Speaking in Strasbourg on 9 May, Emmanuel Macron called on the “democratic European nations adhering to our core values” to “find a new area of political cooperation, security and cooperation”.
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Inspired by François Mitterrand’s idea of a European confederation, French president Emmanuel Macron has outlined the idea of a political body that would be separate from the EU.
A man fishes the head of a statue of Queen Victoria from the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg. Her statue and a statue of Queen Elizabeth were toppled and vandalized on Canada Day.
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Movements that challenge former national icons demonstrate the importance of history-making in an age of racial reconciliation. But ‘history wars’ won’t get us anywhere.
White supremacists clash with police in Charlottesville in 2017.
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Despite moments of hope, worries about the present and fears that the future may be even worse have been rising for decades. What can geopolitics teach us about the global impact of fear?
Open scholarship and the use of corporate software services such as Zoom are not always compatible.
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For science to be open, one can reasonably think that it would have to use open software. However, being completely open is not that easy.
The first debate of the U.S. presidential election was a disturbing but unsurprising display of white privileged masculinity.
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Bullying tactics are increasingly under scrutiny, yet the display we saw during the first U.S. presidential debate is proof that some men still think those old rules are still at play.
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden at the first debate of the presidential campaign.
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They shouted, they interrupted, they insulted – and not entirely in equal measure. But Biden and Trump also touched on the issues occasionally. Our panel of experts analyzed three key exchanges.
Badgers are hunted down as ‘harmful’ species.
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All animals plays a role in nature, and in times of biodiversity loss and climate change, hunting “common” species such as foxes and badgers is irresponsible .
Trump’s supporters appreciate his strong opinons.
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Three new approaches in the field of competitive academic debate offer ideas that could help presidential debates serve both their public purposes.
Israeli flags fly in the middle of a date plantation in the Israeli settlement of Shlomtzion in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank on 27 January 2020.
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The Jordan Valley, which US president Donald Trump has proposed integrating into Israel, has been transformed by the introduction of date palms, emptying it of its Palestinian inhabitants.
Buttigieg, Sanders, Biden and Warren stand on the debate stage on Feb. 7.
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At the Jan. 14 debate, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six candidates clashed on jobs, Iran and more.
Host Jack Barry, middle, is flanked by contestants on ‘21,’ a 1950s TV game show.
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Debates may help voters identify which candidate shares their views but they do not help them think critically about those views. That’s because presidential debates don’t live up to their name.
They didn’t come out and say what they really mean.
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The Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020 debated a host of critical issues but never brought up the equally important challenge of Americans’ food security.
Winning the support of workers may be key to Democrats winning the 2020 election.
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As the US prepares to replace NAFTA, a labor scholar who was critical of Perot but shared concerns about the deal revisits the claim that helped him become the most successful third-party candidate since Teddy Roosevelt.
Humans have always sought knowledge, all the way back to Eve.
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A growing body of research points to the importance of one personality trait – intellectual humility – and how it influences our learning, relationships and worldview.