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How COVID-19 Worsens Gender Inequality in Nepal
The pandemic will worsen existing gaps in women’s education, income, and employment prospects. Luna K.C. The COVID-19 pandemic is having tremendous effects on the world’s economy…
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Billions of children are being punished by the pandemic
Vijay Prashad writes about the deep impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on children who are suffering disproportionately amid the pandemic with limited access to education and…
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Coronavirus has brought the welfare state back, and it might be here to stay
Jeevun Sandher and Hanna Kleider Governments across the developed world have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by making welfare states vastly more generous. Historical parallels suggest…
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Donald Trump Is Using The Pandemic To Push His Anti-Immigration Agenda
The coronavirus didn’t create a need for nativist immigration policies — it simply provided an excuse for them. President Donald Trump has been pushing measures to…
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India-China Relations: Possible Ricochets on Bangladesh
Speaking pragmatically, geo-politically and superlatively, in the ongoing global order free, independent and sovereign states operationally and strategically cannot be away from bi-lateral, regional and global…
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Why Can’t Republicans Elect Women?
For decades, the number of GOP women in congress has barely grown. Will that change in 2020? In the long and mostly disappointing history of women…
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Spain is open for tourists but are the risks worth it?
After months of lockdown, Spain's tourism industry finally opened for business on Sunday as it ends its quarantine for international visitors from many European countries. But…
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How Covid-19 Exposes Britain’s Islamophobia: An Oxford Study on Conspiracy Beliefs
Rumors and conspiracy theories blossom lavishly in an era of low confidence and low trust. It is, therefore, not surprising that myriads of stories have mushroomed…
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New era of India-China rivalry is emerging; Sri Lanka take note
The contours of the Sino-India rivalry changed last week. On June 15, a savage face-off between the Indian and Chinese border forces killed 20 Indians in…
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Japan-China relations: Xi said, Xi said
“She said, ‘You don't understand what I said.’ I said, ‘No, no, no, you're wrong. When I was a boy, everything was right.’ … And she's…
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The Gulf’s position in a fragmented new world order
It is clear that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has changed the international order and, in the process, bruised many great powers, especially the US and China.…
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Is China telling Modi something?
WHAT happened on the India-China border last week, and why did it happen? For the first time since he took office in May 2014, nearly all…