The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the subsequent U.S. state laws restricting abortion, put the United States at odds with a global trend toward laws that favor abortion rights, according to theCenter for Reproductive Rights. ...
While the Portuguese records suggest that before 1590 there were no large states in the region, by the first decades of the 17th century a powerful state had emerged under Muzura, perhaps out of an earlier system of small Maravi states at the southern end of Lake Nyasa. Although initially...
The head of cinematography on GWTW placed a small green light under the camera to give her eyes a greenish tint in closeups. David O. Selznick was eternally grateful to him for it. Her eyes were a bright blue. 她眼睛不是灰色的,并且他们一定不是绿色的! 摄影头在GWTW在特写镜头安置小绿灯在...
although that country lies mainly in North America proper. To overcome thisanomaly, the whole of Mexico, together with Central and South American countries, also may be grouped under the name Latin America, with theUnited StatesandCanadabeing referred to asAnglo-America. This cultural division is...
Philippines properly through dialogue and consultation. "We hope the Philippines will honor its commitment, earnestly observe the understandings and arrangement reached with China, refrain from taking actions that may complicate the situation, and work with China to get the situation at sea under ...
Developing nations, or LMICs, are of particular interest to investors seeking to identify growth opportunities. Both their risks and their returns are relatively high. Developing countries are generally characterized as economic underperformers, but innovation and industrial breakthroughs can lead to substan...
Multilateralism is under pressure but the solution is not to abandon it but to improve it, Lee said, adding that the alternative of a world without multilateral institutions and widely accepted international rules disadvantages all countries, big and small. Mathias said in his speech that the conve...
For example, under the Global Magnitsky Act, since December 2017, the United States has imposed targeted visa restrictions and financial sanctions on "perpetrators of atrocities" in Burma (Myanmar).14 Additional sanctions were imposed in 2019 against Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing...
Under a law dating from 1861, women who seek abortions and providers who perform them can face prison time. In 2022, the president’s cabinet backed a bill that would have decriminalized the procedure. However, the proposed legislation, called the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Bill, ...
Owen Felltham's A Brief Character of the Low-Countries under the States is a satiric, but also reflective, portrait of the United Provinces. It is in two parts, ostensibly structured around the vices and virtues of the Dutch people. It was written in the mid-1620s, amidst fierce debate ...