Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
Key developments and global perspectives that matter.
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I know very little about advertising, but there are plenty of commercials out there that are, frankly, ridiculous. Especially when it comes down to fashion and perfume ads, often the visuals have very little to do with the brands being sold to you. After all, there are only so many…
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There are shadowy and secretive parts of the internet, in the so-called dark web, where monsters convene. Although it's often exaggerated, it is true that this part of the internet is a separate beast from the world wide web. Here you can expect to find anything illegal: drugs, weapons, hitmen…
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The 2018 winter Olympic games, held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, have provided an invaluable opportunity to cool down the diplomatic tensions which have threatened to boil over into outright war over the last year. President Donald Trump's hardline stance on North Korea, coupled with the totalitarian state's growing nuclear capacity,…
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This weekend, Bollywood fans were shocked to hear that Sridevi Kapoor had passed away at the age of 54. She was often considered to be Hindi cinema's first "female superstar" and was arguably the most popular actress of her era during the '80s and '90s. At first, her death was…
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For years, we've heard people - mostly parents - go on about the detrimental effects of video games, and have put up with individuals complaining that no good ever comes from playing violent first-person shooters. However, it seems there might be at least one person for whom video games provided…
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In recent history, medicine has progressed in leaps and bounds. In fact, in little over a hundred years, we've gone from being a species that performed haphazard operations without anaesthetic to an advanced race that has essentially eradicated many of the world's most deadly diseases. However, every now and then,…
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Someone planning the murder of their parents to get to their riches is a familiar story. Not because it happens all the time, but because there are so many plays, novels and movies made about the subject. While it's a compelling story to follow in fiction, we don't expect that…
