A different type of vote The first U.S. presidential election occurred 235 years ago, in 1789. It was a small election (about 28,000 voters) without attack ads, noisy…
Read more Here’s how different the first presidential election was from 2024Spring wings A look at our local Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species and share some tips on how to protect them. New conservation tool One of the ways…
Read more Here’s a great new tool to help protect butterflies in your areaIn 2004, as broadband was replacing dial-up internet and mobile phones with colour screens were gaining popularity, on February 4, a social network, named “TheFacebook”, was launched by…
Read more Facebook turns 20: How the social media giant grew to 3 billion usersThere are currently 1,967 special districts across Florida, according to the Florida Department of Commerce. Most aren’t like the big, quasi-autonomous districts that cover The Villages and Disney World,…
Read more Infographic: Florida’s special districtsIsrael’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s most densely populated areas, has caused the deaths of 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children, since the war…
Read more More than a month without water, food and healthcare in GazaDemonstrators around the globe have taken to the streets to demand an end to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Israel launched air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip after…
Read more Mapping protests held in solidarity with PalestineThe September 8 earthquake is Morocco’s deadliest quake in more than 60 years. On September 8, 2023, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Morocco’s Atlas Mountains region. The earthquake’s…
Read more Powerful earthquakes that have hit MoroccoThe forum of the world’s biggest economies is focused on economic matters. Its latest meeting is in Indian-administered Kashmir. India is the chair this year of the Group…
Read more What is the G20?Pope Francis’ trip to the DRC is the first papal visit since John Paul II travelled there in 1985. Pope Francis is visiting the Democratic Republic of the…
Read more Map: Which countries has Pope Francis visited?
