On behalf of the United States of America, I send my heartfelt wishes to the people of Belarus on their official Independence Day. Those living in Belarus and those forced to leave their lives and loved ones behind in exile all deserve the opportunity to choose their own future. To those striving to help your communities achieve a society free of violence and repression, your dedication to providing a better life for your people is an inspiration to the world. We honor the courage of the 1,500 Belarusian political prisoners held captive simply for trying to exercise the freedoms independence…
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From government documents to news reports, commerce, music and social interactions, much of the world’s information is now online. And Google, founded in 1998 with the mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” is the way we access this torrent of knowledge and culture. In April 2024, Google’s search engine accounted for 90 per cent of the Canadian search market. For academics, its specialized Google Scholar and Google Books are mainstays of our research lives. However, while Google Search is essential infrastructure, Google itself is recklessly sabotaging it in socially damaging ways that demand…
Circular holes form light wells, courtyards and spaces for existing trees at this lakeside house in Mexico’s Nayarit state, designed by Mexican studio MCxA Group. Casa Santa Maria del Oro is nestled into a steep slope that falls away to the water, partially embedded within the earth and covered by a green roof. The house is embedded into a slope and disguised by a green roof”The volume of the house is completely hidden, lost in the slope of the land and leaving only the terraces visible, which coexist with native trees and open to the lake,” said architects MCxA. The…
A new chapter has been written regarding how protest encampments come to an end. The Ontario Superior Court of Justice granted an injunction to the University of Toronto on July 2, which provides a justification for police action. University officials gave protesters until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 to leave the site, and the encampment was dismantled before the deadline without any violence. Protesters have been demanding that the university act in a way that supports a pro-Palestinian agenda with respect to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The demands include disclosing all investments, cutting ties with Israeli institutions and divesting…
Taoiseach Simon Harris has said he will seek early engagement with the next British government to forge stronger relationships between the administrations on both islands.Mr Harris told the Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting that the UK election on Thursday provided an “opportunity and major moment” to reset relations with our nearest neighbour.The Taoiseach told TDs and Senators that he was not prejudging the outcome but said it was timely to seek “early engagement to discuss close, good relationships, between Ireland and the UK, in a post-Brexit environment.”It is widely expected that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer will win…
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Moira Fagan, Research AssociateSneha Gubbala, Research AssistantJacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research Dorene Asare-Marfo, Panel ManagerSarah Austin, Research AssistantPeter Bell, Associate Director, Design and ProductionJanakee Chavda, Assistant Digital ProducerLaura Clancy, Research AnalystManolo Corichi, Research AnalystJonathan Evans, Senior ResearcherJanell Fetterolf, Senior ResearcherShannon Greenwood, Digital Production ManagerChristine Huang, Research AssociateAnna Jackson, Editorial AssistantGar Meng Leong, Communications ManagerKirsten Lesage, Research AssociateJordan Lippert, Research AssistantCarolyn Lau, International Research MethodologistJohn Carlo Mandapat, Information Graphics DesignerWilliam Miner, Research AssistantPatrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research MethodsGeorgina Pizzolitto, Research MethodologistDana Popky,…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $56 million in grants to help reduce recidivism and assist people in re-entering their communities after being incarcerated.The award of Pathway Home 5 grant funding will build on the findings of the Linking Employment Activities Pre-release pilots and implementation study, which highlighted the value of close partnerships between jails and workforce system partners to achieve participant success. Authorized by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the grants provide funding for justice-involved people to complete training for skills most valued by local employers. Today’s awards follow the department’s Feb. 8, 2024,…
According to the OSEPE airport employees union, Avgenakis also threatened to have the employee “transferred,” and when other workers tried to calm him down reportedly shouted “don’t touch me, I have immunity!” The union also said the employees had paged Avgenakis by name three times before the gate closed. Opposition parties demanded he be expelled from the parliament. Avgenakis apologized and sought to downplay his behavior, calling it a “verbal incident with the company employee, as he did not allow me to board, claiming that boarding had been completed, while I could see with my own eyes that passengers were…
If space systems such as GPS were hacked and knocked offline, much of the world would instantly be returned to the communications and navigation technologies of the 1950s. Yet space cybersecurity is largely invisible to the public at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Cyberattacks on satellites have occurred since the 1980s, but the global wake-up alarm went off only a couple of years ago. An hour before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, its government operatives hacked Viasat’s satellite-internet services to cut off communications and create confusion in Ukraine. I study ethics and emerging technologies and serve…
The first Inequality Marker results show that, in 2023, 59% of all new projects funded from the International Partnerships budget had a substantial focus on reducing inequality. Looking at the results based on income categories, 77% of new projects in low-income countries had a substantial focus on reducing inequality, with inequality reduction being either a significant or the main objective. The percentage was 70% in lower-middle income countries and 69% in upper-middle income countries.From a regional perspective, 76% of new projects in sub-Saharan Africa substantially contributed to inequality reduction. In Latin America and the Caribbean, 61% of projects targeted inequality reduction…