Blogs about Countries, states, towns, etc.

In India, popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change. Image credit Manuel Lopez for the World Economic Forum via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Deed. This article is from an upcoming issue of Amandla! as …

NOTE: Hello There! It’s been a while since my last fuel price update (Aug 2022 to be exact). Since then, there have been several fuel prices changes in Barbados. So, I’ll be adding new fuel …

The Constitution does not and should not prevent the democratically elected government from passing laws merely because an economically powerful minority opposes it. It is inevitable that the constitutionality of aspects of the National Health …

This is an overview of all the new sources, projects, and other news of the past month. Sources Gelderland birth records (1913-1922), marriage records (1943-1947), and death records (1961-1972) have been scanned and indexed and …

The International Court of Justice Provisional Measures and Plausibility Roy Schondorf explores the concept of ‘plausibility’ in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings on provisional measures, particularly in the context of the South Africa …

From 17 May to 3 June 2024, the British Library celebrates its sixth Food Season, with a range of events that highlight the stories, the politics, and the people behind how and why we eat. …

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Three things to use in class Epitaph for Mme Ren, titled Lady of Virtue (shuren) The Honorable Bao Deming, the Assistant Regional Military Commander for my province, lost his first wife. Prior to her burial, …

Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please. I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for …

Before the last state election we were told we could have both the Suburban Rail Loop and spending on health. The people bought that message and the Labor government was returned with a strong majority.Since …

A guilty verdict was declared Sunday in the trial of Andrei Donet, one of the two young men accused of the murder of Jannai Dopwell-Bailey in 2021. The other, a minor, was convicted in youth …

The Tidö party leaders. Photograph by Tom Samuelsson - Eget arbete, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128410949 Marcus Larsson, with the think tank Balans, has recently published an audit that shows how elected politicians in Stockholm are …

By Palestine Chronicle Staff The new strategy of the Resistance seems to be partly predicated on joint operations conducted between the various Resistance groups. As was the case in the last few days, today’s operations …

Does China have a plan to save its wobbly economy? Last week in Foreign Policy I argued that it does—but not the sort of plan most Western economists are comfortable with. Western analysts blame slowing …

Langkawi LRT is a proposed light rail transit system in Langkawi, Malaysia. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on 29 April 2024 between the state-owned Kedah Investment Authority (Permodalan Kedah Bhd (PKB)) and South …

Taiwanese kids aren’t shy to say hello. Apparently, English teachers encourage them to approach foreigners—and the good students of Taiwan have taken this to heart.Below are four short stories of my encounters with children in …

For the first time in five years I attended [RubyKaigi](https://rubykaigi.org/2024/). From 2007 to 2018, I attended every RubyKaigi, volunteering as staff from 2011 onwards. This time though, I participated as a sponsor via TokyoDev. Sponsoring …

. Map of Paris in 1889. In the early 20th century, as the city underwent rapid expansion, the decision was made to demolish the outdated fortifications that encircled the city. / Paris, with its grand …