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283 relations: Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, Airbus A320 family, Airbus A321, Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Khalis, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Shabaab (militant group), Alberto Giacometti, Alexis Tsipras, Americas, Ammonium nitrate, Andrzej Duda, Angus Deaton, Ankara, Aphantasia, April 2015 lunar eclipse, April 2015 Nepal earthquake, Aquafaba, Arthur B. McDonald, Artificial intelligence, Australia national cricket team, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Austria, Azerbaijan, Aziz Sancar, Back to the Future Part II, Baku, Bangkok, Bangladesh, BBC, BBC News, BBC News (international TV channel), BBC News Online, Beijing, Boko Haram, Bronisław Komorowski, Bucharest, California, Cameroon Armed Forces, Car bomb, Ceres (dwarf planet), Charlie Hebdo, Charlie Hebdo shooting, Chile, China, Christie's, Climate change, Colectiv nightclub fire, ... Expand index (233 more) »
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (translit Yemeni pronunciation:; born 1 September 1945) is a Yemeni politician and former field marshal of the Yemeni Armed Forces who served as the president of Yemen from 2012 until 2022, when he stepped down and transferred executive authority to the Presidential Leadership Council, with Rashad al-Alimi as its chairman.
See 2015 and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.
See 2015 and Agence France-Presse
Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.
See 2015 and Airbus A320 family
Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers.
Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; The Peninsula) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar.
See 2015 and Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Khalis
Al Khalis (Khalis or Khales) (الخالص) is a town in Diyala, Iraq, roughly 15 kilometers (9 mi) northwest of Baqubah.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (the Base in the Arabian Peninsula or تنظيمقاعدة الجهاد في جزيرة العرب, Tanẓīm Qā‘idat al-Jihād fī Jazīrat al-‘Arab, "Organization of Jihad's Base in the Arabian Peninsula"), abbreviated as AQAP, also known as Ansar al-Sharia in Yemen (جماعة أنصار الشريعة, Jamā‘at Anṣār ash-Sharī‘ah, "Group of the Helpers of the Sharia"), is a Sunni Islamist insurgent extremist group, which is part of the al-Qaeda network and primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
See 2015 and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Al-Shabaab (militant group)
Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Ḥarakat ash-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn), commonly known as al-Shabaab, is a Sunni Islamist military and political organization based in Somalia and active elsewhere in East Africa.
See 2015 and Al-Shabaab (militant group)
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti (10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker.
See 2015 and Alberto Giacometti
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras (Αλέξης Τσίπρας,; born 28 July 1974) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2015 to 2019.
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Ammonium nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula.
Andrzej Duda
Andrzej Sebastian Duda (born 16 May 1972) is a Polish lawyer and politician who has been serving as President of Poland since 2015.
Angus Deaton
Sir Angus Stewart Deaton (born 19 October 1945) is a British-American economist and academic.
Ankara
Ankara, historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and 5.8 million in Ankara Province, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul, but first by the urban area (4,130 km2).
See 2015 and Ankara
Aphantasia
Aphantasia is the inability to visualize.
April 2015 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on 4 April 2015.
See 2015 and April 2015 lunar eclipse
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more.
See 2015 and April 2015 Nepal earthquake
Aquafaba
Aquafaba is the viscous water in which legume seeds such as chickpeas have been cooked.
Arthur B. McDonald
Arthur Bruce McDonald, P.Eng (born August 29, 1943) is a Canadian astrophysicist.
See 2015 and Arthur B. McDonald
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI), in its broadest sense, is intelligence exhibited by machines, particularly computer systems.
See 2015 and Artificial intelligence
Australia national cricket team
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket.
See 2015 and Australia national cricket team
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
See 2015 and Austria
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar (born 8September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock.
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis from a screenplay by Bob Gale; both wrote the story.
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Baku
Baku (Bakı) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region.
See 2015 and Baku
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
See 2015 and Bangkok
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
See 2015 and Beijing
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (lit), is an Islamist jihadist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali.
Bronisław Komorowski
Bronisław Maria Komorowski (born 4 June 1952) is a Polish politician and historian who served as President of Poland from 2010 to 2015.
