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GameStop, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a digital-first omni-channel retailer, offering games and entertainment products in over 5,000 brick-and-mortar stores and a comprehensive e-commerce property set across 10 countries. GameStop was also the center of attention for the beginning of 2021 as the media called focused on $GME (GameStop’s stock) through its meteoric rise from $4 a share to over $400 a share, ranging widely between those two numbers and ultimately declining in what some are calling a “pump and dump” scheme.

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About the Author: I am a final semester law student who has focused their studies on financial restructuring, FinTech, corporate, and securities law. I have interned and worked at numerous government agencies and financial institutions. I have a passion for learning about global forces in a wide array of topics and intend to bring that passion here by writing for LBTY. At the end of every article I write, I will include a small message and a link to a very complete guide on how to get set up with your very own Den account so that you too can begin earning for great content you create! 

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“Wear Mask, Save Live'' is seen on every poster of the mockumentary sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, while thoroughly bashing social distance regulations and expanding upon “Wuhan Virus'' conspiracy theories. The first Borat was made back in 2006 and started the wave of mocking cultures and insulting countries. Despite the blatant anti-Semitism and sexist remarks of the first film, it received great praise in the United States for its originality. It was purposely meant to be a joke, as a majority of critics agreed that it was a phenomenal social experiment that made audiences laugh at their ignorance. However, the film was banned in Kazakhstan, where Borat is supposedly from, as an extreme offense of stereotyping negative and untrue aspects of the country. Borat represents a Kazakhstan where women have absolutely no power and must submit to men, where people are uneducated buffoons who hate Jews and deny the existence of the Holocaust, and where people openly accept the horrible roles of society, such as the “Village Rapist.” Kazakhstan hated Borat, but Americans loved him.

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The Eurovision Song Contest has been an annual presentation and competition of national songs since May 24, 1956 and is broadcasted on television throughout Europe. Since 1967 the festival has also been broadcasted in countries outside of Europe. Furthermore, the festival can be followed live on the internet every year by anyone. The contest is spread over three nights over a week-long period with two semi finals and one grand finale. All the participating countries have their own national selection process to settle on which artist may represent their country for the upcoming year. 

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‘Some people even wish me death. They hope that my plane to Rotterdam will crash next month. That really goes beyond all limits. When I read all those messages, I just wanted to sit in the corner and cry. But that's exactly what they want. You know, I don't want to read too many of these kinds of messages. With that I give those reactions too much power. I now mainly try to focus on the people who do support me. My team, my friends, my fans.’ 

Manizja wants to show her fans that it is important to show that she does not succumb to the pressure. Despite the hate reports, official investigations, and threats, she wants to go to the Eurovision Song Contest at all costs. 

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The sub-continent, formerly known as British-India, was colonized by the British for nearly two hundred years. In 1947, when colonization ended and the British left the sub-continent (part of South Asia), two new countries, India and Pakistan, were created on the basis of religion. Kashmir, which was a princely state in 1947, has since been disputed between India and Pakistan. Unlike most of the other princely states who joined India or Pakistan, Kashmir (and Jammu) initially remained independent.

Both India and Pakistan claim Kashmir as their integral part. Nearly three conventional wars have been fought between two nuclear-armed countries on the unresolved matter of Kashmir. In 1948, the United Nations passed UNSC resolution 38 on the status of Kashmir which urged both countries to have a free and fair plebiscite in Kashmir, and to let the people of Kashmir decide their future; whether they want to join India or Pakistan, or to be independent.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her book Hard Choices, called Afghanistan a wicked problem that is neither abating nor ending. Afghanistan was under the iron rule of the Taliban when Al-Qaeda attacked US embassies in East Africa in 1998. In response to this the Clinton administration launched an attack using cruise missiles – known as Operation Infinite Reach – on Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. Thus the American war on Afghan soil was waged first in 1998, and then executed with full wrath after 9/11 when the Taliban refused to hand over Bin Laden and other leaders of Al-Qaeda to the US. The Bush administration used this opportunity to invade Afghanistan and keep an eye on friends and foes in the region. 

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During the tumultuous and unconventional presidential tenure of Donald Trump multilateralism – the principle of three or more parties participating in or agreeing upon something – came under severe attack. Many unilateral executive orders were recklessly signed by Trump without any regard for international concerns. Global trade, diplomacy, and politics were surrounded by an aura of unpredictability during Trump’s regime. Whether it was a trade war with China or the heedless killing of the top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani, America’s friends and foes remained in shock. 

However, hopes for the return to normalcy and multilateralism are now evident around the world. The majority of people are optimistic about the global future now that President Biden is in office. Angel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) believes the same: he said, “I think the fact that the future president of the U.S. is putting multilateralism front and center and is saying that the question of climate is going to be a priority, that the question of biodiversity is going to be a priority, is extremely encouraging, extremely promising, and I would say that we all have to contribute to make it work.” It is now believed that the world will pursue a common goal together with Biden.

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Our generation is living in one of the biggest technological revolutions of all time. This revolution of technological advancement is so abundant, familiar, and well-known that describing it too much would be redundant, to the point of boredom. The Information Age has completely shifted the entire paradigm of communications and relations between all people in our world and their governments, creating both a relative closeness and a complete divide all at once. Sometimes this shift in communications comes with grey areas and drawbacks that many of the people who founded our world’s governments couldn't have foreseen or understood. These murky situations are a hot debate among many politicians, scholars, and citizens to the point of hostility in most social circles.

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One of the finest manifestations of human political consciousness is the creation of the United Nations (UN). It was created to prevent wars and bring tranquility to the world and enhance the integration of the world. However, a number of UN-mandated aspirations are still unfulfilled. Even after its creation there are still wars, violence, retributions, and ugliness all around. Due to so many structural flaws in the United Nations it has failed to play an unbiased and equitable role. Powerful countries and big financers have used the platform to further their vested interests; whereas the plights of millions of innocent people in war-torn countries go unheard.

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South Africa is grappling with the largest outbreak of pandemic despite promising results arising from successful trials and worldwide acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Recently, South Africa has announced it will inoculate its citizens with COVID-19 doses. The country has hardly managed to secure 20 million vaccines for its 60 million population. Because of its huge population, the South African government is unable to immunize every person with this limited consignment. The poor decision of the South African government made it crystal clear that widespread COVID-19 immunization is uncertain for its pandemic-stricken population.

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In 2020, demonstrators took to the streets in major Belarusian cities, including the capital, Minsk. Authorities had recently clamped down on large gatherings, so protest leaders encouraged their support base to convene in smaller groups at designated meeting points (Al Jazeera). The many thousands still willing to turn out every Sunday face the prospect of police brutality and incarceration; they do so in the name of democracy - and more specifically, to contend a fraudulent election result in August that saw President Lukashenko re-elected for his sixth term with 80.10% of the official vote.

Sitting President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko had previously authorized the Belarusian security forces to use lethal force against opposition protesters, according to a new released tape of the country’s deputy interior minister captured by the organization “By_Pol.” The tape originates from October 2020 and on January 14 2021 was made public, fueling new criticism by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who ran against Lukashenko in an election last August, and said the voice in the recording was that of a senior interior ministry official. Officials do not confirm the authenticity of the tape. The tape also revealed plans to build “resettlement” camps for the indefinite resettlement of persons who have repeatedly taken part in the protests. Additionally the tape confirms that the special forces mortally wounded a protester in Minsk on the day after the 2020 presidential elections.

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