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26Jan/22

BRAIN-CONTROLLED SMART ASSISTANTS, DISEASE-DETECTING MIRRORS AND DIGITALLY-CONNECTED TREES TO BECOME MAINSTREAM BY 2030, ACCORDING TO NEW VODAFONE STUDY

January 26, 2022InnovationAgeing, Articles, Climate change, Companies, Demography, Population ageing, Vodafone, Vodafone Australia, Vodafone Egyptsmbale

Connectivity and smart technology will fundamentally transform our experience of the world within the next decade, according to a new report launched today by Vodafone. The Connected Consumer 2030 (CC2030) report explores five key trends that will drive the future of connectivity, challenging head-on the impact of climate change, depleting natural resources and ageing populations. Continue reading

13Sep/21

RNA Analytics explores digital transformation in InsurTech with new white paper

September 13, 2021FinanceAcademic disciplines, Actuarial science, Analytics, Articles, Demography, Formal sciences, Insurance, Risk, Society of Actuariessmbale

RNA Analytics, a global leader in actuarial and risk management, launches today a brand new white paper ‘InsurTech: Market in Summary’, which explores the recent challenges and newest opportunities within the actuarial, insurance and risk management sectors today. Continue reading

28Oct/17

‘White Lives Matter’ supporters chant ‘Blood and Soil’ as they rally in Tennessee

October 28, 2017SocialAlt-right, Antisemitism, Demography, Far-right politics, Far-right politics in the United States, Hospitality/Recreation, Identity politics, Iraq, League of the South, Nashville, Nationalism, Nationalist Front, Nazism and occultism, Neo-Nazism, Political ideologies, Politics, Race and society, Refugee, Shelbyville, Shelbyville Tennessee, Social Issues, Somalia, southern poverty, Tennessee, Traditionalist Worker Party, United States, War/Conflict, White nationalism, White supremacysmbale

SHELBYVILLE, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 28, 2017) (NBC)- About 300 white nationalists and neo-Nazis took to the streets of the small Tennessee city of Shelbyville on Saturday (October 28) to protest refugee resettlement in the state, which sued the federal government over the issue earlier this year. Continue reading →

01Sep/17

Rwanda’s tech entrepreneurs use technology to tackle reproductive health challenges amongst youth

September 1, 2017EducationAfrica, Articles, Burundi, Demography, Geography of Africa, Human geography, Landlocked countries, Least developed countries, Mahama Refugee Camp, Member states of the African Union, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Michaella Rugwizangoga, Midwifery, Nicky Dominique Uwase, Nicky Dominique Uwase Alonga, Population, Refugee camp, Reproductive health, Rwanda, Sex education, Social Issues, Syllvie, Sylvain Muzungu, Sylvain Uhirwa, Sylvie Uhirwa, Therese Karugwiza, United Nations Population Fundsmbale

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) develops an innovation accelerator programme that is supporting young entrepreneurs in addressing reproductive health challenges in Rwanda. ‘Tantine’- an app developed by twins Sylvie and Sylvain Uhirwa – both medical students at the University of Rwanda. The app opens up a channel of communication on sexual and reproductive health issues to Burundian refugees living in Mahama Refugee Camp in the south of the country.
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14Aug/17

70 years later, a survivor tells tales of India-Pakistan split

August 14, 2017ImmigrationAmritsar, British Empire, Demography, Divided regions, Forced migration, Human geography, Human migration, India, Lahore, Ludhiana, Mass migration, Pakistan, Pakistan Movement, Partition, Partition of India, Political geography, Province/State: Punjab, Punjab, Punjab India, Regions, Sialkot, Sikh, Sudheer Singh Kukreja, War/Conflictsmbale

AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (REUTERS)- The partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 led to one of the largest known mass migrations in the human history with millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims displaced from their homelands. Continue reading →

20Mar/17

Norway unseats Denmark as world’s happiest country – report

March 20, 2017Human InterestAustralia, Burundi, Canada, Central African Republic, Continents, Countries, Demography, Denmark, Environmental social science, Finland, France, Geography of Africa, Germany, Guinea, Human geography, Iceland, Landlocked countries, Least developed countries, Liberal democracies, Liberia, Life expectancy, Member states of NATO, Member states of the African Union, Member states of the Council of Europe, Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Member states of the United Nations, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oslo, Quality of life, Rwanda, Scandinavian countries, Social Issues, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, United Kingdom, United States, World Happiness Report, Yemensmbale

Norway displaces its neighbour Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report that assesses life expectancy, freedom, social support and corruption, among other measures.
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07Mar/17

Nigeria seeks U.S. immigration clarity, advises against non-urgent travel

March 7, 2017ImmigrationAbike Dabiri, Abuja, Atlanta, Countries, Country: United States, Cultural globalization, Dabiri, Dabiri-Erewa, Demography, Donald Trump, Foreign relations of the United States, Halima Benjamin, Human migration, International organizations, Iraq, Lagos, Nigeria, president, Social Issues, Travel visa, United States, Victor Obot, Visa policy of Lebanon, Visa policy of Libya, Washington, Worldsmbale

Nigeria advises its citizens against any non-urgent travel to the United States until Washington clarifies its immigration policy, following several incidents of people with valid visas being denied entry.

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07Mar/17

Most primate species at risk of extinction, says report

March 7, 2017EnvironmentBiology, Demography, DURHAM, Endangered species, Environment, Environmental conservation, Extinction, Holocene extinction, Human impact on the environment, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Jim Drury, JO SETCHELL, Natural environment, Nature, Primate, Primatologists, Primatology, United Kingdomsmbale

Some of the world’s leading primatologists have warned that more than half of the world’s primate species are at risk of extinction, due to increasing anthropogenic pressures on their habitats. Jim Drury reports. Continue reading →

28Feb/17

Door knocks in the dark: The Canadian town on front line of Trump migrant crackdown

February 28, 2017ImmigrationAngus Reid, Asylum seeker, Canada, Canada–United States border, City: Emerson, Cory Meyers, Country: Canada, Cultural globalization, Demography, Donald Trump, Emerson, Emerson Manitoba, Ethics, European migrant crisis, Forced migration, Geography of Canada, Human migration, Illegal immigration, Ismail, Jacquelyn Reimer, Justin Trudeau, Manitoba, Pembina Valley Region, Politics, Province/State: Manitoba, Social Issues, United States, Winnipegsmbale

The Canadian town of Emerson, Manitoba has become the front line of an emerging political crisis that is testing Canada’s will to welcome asylum seekers
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22Feb/17

Germany to “evaluate” migrants’ mobile phone data in certain cases – interior minister

February 22, 2017ImmigrationAdministrative territorial entities, Aftermath of war, Berlin, Countries, Country: Germany, Demography, Deportation, Environmental social science, Eritrea, European migrant crisis, Extradition, Forced migration, Geography of Africa, Germany, Mobile phone, Politics, Punishments, Refugee, Right of asylum, Social Issues, Sudan, Technology, Thomas de Maizieresmbale

Germany will begin to “evaluate” mobile phone data of migrants whose identity is in question and speed up the deportation process of people who were denied refugee status, the country’s interior minister said.

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