Category: Economics
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Jenin updates: Residents start rebuilding after Israeli attack “[Palestinians] cannot be treated as a collective security threat by the occupying Power, all the more while it advances the annexation of occupied Palestinian land, and displacement and dispossession of its Palestinian residents,” #Jenin #FreePalestine #isreal #WarCrimes OceanGate and How the Wealthy Kill One Person Killed, Several…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Sex, blood and patriotism: The Ukraine conflict has ushered a new wave of Russian music and it’s here to stay The past year has demonstrated that Russia’s popular music hasn’t undergone a radical transformation. Some new regional figures have emerged, such as the rapper Akim Apachev, but most of the popular performers sing the same repertoire…
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Millennial-Life Crisis?
This summer, I turn 40 years old. This means I will reach that age range where some people hit their dreaded mid-life crisis. If I’m like previous generations of men who get to this point. It means I’d divorce my wife, buy a new sports car, and date a 21-year-old Instagram model. I doubt this…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Nigeria: Degrees of Heat – Northern Nigeria Students Wilt in Climate Extremes “Whenever the weather is hot, students’ performance declines,” says Abubakar Kawu Monguno, Director of the Centre for Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies at the University of Maiduguri. He says that daily temperatures in the north can surpass 40°C and go as high…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Tunisian black women: ‘My skin colour says I don’t belong’ In 2018, Tunisia passed a landmark law to criminalise racial discrimination, in particular anti-black racism against black Tunisians and black African migrants. It became the first country in the Arab region to make discrimination specifically on racial grounds a criminal offence. #Tunisia #Racism #BlackLivesMatter #Africa…
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It’s YOUR Fault!
Every May in the United States is Mental Health Awareness Month. If you’re not filthy rich, white, Christain, or able-bodied or all those things, this society can be taxing on one’s mental health and wellness. U.S. culture loves to blame the individual for their problems, and societal problems are always the individual’s fault. You can…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
As the West surges toward electric cars, here’s where the unwanted gas guzzlers go “Today with climate change, it doesn’t really matter where the emissions are taking place,” de Jong said. “Whether in Washington, DC, or Lagos, it makes no difference.” #Benin #Kenya #ClimateCrisis #cars China slams G7 statement; lodges protest against brazen interference in…
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BIDEN IS SELLING WEAPONS TO THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD’S AUTOCRACIES Rather, the new figures reveal the continuity between Republican and Democratic administrations. While Biden signaled early on that his arms sales policy would be based primarily on strategic and human rights considerations, not just economic interests, he broke from that policy not too long after entering…
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American Psychos
The definition of a psychopath is “a person affected by chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.” There are some differences between someone diagnosed as a sociopath versus a psychopath. For the sake of this article, we’re gonna use psychopath. I am a licensed social worker but not a psychologist or psychiatrist. I can’t officially…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Migrants crossing dense Darien jungle at Colombia-Panama border find increasingly organized route The Darien Gap is the most imposing physical barrier for migrants heading north until they reach the U.S. border. They must hike over steep mountains, endure torrential rain and ford swift running rivers. They are easy prey for bandits who rob and rape. #migrants #BorderCrisis #Columbia…
Evolving Folks Project 