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558 relations: ABC News (United States), Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431, Ahvaz, Ahvaz military parade attack, ALBA, Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amritsar train disaster, Anak Krakatoa, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Anglican Communion, Anglican Diocese of Perth, Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, Antonov An-26, Anwar Ibrahim, Apple Inc., April 2018 missile strikes against Syria, Apsis, Arc de Triomphe, Archbishop, Armenia, Armistice Day, Arthur Ashkin, Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, Associated Press, Aum Shinrikyo, Australia, Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Azerbaijan, Barbados Labour Party, Barisan Nasional, Bashar al-Assad, BBC News, Belgium, BepiColombo, Bicameralism, Black Panther (film), Black Sea, Blue moon, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde, Brexit, Bucharest, Bujumbura, Burundi, Butte County, California, Buxtehude, Camp Fire (2018), Canada, Cannabis, ... Expand index (508 more) »
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
See 2018 and ABC News (United States)
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 (SLI2431/5D2431) was a Mexican domestic scheduled passenger flight bound for Mexico City that crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport on July 31, 2018.
See 2018 and Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
Ahvaz
Ahvaz (اهواز) is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran.
See 2018 and Ahvaz
Ahvaz military parade attack
On 22 September 2018, a military parade was attacked by armed gunmen in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz.
See 2018 and Ahvaz military parade attack
ALBA
ALBA or ALBA–TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) or the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples' Trade Treaty (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América – Tratado de Comercio de los Pueblos), is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of political and economic integration of Latin American and Caribbean countries.
See 2018 and ALBA
Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Amazonas is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the north-western corner of the country.
See 2018 and Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Amritsar train disaster
On 19 October 2018, two Indian Railways passenger trains hit a crowd of people in the eastern outskirts of Amritsar, Punjab, killing at least 59 people and injuring approximately 100 more.
See 2018 and Amritsar train disaster
Anak Krakatoa
Anak Krakatoa (Anak Krakatau)English translation and common name: Child of Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Indonesia.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who is the 65th and current president of Mexico since 2018.
See 2018 and Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
See 2018 and Anglican Communion
Anglican Diocese of Perth
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia.
See 2018 and Anglican Diocese of Perth
Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda.
See 2018 and Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party
Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.
Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar bin Ibrahim (انور بن ابراهيم|label.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley.
April 2018 missile strikes against Syria
On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria during the Syrian Civil War.
See 2018 and April 2018 missile strikes against Syria
Apsis
An apsis is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body.
See 2018 and Apsis
Arc de Triomphe
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often called simply the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the centre of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues.
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office.
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia.
See 2018 and Armenia
Armistice Day
Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11:00 am—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 although, according to Thomas R.
Arthur Ashkin
Arthur Ashkin (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
See 2018 and Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Aum Shinrikyo
, better known by their former name, is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), also known as Rojava, is a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria.
See 2018 and Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia.
Barbados Labour Party
The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938.
See 2018 and Barbados Labour Party
Barisan Nasional
The National Front (Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties to succeed the Alliance Party.
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the current and 19th president of Syria since 17 July 2000.
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.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
See 2018 and Belgium
BepiColombo
BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury.
Bicameralism
Bicameralism is a type of legislature that is divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses, known as a bicameral legislature.
Black Panther (film)
Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
See 2018 and Black Panther (film)
Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
Blue moon
A blue moon refers either to the presence of a second full moon in a calendar month, to the third full moon in a season containing four, or to a moon that appears blue due to atmospheric effects.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
See 2018 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Bremerhaven
Bremerhaven (Bremerhoben) is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany.
Bremervörde
Bremervörde is a town in the north of the district (Landkreis) of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Brexit
Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
See 2018 and Brexit
Bucharest
Bucharest (București) is the capital and largest city of Romania.
Bujumbura
Bujumbura, formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, largest city and main port of Burundi.
Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa.
See 2018 and Burundi
Butte County, California
Butte County is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California.
See 2018 and Butte County, California
Buxtehude
Buxtehude, officially the Hanseatic City of Buxtehude (Hansestadt Buxtehude, Hansestadt Buxthu), is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany, belonging to the district of Stade in Lower Saxony.
Camp Fire (2018)
The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
See 2018 and Canada
Cannabis
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae.
Cannabis in Canada
Cannabis in Canada is legal for both recreational and medicinal purposes.
See 2018 and Cannabis in Canada
Caracas
Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas).
See 2018 and Caracas
Carcassonne and Trèbes attack
On 23 March 2018, an Islamic terrorist carried out three attacks in the town of Carcassonne and nearby village of Trèbes in the Aude department in southwestern France, killing three people and injuring fifteen.
See 2018 and Carcassonne and Trèbes attack
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (born 14 January 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist, and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022.
See 2018 and Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.
Cause célèbre
A cause célèbre (pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate.
Cell (journal)
Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.
Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918
The centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an international series of events marking the 2018 anniversary of the armistice which ended hostilities in World War I. It concluded the series of commemorations marking the wider First World War centenary beginning in 2014.
See 2018 and Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918
Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning the City of London and several boroughs.
