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Türkiye: ‘Destiny of Geography’ Shakes The Earth Again

It is common for Türkiye to witness earthquakes because its geographical location makes it a hotbed of seismic activity. Still, the new thing that occurred at dawn on Monday was the destructive force of two earthquakes that struck the transcontinental nation, in addition to numerous seismic aftershocks. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Auckland’s emergency: a lesson in geography

Professor John Morgan offers a 'lesson plan' for Auckland children returning to school to help them understand what's going on in their city after the floods.

Newsroom.co.nz

Rob Trueblood obituary

Other lives: Geography teacher and trade unionist who spent much of his spare time on local community campaigns

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MLS, Liga MX Reveal Groups for Revamped 2023 Leagues Cup

Fifteen three-team groups were arranged based on geography and domestic performance.

Sports Illustrated

Emissions don't discriminate, people do

What real estate, oil wells, racism and yogurt containers reveal about the disparate damages caused by fossil fuels

Salon

Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Do Not Discriminate, But People Do

What real estate, oil wells, racism and yogurt containers reveal about the disparate damages caused by fossil fuels.

Capital & Main

Dick Knowles obituary

Other lives: Geography lecturer whose tidy mind was the inspiration for a series of key cards used by students to revise for their exams

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How Val McDermid met Jo Sharp: ‘I Googled her to make sure she was a real person’

Crime writer McDermid, 67, kept seeing geography professor Sharp, 53, at literary events. They eventually had a drink at the bar in 2013 and now live together in Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

Police roll out changes for rural staff

One percent of the police’s total workforce cover 50 percent of New Zealand’s geography. Emma Hatton reports on the challenges of rural policing and what’s being done about it.

Newsroom.co.nz

Why farmers in northern Ghana go to bed hungry

Ghana is one of the few countries often praised for achieving impressive reductions in hunger. The 2022 Global Hunger Index report reveals Ghana’s hunger score has declined by more than 50 percent since the year 2000. At the Crans Montana Forum held in November 2022, where critical issues of global…

The Conversation

US Space Force eyes 'prime' Australian real estate for future warfare operations

Visiting senior US military officers believe Australia is a "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow", as they eye off this continent's "prime" geography for future space operations.

ABC News

States differ on how best to spend $26B from settlement in opioid cases

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

WEKU

Remembering Yi-Fu Tuan: The most influential scholar you've never heard of

Yi-Fu Tuan, who died in Madison, Wis. on Aug. 10, 2022, was known as the most influential academic you never knew. Referred to as the father of humanistic geography, his most influential works dealt with the concepts of space, place and sense of place.

The Conversation

American elections are a question of geography. Here’s how remote workers reshaped the political landscape

The exodus of remote workers from big cities could explain the close midterm races in Nevada and Arizona.

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The Conversation

Democracy spreads in waves – but shared cultural history might matter more than geography

Recent events like the war in Ukraine, conflicts over Taiwan and the rise of authoritarian ideology have renewed interest in the foundations of modern democracy.

The Conversation

There's no one 'Latino vote' – religion and geography add to voters' diversity

Nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States today are Latino, and “the Latino vote” has attracted significant news coverage as their political voice grows stronger. Yet considering all 62 million Latinos as a group isn’t necessarily all that helpful in understanding attitudes or voting patterns, as some scholars…

The Hindu

Prior to Industrial Revolution, global living standards were very low, says economic historian Jared Rubin

Britain industrialised first, and several other nations in Western Europe and North America followed soon thereafter, says Jared Rubin

Axios

Global M&A just suffered its worst Q3 in a decade

The down arrows didn't discriminate by industry or geography.

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Northern Ghana is underdeveloped because of underinvestment during colonial rule, not geography

Ghana’s most important development problem is arguably the disparity between the north and south of the country. The north is acutely underdeveloped, trailing the south in practically all metrics of development.

The Times of India

Cong, various groups slams Manipur govt order for prior approval on book publication

Manipur's opposition Congress on September 22 vehemently criticised the BJP-led state government's decision for prior approval of all the books on the state's history, culture, tradition and geography by a government committee before their publications.

The Conversation

Akin Mabogunje: Nigerian urban geographer who mapped the origin and trends of African cities

I was introduced to Professor Akin Mabogunje’s work when I joined the Department of Estate Management at the University of Lagos in 2011. As a new junior lecturer, I had to read the key text being used by my course leader. It was here that I first encountered Mabogunje’s work…

Tribune News Service

The best places to enjoy sunsets in Latin America

Latin America offers great places to enjoy extraordinary sunsets. Its extensive geography includes beaches, mountains and deserts where travelers can enjoy amazing views amid wonderful natural diversity.

The Hindu

Books on Manipur will need government’s clearance

A 15-member committee was constituted to scan material on history, culture, tradition and geography before approving publication

France 24

No, a Ukrainian publisher did not issue maps omitting Russian-occupied territories

In a video posted on Russian Telegram accounts, a man claims to have found a geography book for Ukrainian high school students in which the map of Ukraine has been cut in half, missing the areas occupied by Russian troops. But several clues in the video indicate that it is…

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How Nigerian students became 'change agents' in solid waste management

Nigerian cities aren’t managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country’s cities, presenting a major socio-cultural and environmental challenge.

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