BBC15d
DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries
The Romanians were contracted to help the army fight the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who say they are fighting to protect the rights of DR Congo's minority ethnic Tutsis. When the offensive on Goma ...
The New York Times18d
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 ...
Law Society of England and Wales18d
A guide to race and ethnicity terminology and language
In the Equality Act 2010, the protected characteristic of ‘race’ is defined as including colour, ethnic or national origin, or nationality. There is some overlap with the characteristic of religion or ...
Human Rights Watch23d
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 ...
India Today23d
Nita Ambani flaunts ethnic glam in traditional sarees at Trump's inauguration events
Mukesh and Nita Ambani attended Donald Trump's Inauguration Day ceremonies in Washington, where the latter proudly showcased her Indian heritage through her sartorial choices. Listen to Story (L) Nita ...
Wired24d
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 Independent24d
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 ...
Reuters25d
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 Standard25d
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 Center25d
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 ...
Romania Insider25d
China's Haier closes down EUR 70 mln refrigerator factory in Romania
Chinese group Haier announced it will close down its refrigerator factory in Romania, the group's largest production hub in Europe, launched in 2021 after EUR 70 million in investments that ...
Associated Press25d
China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group
(AP Photo, File) BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday. The ...