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) were offices that existed within the WPK between 1949–66 and 2016–21.
See 2018 and Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
The Chamber of Deputies (Camera dei deputati) is the lower house of the bicameral Italian Parliament, the upper house being the Senate of the Republic.
See 2018 and Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral parliament of Mexico.
See 2018 and Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Paraguay's bicameral legislature, the National Congress.
See 2018 and Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay
Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: Cámara de Representantes) is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia.
See 2018 and Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast (Chelyabinskaya oblast') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia.
See 2018 and Chelyabinsk Oblast
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
See 2018 and China
Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
The Citizens' Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana; commonly abbreviated as PAC) is a political party in Costa Rica.
See 2018 and Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)
Civil disorder
Civil disorder, also known as civil disturbance, civil unrest, civil strife, or turmoil, are situations when law enforcement struggle to maintain public order or tranquility.
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.
Clone (cell biology)
A clone is a group of identical cells that share a common ancestry, meaning they are derived from the same cell.
See 2018 and Clone (cell biology)
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, or simply Cluj (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg), is a city in northwestern Romania.
CNBC
CNBC is an American business news channel owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of Comcast's NBCUniversal.
See 2018 and CNBC
Coast Guard (Russia)
The Coast Guard of the FSB Border Service of Russia (Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii), previously known as the Maritime Units of the KGB Border Troops (Морские части ПограничныхВойск КГБ СССР), is the coast guard of Russia.
See 2018 and Coast Guard (Russia)
Colorado Party (Paraguay)
The National Republican Association – Colorado Party (Spanish: Asociación Nacional Republicana – Partido Colorado, ANR-PC, lit. 'Red Party') is a conservative political party in Paraguay, founded on 11 September 1887 by Bernardino Caballero.
See 2018 and Colorado Party (Paraguay)
Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea
The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is a treaty signed in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on 12 August 2018 by the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
See 2018 and Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea
Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.
Crimea
Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov.
See 2018 and Crimea
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team (Hrvatska nogometna reprezentacija) represents Croatia in international football matches.
See 2018 and Croatia national football team
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.
See 2018 and Cuba
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Mexican charter airline Global Air on behalf of Cubana de Aviación, from José Martí International Airport, Havana, Cuba, to Frank País Airport in Holguín, Cuba.
See 2018 and Cubana de Aviación Flight 972
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven is a town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Dagestan
Dagestan (Дагестан), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea.
Danilo Toninelli
Danilo Toninelli (born 2 August 1974) is an Italian politician.
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 2018 and Dawn (spacecraft)
December 1982 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on Thursday, December 30, 1982.
See 2018 and December 1982 lunar eclipse
December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
Deerfield Beach, Florida
Deerfield Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, just south of the Palm Beach County line.
See 2018 and Deerfield Beach, Florida
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a United States immigration policy.
See 2018 and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro (Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a social-democratic and populist political party in Montenegro.
See 2018 and Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
See 2018 and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denis Mukwege
Denis Mukwege (born 1 March 1955) is a Congolese gynecologist and Pentecostal pastor.
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Donna Strickland
Donna Theo Strickland (born 27 May 1959) is a Canadian optical physicist and pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers.
Double-barreled shotgun
A double-barreled shotgun, also known as a double shotgun, is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots that can be fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession.
See 2018 and Double-barreled shotgun
Douma chemical attack
On 7 April 2018, a chemical warfare attack was launched by the forces of the government of Bashar al-Assad in the city of Douma, Syria.
See 2018 and Douma chemical attack
Douma, Syria
Douma (Dūmā) is a city in Syria. Its centre is about northeast of the centre of Damascus. Being the capital of Rif Dimashq Governorate, the city is also the administrative centre of Douma District. Douma is a major city of the region known as Ghouta, for the peri-urban settlements to the east and south of Damascus.
Dow Jones Industrial Average
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow, is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
See 2018 and Dow Jones Industrial Average
Downburst
In meteorology, a downburst is a strong downward and outward gushing wind system that emanates from a point source above and blows radially, that is, in straight lines in all directions from the area of impact at surface level.
Durango International Airport
Durango International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Durango); officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Guadalupe Victoria (General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport) is an international airport situated in the city of Durango, Mexico.
See 2018 and Durango International Airport
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
See 2018 and Earth
Earthquake
An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
See 2018 and Ecuador
Ehime Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku.
Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1983 was an amendment to the Constitution of Ireland which inserted a subsection recognising "the equal right to life of the pregnant woman and the unborn".
See 2018 and Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
El Paraíso stampede
The El Paraíso stampede was a stampede of more than 500 people that occurred in the early-morning hours of 16 June 2018 at the El Paraíso Social Club, also known as Los Cotorros Club, in the El Paraíso urbanization in Caracas, Venezuela.
See 2018 and El Paraíso stampede
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
See 2018 and England
Eritrea
Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.
See 2018 and Eritrea
Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
The Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict was a violent standoff and a proxy conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia lasting from 1998 to 2018.
See 2018 and Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict
Eswatini
Eswatini (eSwatini), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and also known by its former official name Swaziland and formerly the Kingdom of Swaziland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.
