Index/Locations/Insular Oceania

Insular Oceania

Geographic region and continent

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Nov 13, 2025
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What percentage of undocumented immigrants in the US are white?

The core claim — that a specific percentage of undocumented immigrants in the United States are white — cannot be confirmed from the sources supplied: none of the referenced pieces provides a direct, ...

Nov 23, 2025
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How has the global percentage of European descent population changed since 2000?

Global estimates in recent reporting place people of predominantly European descent at roughly 14–16% of the world population in 2024–2025, and some specialist counts say “about 14%” worldwide in 2024...

Nov 25, 2025
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How much beef does the United States import annually and from which countries?

US beef imports have risen sharply since 2023, with most reputable forecasts and data products clustering around roughly 4.2–5.2 billion pounds for recent years and 2025 projections; USDA/ERS and seve...

Nov 8, 2025

Which countries have condemned Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories as genocide?

Multiple official and quasi-official actors—including at least a handful of national governments, groups of states intervening in litigation, and United Nations fact-finding bodies—have described or l...

Dec 19, 2025

diversity lottery included countries 2027

The Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program for fiscal year 2027 (DV‑2027) admits applicants from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, and the U.S. Department of St...

Jan 18, 2026

What is the Out of Africa theory for human migration?

The Out of Africa theory holds that anatomically modern Homo sapiens evolved in Africa and that the worldwide populations of modern humans descend primarily from one or more migrations of those Africa...

Nov 18, 2025

Are there indigenous Black populations outside Africa like in Melanesia?

Yes — there are indigenous, dark‑skinned populations outside Africa, most prominently the Melanesian peoples of the southwest Pacific, whose name literally meant “black islands” in 19th‑century Europe...

Nov 25, 2025

Which countries are the largest exporters of beef to the United States by value and tonnage?

The available reporting shows that the United States sources most of its imported beef from Australia, Canada, Mexico and Brazil by volume and market share in recent years—with Australia and Canada re...

Dec 4, 2025

Which countries contribute most to the global population of European descent?

Most people of European descent live in Europe itself—Europe’s population is roughly 718–744 million in 2025 depending on the source, with major population centers in Russia, the EU and other large Eu...

Nov 29, 2025

How has the global population distribution by race/ethnicity changed from 2015 to 2025?

Global population grew from roughly 7.3–7.4 billion in 2015 to about 8.2–8.3 billion by 2025, with growth concentrated in Africa and parts of Asia while Europe and some high‑income regions age or plat...

Nov 8, 2025

Which countries adopted democratic socialist policies in the 20th century and when?

Democratic socialist policies were adopted in many countries across the 20th century, but the label covers a wide range of programs—from social-democratic welfare states in Scandinavia to national-dev...

Jan 25, 2026

What psychological mechanisms does Orwell describe or imply that make people accept false official narratives?

’s traces a set of interlocking psychological mechanisms—, linguistic control (), constant surveillance, historical revisionism, and propagandistic slogans—that make citizens accept false official nar...

Dec 8, 2025

How do intimate partner homicides compare to other leading causes of death for women globally?

Intimate partner and family-member killings account for a striking share of female homicides: UNODC/UN Women estimate about 85,000 women were killed intentionally in 2023, and roughly 60% — about 51,1...

Jan 26, 2026

What do World Values Survey and Afrobarometer data show about negative attitudes toward Black people in Europe and Asia?

and are major cross‑national survey projects that measure attitudes toward foreigners, ethnic minorities, and discrimination, but neither source in the provided reporting delivers a simple, continent‑...

Jan 14, 2026

What Swedish register‑based studies compare crime rates by immigrants' country or region of origin and adjust for socio‑economic factors?

A dozen register-based Swedish studies and reviews have compared crime or conviction rates across immigrant-origin groups and—crucially—several explicitly adjust for socioeconomic or demographic facto...

Jan 2, 2026

How much genetic variation exists within versus between human populations?

Most human genetic diversity is found within local populations, not between them: classical estimates put roughly 80–95% (commonly cited as ~85%) of variation within populations and only about 5–15% b...

Dec 19, 2025

What is the relationship between oral sex prevalence and oral HPV rates in different regions?

Higher rates of oral sex are associated with increased odds of detecting oral HPV in individuals and populations, but the relationship is neither uniform nor deterministic: oral HPV prevalence varies ...

Dec 11, 2025

What specific tax policies on high incomes have reduced inequality in other countries?

Progressive income taxation combined with redistributive transfers and broad tax bases has demonstrably reduced post‑tax inequality in many advanced countries: OECD and Our World in Data show tax‑and‑...

Dec 8, 2025

What proportion of female homicides worldwide are committed by intimate partners?

Global data show roughly 60% of women and girls killed intentionally are killed by intimate partners or family members — about 50,000 of ~83,000 female homicide victims in the most recent UNODC/UN Wom...

Dec 4, 2025

Have other countries implemented similar online ID verification laws and what were the outcomes?

Countries across Europe, Oceania and beyond have begun mandating age- and identity-verification online: France required porn sites to verify users’ ages in June 2025 (document checks/biometric selfies...