- UN registers 'Türkiye' as new country name to replace 'Turkey' https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/un-registers-turkiye-as-new-country-name-to-replace-turkey/2603492 618 comments worldnews
- New Zealand named world's most peaceful country http://www.visionofhumanity.org/news/140/aotearoa-named-world%92s-most-peaceful-nation/ 8 comments worldnews
- New name, same country? A choice for Macedonians https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45665069 3 comments europe
- New name, same country? A choice for Macedonians https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45665069 4 comments europe
- Conservative Calls For Secession Over Gay Rights, New Country Name ‘Reagan’ http://samuel-warde.com/2014/10/conservative-calls-secession/ 537 comments nottheonion
- Author Wants Southern States To Secede Over Gay Rights, Name New Country 'Reagan' http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/author-wants-southern-states-secede-over-gay-rights-name-new-country-reagan 20 comments politics
- Macedonia's main opposition party rejects proposal for new country name https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macedonia-greece-name/macedonias-main-opposition-party-rejects-proposal-for-new-country-name-iduskcn1il0g0 11 comments worldnews
- Is Kenya birthing a new country named Jubaland? http://www.csmonitor.com/world/africa/2013/0708/is-kenya-birthing-a-new-country-named-jubaland?cmpid=editorpicks&google_editors_picks=true 4 comments worldevents
- Bush just named a terrorist sympathizer as his new ambassador to Nicaragua, the country he used to terrorize. U.S. media stories on this fact: zero http://paulitics.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/bush-names-terrorist-sympathizer-as-new-ambassador-to-nicaragua/ 24 comments politics
- Mexico Named Deadliest Country for Environmental Activists - New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/world/americas/mexico-environmental-activists-killed.html 4 comments environment
- Negotiations on the new TPP without the US, named CPTPP, have concluded. 11 countries working to sign deal by March this year. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/negotiations-concluded-on-new-trans-pacific-trade-deal-mti-9887560 4 comments worldnews
- Lebanon's ambassador to Germany, Mustapha Adib, has been named as the country's new prime minister. https://www.euronews.com/2020/08/31/lebanon-names-new-prime-minister-ahead-of-macron-visit 6 comments worldnews
- Egyptian billionaire offers to buy island for refugees; He even suggested a name for the new country: "Hope" http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/04/news/refugees-island-billionaire/ 29 comments worldnews
- "Taking Our Country Back" - A small new proposition for reforming the U.S. government: Remove Party Designations (D) and (R) on Election Ballots and Have Only the Candidate's Name http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pS1edpeGqI 33 comments politics
- Confirmed: The name of the third UEFA club competition will be UEFA Europa Conference League. The new competition will start in 2021 and is aimed at giving more clubs in more countries a chance to participate in European football. https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1176557182223081472?s=19 421 comments soccer
- New Travel Ban effective Oct 18: Presidential order expanded to indefinitely ban travel from Venezuela, NK, and Chad (Sudan dropped from the list) in addition to originally-named countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/us/politics/new-order-bars-almost-all-travel-from-seven-countries.html 3 comments worldnews
- A wrench thrown in Kim Dotcom's new plans as as the Country of Gabon tears down his website for using their '.ga' domain name. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/07/mega_blocked_by_gabon_government/ 16 comments technology
- Renowned Formula One designer Adrian Newey and 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell have both been named on the UK’s New Year Honours list which rewards achievement or service to the country http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/12/12909.html 3 comments formula1
- Reykjavík, Iceland to name new streets in honour of the Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (Article in Icelandic, translation in comments) https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2022/05/04/ny_gotuheiti_til_heidurs_eystrasaltsrikjunum/ 22 comments europe
- Pope named 15 new cardinals from 14 countries on Sunday, continuing his efforts to diversify the church hierarchy. Many of the new bishops and archbishops come from the developing world that have never had a cardinal. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/world/europe/pope-francis-names-new-cardinals.html?mabreward=ri%3A18&module=welcomebackmodal&contentcollection=n.y.%20%2F%20region&region=fixedcenter&action=click&src=recg&pgtype=article 8 comments worldnews
- Erdoğan's Chief Advisor and Former General Tanrıverdi has presented his vision for a new United Islamic Superpower named "Asrica". Asrica would comprise of 61 Countries and have Istanbul as its capital, with the constitution having its basis in Shari'a law. https://www.memri.org/reports/erdo%C4%9Fans-chief-advisor-and-former-general-tanr%C4%B1verdi-presents-vision-%E2%80%93-reflected-turkeys 19 comments worldnews
- Erdoğan's Chief Advisor and Former General Tanrıverdi has presented his vision for a new United Islamic Superpower named "Asrica". Asrica would comprise of 61 Countries and have Istanbul as its capital, with the constitution having its basis in Shari'a law. https://www.memri.org/reports/erdo%C4%9Fans-chief-advisor-and-former-general-tanr%C4%B1verdi-presents-vision-%E2%80%93-reflected-turkeys 101 comments geopolitics
- Portugal considers 'Terabyte Tax' - money grabbing legislation in an ailing economy: "The opposition - Portuguese Socialist Party - proposes a new tax on storage devices, all in the name of copyright protection - yet all but killing off HDD sales in the country." http://news.techeye.net/hardware/portugal-considers-terabyte-tax 14 comments worldnews
- China to Move to New Internet Protocol - China says it will start testing a new Internet protocol in 2013 to strengthen and improve the country's Internet & increase the availability of domain names http://www.upi.com/science_news/2011/12/27/china-to-move-to-new-internet-protocol/upi-86101325033976/ 4 comments worldnews
