Juan Luis Guerra and Edgar Barrera take home Latin Grammys
The 2024 Latin Grammys proved to be a night full of heartfelt tributes and moments of camaraderie. From the sincere exchange between Carlos Vives and…
Unlocking Soft Power Potential: Kazakhstan’s Creative Economy as a Tool to Global Recognition
In the 2024 Brand Finance Global Soft Power Index, Kazakhstan ranked 80th, demonstrating a significant level of soft power influence. In contrast, other Central Asian…
Dutch watchdog fines Clearview AI $33.7M for illegally gathering facial recognition data
The Dutch Data Protection Authority on Tuesday fined New York-based Clearview over facial recognition. File Photo by geralt/Pixabay Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Netherlands' digital…
Latin Grammy music stars react to their 2024 lifetime award honors
Latin music acts Albita, Los Ángeles Azules, Draco Rosa and others will be honored in Miami this November at the 2024 Latin Grammys with special…
G7 condemns Israel’s recognition of 5 West Bank settlements
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa is seen overlooking the biblical town of Bethlehem, West Bank. On Thursday, the G7 nations condemned Israel's recent announcement…
A Legal and Diplomatic Analysis of Somaliland’s Quest for International Recognition
Abstract: This article provides an extensive and nuanced analysis of the persistent and strategic quest of Somaliland for international recognition as a sovereign state vis-á-vis…
Why many California Indian tribes still lack U.S. recognition
Book Review Unrecognized in California: Federal Acknowledgment and the San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians By Olivia M. ChilcoteUniversity of Washington Press: 218 pages,…
The recognition of Palestine is undermined by support for harmful policies | Opinions
On May 28, Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced they are formally recognising Palestine as a state. The move was welcomed by Palestinians and condemned by the Israeli…
What’s behind Norway’s recognition of Palestinian statehood? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Norway, alongside Ireland and Spain, recently announced its decision to formally recognise Palestinian statehood based on the pre-1967 borders, starting from Tuesday. Predictably, as the…
European countries recognition of Palestine: too little too late? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Marc Lamont Hill discusses the latest move towards recognising Palestinian statehood with analyst Mouin Rabbani. On May 28th, Norway, Spain, and Ireland will officially recognise…
What does the increasing recognition of Palestinian statehood mean? | Israel-Palestine conflict
Norway, Ireland and Spain announce they will recognise an independent Palestinian state. Until now, most Western countries have maintained they will formally recognise Palestinian statehood…
‘How does UN recognition harm peace?’, asks Palestinian UN rep | Newsfeed
NewsFeedPalestinian representative to the UN, Ziad Abu Amr has told the UN Security Council that granting Palestinians a sovereign state will pave the way for…
Unlocking Soft Power Potential: Kazakhstan’s Creative Economy as a Tool to Global Recognition
In the 2024 Brand Finance Global Soft Power Index, Kazakhstan ranked 80th, demonstrating a significant level of soft power influence. In contrast, other Central Asian…
Japanese high court rules lack of same-sex marriage recognition unconstitutional
Plaintiffs hold a banner before the ruling on same-sex marriage at the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE March 14…
Somalia’s Denial Won’t Rewrite the Books: Somaliland Has Proven Itself a De Facto State Deserving Recognition
When Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took the stage at the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia’s capital of Addis Ababa on February 17th, 2024,…
Tony Award winner Hinton Battle dies at 67
Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has…
Washington takes aim at facial recognition
The letter comes a day after the National Academies released a 106-page report concluding that facial recognition systems have gotten so advanced that the industry…
Bill seeks federal recognition for Gabrielino-Tongva Nation
A local tribe’s bid for federal recognition is getting a boost from organized labor and a member of Congress who recently introduced legislation that would…
“No Peace, No Recognition, No Negotiations”? Arab Society on the Way to Radicalization
The first take-away from the October 2023 violence surrounding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is that this conflict—regardless of what has been said before—remains at the center…
LGBTQ+ Polish couples’ fight for recognition
LGBTQIA+ rights campaigners demanding legal recognition for same-sex couples in Poland have hailed a European court ruling on Tuesday that increased pressure on Donald Tusk’s…