Day: October 9, 2019

Plan To Help Migrants Arriving By Boat Shunned By Several EU Countries

In Tuesday’s meeting between EU ministers, only Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal offered to take part in a plan created by Germany, France, Italy and Malta that would screen incoming migrants from boats and relocate asylum seekers or return people who do not meet asylum requirements within a month-long period. That

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The Long-Term Effects Of Hurricane Dorian On The Bahamas

Following the clean-up and recovery efforts after Hurricane Dorian, the Bahamian people are beginning to contemplate the long-term costs of the disaster. At 12.40pm local time on September 1, Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco island in the Bahamas. This was noted as a Category 5 Storm, the highest

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Nuclear Peace: Australia’s Oxymoron

The first legally binding international agreement of its kind, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was passed by the UN General Assembly on 7 July, 2017. The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty comprehensively prohibits the use and threat of use of nuclear weapons alongside the development, testing, production,

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