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10 hours ago · > The coat of arms of the Republic of Bolivia is elliptical in shape. In the upper part is a rising sun appearing behind the Cerro Rico with skies at dawn. In the centre, the Cerro Rico of Potosí and the Cerro Menor. On the upper part of the smaller hill, the Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
6 hours ago · Today, we are at the dawn of a new connectivity era: with edge cloud bringing computing capacity closer to users, or satellite integrating with terrestrial communications, or encryption shifting to the quantum era and research in 6G accelerating. Our “digital” choice is whether we seize the opportunity to lead the connectivity ecosystem.
10 hours ago · PRIME Minister James Marape has told the 79th UN General Assembly the three threats to humanity that is complementary to the “Leave no one behind” theme. Marape said these threats are Religious Intolerance, Poverty induced by Climate Change, and Geo-political differences and sovereignty contests over territories and people. “And I will prefix this statement here with my country as backdrop.
10 hours ago · He aligned Papua New Guinea with its Pacific neighbours in calling for the inclusion of sea-level rise as a standalone agenda item in the UN General Assembly, a proposal led by Vanuatu. The Pacific Island Leaders Forum, which met in Tonga in August 2024, officially recognised climate change as an existential threat, and Marape’s address ...
10 hours ago · The concept of "terra nullius" – the notion that Australia was "empty land" upon European arrival – underpinned the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their traditional lands. This legal fiction allowed for the appropriation of vast tracts of land, leading to displacement, cultural disruption, and the erosion of Indigenous sovereignty.
10 hours ago · The Middle East is embroiled in a complex, three-pronged conflict as Israel engages with Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen. This multifaceted battle has far-reaching regional and global implications, claiming numerous lives and sparking international concern. Decades-long tensions between Israel and Palestine escalated with Operation Breaking Dawn in Gaza, targeting Palestinian Islamic Jihad ...
10 hours ago · The Riau Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Riau, Jawi: كڤولاوان رياو , Chinese: 廖內群島) is a province of Indonesia —not to be confused with neighbouring Riau Province from which the Riau Islands Province were separated in 2002. The capital of the province is Tanjung Pinang, while the largest city is Batam.
