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On April 25, Twitter, one of the world’s most powerful social networking services (SNS), announced it would be sold to Elon Musk, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tesla and Space X, for 44 billion United States Dollars (USD). The change in ownership is expected to be accomplished within a year t
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Kwon Keun Young
2022.06.06 13:59
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In his 1945 essay “Notes on Nationalism,” George Orwell defines nationalism as the “lunatic modern habit” of “identifying oneself with a single nation or other unit, placing it beyond good and evil and recognizing no other duty than that of advancing its interests.” The world of 2022 stands quizzica
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Kim Chaerin
2022.05.02 00:46
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Germany openly criticized the United States (U.S.) for its actions during the Iraq war. Now, with the Russian-Ukraine crisis intensified, Germany has decided to strengthen its military and directly provide military armaments to Ukraine, taking a detour from its once pacifist military tendency. As in
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Kim Minji
2022.05.02 00:08
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Food prices have long been heavily affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and the dramatic effects of climate change. Nevertheless, the world has recently seen even greater spikes in the cost of food due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In fact, the United Nations (UN) fo
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Park Subin
2022.05.01 13:47
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On February 16, a study on converting blood types of donor’s lungs intended for transplantation was published in the Science Translational Medicine, the weekly online scientific research journal. Performed by a group of Canadian scientists from the University of British Columbia (UBC), the Latner Th
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Kwon Keun Young
2022.04.02 23:48
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Watching a man getting murdered and children being sexually abused is every day for Idris (anonymized for reasons of privacy and security). For nine hours each day, Idris tries to unblinkingly watch the real-life horror movie play out on the screen before his eyes. As a Facebook content moderator, I
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Hwang Mina
2022.04.02 23:25
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On January 1, the world started off the new year with the deaths of three individual women in France, all murdered by their male partners or ex-partners. Sadly, what happened this day was not a mere coincidence, but one of many instances of what the United Nations (UN) calls a “shadow pandemic,” a t
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Yun Sunwoo
2022.02.27 23:26
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On January 7, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), reported that the annual inflation in the eurozone has surged up to five percent, marking the highest rate ever since records began in 1997. The European debt crisis, also referred to as the eurozone crisis, poses a constant
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Park Subin
2022.02.27 18:50
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“Abroad there are calls for the two sides to hold negotiations for a peaceful resolution. What idiocy. What kind of negotiations can you have with criminals?” said Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in a nation-wide address concerning the domestic protests that rocked the Central Asian nat
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Kim Chaerin
2022.02.27 12:33
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October 22 was a historical moment for American nonbinary and gender nonconforming individuals, with the United States (U.S.) issuing its first ever passport labelled with ‘X’ for the gender section. Whilst the State Department did not announce who the recipient of said passport was, Dana Zzyym, a C
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Goh Jinoo
2021.12.05 20:25
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On July 22, the Minerva Institute for Research and Scholarship was granted accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and officially became Minerva University. Described by the New York Times as “the future of college,” Minerva is known for its highly selective admissions proce
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Jung Anna
2021.12.05 17:11
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"This is a historic moment. The long-awaited malaria vaccine for children is a breakthrough for science, public health and malaria control.” On October 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) as the first malaria vaccine to be approved for widespread use. As the quote fro
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Keun Young Kwon
2021.12.05 16:37
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On October 28, 38-year-old Russian hacker Vladimir Dunaev was arrested and arraigned in United States (U.S.) federal court. Formerly a member of a criminal group called Trickbot Group, Dunaev helped develop Trickbot – a malicious software that continues to hack into the financial accounts and data o
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Hwang Mina
2021.12.01 22:06
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On September 7, the Supreme Court of Mexico declared that punishment for abortion is unconstitutional, making Mexico one of the few countries in Latin America to nationally decriminalize abortion. This marks a huge step for women’s rights as Mexico is one of the biggest Catholic countries in the wor
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Oh Ji Su
2021.11.05 20:30
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The energy crisis is an ongoing problem in Lebanon. The energy ministers of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, and Syria convened in Amman, Jordon on September 8 to discuss emergency measures and the transportation of gas to Lebanon. The Lebanese have been desperately waiting for this crisis to end soon as the
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Park Soo Hyun
2021.11.05 14:05
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Since August 30, German protestors — aged 18 to 27 — have gone on a hunger strike to raise awareness of climate change issues. These young protestors have set up tents close to the German Chancellery in Berlin in hopes of attracting the attention of the candidates for the general election. The publi
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Jung Anna
2021.11.04 14:59
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al-Maghrib, a combination of the Arabic noun modifier ma and the verb gharaba, which means “to set,” refers to the “place where the sun sets.” A romanticization denoting how the sun sets in the West, the term al-Maghrib, or its anglicization, the Maghreb, is contemporarily used as a geographic endon
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Goh Jinoo
2021.10.03 20:13
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When rapper Megan Thee Stallion released her first solo-single of 2021—“Th*t S***”—many eagerly anticipated the next viral hot-girl-anthem dance to the song on TikTok. However, a scroll through the official sound would reveal disappointing results, with half-hearted lip syncs and freestyled dances.
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Hwang Mina
2021.10.03 11:38
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On July 23, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics finally raised their curtains. The common concept of this year’s ceremonies was “Moving Forward,” which delivered a message of support to the world fighting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). According to the Tokyo Organizing Committee of
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Kwon Keun Young
2021.10.03 09:24
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“All I want is to own my money, for this to end, and for my boyfriend to drive me in his f***ing car.” On June 23, pop icon Britney Spears detailed her experiences under a legal arrangement that granted her father control over her finances and her personal decisions. From being forced to take medica
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Hwang Mina
2021.09.03 19:36