See 2015 and Bronisław Komorowski
Bucharest
Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Cameroon Armed Forces
The Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces armées camerounaises (FAC)) are the military of the Republic of Cameroon.
See 2015 and Cameroon Armed Forces
Car bomb
A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.
Ceres (dwarf planet)
Ceres (minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is a dwarf planet in the middle main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
See 2015 and Ceres (dwarf planet)
Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo (meaning Charlie Weekly) is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes.
Charlie Hebdo shooting
On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo were targeted in a shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
See 2015 and Chile
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
See 2015 and China
Christie's
Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
Colectiv nightclub fire
The Colectiv nightclub fire was a fire in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 64 people (26 on site, 38 in hospitals) and injured 146.
See 2015 and Colectiv nightclub fire
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
See 2015 and Conservative Party (UK)
Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.
Coquimbo Region
The Coquimbo Region (Región de Coquimbo) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions).
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
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Cuban thaw
The Cuban thaw (deshielo cubano) was the normalization of Cuba–United States relations that began in December 2014, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations.
Dawn (spacecraft)
Dawn is a retired space probe that was launched by NASA in September 2007 with the mission of studying two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt: Vesta and Ceres.
See 2015 and Dawn (spacecraft)
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
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Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin (𒂦𒈗𒁺|translit.
Dwarf planet
A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance like the eight classical planets of the Solar System.
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
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Egyptian Armed Forces
The Egyptian Armed Forces (alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
See 2015 and Egyptian Armed Forces
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
Emmett Brown
Emmett Lathrop Brown, Ph.D., commonly referred to as "Doc Brown" or "Doctor Emmet Brown", is a fictional scientist character in the ''Back to the Future'' franchise.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Enlargement of the eurozone
The enlargement of the eurozone is an ongoing process within the European Union (EU).
See 2015 and Enlargement of the eurozone
Erawan Shrine
The Erawan Shrine, formally the Thao Maha Phrom Shrine (ศาลท้าวมหาพรหม;; 'shrine of Lord Maha Brahma'), is a shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, which houses a statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.
Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
See 2015 and Euro
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurozone
The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender, and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.
Expo 2015
Expo 2015 was a World Expo hosted by Milan, Italy.
Falcon 9
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.
Far North Region (Cameroon)
The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from Région de l'Extrême-Nord), is the northernmost and most populous constituent province of the Republic of Cameroon.
See 2015 and Far North Region (Cameroon)
February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.
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FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
See 2015 and FIFA
First observation of gravitational waves
The first direct observation of gravitational waves was made on 14 September 2015 and was announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
See 2015 and First observation of gravitational waves
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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French Alps
The French Alps (Alpes françaises) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions.
Garissa University College
Garissa University is a public university in Garissa, Kenya.
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Garissa University College attack
On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 148 people, and injuring at least 79.
See 2015 and Garissa University College attack
Germanwings
Germanwings GmbH was a German low-cost airline wholly owned by Lufthansa which operated under the Eurowings brand.
Germanwings Flight 9525
Germanwings Flight 9525 –, and the (which the BEA notes on PDF p. 2/110 of the English PDF is the primary work of reference) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
See 2015 and Germany
Goodbye to Gravity
Goodbye to Gravity was a Romanian heavy metal band from Bucharest, active from 2011 until 2015, when four of the band's five members died during their concert at Colectiv night club in Bucharest, due to a burning firework that started a large fire.
See 2015 and Goodbye to Gravity
Gravitational wave
Gravitational waves are waves of the intensity of gravity that are generated by the accelerated masses of binary stars and other motions of gravitating masses, and propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light.
See 2015 and Gravitational wave
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
See 2015 and Greece
Greek government-debt crisis
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
See 2015 and Greek government-debt crisis
Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.
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Hajj
Hajj (translit; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims.
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Hatra
Hatra (الحضر; ܚܛܪܐ) was an ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia located in present-day eastern Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq.
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Hellenic Parliament
The Parliament of the Hellenes (Voulí ton Ellínon), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (Ellinikó Koinovoúlio), is the unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens.
