Tag: global
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Hajj 2020, small, scaled back and limited numbers, all diametrically opposite the descriptions and scenes we’ve witnessed year upon year. It’s very much a unique moment in history for Muslims… more ›
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Both the coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement create opportunities to reshape cities in more equitable ways. As overwhelming as the current overlapping crises may seem now, cities have… more ›
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One of the more pernicious mistruths surrounding the debate about TikTok is that this will potentially lead to the splintering of the Internet; this completely erases the history of China’s… more ›
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Federal authorities in New York on Wednesday seized a shipment of weaves and other beauty accessories suspected to be made out of human hair taken from people locked inside a… more ›
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The Chinese Communist Party leadership believe they are in the midst of an ‘intense, ideological struggle’ for survival and that to win they must defeat the West. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/china-plans-global-order more ›
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What ideology guides the star of rising Chinese power? General Secretary Xi Jinping’s answer to this question is unequivocal: “Socialism with Chinese characteristics is socialism, not any other ‘ism.’” Xi… more ›
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For the past decade, Jia Tolentino has been writing feverishly on the front lines of cultural warzones. https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/ask-a-sane-person-jia-tolentino-book-2020-hope more ›
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Alphabet’s Loon project has finally launched its internet-delivery balloons in Africa following a deal with the Kenyan government. It marks a significant milestone for Loon, once one of Google’s “moonshot”… more ›