Connecting the Dots

Britain has forgotten its debt to the Christians of Iraq

State Department’s attack on the BDS movement violates freedom of expression and endangers human rights protection

'We're Fed Up With It': Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later

Erasing Assyrians: How the KRG Abuses Human Rights, Undermines Democracy, and Conquers Minority Homelands

Recognition of the Simele Massacre of 1933

2018 Human Rights Report: Struggling to Breathe: the Systematic Repression of Assyrians

(The Center Square) – More than 94,000 people are calling Arizona home than they did amid the waning months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(The Center Square) – Data from the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday showed New York has lost a greater percentage of its population over the last two years than any other state.

(The Center Square) – Half of Americans report their personal finances are “worse off” than they were a year ago, according to a new survey.

In this wide-ranging interview with Monica Williams, NBCUniversal's SVP of digital products and operations for the company's content distribution business, we discuss how the proliferation of digital platforms across the OTT, CTV, and online ecosystems has brought new content distribution challenges, the boon of metadata for improving customer experiences, and the 17-day everything-must-go-perfectly marathon of distributing the Olympics.

As CTV is pulling in more advertising dollars and viewers than ever before, it's crucial for advertisers to ensure that they are optimizing their reach with the best-targeted data to represent audiences and outcomes, all while respecting data privacy laws and individual rights. What are the most significant challenges surrounding data identity and the privacy economy in today's CTV advertising ecosystem? How can content owners and platform providers supply advertisers with the user data that will maximize growth without violating personal privacy or privacy laws? And how might the idea of "TV" itself be redefined in an era when multiscreen use beyond the living room is so prevalent?

The evolution of AI extends from prepro?duction planning to postproduction enhance?ments, offering tools that augment creativity, efficiency, and precision. It is difficult to ignore all of the buzz about AI these days, but here is what streaming pros can expect from this ear?ly stage of AI technology.

Generative AI may prove even more divisive to society than the Indus?trial Revolution. There are many questions well worth examining re?garding gen AI's impact on the streaming in?dustry, the media and entertainment world, and more. In this article, I'm going to focus on a few streaming use cases in the hope of pro?viding a broader perspective on the changes happening in our world now and those we can expect going forward.

Here we reveal the 2024 Streaming Media 100, our list of the top 100 companies in the streaming universe outside of Europe. This list complements the Streaming Media Europe 51, which recognizes Europe's key streaming innovators, exemplars, and disruptors.

 Kwayga, the B2B private label and trending supplier sourcing engine, transforming supply chain dynamics for food and beverage supermarket buyers and suppliers, has announced the launch of a UK expansion programme.

Applications to the World Post & Parcel Awards 2024 are still open! There are 8 awards categories that you can choose to submit an entry for.

 Co-op today announces expanded access to its own online shop, accessed via the Co-op app, through a new partnership with Uber Direct, Uber’s white-label delivery solution.

Amid the cost-of-living crisis, Triangle Management Services has published its UK Parcel Market Size 2024 report, which measures and breaks down the UK parcel carrier market and analyses the key national carriers that shape the industry.

Amazon Pharmacy has launched Same-Day Delivery of prescription medication in New York City and the greater L.A. area, with plans to expand the service to more than a dozen U.S. cities by the end of the year.

Triangle Management Services is delighted to announce the shortlisted applications for the World Post & Parcel Awards 2024.

Hot off the heels of its positive Q1 results, InPost, the out-of-home delivery and parcel locker specialist, is celebrating once again after hitting a major milestone of 7,000 lockers in the UK

A new report published today by Logistics UK lays out the opportunity which the sector, that operates at the heart of all UK economic activity, has to drive recovery.

Last-mile tech logistics specialist Stuart announced a new partnership with delivery orchestration platform, Nash. This collaboration will support merchants across restaurants, grocery, retail, and e-commerce to optimise local delivery operations and accelerate growth. 

Burnie, Tasmania is now home to Australia Post’s second Community Hub @ Post retail concept.  

Whistl has published its first annual ESG Report covering its activities and progress in its environment, social and governance strategy (ESG).

Ochama, an omni-channel retailer, recently announced the launch of “ochama 1h delivery,” providing  free one-hour delivery for selected products across most of Amsterdam. 

East of England Co-op, which operates convenience stores across East Anglia, has announced a new partnership with Quadient.

Wincanton, a supply chain partner for UK business, has been awarded a five-year contract extension by convenience retailer, Co-op, building on over three decades of successful collaboration between the two companies. 

BrandAlley, an off-price premium and luxury brand e-tailer in the UK and France, has driven improved business performance by taking full control of its customer delivery proposition – from dispatch to customer notifications – in partnership with Scurri, the delivery management platform.

Whistl has launched a Fuel Carbon Calculator enabling its bulk mail customers to reduce their carbon footprint by opting to use Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) rather than diesel for the collection and trunking of their bulk mail.

 New research from Wincanton reveals that two thirds (66%) of UK organisations say they are under pressure to hit their net-zero targets, with logistics seen as key to achieving their goals in this area, according to 83%.  

Aramex UK, one of the UK’s global logistics and transportation providers, has urged for calm amid British retailers rushing to bring forward their Christmas plans this year due to ongoing trade route disruptions in the Middle East.

Returns specialist ZigZag has published the results of a survey which indicates that one-off fees for returns are preferable to price rises on items among consumers.

Whistl  has announced that Fliss O’Hara has been appointed Managing Director of Whistl Fulfillment, after joining the business last year from GXO Logistics as Commercial Director, Fulfilment.

Quadient has partnered with Co-op in the United Kingdom, to deliver further parcel locker growth and added convenience to its communities.

Former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy acknowledges the Assyrian Genocide

The Day(s) that Turkish President Erdogan Humiliated America

Azerbaijan is Utterly Unfit to Host the UN’s Climate Change Conference

The Boycott Turkey Campaign

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While we all debate what critical race theory is and whether lawmakers should ban it from public schools, every honest person should agree on one thing: This theory is behind the curricula in school districts all over the country, shaping the minds of unsuspecting, malleable children.

It cannot be easy to lead the agency that handles infectious diseases in the midst of an international pandemic. Still, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should at least be able to prove she is up to the task. Dr. Rochelle Walensky has repeatedly proved herself unfit and unreliable. She needs to go.

A recent poll showed that large numbers of Democrats and young people would rather flee the United States than “stay and fight” if the nation were attacked. This alarming revelation has caused many to criticize Democrats, but the bigger focus should be on why they are wrong.