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For the US presidential elections, the Associated Press announced winners for several states, although a significant portion of the votes were uncounted. One example is Illinois, where at the moment ...
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As an Indian, we are taught (if not somewhat openly indoctrinated) to idolize the West, especially America, as the pinnacle of human achievement, given its economic, military and technological ...
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Some observers in the West are questioning the validity of implicit claim that democracy is unavoidable. To them, democracy seems to be in retreat now, with autocratic China, Russia and Turkey, ...
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Detroit's recent bankruptcy that left its 20,000+ retirees with less than 1/5ths of their pensions. This has left many people concerned about the financial stability of the various state retirement ...
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When senator John McCain passed away, the governor of Arizona (his state) appointed a new senator to serve out his term. But I remember some criticism that his death wasn't exactly unforeseen and ...
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Over the last two decades, Israel has repeatedly pursued actions that clash with the core values of the EU or the US (human rights etc., deliberately not going into the details here to try to stay ...
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The US President has sole authority as Commander-in-Chief to order military actions like missile strikes, but these actions should comply with the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) and International ...
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Here in New Zealand, about a week into the war in Iran, petrol prices shot up by about a third overnight, and have stayed there since. I was talking to a friend in America who described a more gradual ...
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It is widely believed by economists that tariffs on imports to the USA will result in higher prices for consumers. See, for example, this survey of 43 American academic economists in which the ...
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It appears to me that opposition to marriage equality comes primarily from religious groups, in particular from the Abrahamic religions. Quoting Wikipedia: Many forms of religions, including the ...
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In this video, columnist J.J. McCullough presents his take on some activities of Premier François Legault of Quebec, seeming to say that Legault is trying to make Quebec independent of Canada without ...
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In Rise of Christian fundamentalism in US, অনু writes: As an Indian, we are taught (if not somewhat openly indoctrinated) to idolize the West, especially America, as the pinnacle of human achievement,...
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What are the criteria for a protest to be a strong incentivizing factor for policy change in China? https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/08/china/china-zero-covid-relaxation-reaction-intl-hnk/index.html ...
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I'm currently on Phuket island, Thailand. Public transit basically does not exist here, as bikes and kick scooters. Cars aren't of much use and everybody seem to drive a gasoline-powered scooter or ...
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I came across this xkcd comic joking about a flag with a phone notification bar, which made me wonder what restrictions there are on flag design. Is there some kind of committee that approves ...
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