See 2015 and Hellenic Parliament
Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song)
"Heroes" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw written and composed by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb, and Linnea Deb.
See 2015 and Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song)
Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush is an mountain range on the Iranian Plateau in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.
See 2015 and HIV
Homo
Homo is a genus of great ape that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses the extant species Homo sapiens (modern humans) and a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans.
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Homo naledi
Homo naledi is an extinct species of archaic human discovered in 2013 in the Rising Star Cave system, Gauteng province, South Africa (See Cradle of Humankind), dating to the Middle Pleistocene 335,000–236,000 years ago.
Houthi movement
The Houthi movement (الحوثيون), officially known as Ansar Allah, is a Shia Islamist political and military organization that emerged from Yemen in the 1990s.
Houthi takeover in Yemen
The Houthi takeover in Yemen, also known as the September 21 Revolution (by supporters), or 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état (by opponents), was a popular revolution against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led by the Houthis and their supporters that pushed the Yemeni government from power.
See 2015 and Houthi takeover in Yemen
Hurricane Patricia
Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds and the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a minimum atmospheric pressure of 872 mbar (hPa), behind Typhoon Tip's 870 mbar.
See 2015 and Hurricane Patricia
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
See 2015 and India
India–Bangladesh enclaves
The India–Bangladesh enclaves, also known as the Chiṭmahals (ছিটমহল chiṭmôhôl) and sometimes called Pasha enclaves, were the enclaves along the Bangladesh–India border, in Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya.
See 2015 and India–Bangladesh enclaves
Insurgency
An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.
International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
See 2015 and International Monetary Fund
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
See 2015 and International Olympic Committee
International Year of Light
The International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 or International Year of Light 2015 (IYL 2015) was a United Nations observance that aimed to raise awareness of the achievements of light science and its applications, and its importance to humankind.
See 2015 and International Year of Light
International Year of Soil
The International Year of Soils, 2015 (IYS 2015) was declared by the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 2013, after recognizing December 5 as World Soil Day.
See 2015 and International Year of Soil
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
See 2015 and Iran
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) is an intergovernmental counter-terrorist military alliance between 42 member states in the Muslim world, united around the war against the Islamic State and other counter-terrorist activities.
See 2015 and Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition
Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
January 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday 25 January 2015 to elect all 300 members of the Hellenic Parliament in accordance with the constitution.
See 2015 and January 2015 Greek legislative election
January 2015 raid on Kolofata
The January 2015 raid on Kolofata was an unsuccessful assault on a Cameroonian military base at Kolofata, Far North Region, perpetrated by Boko Haram.
See 2015 and January 2015 raid on Kolofata
Jihadism
Jihadism is a neologism for militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (برجام, BARJAM)), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program reached in Vienna on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council—China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, United States—plus Germany) together with the European Union.
See 2015 and Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
See 2015 and Kenya
Kobanî massacre
The Kobanî massacre was a combination of suicide missions and attacks on Kurdish civilians by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on the Kurdish-majority city of Kobanî, beginning on Thursday, 25 June 2015, and culminating on Friday, 26 June 2015.
Kobani
Kobanî (rtl,, also rendered Kobanê, Kūbānī), officially Ayn al-Arab (ʿAyn al-ʿArab), is a Kurdish-majority city in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border.
See 2015 and Kobani
Kolofata
Kolofata is a town and commune in Cameroon.
Kunduz hospital airstrike
On 3 October 2015, a United States Air Force AC-130U gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) in the city of Kunduz, in the province of the same name in northern Afghanistan.
See 2015 and Kunduz hospital airstrike
Kurdistan Workers' Party
The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
See 2015 and Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kuwait City
Kuwait City (مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait.
L'Homme au doigt
L'Homme au doigt ("The Man with the Finger"; also called Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on May 11, 2015.
Law and Justice
Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland.
Les Femmes d'Alger
Les Femmes d'Alger (English: Women of Algiers) is a series of 15 paintings and numerous drawings by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
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Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.
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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
See 2015 and Libya
LIGO
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool.
See 2015 and LIGO
List of Back to the Future characters
The ''Back to the Future'' film trilogy and subsequent animated series feature characters created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale.
