[New Times] The United Nations General Assembly will on Friday, September 4, vote on an African-led initiative calling for wider use of world maps that represent the size of continents particularly Africa more accurately.
[This Day] The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the weekend adopted a resolution promoting the wider use of equal-area world maps, including the Equal Earth projection, in a move aimed at addressing long-standing distortions in the representation of Africa and other
[Daily News] Dar es Salaam -- THE United Nations decision to promote world maps that more accurately portray the size of continents could trigger a rethink of how geography is taught and understood in Tanzania.
[Vanguard] ABUJA-- Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has welcomed a United Nations resolution encouraging the use of world maps that more accurately represent Africa's size, but cautioned that a corrected map alone cannot drive the
[This Day] The Mercator Projection did not only distort geography, it distorted ambitions, argues CHETA NWANZE
[New Times] The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on Friday September 4, calling for world maps that more accurately represent the true size of continents, particularly Africa.
[Vanguard] Nigeria has joined 163 other countries to endorse an African-led UN resolution seeking fairer world maps that accurately reflect Africa's true geographical size.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United States was the lone country to reject an African-led campaign to change how the world is depicted on maps, as 164 countries backed a United Nations resolution promoting more geographically accurate projections.
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a resolution supporting the transition from the centuries-old Mercator projection to more accurate equal-area world maps, including the 2018 Equal Earth projection.
She matched the country's best-ever Miss World result, previously achieved by Lina Teoh in 1998.
The self-professed “story of a theatrical revolution and how it shaped a nation,” Freddie Fox’s documentary “Into the Breach” attempts to chronicle the impact that British theater has exerted on art, culture and politics over the last century. Assembling a roundtable of acting
Rescue efforts have increasingly focused on 12 hydropower projects, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities said.
The enforcement drive began in the western state of Maharashtra, where inspections of food establishments have found infestations of rats and cockroaches, peeling paint, improper food storage and expired products.
Omar al-Bayoumi has always denied being an extremist and a Saudi spy.
NEW DELHI, Sept 7 - At least six people were killed and several others injured after a building housing students in India's capital Delhi, collapsed, the city-state's chief minister said on Monday, as rescuers searched for anyone still trapped in the debris.
A large number of items that were part of the campaign appeared for resale on an online marketplace.
Alternative for Germany's landslide victory in Saxony-Anhalt has drawn celebration from Europe's populist right and sharp condemnation from Poland's prime minister.
MEPs from The Left group in the European Parliament had a face to face meeting with EU Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen ahead of the unveiling of the Commission's Affordable Housing Act, expected next Wednesday (9 September). Left MEPs said they had “made it
Paris-based The Party Film Sales, attached to Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner “Congo Boy,” has inked multiple deals on the French documentary “Tax Me (If You Can),” helmed by Thomas Lafarge (“The World According to Amazon,” “In the
With a bigger capital cushion, financial institutions may also be asked to do more to mobilize resources in capital markets, analysts say.
China’s WZ-X points to a future in which stealth, endurance, surveillance and strike converge in a new class of unmanned aircraft built for sustained operations across the vast distances of the Pacific. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that newly surfaced aerial imagery
KATHMANDU, Sept 7 - Grief-stricken Nepalis entered the traditional Hindu last day of mourning on Monday for the hundreds who died in the catastrophic flood along the country's border with China even as the government kept search operations going after four miracle rescues in
Venice Golden Lion winner Lav Diaz (“The Woman Who Left”), who returns to the Lido this week with the Venice Open selection “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (Makikiraan Po), is in post-production on “An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman.” The Filipino auteur
Discarding repairable goods generates 35 million tonnes of waste and 261 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually. Brussels wants to change this by promoting repairs over replacements. But how does it make fixing products easier? Ask the Euronews AI chatbot.
Turkey lifts its inflation outlook as the Middle East conflict weighs on the country's economic projections.
Anak Krakatau, which lies about 150km from the capital Jakarta, began erupting late on Friday.
The court could either side with Germany and throw out the case completely or rule against Berlin, meaning the case would then be considered "on the merits" in more detail.
China’s robot defence research underscores how rapidly military technologies are evolving globally.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has scrapped a new defence advisory group days after unveiling it, following pushback from member states.
The far-right AfD party won the regional elections in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Meanwhile, the burial of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić in Belgrade today, after the EU warned against any glorification of him, is testing Serbia's EU bid.
A new study claims to show the scale of psychosocial risks, stress and mental health of those in work. The findings were made public just ahead of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) vote on psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at
A group of prominent Palestinian, Arab and international filmmakers and industry professionals on Monday launched the Gaza Cinema Academy at the Venice Film Festival. The new entity aims to establish a sustainable space for film education, training and production in Gaza,
“The Red and the Black,” an adaptation of Stendhal’s 1830 novel, follows the young Julien Sorel (Victor Belmondo) as he pursues greatness, rising socially beyond his modest upbringing while entangled in a web of passion, power and political intrigue. Following screenings at
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Panamax container vessel MV REN JIAN 15 has docked at the Port of Mombasa carrying 3,710 containers, reinforcing the port's role as a key gateway for cargo destined for Kenya and the wider East African region.
The Shinjuku ward hosts nearly 10 per cent of Japan’s 42,000 short-term rentals.
Residents, businesses and charities are focused on the economy ahead of the general election.
From the museum loan of the century, to the bewitching return of Practical Magic — here's what to look out for this week.
A barefoot monk in a red robe walks the length of San Sebastian’s La Concha, pauses beneath the concrete rooms of Chillida Leku and stands before the crashing wall of the Peine del Viento. He is Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker, and in “Dust,” the 11th installment of the director’s
Thousands of videos and images of unidentified children had been found on the man's mobile phone in 2022, when police searched his phone in connection with another criminal case, police said in December.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Greenland to discuss the Arctic's growing importance among allies. The visit comes as Brussels is busy preparing a reviewed Arctic policy, with experts warning it must have security and defence at its core.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Forum For Art and Culture (WFAC) and Creativeland Studios have formalized a partnership to take “Krishnavataram,” a trilogy tracing the life of Hindu God Lord Krishna, to international audiences. The association was made official on Janmashtami, the
As the European Commission considers its final response to the Fur Free Europe European Citizens’ Initiative, The Lancet Regional Health – Europe has published a commentary by leading zoonotic disease experts and academics warning that fur farming poses a preventable public
Executives from Alibaba Token Hub, Sonilo and PROMPTR joined film educator Barry Dignam at a TapNow-hosted panel during the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Production Bridge to debate AI filmmaking’s creative and economic impact, capped by a technical breakdown of the
“Look Back” is Kore-eda Hirokazu’s third time working from manga source material, but never before has the arthouse filmmaker drawn from such a commercially popular and internationally beloved work.A one-volume story from “Chainsaw Man” mangaka Fujimoto Tatsuki, “Look Back”
With its lush costumes, decadent food spreads and playfully anachronistic soundtrack, Sofia Coppola’s gorgeous 2006 film “Marie Antoinette” is a phenomenon of the aughts, a kaleidoscopic yet emotionally dark foray into youthful isolation and, like much of the filmmaker’s work,
