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In 1939 the world Jewish population is widely estimated at about 16.6 million, with roughly 9.5 million (57%) living in Europe and about 449,000 in Mandatory Palestine/Israel; Poland alone had about 3...
Several countries already operate national digital ID systems; notable mandatory or effectively mandatory programs include India’s Aadhaar (widely required for many services) and Estonia’s long-standi...
Across the documents provided, ; the existing reports document widespread arrests and harassment tied to online expression but stop short of a country-by-country ranking or a definitive “highest” figu...
No country in 2024 formally *requires* citizens or travelers to use a mobile or digital ID in place of a physical passport for international travel; digital ID systems exist widely but generally suppl...
The United States ranks in the upper-middle tier on broad, multi-dimensional freedom measures but performs unevenly across different indices: it is tied 17th on the Human Freedom Index (out of ~165 ju...
Estonia, Denmark and Spain emerge repeatedly in available reporting as the most advanced EU adopters of national digital identity systems, with and Spain’s DNIe/MiDNI increasingly integrated into smar...
NATO’s enlargement into the Baltic states was a political decision grounded in the Alliance’s treaty principle and the expressed requests of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania; no binding international tr...
Many countries are actively implementing or exploring digital ID systems, but the evidence does not support a single global project explicitly designed for state surveillance; instead, . Recent report...
Multiple large observational studies and systematic reviews find COVID-19 vaccination before infection reduces the risk of developing long COVID by a meaningful margin: a multinational cohort found ha...
Claims that EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas (also spelled Kaja/Kaya/Kaya in some outlets) said she wants to “Balkanize Russia” stem from recent media stories and social posts quoting remarks at th...
As of the available reporting, no country is universally requiring a phone-based digital ID in lieu of a passport for international air border crossings in 2026; the EU is rolling out an EU Digital Id...
The Entry/Exit System (EES) will collect from non‑EU nationals in the majority of Schengen and EU countries when it starts operations on 12 October 2025, with progressive roll‑out completing by April ...
Tens of thousands of Australians and multiple political actors are publicly opposing the federal Digital ID and related online age‑verification measures, arguing the programs risk privacy, coercion an...
Project Esther 2025 centers on for women transitioning from homelessness, aiming to move beneficiaries toward sustained independence through time-limited housing and integrated services. The initiativ...
The EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES) will require from U.S. travelers entering the Schengen area, replacing passport stamps with biometric checks and electronic records, and will be rolled out from Oc...
Lithuania has approved a plan to acquire roughly 100 Swedish CV90 MkIV infantry fighting vehicles as part of a multi‑nation procurement involving five other NATO partners, a move the State Defence Cou...
European data show reported sexual‑violence and rape offences rising sharply: Eurostat reports a 79.2% increase in recorded sexual‑violence offences (2013–2023) and a 141% rise in recorded rape offenc...
Germany’s military spending has surged sharply in 2024 to roughly $88.5 billion (about €90–91 billion in reported figures), making it the ; this represents a roughly 28% rise from 2023 and an 89% rise...
Since 2010 NATO has steadily broadened its interpretation of Article 5 to include cyber and, more recently, space-related harms—while deliberately keeping thresholds vague so that responses remain pol...
Leaked diplomatic materials — notably the February 2014 audio of Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt and a bugged call reported between Catherine Ashton and Urmas Paet — rapidly reframed public narrati...