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The modern state of Ukraine was formed nearly 30 years ago after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Since then, the country has often made headlines due to political instability and the looming threat of a Russian invasion. In the map graphic above, we examine Ukraine from a structural point of view. What's the country's population composition? What drives the country's economy? And most importantly, why is the country important within a global context? Where Do People Live in Ukraine? With a population of nearly 44 million people, Ukraine is the eighth-most populous country in Europe. For perspective, that is slightly smaller than Spain, and four times larger than Greece. As the cartogram below demonstrates, a large portion of the country's population is located in and around the capital Kyiv, along with the Donetsk region—which is front and center in the current conflict with Russia. Not surprisingly, many of the country's Russian speaking citi

Google released Chrome 88 to the stable channel on January 19, 2021. The new browser version includes some cool changes, including an improved dark theme for Windows 10 and the beginning of less intrusive permission prompts. Here are the highlights. Better Dark Theme Support on Windows 10 Chrome has supported Windows 10's system-wide dark theme for a while, but Chrome 88 makes it a little better. Dark Theme now applies to scroll bars on many of Chrome's internal pages. That includes Settings, Bookmarks, History, New Tab Page, and more. It's not yet present on websites that support dark themes. No More FTP in Google Chrome With Chrome 88, Google Chrome no longer supports FTP URLs—in other words, ftp:// addresses. FTP support is a legacy feature that has no support for encrypted connections (no FTPS). An attacker could modify files you're downloading in transit, unlike with encrypted HTTPS or FTPS where this isn't possible. As Chrome and ot

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Queen holds weekly call with PM as she battles on despite Covid infection    The Mirror

Married Democrat Senate candidate admits calling campaign strategist 'historically sexy', asking to kiss her and begging to spend the night with her in a string of racy text messages Cal Cunningham apologized late Friday for the text message exchanges  Called Arlene Guzman Todd 'historically sexy' and said he dreamt of kissing her  Cunningham is in a tight race in North Carolina with GOP Senator Thom Tillis  The married father-of-two however has insisted he is not dropping out  By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 12:05 GMT, 3 October 2020 | Updated: 16:33 GMT, 3 October 2020 The Democratic challenger in North Carolina's closely contested U.S. Senate contest has admitted to exchangin

MOSCOW (AP) — As the West sounded the alarm about the Kremlin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine and decried it as an invasion, Russian state media painted a completely different picture — of Moscow coming to the rescue of war-torn areas tormented by Ukraine's aggression and bringing them peace. The fanfare came hours after Vladimir Putin announced Russia's recognition of the separatist areas in eastern Ukraine as independent states and ordered its troops to "maintain peace" in territory where Russia-backed rebels have been fighting Kyiv's forces since 2014 — a conflict that has killed over 14,000 people. TV presenters hailed the "historic" day and professed the end of suffering for the residents of the breakaway regions. "You paid with your blood for these eight years of torment and anticipation," anchor Olga Skabeyeva told residents of the areas known as Donbas during a popular political talk show Tuesday morning on Russia 1 state TV. "

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 22, 2022 2:43 pm     Updated February 23, 2022 7:20 am Smaller font Descrease article font size - A Larger font Increase article font size A + Four Conservative members of Parliament say they want former Quebec premier Jean Charest to enter the race for the party's leadership. In an open letter published Tuesday, the MPs say Charest is the best person to defeat the Liberals and lead the relaunch of Canada's economy. Read more: The Conservative leadership race has already started Charest, 63,

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Republican party is abandoning democracy. There can be no 'politics as usual'    The Guardian

Tribune News Service Chandigarh, September 30   The suspense over the resolution of issues raised by Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu continued on Thursday evening after a two-hour meeting between him and Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi. There was no immediate briefing after the meeting held at the Punjab Bhavan here, two days after Sidhu resigned as the Punjab Congress chief following differences over the appointment of "tainted" officials and ministers. [embedded content] Also read: Let's talk it out, Charanjit Singh Channi reaches out to Navjot Singh Sidhu Punjab crisis: Why take 'tainted' leaders, asks Navjot Sidhu Navjot Sidhu 'irked' over Punjab CM consulting Finance Minister Sikh bodies: Withdraw appointments of Punjab DGP & AG Channi first left the meeting venue around 6 pm while Sidhu came out about half an hour later. No party leader spoke to the media after the meeting concluded. Earlier in the

Google has confirmed that the December 2021 product reviews update is now finished rolling out. This update has officially completed rolling out a few days before Christmas. The announcement. "The Google product review update is fully rolled out. Thank you!" Google's Alan Kent wrote on Twitter. The Google product review update is fully rolled out. Thank you! — Alan Kent (@akent99) December 21, 2021 December 2021 product reviews update. As a reminder, the December 2021 product reviews update started to roll out at about 12:30pm ET on December 1, 2021. This update took 20 days to roll out after it was announced. So this update started on December 1, 2021 and lasted through December December 21, 2021. When and what was felt. Based on early data, this update was not a small update. It was bigger than the April 2021 product reviews update but also seemed to continue to remain pretty volatile throughout the whole rollout. The commun

Last week, the Democrats' voting rights bills went down in flames, defeated by the Senate filibuster and united Republican opposition. While this doesn't signal the immediate collapse of American democracy as some have lamented, it does mean that, at least for now, Congress will not take action to repair a political system that is barreling toward a crisis. At times like these, it's worth taking a step back to reassess things. Just what exactly are the roots of our current democratic decay, and what can we to do fix it? Lee Drutman, a senior fellow in the political reform program at New America, has a clear answer: transform the way our elections work. In his 2020 book Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop , Drutman argued that the very nature of a two-party system tends toward extreme polarization and conflict. Because voters and parties are forced into binary choices and competition, they come to see the other side not just as rivals but as enemies. What's more, two-p

No one's saying AmeriGas held a grudge against Deb Hamele and her husband for switching from propane to natural gas, but it sure made them pay — at least for a few months. Natural gas service through Alliant Energy became available in the rural Brooklyn area where the Hameles live in late 2020. They did the math and determined that switching from tank-based propane would save them hundreds in home heating costs. The couple canceled their account with AmeriGas on June 1, Hamele said, but when the company hauled the tank away four months later, it was still 40% full. As they'd already paid for that leftover propane, they asked for a refund. And in her Jan. 30 email to SOS, Deb noted language contained in the terms and conditions on AmeriGas' website: "Company will repurchase the propane remaining in Leased Equipment upon termination if the supply of propane remaining in the tank at the time of removal is more than 5% water capacity. If Company repurchases the remaining p