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Left and right wing: terms used to delineate the partisan divide between, on the left, change benefitting the working class, and, on the right, change benefitting the established order of privilege. Relating to world politics
"We not only saved the world" is a statement uttered by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, during Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in December 2008. It has since been interpreted as evidence of Brown's pride in his actions since the financial crisis of 2007–2008 .
At the 2005 World Summit, the world's nations agreed on a "Responsibility to Protect", allowing a right for humanitarian intervention. It has been argued that this could create a flexible application of concepts of sovereignty and territorial integrity, easing the strict adherence and taking into account the de facto status of the territory and ...
The last time Donald Trump was president, he imposed a slew of tariffs on China that upended global trade. He's threatening to do it again.. Round One inadvertently pushed China and Mexico closer ...
In its 2024 Freedom of the World report Freedom House gave the United States a 4 out of 4 rating on the right of freedom of movement noting that there are "no significant undue restrictions on freedom of movement within the United States, and residents are generally free to travel abroad without improper obstacles." [4]
"Go West, young man, and grow up with the country", a phrase often attributed to author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley in favor of westward expansion. "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected", said by William Tecumseh Sherman when asked about a presidential bid during the 1884 presidential election.
World leaders are meeting in Paris this month in what amounts to a last-ditch effort to avert the worst ravages of climate change. Climatologists now say that the best case scenario — assuming immediate and dramatic emissions curbs — is that planetary surface temperatures will increase by at least 2 degrees Celsius in the coming decades.
They reached the exit and turned off the highway onto a country road. “Oh, here we are, right here,” Jim said, easing onto the corkscrew drive that led up a hill onto the Recovery Works property. “Comes up on you pretty fast.” To the left was a series of small brick cottages where the residents lived.