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World's Largest Wind Farm | China's Future MEGAPROJECTS: Part 6
New ReviewThe largest wind farm in the world is being constructed in China's Gansu Province, and is one of six mega-farms going up across the country.
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What Is The Paris Climate Change Agreement?
New ReviewExplaining what the historic Paris Climate Change deal does and what it means for the world.
The Daily Conversation
U.S. vs China - What The World Thinks
New ReviewThe U.S. and China will likely be the two most influential countries for the rest of the 21st century. This is how people in 40 countries around the world currently view the two nations across a variety of global issues, according to a...
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Future Sea Level Rise: Top 10 Countries In Danger
New ReviewThese are the top 10 countries threatened by the 6 meter sea level rise we are almost guaranteed to see in the not-too-distant future, according to the projected pace of global warming and ice melt in Greenland and Antarctica.
Curated Video
King Charles appears to usher Biden on after he loiters talking to soldier
King Charles appears to usher President Biden on after he loiters talking to a soldier.Source: Reuters
Curated Video
How will the U.S. election impact Ontario?
Ahead of the 2024 U.S. election, the Ontario government says it's willing to work with whichever party takes the White House. CBC’s Lorenda Reddekopp has more on the potential provincial impact of the U.S. election.
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Modi visits Ukraine a month after warm Putin meeting
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Ukraine a month after a warm meeting with President Vladimir Putin as Russia bombed a Kyiv children’s hospital.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kati Marton - Teachers Make a Difference: Vladimir Petrov and Ilona Marton
Kati Marton credits two influential teachers for shaping her passions. Vladimir Petrov, a Russian refugee and professor at George Washington University, inspired her love for international relations through his lived experiences and...
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Where Muslim Populations Are Most Overestimated
People in many countries greatly overestimate the number of Muslims living among them, often due to fear-based news and stereotypes. For example, Americans think 17% of the population is Muslim, when it's actually less than 1%. This...
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Mission to Mars: Future Megaprojects
NASA has a three-phase plan to send humans to Mars by 2040, including building new spacecraft, testing deep-space missions, and learning how to live on the Red Planet. Alongside efforts by private companies like SpaceX, NASA is working...
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World's Most Unequal Countries
This video lists the 10 countries where the richest 1% of people control the most wealth, with Russia topping the list. Many of these countries, including the U.S., India, and Brazil, face major inequality problems where a few people...
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Amazing Images of a Changing Earth, From Space
Satellite images show how fast the Earth is changing due to things like melting glaciers, wildfires, dams, and growing cities. These changes can affect people’s lives, such as forcing them to move or losing access to water and land....
Curated Video
Stuxnet
Stuxnet, a powerful cyber weapon used to disrupt Iran's nuclear advancements at the Natanz facility in 2010, marked a pivotal moment in the history of cyber warfare.
Curated Video
Oleg Penkovsky
Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet spy who switched allegiances to the West during the Cold War, helped to avert nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Curated Video
Propaganda Today
In the digital age, it’s never been easier for governments to influence our opinions and actions using propaganda. So what does propaganda actually look like in the 21st century – and how effective is it?
Vlogbrothers
North Korea: Explained
Is North Korea going to bomb us? Is North Korea a Threat? Is North Korea Communist? Why does North Korea Hate us? These (according to my extremely imprecise research) are the most common questions people in the world have about North...
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Witness denounces fictional Ukraine interference
A former White House Russia analyst sternly warned Republican lawmakers in the impeachment probe Thursday to quit pushing a "fictional" narrative that Ukraine not Russia interfered in the 2016 election as they defend President Donald Trump.
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Ousted ambassador: Removal aided shady interests
Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch opened the second day of Trump impeachment hearings Friday declaring that her abrupt removal by President Donald Trump's administration played into the hands of "shady interests the world...
Makematic
UN Global Goal 15: Life on Land (Ages 11 - 17)
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land for teenage students
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Herbert Kelman - Conflict Resolution
HERBERT C. KELMAN is the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus, at Harvard University and was (from 1993 to 2003) Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Harvard's Weatherhead...
Wonderscape
History Kids: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Learn all about JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Understand the events of October 1962 that took the United States to the brink of nuclear war and how President John F. Kennedy averted unchecked nuclear proliferation.
Makematic
Take Action for Affordable and Clean Energy (Ages 11 - 17)
Teenage student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
Makematic
Global Icons: Koffi Annan
A short animation about the life of Global Icon Koffi Annan and how he represents Understanding Global Issues
Makematic
Take Action for Clean Water and Sanitation (Ages 5 - 11)
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation