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On April 8th, the Kremlin spokesman stated that Russia sees no reason to pursue talks on a long-delayed peace treaty with Japan to officially end World War II, citing Tokyo’s

Avery Hazard

16 Jun 2025

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Andrea Marcelo

16 Jun 2025

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There was one election the entire world watched, that was the US election. In November of 2024 it was Kamala Harris versus Donald Trump. A rematch of ideologies. And Trump didn’t just win, unfortunately, he dominated. He flipped and held all six key swing states: Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nevada. That netted him 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226; a clear and decisive victory. However, this is not new information, hundreds of news sources have already analysed why the Trump campaign managed to win what seemed to be a decisive victory. What is not discussed is…

Alex Zjacic

1 May 2025

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On March 27, 2022, following a record rise in homicides, the congress of El Salvador approved governmental emergency powers and

Ivan Gomez

1 Nov 2022

With growing concern on important issues such as climate change, demonstrators have turned to new ways of seizing media spotlight.

Vukasin Tolic

31 Oct 2022

Russia is the largest natural gas reserve on the world stage, but it only became a significant producer and exporter

Amy Chemutai Ngeno

31 Oct 2022

Ethiopia, East Africa’s largest country and Africa’s longest independent country has been at war within itself since early November 2020.

Wanjiku Thiong'o

31 Oct 2022

Eight people have died and at least 61 were injured in a series of fires in Iran’s Evin Prison. The

Irene Perez-Lucerga

31 Oct 2022

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