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The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee will tomorrow continue its inquiry into relations between the UK and Afghanistan with evidence on progress on women’s rights and Afghanistan’s relationship with its neighbours including Iran, India and Pakistan. The evidence sessions will start at 10am on Wednesday 28 October and will be available to follow at … [Read more...] about What progress has been made on women’s rights in Afghanistan? Lords Committee to ask Afghan Minister for Human Rights

The findings have implications for the role that information inequality plays in shaping policy Amidst an unprecedented election year and a news cycle that includes multiple overlapping crises, new research from the MIT Sloan School of Management reveals a yawning information gap in Americans' knowledge of political news. Charles Angelucci, Assistant Professor of Applied … [Read more...] about Measuring voters’ knowledge of political news: MIT Sloan research finds variations across age, gender, race and socioeconomic status

The 2020 American Jewish Committee (AJC) survey of Jews in the United States regarding the upcoming elections shows that 75% would choose former Vice President Joe Biden and 22% President Donald Trump. In 2016, 16% voted for Trump and 62% for Hillary Clinton, while 7% chose another candidate and 14% did not vote. The AJC survey is the most comprehensive Jewish organization … [Read more...] about New AJC Survey Reveals American Jewish Opinion Ahead of U.S. Elections

To stop disinformation surrounding the current conflict with Turkey and Azerbaijan and spread awareness in the international community, Armenia's tech community leaders came together to form the Global Awareness initiative. Latest news from the front line of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh: Contrary to the claims of the Azerbaijani side that the two videos of executions of two … [Read more...] about Global Awareness Initiative Reports an Analysis Proves Execution of Armenian Prisoners of War Are Rea