ASTANA – Leora Shekufeh Eisenberg, a doctoral student at Harvard and a historian with a degree from Princeton University, has ...

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John Feng is Newsweek's contributing editor for Asia ... This map from the Institute for the Study of War from January 27, 2025, shows control of Velyka Novosilka, Donetsk region.

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As they span significant areas of Asia ... Karst Bedrock Map in China. Many of Yunnan’s poorest counties are located in the karst areas in the western and eastern parts of the province, although there ...

Introduction The documented benefits of gender parity in leadership are emerging—women leaders have been shown to have a ...

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