See 2015 and List of Back to the Future characters
List of monarchs of Tonga
This is a list of monarchs of Tonga since 1845, after the Constitution of Tonga established the role of the monarch.
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List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings.
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List of most expensive sculptures
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for sculptures.
See 2015 and List of most expensive sculptures
List of presidents of FIFA
The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.
See 2015 and List of presidents of FIFA
List of tropical cyclone records
This is a condensed list of worldwide tropical cyclone records set by different storms and seasons.
See 2015 and List of tropical cyclone records
Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Lithuania and the euro
Lithuania, as an EU member state, joined the eurozone by adopting the euro on 1 January 2015.
See 2015 and Lithuania and the euro
Lithuanian litas
The Lithuanian litas (ISO currency code LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural litai (nominative) or litų (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genitive case; singular centas, nominative plural centai). The litas was first introduced on 2 October 1922 after World War I, when Lithuania declared independence, and was reintroduced on 25 June 1993 following a period of currency exchange from the Soviet ruble to the litas with the temporary talonas then in place.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lunar Saros 132
Saros series 132 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days.
Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou (t; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the 6th president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016.
Ma–Xi meeting
On 7 November 2015, Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan; ROC), and Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and President of the People's Republic of China (Mainland China; PRC), met in Singapore.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China.
See 2015 and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malcolm Turnbull
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
See 2015 and Mars
Marty McFly
Martin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Back to the Future'' franchise.
Mata ʻo e Laʻa Solar Facility
The Mata ‘o e La‘a Solar Facility or Vaini Solar Facility is a photovoltaic power plant in Vaini, Tongatapu, Tonga.
See 2015 and Mata ʻo e Laʻa Solar Facility
May 2015 Nepal earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 7.3, southeast of Kodari.
See 2015 and May 2015 Nepal earthquake
Måns Zelmerlöw
Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer and television presenter.
Médecins Sans Frontières
italic (MSF; pronounced), also known as Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases.
See 2015 and Médecins Sans Frontières
Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.
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Metrojet Flight 9268
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet).
See 2015 and Metrojet Flight 9268
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Milan
Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.
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Moment magnitude scale
The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with M or or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment.
See 2015 and Moment magnitude scale
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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New Horizons
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
New Zealand national rugby union team
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport.
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Nimrud
Nimrud (ܢܢܡܪܕ النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, south of the city of Mosul, and south of the village of Selamiyah (السلامية), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia.
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Nitrocellulose
Nitrocellulose (also known as cellulose nitrate, flash paper, flash cotton, guncotton, pyroxylin and flash string, depending on form) is a highly flammable compound formed by nitrating cellulose through exposure to a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award funded by Sveriges Riksbank and administered by the Nobel Foundation.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi) is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
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Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).
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Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
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November 2015 Paris attacks
A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.
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Nuclear program of Iran
Iran has research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor, and uranium processing facilities that include three known uranium enrichment plants.
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October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake
The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT (14:09 PKT; 14:39 IST; 09:09 UTC) with the epicenter 45 km north of Kuran wa Munjan, Afghanistan, at a depth of 231.0 km.
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OpenAI
OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) research organization founded in December 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France.
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
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Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement (or Paris Accords, Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016.
Pathum Wan district
Pathum Wan (ปทุมวัน) is one of the fifty districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand.
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Paul L. Modrich
Paul Lawrence Modrich (born June 13, 1946) is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Pluto
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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Port El Kantaoui
Port El Kantaoui (مرسى القنطاوي) is a tourist complex 10 kilometres north of Sousse city in central Tunisia.
President of Yemen
The president of the Republic of Yemen (رئيس الجمهورية اليمنية.) is the head of state of Yemen.
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Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Prime Minister of Greece
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (label), is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek Cabinet.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.
Ramadan
Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.
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Ratchaprasong
Ratchaprasong (ราชประสงค์,; also spelled Rajprasong) is the name of an intersection, and a shopping district named after it, in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, adjacent to the Siam area, at the BTS Skytrain's Chit Lom Station and the intersection of Phloen Chit, Rama I, and Ratchadamri Roads.
