In India, the government passed a bill providing citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighboring countries through the lower house of parliament. The new measure, called the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), passed through the lower house with a vote of 311 to 80 and analysts predict it will soon pass through the upper […]
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Sanna Marin, a Finnish politician, has made national headlines by winning the position of prime minister on Sunday. Marin will be sworn in on Tuesday, and at just 34 years old she will be the world’s youngest sitting prime minister, Finland’s youngest ever prime minister to date, and its third female prime minister (Lemola
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On December 6, 2019, The Organization of American States (OAS) released a report that claimed the October 20 presidential election in Bolivia was rigged to favor Evo Morales.[1] The report explained “malicious” and “deliberate” actions taken to manipulate the vote for then-President Morales.[2] Specifically, there were changes in voting times and falsification of signatures
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Sanna Marin is to become the worlds youngest prime minister at the age of 34. She will also be leading a center left coalition with four other parties, where the other parties are also headed by woman similar to her age. Sanna Marin taking this position as Prime minister of Finland is to happen directly
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Numerous citizens in the nation of Iraq have taken to the streets in protest of the nation’s government for the past two months. Last Saturday, however, saw a major highpoint in the ensuing violence of the protests. A number of armed attackers appeared to the protests in Baghdad where they began shooting at crowds of
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Pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong celebrated the six-month milestone of mass demonstrations with the largest protests in weeks. The demonstration, organized by the Civil Human Rights Front, included an estimated 800,000 people (BBC: 2019). This rally, unlike many in recent months, remained largely peaceful. 11 people were arrested prior to the event, one with a
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Like countless other states around the world right now, Lebanon has turned to protest. Currently, Lebanon is experiencing one of its worst economic crises ever and this crisis helped to spark protests motivated by countless underlying frustrations of the Lebanese people. These protests are the product of a weak state, and the current government is
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As for most countries in the world, development is the ultimate goal. All wish to improve their situation year after year. However, often times a wrench can be thrown into their systems which are disasters. Natural disasters can be a developing country’s nightmare as not only does it require a large amount of wealth
Angry Workers Raise Their Voices… Last week, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron announced plans to streamline the French pension system. As it stands, the current pension system has forty-two different tracks and will cause the country to go into more debt, but the plan to change the pension program to a single system based
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Protests in France have shut down not only Paris but a majority of the country. Unions and workers all across the country are on strike. Railroad workers, transit employees, teachers, students, hospital workers, and other citizens are organizing and shutting down many major streets and even cities across the country. The airport has partially closed
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