone have heard of by now. The recent environmental catastrophes due to global warming include Australia. Australia is both a significant exporter and user of coal. It is also the world’s largest coal exporter, with over half of its energy exports
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