Marine One arrives in the Alps.
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The Conversation scholars analyze a few of the key themes and speeches that punctuated the three-day gathering of global elites in the Alps.
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It’s quite possible that neither the US nor the UK will ever return to normal when it comes to political and constitutional balance.
At COP23, members of the America’s Pledge network, which brings together those involved in the fight against climate change in the United States.
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With the US announcement that it would withdrawl from the Paris Accord, several American states are mobilizing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
China is increasingly viewed by the United States as a full-spectrum adversary.
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The contestation of Asia will continue this year, with many countries facing internal and external battles.
The Junkyard Band.
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In 1985 The Junkyard Band shifted the paradigm by challenging Reaganomics. Many of those same key issues still rage on today, across the world.
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos honored musician and philanthropist Elton John for his contributions to upholding ‘human dignity.’
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The global elites are paying attention.
The inscription on the gate to the Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland): ‘Work makes you free’.
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More than 70-years after World War II, is Auschwitz still relevant to children today?
Before the government shutdown, Donald Trump exceeded a 40% approval rating for the first time since May 2017.
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The strong US economy has improved Donald Trump’s ratings in the last month.
Onlookers watch missiles launch in the 1983 made-for-TV film ‘The Day After.’
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In 1983, a made-for-TV film about the consequences of nuclear war was watched by 100 million people – and became a cultural lightning rod.
Kiara Romero, 20, from Rockville, Md., was one of the million who joined the Women’s March in D.C. and around the world on the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration to denounce his views and policies.
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The first anniversary of the Women’s March on Washington which took place last weekend in cities in the U.S., Canada and internationally indicates support is growing for a global feminist activism.
Political dressing is all the rage right now, but is it a fashion? A professor of fashion explains.
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Political statements through our clothing are all the rage right now. Could we say this is a new fashion? Prof. of fashion, Henry Navarro explains the recent phenomena.
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How you use the word ‘shithole’ depends on your gender, which paints Trump’s latest misstep as yet another case of toxic masculinity.
This unassuming, snowy town becomes home to the global elite for a few days each year.
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A business and humanities scholar advises the president to pack three novels and a children’s story for his long transatlantic flight to Switzerland aboard Air Force One.
Trump on Jan. 19, 2018.
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What’s unique about this shutdown? It happened under a unified government – and that’s bad news for the GOP.
President Clinton poses with Monica Lewinsky in a Nov. 17, 1995 photo.
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While sexual harassment is still all too common, at least we’re having more open conversations about it, and victims are speaking up on their own terms.
Trump’s first walk to the White House, inauguration day 2017.
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Never mind a “Muslim ban”, Obamacare repeal or a wall on the Mexican border – Donald Trump’s only real agenda is himself.
Senators meet with President Donald Trump to discuss immigration on Jan. 9, 2018.
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If they pass a deal on DACA, it’s a win for both sides of the aisle and thousands of ‘Dreamers,’ but a loss for millions of undocumented immigrants.
After a year in office, Donald Trump has done many things, but has not made America great again.
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The 12 months since Donald Trump unexpectedly took office have proffered constant shocks to the system in which the occupants of the White House remind us they are not playing by the rules.
The Turnbull government appears determined to intensify Australian involvement in the Asia-Pacific’s strategic rivalries.
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The underlying implication of Malcolm Turnbull’s Tokyo visit was the interest shared by Japan and Australia to counter the strategic rise of China.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speak following a meeting on the security and stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver.
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China is succeeding in a high-stakes poker game on the Korean Peninsula. Did Canada and the U.S. just play into Chinese hands?