Mariska Hargitay‘s Joyful Heart Foundation has achieved a milestone more than a decade in the making. On Friday, it was announced that after 16 years, the End the Backlog campaign has successfully driven rape kit reform legislation in all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Maine became the final state to enact at least…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email A Democratic senator who was a champion of gun reforms in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in his state blamed Donald…
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After bringing 4G and 5G connectivity to the Underground, London’s public transport authority has started scolding noisy passengers who subject everyone to music and calls blasting out of their phones. A new poster campaign launched by Transport for London (TfL) this week encourages customers to wear headphones when watching or listening to content on their…
Cutting corners: Petitioners have been trying to alert European regulators to the issue of deactivated online games for over a year, and game publishers have started responding. As consumer rights activists and game companies debate the viability of preserving online titles, recent analysis highlights just how stringent some End User License Agreements (EULAs) are on…
In context: Microsoft will officially end support for the most widely used editions of Windows 10 in just a few months. The operating system remains in use by hundreds of millions of PC owners, many of whom will soon face a critical decision: upgrade to Windows 11, or explore alternatives. Microsoft plans to end support…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 2. As part of the “Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty,” a tree-planting campaign was held along the Sumgayit Boulevard, Trend reports. Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva and Head of Baku Media Center Arzu Aliyeva took part in the campaign. Nearly 150 trees were planted during the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email A government-funded advertising campaign depicts the UK as expensive, run-down and prejudiced – in a bid to dissuade Albanian migrants from coming to the…
The middle-right Romanian Nationwide Liberal Social gathering paid for a marketing campaign on TikTok that ended up favoring far-right impartial candidate Călin Georgescu, a brand new report from investigative outlet snoop.ro signifies. Georgescu was catapulted from obscurity into the lead within the first spherical of voting within the Romanian presidential election on Nov. 24. However the nation’s…
