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This Happened — August 13: First Brick In The Berlin Wall

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Post date August 13, 2024

Updated August 13, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. The construction of the Berlin Wall began on this day in 1961. It was constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) to prevent residents from escaping to West Berlin. It was intended in particular to halt the mass exodus of skilled laborers, professionals, and intellectuals from East […]

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Geopolitics Israel-Palestine War

Wartime And Settlements: Preview Of Israel’s Post-Netanyahu Era

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Post date November 28, 2023

A July photo of Jewish settlers in Nablus, West Bank. Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images via ZUMA

Heated debate in Israel and abroad over the increase in the budget for settlements in the occupied West Bank is a reminder that wartime national unity will not outlast a deep ideological divide.

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Wealth Inequality In China: Measured At Home And At School

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Post date October 12, 2020

The topic of sanitary napkins has somehow gone viral in China Liu Xu/Xinhua/ZUMA

After the topic of bulk sanitary napkins went viral online, the broader issue of the gap between rich and poor has come out of the shadows across the communist nation, including the availability of laptops for students.