The first step to assess the success of the EDF is to look at the production revenue of the biggest European producers. The ASD—which represents over 90 percent of European companies involved in ...

Italy has traditionally been a country of emigration, holding the record for largest voluntary emigration in recorded history: 13 million people between 1880 and 1915. This resettlement was mainly due ...

Every year, US citizens collectively consume 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate. While this sweet and indulgent treat is a staple for Valentine’s Day and Halloween, its colorful and shiny packaging ...

In 2015, a group of Guatemalan minors was brought to the United States and forced to live in squalid conditions and work long hours on an Ohio egg farm under threats of violence. Thousands of human ...

Russia and Japan have yet to sign a formal peace treaty to end World War II. Both nations’ reluctance boils down to their dispute over a string of islands stretching from Hokkaido, Japan’s ...

A leader in exile. Children forced into cultural assimilation. A barrage of failed protests. For more than 50 years, China, a global superpower with a population over 400 times that of Tibet, has ...

In 2023, trade between China and Russia reached US$240 billion, a 26.3 percent increase from the previous year and more than double from 2018 (US$107 billion). Collaborations like the 2012 ...

“Japan is standing on the verge of whether [it] can continue to function as a society.” While the Japanese government and people might not be against immigrants, Japan could provide them with better ...

Why has a remote, frozen island seen rising interest and involvement from foreign powers in recent years? The answer most certainly is not the weather or the snow. Located in the Arctic Circle, ...

Little of the cobalt mined in the DRC is processed domestically or on the continent. Instead, the raw material is shipped to China for refining. The journey between these mining and refining hubs is ...

Have you ever thought about selling your kidney? A piece of your liver? For many people in Asia, these difficult questions are an everyday reality. Organ trading is a huge industry. Including illegal ...

In February 2024, the Minister of Education in Morocco unveiled plans to gradually introduce the teaching of the Berber (Amazigh) language in primary schools, marking a significant shift in ...