Catalan leader summoned by court
November 1, 2017
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Former Catalan leader Carles Puidgemont has been summoned by Spain’s high court, alongside 13 other members of his dismissed government. Puidgemont triggered the crisis in early October in Spain by initiating an independence referendum. Although Madrid seriously opposed the referendum and the Const...
Hotel attack kills 23 in Somalia
November 1, 2017
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Just two weeks after a city bombing that left more than 350 dead in Mogadishu, five attackers from the Islamist al-Shabaab militant group stormed a hotel and killed 23 people and wounded more than 30 this past Saturday. The five gunmen, dressed in intelligence service uniforms, inconspicuously entered the h...
Green Party activist condemns American military involvement in global conflicts
November 1, 2017
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The 2016 Vice-Presidential Green Party candidate Ajamu Baraka came to Suffolk University Monday to discuss his opinions on the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As Baraka spoke, multiple news sources confirmed that seven Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces detonated explosives in ...
Islamic state fighters return home
October 25, 2017
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More than 5,600 supporters of the so-called Islamic State (IS) have allegedly returned to their home countries after IS lost ground in Iraq and Syria. The Soufan Center, a U.S.-based think-tank, has announced that 33 states have reported arrivals in the last two years. This included approximately half of the 8...
Japan re-elects prime minister Abe
October 25, 2017
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Japan re-elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a landslide victory in Sunday’s general election. Abe’s ruling party has retained a two-thirds majority the country’s parliament and the estimated voter turnout Sunday was just below 54 percent, multiple news sources reported. Abe said in a post-ele...
Retired Admiral condemns partisan politics
October 25, 2017
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Confronting global challenges of North Korea to the environment, retired Admiral James G. Stavridis laid out the issues the world is facing and possible solutions at World Boston’s 8th Annual Consuls Reception. The event was attended by nearly 60 members of the local Consular Corps and nearly 200 le...
Coral on brink of extinction as ocean temps rise
Amy Koczera and Patrick Holmes
October 25, 2017
Coral reefs are frequently marveled at for their beauty and fragility. However, many individuals often do not realize the integral role that coral reefs play both as a protection mechanism to coastlines and as a home for 25 percent of all marine life. While the coral reefs are vital for the survival ...
India’s inequality gap hits near hundred year high
October 18, 2017
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The divide between India’s elite and the lower class is the largest economic disparity the country has witnessed in nearly 100 years. The top one percent of earners in India have accrued 22 percent of the total income, compared to the six percent owned in the 1980’s, according to French economists T...
Catalonia awaits decision on secession
October 18, 2017
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With the pending secession of the autonomous Catalonia, the political landscape of Spain has been notably altered. This poses a multitude of problems for both the nation of Spain and Catalonia. For Spain, Catalan independence would mean losing its most industrialized region and would put Spain in a...
Suffolk panel tackles America’s worldwide war on drugs
October 12, 2017
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Last Wednesday, Professor Maureen Norton-Hawk and other Suffolk University staff held an open seminar at 73 Tremont titled “The Wall-Drug Policy in the U.S.” for students and faculty to discuss the issue of international and domestic drug policy and its handling, as well as issues regarding Trump’s pro...
Internally displaced Ukrainians forgotten
October 12, 2017
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The key to understanding Ukraine’s migrant crisis is in the conflict’s roots. The upheaval that has followed the ongoing war in Eastern Ukraine has disrupted millions of lives. However, most of the migrants have been internally displaced instead of forced to leave their home country. Western Europ...
Ethnic violence: an ongoing issue
October 12, 2017
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In the United States, stories of violence, racism and police brutality regularly flood the news. Although mainstream media often focuses on racism within the U.S., there is a tremendous amount of ethnic violence occurring overseas that many Americans often overlook. While it is crucial to be aware o...
