Nov 6, 2024 · A leader in exile. Children forced into cultural assimilation. A barrage of failed protests. For more than 50 years, China, a global superpower with a population over 400 times that of Tibet, has occupied this small region. Since 1950, Tibet and China have lived in an uneasy balance. However, recent reports have shown exacerbated tensions between the two regions, as Tibetans have accused the ...

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Oct 30, 2024 · “Japan is standing on the verge of whether [it] can continue to function as a society.”. In 2023, then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed the severity of Japan’s population shrinkage. Japan’s population is plummeting—and fast.

Jan 5, 2025 · On February 2, 2024, President Joe Biden ordered more than 125 bombs to be dropped on upwards of 85 targets in Iraq. This campaign came in response to an attack from an Iran-aligned Iraqi militia group and appears to have successfully deterred further attacks. However, the scope of Biden’s response—and the potential escalatory danger therein—raises questions about legislative checks on ...

Dec 11, 2024 · In 2015, a group of Guatemalan minors was brought to the United States and forced to live in squalid conditions and work long hours on an Ohio egg farm under threats of violence. Thousands of human trafficking cases such as this one are reported in the United States every year. Human trafficking in the United States encompasses forced labor, sex trafficking, and domestic servitude.

May 30, 2024 · Just a few years ago, the German economy was the envy of the world. With strong growth, leading exports, and a balanced budget, the European Union’s largest economy was doing incredibly well, growing faster than the neighboring United Kingdom and France. However, Germany is becoming a European laggard, experiencing a recession in 2023 and poised to grow more slowly than all OECD member ...

Feb 12, 2024 · In times of macroeconomic uncertainty, environmental disruptions, and growing supermarket and retail power, the global food industry faces enormous consumer demand and supply chain pressures. Such external circumstances often lead to higher food prices and inflation, incentivizing producers and supply chain participants to partake in the corrupting food fraud business—an obscure and ...

Oct 21, 2024 · After four centuries of colonization, the Philippines, influenced by Spanish, US, and Japanese rule, continues to feel the lasting impact of US colonial practices.This legacy is particularly evident in the emigration and export of Filipino nurses. Despite the Philippines gaining full independence in 1946, the United States continues to drain the country of its resources.

Jun 26, 2024 · For decades, Latin America has remained a hub for the illicit drug market and a target of international efforts to eradicate the production of cocaine and marijuana. Many scholars attribute the surge of drug trafficking in Latin America to the instability of the region and its complex political and social landscape. However, many places around the world have experienced some degree of similar ...

Mar 16, 2009 · As nations across Africa struggle to maintain law and order, the international community has forsaken one of Africa’s most promising states: Somaliland