Tag: Explainer
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US Election 2024: How does the US measure up to the rest of the world? | Infographic News
How does the United States compare with other countries on socioeconomic indicators? These six graphics provide an overview of the economy, demographics, healthcare, education and military spending as voters get ready to cast their ballots on November 5. Largest economy in the world The US has the largest economy in the world, with a gross…
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US election: 5 days left – What polls say, what Harris and Trump are up to | US Election 2024 News
With less than one week before election day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted rival events in the swing states of Wisconsin and North Carolina where both are fighting for undecided voters. Harris called on Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she attempted to move past President Joe…
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What does UNRWA do and why has Israel banned it from West Bank, Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict News
The Israeli Knesset has passed a bill banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and another that will likely scale back aid distribution across war-ravaged Gaza. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, as well as…
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A nation torn between Russia, the West: Your simple guide to Georgia’s vote | Politics News
Georgians will vote in parliamentary elections on Saturday that look set to define whether the mountainous nation that straddles Eastern Europe and West Asia will pivot towards Moscow or Brussels. The geopolitical bifurcation of the country’s politics has been gradually building for years but came to the fore in April, when wide-scale protests broke out.…
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Britain argues over assisted dying: What to know about the emotive debate | Explainer News
London, United Kingdom – Britain is debating the issue of assisted dying after a bill to legalise it in England and Wales was formally introduced in parliament last week – the first attempt to change the law in a decade. If it were enacted, assisted dying would legally give terminally ill, mentally competent adults with…
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Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered | Food News
Atlantic salmon populations in England and Wales have plummeted to unprecedented lows, according to the Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for 2024, a report published this month by the United Kingdom Environment Agency and Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science. According to the report by the two government agencies, a massive 90 percent of wild…
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How is Lebanon’s cash-strapped government responding to war? | Explainer News
Israel’s war on Lebanon has thrown a country already suffering from compounding crises – economic, banking, political – into an even deeper void. A day after the start of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group began exchanging strikes across the border, which have displaced tens of thousands of…
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With the undeclared invasion of Lebanon, has Netanyahu already won? | Israel attacks Lebanon News
After nearly a year of political division, popular protest and international isolation, Israel’s attacks on Lebanon appear to have given a second wind of sorts to the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced an estimated million, coming after the detonation of thousands of…
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Hurricane Milton strikes Florida: What happened and what’s next? | Climate News
EXPLAINER Milton made landfall in Florida’s Siesta Key, leaving more than three million people without power. Hurricane Milton made landfall on the west coast of Florida on Wednesday night as a Category 3 hurricane. It was downgraded to Category 1 as it cruised through central Florida, causing rainfall and power cuts, before emerging into the…
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India’s BJP wins Haryana, Kashmir favours Congress alliance: What to know | Elections News
India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to register a surprise win in the northern state of Haryana, although an opposition alliance was ahead in the first assembly elections in Indian-administered Kashmir in a decade. Exit polls had projected a win in Haryana for the opposition Congress party, but the BJP managed to come…