- DEA Names "Bath Salts" a Drug of Concern - There's a new designer drug that's raising alarm with authorities around the country. It's referred to as "bath salts," but it's really a dangerous stimulant with effects akin to cocaine or meth. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/01/earlyshow/health/main7305536.shtml?tag=cbsnewssectioncontent.2 5 comments politics
- "Gifted Word Learner" dogs can learn the names of toys spontaneously. A new study tracked down 41 of these dogs across 9 countries. One such dog, a border collie mix named Shira, knows the names of 125 toys. Some other GWL dogs in the study: 2 Pomeranians, 1 Pekingese, 1 Shih Tzu, a Corgi, a Poodle. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47864-5 2 comments science
- Somalia's prime minister has named former al Shabaab group co-founder and spokesperson Mukhtar Robow as a minister in the country's new cabinet, a move that could either help strengthen the fight against the insurgency or provoke clan clashes https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220802-somalia-appoints-former-al-shabaab-co-founder-and-spokesperson-as-minister 3 comments worldnews
- Prescription drug costs steadily soar, yet price transparency is lacking: A new study found ‘continual, marked, annual increases’ of the country’s 49 most popular brand-name drugs. “It is especially concerning to see drugs in the same class having increases that appear to be coordinated.” https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2019/20190531-topolwineinger-drugprices.html 123 comments science
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named top official targeted by US sanctions as country's new oil minister. Maduro tasked Tareck El Aissami, vice-president for economy indicted in US on drugs trafficking charges, with "restructuring and reorganization" of country's crippled oil industry. https://www.ibtimes.com/venezuela-names-official-indicted-us-oil-minister-2965957 3 comments worldnews
- Swedish king of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. In early 20th century, when many country bumpkins with new money visited Warsaw for the first time in their lives, an enterprising local conman named Adolf Cynjan sold this column to many rural tourists, explaining that he "didn't need it anymore". https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/kolumna_zygmunta_iii_wazy%2Cwarszawa.jpg 5 comments europe
- Prescription drug costs steadily soar, yet price transparency is lacking: A new study found ‘continual, marked, annual increases’ of the country’s 49 most popular brand-name drugs. “It is especially concerning to see drugs in the same class having increases that appear to be coordinated.” https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2019/20190531-topolwineinger-drugprices.html 8 comments science
- Google has been forced to explain to the New Zealand government why it breached the country’s strict suppression laws by naming the man charged with murdering British backpacker Grace Millane. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/19/grace-millane-new-zealand-rebukes-google-for-emailing-out-suspects-name 69 comments worldnews
- Japan has no plans to change its policy of announcing the name of the country's new era before the ascension of Crown Prince Naruhito to the imperial throne on May 1, despite conservative lawmakers demanding it be disclosed afterward, government sources said. https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-gov't-sticks-with-plan-to-unveil-new-era-name-before-may-1 6 comments worldnews
- Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a pro-life evangelical pastor on Thursday to head a new ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights that will also take over the agency looking after the country’s 850,000 indigenous people. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-rights/brazils-bolsonaro-lumps-native-tribes-with-women-in-new-ministry-iduskbn1o52ci 272 comments worldnews
- King renames Swaziland as eSwatini, citing colonial past — and confusion with Switzerland: The king of the tiny African nation of Swaziland announced the kingdom’s new name would be eSwatini. Unlike some other countries, Swaziland maintained its colonial name after independence. http://www.dw.com/en/king-renames-swaziland-as-eswatini-citing-colonial-past-and-confusion-with-switzerland/a-43462834 4 comments worldnews
- 'Plagiarism': Spain's manchego makers in Mexican standoff over famed cheese. Calls for Mexico’s cheesemakers to stop using the name are threatening a new trade deal between Latin American country and the EU. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/18/plagiarism-spains-manchego-makers-in-mexican-standoff-over-famed-cheese 8 comments worldnews
- Jewish people and the entire country of Israel were named as targets by purported Islamic State-affiliated group of militants in a new video that surfaced this week, according to a new report. In addition, the video indicated the global terror group has Rome in its crosshairs. http://www.ibtimes.com/new-isis-video-rome-jews-israel-threatened-islamic-state-sinai-peninsula-2397670 16 comments worldnews
- TIL: Because Iceland was the 1st western country to recognize the new Baltic States, the square in front of Estonian Foreign Ministry is named "Iceland Square", and at the Lithuanian Parliament the rocks of the last barricades are inscribed "To Iceland - They Dared When Others Remained Silent". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/j%C3%B3n_baldvin_hannibalsson 63 comments europe
- Over the past year a New Zealander named Roger Shepherd has had almost unprecedented access to North Korea. He has spent nearly three months in the country over four visits, and was allowed, even encouraged, to travel far and wide into the remotest corners of the country. http://www.nknews.org/2013/02/north-koreas-mountain-man-goes-hiking-in-the-axis-of-evil/ 79 comments worldnews
- We’ve had the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Luxemburg. Now there’s a new name to add to the growing list of countries that US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney allegedly uses to dodge taxes: The Netherlands. http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-route-romney-dodging-taxes-through-netherlands 82 comments politics
