UPDATED JANUARY 2024: If you ask how many countries in the world are there in 2024. Well, the answer is that technically speaking there are 197 countries in the world. From a travel perspective, you could argue there are 215 countries. I’ve visited them all! Although it’s pretty compli...
After having visited Kosovo I feel even stronger that this is an independent country so I also include it in my list of countries in the world. South OssetiaThis region on the border between Georgia and Russia and officially part of Georgia declared its independence in 1992 after the fall ...
Ask someone how many countries there are in the world, and the answer might surprise you. In fact, although they may hazard a wild guess, they may not be entirely wrong. The answer to the number of countries in the world isn’t a straightforward answer. There are a few different answers...
RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE: LIVE UPDATES "Sister cities" are partnerships between two cities in two different countries. These partnerships can focus on culture, education, business and other exchanges between the cities. Chicago has been sister cities with Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, since 1991, acc...
If you’re coming to Abkhazia from Russia, then you need to get to the Russian city town of Sochi. It’s a large hub and has an international airport and a huge train station. This border crossing is much easier than the Georgia side, as Abkhazia is a common holiday destination for Ru...
business leaders will need to contend with the fragmentation of cross-border trade. While Russia will be isolated by the West, it will still be integrated with China and many other Asian countries. Commodity imports are likely to be replaced by alternative sources in preferred countries, ...
Garoua-Boulaï, Cameroon —Much of the bloodiest fighting since Russia launched its full-scaleinvasion of Ukrainehas been around the eastern city of Bakhmut, where thousands of ill-equipped Russian forceshave died on the front linessince the end of last year. Many of those fighters ha...
“Many of us are trying hard to change something but people should know that it is difficult and very dangerous indeed to do ... People should know, that behind scary news about Russia, there are millions of Russians, who suffer, who are scared and who are trapped, and who pray for pe...
The article discusses the manner in which Russia treats the cross-border transfer of Intellectual Property (IP) rights. It cites the growth in the number of cross-border transactions in Russia due to globalisation and the evolution of Russian businesses. It examines the legal implications of the ...
American lawmakers say that China’s dependence on illegal practices puts domestic fishermen at a competitive disadvantage. (The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairsdeclined to commenton this allegation.) “We cannot continue to allow countries such as China and Russia to undercut our honest fishers ...