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Dempsey: US Military Dusting Off Decades-Old “Readiness” Plans for Russia

July 25, 2014
Tensions are running high between the United States and Russia over the latter’s intervention in Ukraine, lending support to a separatist movement that likely destroyed a passenger jet. Europe is not joining the United States in sanctions on Russia, and Russia is trying to build a solid wall...

New Yorker: When 26,000 Stinkbugs Invade a Home

March 9, 2018
Brown marmorated stinkbugs are ravaging an array of crops along with ordinary trees and plants. They also swarm some US homes by the thousands. The insect, known for a noxious smell, is a product of globalization, explains Kathryn Schulz for the New Yorker. The stinkbug’s native habitat is East...

The Battle of the Burkini

September 6, 2016
French coastal communities went too far with rules targeting Muslim women who visit beaches in the so-called burkini – a bathing suit that covers most of the body but not the face. “A grotesque photograph soon appeared in newspapers around the world of three French policemen, one of them with a...

Global Pension Crisis: Financial Times

November 26, 2019
Since the financial crisis in 2008, many central banks have implemented easier monetary policies and other tools to stimulate economic growth. Due to those efforts, the interest rates have dropped in many countries, in turn reducing investment gains and swelling debt of pension funds. In some...

Caesarean Births “Affecting Human Evolution”

December 7, 2016
Recent studies have suggested that rapid changes in the environment can speed evolutionary responses. Increasing reliance on Caesarean sections contributed to more mothers requiring surgery to deliver infants, suggests theoretical biologist Philipp Mitteröcker at the University of Vienna. Helen...

'Radical' A-Mei Cancels Show in China

June 14, 2004
Do pop artists' politics matter? Some students in China apparently think so. As Taiwanese pop singer A-Mei prepared to take the stage in the Chinese city of Hangzhou last weekend, local university students – her natural fan base – unfurled banners protesting her presumed support of Taiwanese...

Guardian: Indigenous Women Confront Ecuador's President

March 28, 2018
Amazon indigenous women are protesting oil drilling and mining in their territories, urging Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno to combat not only environmental exploitation but also the sexual and psychic violence “they claim accompany the industries.” A delegation of indigenous women met with Moreno...

法国布卡禁令：揭开文化冲突的面纱

February 8, 2010
法国最近提出禁止在公共场合穿布卡（burqa），显示了其在价值观和安全问题上有意做出的如何与伊斯兰教徒打交道的决定。与其它西方国家不同，法国政府认为布卡不仅是个人选择，也象征着原教旨主义的政治议程，而这种议程危害了妇女权利，有时还会危及她们的人身安全。许多人批评法国的这一做法，认为这违反了个人权利的民主理念。此外，批评家们还认为，这将在穆斯林与其它民族融合的征途中确立恶劣的先例。尽管这一举措可能会使一些温和派变得激进，但也可能在穆斯林世界制造出反对原教旨主义的强烈呼声。然而，禁止在公共场合穿布卡这一措施的效果最终还要看法国国内的穆斯林群体；在欧洲，...
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