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Anon Yu Henriksen, International News Staff Writer, BA International Relations and Korean The United States, long regarded as a global leader in higher education, is facing scrutiny over recent policy changes by the Trump administration that some say challenge the country's reputation as an international education hub. Earlier
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By Jova Bostanci, LLM Human Rights, Conflict and Justice “Statistically 7 women in Turkey are ‘savagely killed’ by current or ex-spouses in a single day” This statistic, reported by Turkish television station Habertürk, reflects a terrifying reality for women and girls in Turkey. Violence against women in Turkey is not
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"Despite the crisis in Sudan escalating every day, the war has been ignored and misrepresented in the media, with the genocide in Palestine and the conflict in Ukraine overshadowing it in nearly every major news outlet"
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'Children are being used by armed gangs in Haiti and we are witnessing some recent troubling trends, notably the use of sexual violence, including rape and collective rape, as a weapon of war by gangs.'
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'Trump is the first convicted felon in U.S. history to assume the presidency, vowing sweeping changes from immigration crackdown to the elimination of the Department of Education'
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'100 years of history and fond memories erased forever. The heartache impeded on us has reached our grandparents' cemeteries, which were not spared from the shelling.'
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By Ave Bozic, BA Politics and Korean Former Russian opposition leader and Anti-Putin activist, Aleksei Navalny, passed away in prison on February 16th at age 47. Navalny, the most prominent and successful opponent of current president Vladimir Putin and founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), has died a month before
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By Kristi Greenwood, BA Japanese Former US president Donald Trump is facing four separate court cases encompassing 91 charges, denying all. In January, Trump was found responsible for $83 million in damages for defamation of author E. Jean Caroll from last year, when he was found liable in a separate
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By Matthew McMahon – BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics Source: New York Times opinion piece titled ‘The Scandal in the Catholic Church’. Written by Patrick Chappatte, 2018. In February 2024, Bishop Christopher Sanders was finally arrested and charged with 19 offences, including rape, indecent assault and indecency in dealing with a
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By Aditya Mishra, BA/BSc Social Science, Arts and Humanities with Foundation Year Trigger warning: Mentions of sexual assault and rape “It is reported that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who himself has a criminal history, had personally played a role in the release of two of those convicts.
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By Joe Dredge-Fenwick, MA Anthropology of Food and Intensive Japanese ‘The sense of colonial rejection does seem palpable. Whether or not the so-called “overdue revolutions” do bring needed radical change is yet to be seen. For now we can only hold tentative hope for the realisation of socio-political parity.’ Niger’
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By Maryam Mohammed, BA Korean and Politics As of the 9th January, the South Korean parliament officially put forth legislation banning all trade of dog meat. The decision was a highly anticipated one since the bill was proposed on 17th November. However, the topic of banning dog meat has been