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Olena Matvienko knows she doesn’t have much to go home to.The Russians captured her city, Mariupol, shortly after invading Ukraine. A Russian missile destroyed her old…
It was a tumultuous end to 2024 for South Korea. On December 14, the country’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was impeached over his short-lived declaration of…
It is midnight in American politics. With the presidential election upon us, a large majority of voters are disillusioned by the state of our democracy. The…
“There is, even now, something of ill-omen amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the…
Author and Page informationby Anup ShahThis page last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011This page: https://www.globalissues.org/article/4/poverty-around-the-world.To print all information (e.g. expanded side notes, shows alternative links), use…
Iran has had a turbulent history in just its recent past. From a democracy in the 1950s, Iran seems to have moved backwards, from an authoritarian…
.With a week to go before voters take to the polls on 17 April, election campaigns in Solomon Islands are in full swing with 334 candidates…
Author and Page informationby Anup ShahThis page last updated Saturday, January 05, 2013This page: https://www.globalissues.org/article/74/the-arms-trade-is-big-business.To print all information (e.g. expanded side notes, shows alternative links), use…
With the 2024 US presidential elections just weeks away, former US President Donald Trump is intensifying his campaign, pushing more aggressive rhetoric than ever before. Given…
Author and Page informationby Anup ShahThis page last updated Monday, January 07, 2013This page: https://www.globalissues.org/article/54/tax-avoidance-and-havens-undermining-democracy.To print all information (e.g. expanded side notes, shows alternative links), use…