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3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (322+ words) Under a blue moon, at 45 degrees below zero, on this night in 1999, the map of Canada split. For the first time in modern Canadian history, two things happened: A new territory was born, and a majority Indigenous population was granted…...

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9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (512+ words) Americans are protesting against Pres. Donald Trump because of his administration's crackdowns on immigration, his allegedly antidemocratic policies, and his prior statements about being a king. In the time between the first and second rounds of protest, U.S. Immigration and Customs…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (903+ words) Gunboat diplomacy describes the use of military force, particularly naval power, to impose political or economic demands short of war. Although the practice fell out of routine use in the mid-20th century, its underlying logic has continued to shape debates over…...

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1+ week, 2+ day ago  (299+ words) Abbas Araghchi was a senior diplomat to western Europe at the start of the crisis over Iran's nuclear program and has been involved in negotiations over the nuclear program ever since. During the negotiations that resulted in the Joint Comprehensive…...

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2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (503+ words) Jimmy Lai's family lost everything in the Communist Party takeover of China in 1949. When he was just 12 years old, he stowed away on a fishing boat and made his way to Hong Kong, where he built a retail empire and…...