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The main players in the world are now: the USA, China, Europe, India, Japan, Russia and Brazil, with China and India exercising now a huge economic influence on global politics. Since the beginning of the millennium, the frantic pace of globalisation has continued and the intercultural connection has now resulted in white Caucasians becoming a…
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With the last of the Silent Generation passing away, and the Baby Boomers waning in their influence the new decade will see a fresh generation of leaders and decision-makers emerging on the world stage. The so-called “Generation X” will come into power. Born between the late 1960s and early 1980s, more heterogeneous than the earlier…
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(Shanghai) – Alors qu’en chine, pour des raisons de salubrité, on ne retrouve aucun aliment chinois sur les tablettes des supermarchés haut de gamme, le Québec importe quatre fois plus d’aliments de Chine qu’il y a 10 ans. Plus souvent qu’autrement, même nos filets de poisson, nos légumes et fruits surgelés, nos jus de pomme,…
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« Les pics les plus enneigés du monde, qui courent de l’Himalaya aux monts Tian, à la frontière entre la Chine et le Kirghizistan, n’ont pas perdu de glace au cours de la dernière décennie. » Cette affirmation allant à l’encontre de tous les derniers rapports sur les effets du réchauffement climatique, est issue d’une…
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Canada has the fastest-growing population of any G8 nation, with two-thirds of the growth coming from immigration. These newcomers are radically transforming our elite educational institutions. This is especially true of immigrants from Philippines, India and China, who collectively make up about a third of all migrants to Canada, and who tend to exhibit high…
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The Mayan Long count Calendar Renowned for having the only fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas as well as their art, architecture, mathematical and astronomical systems, the Mayans lived thousands of years ago. As part of their culture, the Mayans used a Long Count calendar. The calendar starts with the date of August…
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With her incredible vocal range and purity, runway good looks and girl-next-door charm, Whitney Houston was an out-of-the-box superstar when she arrived on the music scene in 1985. Her meteoric rise included record-setting hits, groundbreaking videos and a promising film career. But by the mid-1990s, rumors of marital woes and drug abuse began to tarnish…
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Le gouvernement de coalition grec a approuvé le projet de loi sur le nouveau plan d’austérité de l’Union européenne et du Fonds monétaire international, vendredi, alors que plusieurs milliers de personnes sont descendues dans les rues de la capitale et que cinq ministres ont présenté leurs démissions pour dénoncer ce plan. Le projet de loi…
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If there is a lesson to be learned from History, it is that all great empires and world orders are transient. The institutions they erect, the economic systems they support, they rise and fall and the earth is still turning. Some would argue that the downfall of the Roman Empire brought an end not just…
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