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The Geneva Bible (first published 1560) was the dominant English Protestant household Bible before the Authorized King James Version (published 1611); scholars estimate roughly 15–20% of the KJV’s wor...
Available reporting does not describe Rolex as “Jewish.” The founder, Hans Wilsdorf, was born in Bavaria to Protestant parents according to a biographical summary ; recent declassified British intelli...
The available reporting shows the Geneva Bible was translated directly from Hebrew and Greek sources available mid‑16th century—building on Tyndale, Coverdale and the Bomberg Masoretic edition—and inc...
President Barack Obama’s refugee and asylum approach prioritized higher annual refugee admissions, case-by-case adjudication under international protection norms, and limited use of expedited removal ...
ProtonVPN based its operations in Switzerland to take advantage of Swiss privacy laws, claiming protection from EU and US surveillance regimes and linking its roots to Proton Mail and CERN founders in...
Geneva is already feeling a concrete shock from the Trump administration’s distrust-driven pullback: abrupt freezes and withdrawals of US funding and participation are forcing layoffs, programme pause...
Venezuela bases its claim to much of Guyana—principally the Essequibo region—on a mix of colonial-era boundary interpretations, rejection of the 1899 Paris Arbitral Award as illegitimate, and a narrat...
International law protects civilian ships through a mix of the law of the sea (notably UNCLOS) and bodies of international humanitarian law (the Geneva Conventions, Geneva II, and practice-based instr...
Israeli authorities and military spokespeople have consistently rejected UN and other reports that accuse Israeli forces of systematic sexual and reproductive violence, calling them unfounded, biased ...
The Geneva Bible and the King James Version (KJV) shared a common goal—making Scripture available in English—but their chief differences were editorial and institutional as much as linguistic: the Gen...
The 928 was produced from 1978 (debut 1977 show) through 1995, and the most commonly cited worldwide production total is examples built across its 18-year run . That figure is an aggregate compiled by...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva‑based not‑for‑profit foundation founded in 1971 to convene leaders from business, government, academia and civil society with the stated mission of “improvin...
The Geneva Bible’s broad popular readership and its distinctive marginal notes shaped the King James translators’ work both as a linguistic source to be consulted and as a political target to be neutr...
Yes — in theory a former U.S. president can be prosecuted for conduct that violates the Geneva Conventions, because the Conventions bind the United States and U.S. law implements war‑crimes obligation...
Negotiators in Berlin and Geneva have closed much of the diplomatic architecture — especially legally backed, “NATO‑like” security guarantees that the U.S. and Europe say are nearly finalized — but th...
The leaked 28‑point draft — widely reported as coming from talks between a U.S. team led by Steve Witkoff and Russian interlocutors — included provisions that would require Ukraine to cede control of ...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based platform that promotes public-private dialogue and publishes influential reports such as the Global Competitiveness and Global Risks series; it convene...
President Trump’s publicly reported peace initiative is a U.S.-drafted, 28‑point framework that — according to leaked drafts and reporting — would require Ukraine to cede territory in the east, cap th...
The Geneva Bible was a Reformation-era, Protestant, lay-focused translation notable for clear, direct English and extensive marginal notes that guided readers toward Reformed/Puritan interpretations ....
UN and major news organizations report that Israeli strikes in Lebanon since the ceasefire of 27 November 2024 have killed civilians — the U.N. human rights office says it has verified at least 127 ci...