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The Nuremberg Laws were introduced by the Nazi government in Germany on September 15, 1935 to ostracize and impoverish its…
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It was undoubtedly one of the most unorthodox – and therefore memorable – settings for a major political debate. On…
On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, starting an era of Communist…
In April 1954, amidst growing tensions regarding the situation in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, the international community convened a…
Since 1979, the U.S. has maintained unofficial relations with Taiwan to preserve the U.S.’s recognition of the People’s Republic of…
A country of white sand beaches and palm trees, the Seychelles is an exotic tourist destination. It also happens to…