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The Kremlin’s main opponent, Alexei Navalny, arrived this Sunday in an area about 200 kilometers east of Moscow to be transferred to a penal colony where he will serve his sentence, a public body said. “Alexeï Navalny arrived at an establishment of Russian prison services in the Vladimir region to
- February 28, 2021
Security forces in Myanmar fired on protesters on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and leaving more than 30 others injured in the deadliest day of demonstrations since the February 1 military coup, according to the U.N. human rights office. “Throughout the day, in several locations throughout the country, police
- February 28, 2021
BANGKOK – The government of Laos issued new guidelines for managing hydropower dams aimed at minimizing water shortages and flooding, state media reported on Thursday, amid debate on how its hydropower boom has altered the vital Mekong River. The new decree, effective March 4, requires all hydropower operators to notify
- February 28, 2021
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said today that Iran may be responsible for the blast that hit an Israeli ship this week in the Gulf of Oman. MV Helios Ray, an Israeli ship carrying vehicles, was heading from Dammam, a port city in eastern Saudi Arabia, to Singapore, at the
- February 28, 2021
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The arrival of the Myanmar junta-appointed foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, in Bangkok on Wednesday for an unannounced meeting with his Thai and Indonesian counterparts marked the start of a daunting diplomatic undertaking for South-East Asia. No details were released of what was discussed. This first official contact with a
- February 28, 2021
A global issue is any issue (problem, risk) that adversely affects the global community and environment, possibly in a catastrophic way, including environmental issues, political crisis, social issues, and economic crisis. Solutions to global issues generally require cooperation among nations. In their book, Global Issues, Hite and Seitz emphasize that global issues are qualitatively different from international affairs and that the
- February 28, 2021
Despite the transformation of many processes due to the coronavirus pandemic, the past 2020 was marked by significant events for the Central Asian countries. The editorial staff of the analytical platform CABAR.asia interviewed famous political scientists in the region to mark the most important events of 2020 and to analyze the
- February 28, 2021
The drug war goes far beyond arrests and incarceration. Its roots are deeply embedded in almost every aspect of daily life – from education, housing, and employment, to child welfare, immigration, and public benefits. We must fully extract the drug war and its culture of criminalization from our lives. The
- February 27, 2021
For more than a hundred years people have travelled to Antarctica and most parts have now been visited. More than just footprints have been left and more than just photographs have been taken. Some species of Antarctic animals have been taken to the verge of extinction for economic benefit. Others
- February 27, 2021
Of the 18,814 deaths caused by terrorists around the world last year, well over half were due to the actions of just four groups: Islamic State, the Taliban, Al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram. According to Global Terrorism Index 2018, compiled by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), these four organizations
- February 27, 2021