Réunion
La Réunion, "La Reunion"; La Réunion; Reunionese Creole; previously known as Île Bourbon.
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Red flag law
In the United States, a red flag law is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms (and other items regarded as dangerous weapons, in some states) from a person who they believe may present a danger.
Reusable launch vehicle
A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
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Rubella
Rubella, also known as German measles or three-day measles, is an infection caused by the rubella virus.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
On 30 September 2015, Russia launched a military intervention in Syria after a request by the government of Bashar al-Assad for military support in its fight against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian civil war.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.
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Satoshi Ōmura
is a Japanese biochemist.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
Saudi-led intervention in the Yemeni civil war
On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, launched an intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, who had been ousted from the capital, Sanaa, in September 2014 by Houthi insurgents during the Yemeni Civil War.
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Sejm
The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
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Sepp Blatter
Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015.
September 2015 Greek legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Greece on Sunday, 20 September 2015, following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' announced resignation on 20 August.
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September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
A motion seeking a leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Prime Minister was proposed by Malcolm Turnbull, who requested the ballot on 14 September 2015.
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Sharm El Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh (شرمالشيخ,, literally "bay of the Sheikh"), alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el Sheikh, or Sharm El-Sheikh, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea.
Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Friday, March 20, 2015, with a magnitude of 1.0445.
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Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, September 13, 2015, with a magnitude of 0.7875.
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Solar Saros 120
The Saros cycle series 120 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 eclipses, including 55 umbral eclipses.
Solar Saros 125
Saros cycle series 125 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's ascending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 73 eclipses, 40 of which are umbral (4 total, 2 hybrid, and 34 annular).
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider and satellite communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.
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Suruç bombing
The Suruç bombing was a suicide attack by the Turkish sect of Islamic State named Dokumacılar against Turkish leftists that took place in the Suruç district of Şanlıurfa Province in Turkey on 20 July 2015, outside the Amara Culture Centre.
Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich (born 31 May 1948) is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian.
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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in, missing only three contests since then (and). The current Swedish participant broadcaster in the contest is i (SVT), which select its entrant with the national competition Melodifestivalen.
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Swiss franc
The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Swiss National Bank
The Swiss National Bank (SNB; Schweizerische Nationalbank; Banque nationale suisse; Banca nazionale svizzera; Banca naziunala svizra) is the central bank of Switzerland, responsible for the nation's monetary policy and the sole issuer of Swiss franc banknotes.
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Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.
Syria–Turkey border
The border between the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Turkey (translit; Suriye–Türkiye sınırı) is about long, and runs from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the tripoint with Iraq in the east.
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Syrian opposition
The Syrian opposition (المعارضة السورية) is the political structure represented by the Syrian National Coalition and associated Syrian anti-Assad groups with certain territorial control as an alternative Syrian government.
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Syriza
The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (Synaspismós Rizospastikís Aristerás – Proodeftikí Simachía), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA (ΣΥΡΙΖΑ; a pun on the Greek adverb σύρριζα, meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Greece.
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Takaaki Kajita
is a Japanese physicist, known for neutrino experiments at the Kamioka Observatory – Kamiokande and its successor, Super-Kamiokande.
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece
The Third Economic Adjustment Programme for Greece, usually referred to as the third bailout package or the third memorandum, is a memorandum of understanding on financial assistance to the Hellenic Republic in order to cope with the Greek government-debt crisis.
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Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian-American multinational information conglomerate.
Tianjin
Tianjin is a municipality and metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea.
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Tomas Lindahl
Tomas Robert Lindahl FRS FMedSci (born 28 January 1938) is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research.
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.
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Tony Abbott
Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015.
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper.
Tu Youyou
Tu Youyou (born 30 December 1930) is a Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist.
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa.
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Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (Arabic: الرباعي التونسي للحوار الوطني, French: Quartet du dialogue national) is a group of four civil society organizations that were central mediators in the effort to consolidate democratic gains and form a lasting constitutional settlement in Tunisia following the unrest and historic regime change of the 2011 Jasmine Revolution.1 The quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 following a political crisis that halted the constitutional process.
