Esports Part 1: What are Esports? - Harvard International Review
Apr 24, 2020 · This is part 1 of a 4 part series on Esports. Most people recognize the names Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Tom Brady, figures often seen as the faces of their respective sports. Names like Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok, Luka “Perkz” Perković, and Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang may not have quite the
Improved Immigration: Japan’s Solution to Its Population Crisis
Oct 30, 2024 · “Japan is standing on the verge of whether [it] can continue to function as a society.”. In 2023, then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed the severity of Japan’s population shrinkage. Japan’s population is plummeting—and fast.
The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International …
Jan 31, 2024 · Weaponized words are used to fix femininity into a narrative of fragility. In normative explanations of gender and expression, feminine expression is characterized as emotional, needy, and codependent.These are attributes that affirm fragility.
Public Health and Overpopulation: The United Nations Takes Action
Jun 20, 2022 · With the world’s population rising faster than ever before, will our population growth outpace our resource reserves? How can the dangerous effects of overpopulation be managed without diminishing the major improvements in our quality of life that come about thanks to population growth?
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
Aug 31, 2020 · On June 9, 2020, Sri Lankans occupied the streets outside the US Embassy in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, holding signs condemning the racism, police brutality, and other maladies plaguing the United States. Sri Lanka’s social issues also came to light at this protest. The country, after all, has its history of ethnic strife and is ...
China and Russia: A New Cold War? - Harvard International Review
Oct 31, 2024 · In July 2024, Russia and China performed joint naval drills in the South China Sea—a display of military might that featured the two countries practicing anti-missile exercises, sea strikes, and air defense. Taking place just days after NATO leaders issued scathing remarks urging China to pause its heightened economic support for Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the coordinated ...
Overseas Filipino Workers: The Modern-Day Heroes of the …
Aug 11, 2023 · Numerous Filipino workers suffer from various injustices including being overworked, underpaid, abused, raped, and even worse, murdered. The only way OFWs can truly be safeguarded is if the Philippine government enforces concrete and actionable policies.
The Mass Emigration of Filipino Nurses to the United States
Oct 21, 2024 · After four centuries of colonization, the Philippines, influenced by Spanish, US, and Japanese rule, continues to feel the lasting impact of US colonial practices.This legacy is particularly evident in the emigration and export of Filipino nurses. Despite the Philippines gaining full independence in 1946, the United States continues to drain the country of its resources.
Germany's Energy Crisis: Europe's Leading Economy is Falling Behind
May 30, 2024 · Just a few years ago, the German economy was the envy of the world. With strong growth, leading exports, and a balanced budget, the European Union’s largest economy was doing incredibly well, growing faster than the neighboring United Kingdom and France. However, Germany is becoming a European laggard, experiencing a recession in 2023 and poised to grow more slowly than all OECD member ...
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