Christelle Nkwendja-Ngnoubamdjum (born 1988) is an Afro-German author, activist, and public speaker known for her work on anti-racism, intersectional feminism, and body politics. Her contributions focus on the experiences of Black people in Germany and the intersections of race, gender, and body discrimination.
Mia Zachary is an American author of contemporary romance novels.
Biography
Zachary first began writing as a child, creating picture books with simple dialogue for her younger brother. In the late 1980s, she began her first novel, a medieval historical romance, but did not finish it because of the research it necessitated. In 1998, she formed an online publishing company. At a Romance Writers of America conference in 2000, she was inspired by a story told by a fellow author, Kelsey Roberts, about finding a single red shoe under the bed of her hotel room. She wrote a manuscript, Red Shoes And a Diary, which did not sell well through her online company. She rewrote the story and submitted it to Harlequin Temptation, which rejected the story. Zachary entered two of the love scenes from her novel into Harlequin's Summer Blaze writing contest. She won the contest, a chance to have an editor read her full manuscript. The editor purchased the novel, which was published in April 2003.
Zachary says that she writes "romance fiction [because it] is stories about friendship and intimacy, love and respect, commitment, and responsibility".
Novels
- Red Shoes and a Diary (2003)
- Yours in Black Lace (2004)
- 9½ Days (2004)
- Afternoon Delight (2006)
- Another Side of Midnight (2007)
Omnibus
- Witchy Business: Under His Spell / Disenchanted? / Spirit Dance (2007) (with Julie Elizabeth Leto, Rhonda Nelson)
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The Gudwana Enclave refers to the alleged military occupation of lands inside Afghanistan's Paktika province. The supposed occupation began on February 27, 2026, after a Pakistani offensive.
Offensive
On 27 February, 2026, Pakistani forces allegedly seized the enclave after capturing multiple Taliban border posts.
Territorial control
On 27 March, it was reported that Pakistan had fenced off and occupied 32 square kilometers of land in Paktika province. No visible fence line could be seen on 20 March, but by 23 March satellite imagery showed a new fence had been built 12 kilometers inside Afghan territory. BBC Dari also reported that a second fence was built at the near the same area, more than 13.5 kilometers inside Afghan territory.
thumb|upright=1.4|La Terra de Hochelaga in New France, with Mount Royal on the left, drawn by Giacomo Gastaldi, illustration from Delle navigationi et viaggi. thumb|upright=1.4|The Americas as drawn by Giacomo Gastaldi, illustration from Delle navigationi et viaggi.
Delle navigationi et viaggi (Navigations and Voyages) is a sixteenth-century historical and geographical compilation edited by the Venetian diplomat, geographer, and humanist Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485–1557). The work was published in three volumes in Venice in 1550, 1556, and 1559 by the Giunti press.
Ramusio may have come into contact with the navigator Sebastian Cabot, son of John Cabot, when he was charged with negotiating Cabot's possible service to the Republic of Venice.