The New York Times19d
How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government updated its official maps. “We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes ...
Toronto Star21d
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claim major Congolese city, which Congo calls a ‘declaration of war’
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a mass panic among its 2 million people and ...
Human Rights Watch24d
Iran: Two Kurdish Women at Risk of Execution
(Beirut) – Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. “Iranian authorities are using the death ...
Human Rights Watch25d
Statement on Recent Hate Crimes in Australia
Media also has a role to play in responsible reporting and avoiding language that vilifies anyone based on their religion or ethnic background. As highlighted by the Australian Human Rights ...
Romania Insider25d
Scientists discover oldest vestiges of human activity in Europe in Romania, dating back around 2 million years
A recent scientific paper published in the Nature Communications journal revealed evidence of “hominin activity” dating back at least 1.95 million years in Romania. The result marks the oldest ...
Frontiers25d
State and county level legislative approaches to address racial/ethnic health inequities in Maryland (2012–2021)
During the 2012 to 2021 study period, we identified 22 state-level policies and 10 county-level policy actions, that explicitly addressed racial/ethnic health inequities in Maryland. Detailed summary ...
Wired25d
4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...
The Independent25d
Thousands of British troops head to Romania for major Nato exercise
Around 2,500 British personnel, along with hundreds of vehicles, are moving across the continent by land, air and sea to join allies in Romania. The operation, called Steadfast Dart, aims to ...
Reuters26d
EU approves Romania's seven-year deficit reduction plan
BUCHAREST, Jan 21 (Reuters) - EU finance ministers approved Romania's deficit-cutting plan on Tuesday to bring its fiscal deficit below 3% of national output by 2030, a move Bucharest hopes will ...
London Evening Standard26d
Thousands of British troops head to Romania for major Nato exercise as Putin's Ukraine war nears third anniversary
Around 2,500 British personnel, along with hundreds of vehicles, are moving across the continent by land, air and sea to join allies in Romania. The operation, called Steadfast Dart, aims to ...
Pew Research Center26d
119th Congress brings new growth in racial, ethnic diversity to Capitol Hill
How we did this This analysis builds on earlier Pew Research Center work to analyze the racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. Congress. To determine the number of racial and ethnic minority lawmakers ...