Why Did We Stop Going To The Moon?
For the past four and a half decades, no one has visited the moon December 14th, 1972, was the last time humans walked its surface […]
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Why France Is Turning Against Its President
During a televised interview in April 2016, French President Francois Hollande begged his supporters not to abandon him in the next election Many in Hollande’s […]
Why China Is Running Out Of Water
China has gone through rapid industrial growth in the last half century and, as a result, the country continues to suffer from record-breaking levels of […]
Why Do People Deny Genocide?
In March 2016, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the Islamic State was committing genocide in Syria and Iraq Minority groups like Yazidis, […]
Why Are U.S. Presidential Elections So Long?
In April 2015, 576 days before election day, Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for the 2016 presidential race In the 2008 election, she did so […]
Why Do So Many Countries Have Military Bases In Djibouti?
In early 2016, China began construction on its first major overseas military base Perhaps surprisingly, the location was Djibouti – a tiny nation on the […]
Why Are Israel’s Spies So Controversial?
Of all the world’s intelligence and spy agencies, one of the most infamous, and yet secretive, is the Israeli Mossad The organization has been directly […]
Why Do Israel And Singapore Love Each Other?
In April 2016, Singapore’s Prime Minister embarked on a historic trip to Israel, marking the first time a Singaporean leader has visited the country in […]
What Was China’s Cultural Revolution and Why Was It So Violent?
May 2016 marks 50 years since the start of China’s Cultural Revolution The decade long shift resulted in an estimated one-and-a-half million deaths, alongside widespread […]
Why Is Iraq’s Green Zone So Controversial?
In late April 2016, hundreds of protesters broke into Iraq’s parliamentary building, located in the infamous Green Zone The protesters were opposing what they saw […]