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Tupou VI
Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
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Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
Turkey's involvement in the Syrian Civil War began diplomatically and later escalated militarily.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
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United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2199
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2199 was unanimously approved on 12 February 2015 to combat terrorism.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Vertically transmitted infection
A vertically transmitted infection is an infection caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses that use mother-to-child transmission, that is, transmission directly from the mother to an embryo, fetus, or baby during pregnancy or childbirth.
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Victor Ponta
Victor Viorel Ponta (born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015.
Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
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Virtual restaurant
A virtual restaurant, also known as a ghost kitchen, cloud kitchen or dark kitchen, is a food service business that serves customers exclusively by delivery and pick-up based on phone and online ordering.
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Volkswagen
Volkswagen (VW)English:,. is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Volkswagen emissions scandal
The Volkswagen emissions scandal, sometimes known as Dieselgate or Emissionsgate, began in September 2015, when the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation of the Clean Air Act to German automaker Volkswagen Group.
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War in Donbas
The war in Donbas, or Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.
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William C. Campbell (scientist)
William Cecil Campbell (born 28 June 1930) is an Irish-American microbiologist, known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Windows 10
Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping (or often;, pronounced; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.
Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
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Yemeni civil war (2014–present)
The Yemeni civil war (al-ḥarb al-ʾahlīyah al-yamanīyah) is an ongoing multilateral civil war that began in late 2014 mainly between the Rashad al-Alimi-led Presidential Leadership Council and the Mahdi al-Mashat-led Supreme Political Council, along with their supporters and allies.
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2010s in political history
2010s political history refers to significant political and societal historical events of the 2010s, presented as a historical overview in narrative format.
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2012–2015 unrest in Romania
The 2012–2015 unrest in Romania refers to a prolonged period of civil unrest and political scandals in Romania, which took magnitude after the second half of the 2000s.
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2015 Al Khalis prison break
On 8 May 2015, a prison break occurred in the Iraqi town of Al Khalis.
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2015 Ankara bombings
On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time (EEST) in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. With a death toll of 109 civilians, the attack surpassed the 2013 Reyhanlı bombings as the deadliest terror attack in Turkish history. Another 500 people were injured.
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2015 Baga massacre
The 2015 Baga massacre was a series of mass killings carried out by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Baga and its environs, in the state of Borno, between 3 January and 7 January 2015.
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2015 Bangkok bombing
On 17 August 2015, a bombing took place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125.
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2015 Beirut bombings
On 12 November 2015, two suicide bombers detonated explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, that is inhabited mostly by Shia Muslims.
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2015 Copenhagen shootings
On 14–15 February 2015, three separate shootings occurred in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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2015 Cricket World Cup
The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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2015 European Games
The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games (Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees.
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2015 FIFA corruption case
In 2015, United States federal prosecutors disclosed cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with the Fédération internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.
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2015 Greek bailout referendum
A referendum to decide whether Greece should accept the bailout conditions in the country's government-debt crisis proposed jointly by the European Commission (EC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB) on 25 June 2015 took place on 5 July 2015.
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2015 Illapel earthquake
The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred offshore from Illapel (Coquimbo region, Chile) on September 16 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4.
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2015 Kuwait mosque bombing
A suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait.
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2015 Mina stampede
On 24 September 2015, a fatal crowd crush resulted in the death of more than 2,000 individuals, many of whom were suffocated or crushed, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, making it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history.
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2015 Polish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 25 October 2015.
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2015 Polish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 10 and 24 May 2015.
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2015 Rugby World Cup
The IRB 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship.
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2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown
On 24 November 2015, a Turkish Air Force F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M attack aircraft near the Syria–Turkey border.
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2015 San Bernardino attack
On December 2, 2015, a terrorist attack, consisting of a mass shooting and an attempted bombing, occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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2015 Sousse attacks
On 26 June 2015, a mass shooting occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui, about 10 kilometres north of the city of Sousse, Tunisia.
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2015 Tianjin explosions
On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured hundreds of others.
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2015 United Kingdom general election
The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons.
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2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 or CMP 11 was held in Paris, France, from 30 November to 12 December 2015.
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2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (北京2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022.
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