Category: recognition

IN-DEPTH: What’s Behind the UN Rhetoric of Recognizing Taliban?

April 28, 2023
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United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that the U.N. will consider recognizing the Taliban, as special envoys for Afghanistan sit for their first meeting with the U.N. Secretary-General in early May. The envoys from various countries will meet with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on May 1 and 2 in Doha, Qatar, to work on a…

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Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

September 17, 2022
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Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the United States, Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick). Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: https://www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6,…

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Face-Recognition Business Puts SoftBank Between China, US

July 9, 2022
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TOKYO—A SoftBank-owned company is thriving by offering face-recognition technology fuelled by a blacklisted Chinese firm to the likes of Mastercard and Visa, an opportunity for the Japanese conglomerate, fraught with geopolitical and privacy risks. Japan Computer Vision Corp. (JCV), owned by SoftBank Group Corp.’s wireless unit, has struck deals on payments in recent months, a…

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Orange County Fire Authority Honors Kids Who Helped Save Lives 

April 8, 2021
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BUENA PARK, Calif.—Teenage sisters who helped save the lives of strangers who were ejected from their car during a freeway rollover crash were recognized April 8 for their bravery. Stephanie Roa, 17, and her 15-year-old sister, Ashley, were driving with their father on a Long Beach freeway after dark Sept. 19, 2000 when they witnessed…

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