Day: September 21, 2017

The Politics Of Water In Israel-Palestine

In mid-July, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) reached a water-sharing deal which pledged to provide the West Bank and Gaza with 32.9 billion litres annually. The deal proposed to give the Palestinian territories around a quarter of their annual water requirements at a reduced rate. This agreement was lauded

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Canada’s Opioid Crisis In Smaller Cities

During 2016 and 2017 in Canada, approximately 16 Canadians were sent to hospitals per day due to opioid abuse. The highest rates of opioid abuse-related hospitalizations in Canada were found to be in cities with populations under 225,000, including nine of the top ten Canadian cities. In 2016, the Canadian

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North Korean Defectors Decrease Amid Increasing Propaganda

A new report by the Unification Ministry of South Korea shows that the number of North Korean defectors fleeing the oppressive regime to South Korea has decreased by 13%, a drastic fall from the usually high numbers reported since 2008. Consisting of mostly lower-class workers and farmers, South Korea has

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