ETA (separatist group)
ETA, an acronym for ("Basque Homeland and Liberty", Encyclopaedia Britannica 20 October 2011 or "Basque Country and Freedom"), was an armed Basque nationalist and far-left separatist organization in the Basque Country between 1959 and 2018, with its goal being independence for the region.
See 2018 and ETA (separatist group)
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
See 2018 and Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta.
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift launch vehicle with partial reusability that can carry cargo into Earth orbit, and beyond.
February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
Federal government of the United States
The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.
See 2018 and Federal government of the United States
Federal Security Service
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB or FSS) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the Soviet Union's KGB; its immediate predecessor was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) which was reorganized into the FSB in 1995.
See 2018 and Federal Security Service
Fidesz–KDNP
Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance (Fidesz–KDNP pártszövetség), formerly also known as the Alliance of Hungarian Solidarity (Magyar Szolidaritás Szövetsége), is a right-wing national conservative political alliance of two political parties in Hungary, the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Fidesz) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP).
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 2018 and FIFA
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
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Fire-control radar
A fire-control radar (FCR) is a radar that is designed specifically to provide information (mainly target azimuth, elevation, range and range rate) to a fire-control system in order to direct weapons such that they hit a target.
See 2018 and Fire-control radar
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba is the top leader of Cuba.
See 2018 and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Flash flood
A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.
Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
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Fox News
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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France national football team
The France national football team (Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football.
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Frances Arnold
Frances Hamilton Arnold (born July 25, 1956) is an American chemical engineer and Nobel Laureate.
Functional extinction
Functional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that.
See 2018 and Functional extinction
G8
The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014.
See 2018 and G8
Gatwick Airport
London Gatwick, also known as Gatwick Airport, is the secondary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
Gatwick Airport drone incident
Between 19 and 21 December 2018, hundreds of flights were cancelled at Gatwick Airport near London, England, following reports of drone sightings close to the runway.
See 2018 and Gatwick Airport drone incident
Gérard Mourou
Gérard Albert Mourou (born 22 June 1944) is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers.
Gendarmerie (Romania)
The Jandarmeria Română is the national Gendarmerie force of Romania, tasked with high-risk and specialized law enforcement duties.
See 2018 and Gendarmerie (Romania)
General Council of the Judiciary
The General Council of the Judiciary (Consejo General del Poder Judicial, CGPJ) is the national council of the judiciary of Spain.
See 2018 and General Council of the Judiciary
General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (abbreviated GDPR) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA).
See 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
See 2018 and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Genetically modified organism
A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.
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Genoa
Genoa (Genova,; Zêna) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy.
See 2018 and Genoa
Geology of Mars
The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars.
George Smith (chemist)
George Pearson Smith (born 10 March 1941) is an American biologist and Nobel laureate.
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Ghuta
Ghouta (غُوطَةُ دِمَشْقَ / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.
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Gitega
Gitega, formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi.
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Giuseppe Conte
Giuseppe Conte (born 8 August 1964) is an Italian jurist, academic, and politician who served as prime minister of Italy from June 2018 to February 2021.
Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
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Government of Japan
The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan.
See 2018 and Government of Japan
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi), usually referred to simply as the TBMM or Parliament (Meclis or Parlamento), is the unicameral Turkish legislature.
See 2018 and Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
See 2018 and Greece
Gregory Winter
Sir Gregory Paul Winter (born 14 April 1951) is a Nobel Prize-winning English molecular biologist best known for his work on the therapeutic use of monoclonal antibodies.
Greta Thunberg
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate the effects of human-caused climate change.
Gun violence
Gun-related violence is violence committed with the use of a firearm.
Havana
Havana (La Habana) is the capital and largest city of Cuba.
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Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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He Jiankui
He Jiankui (born 1984) is a Chinese biophysicist who was an associate professor in the Department of Biology of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China.
Helge Ingstad collision
The Helge Ingstad collision was a ship collision between the Norwegian frigate and the Maltese tanker Sola TS.
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Heliosphere
The heliosphere is the magnetosphere, astrosphere, and outermost atmospheric layer of the Sun.
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands.
See 2018 and Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
House of Assembly of Barbados
The House of Assembly of Barbados is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados.
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House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda)
The House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral parliament.
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Humboldt Broncos
The Humboldt Broncos are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
Humboldt Broncos bus crash
On April 6, 2018, sixteen people were killed and thirteen were injured when a northbound coach bus struck a westbound semi-trailer truck that blew through a stop sign near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Hurricane Camille
Hurricane Camille was a powerful, deadly and destructive Category 5 major hurricane which became the second most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the United States (behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane) and is one of just four Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. The most intense storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season, Camille originated as a tropical depression on August 14, south of Cuba, from a long-tracked tropical wave.
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Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that caused catastrophic damage in the Carolinas in September 2018, primarily as a result of freshwater flooding due to torrential rain.
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Hurricane Michael
Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992.
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Hydrazine
Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
Hydrogen train
In transportation, the original (2003) generic term "hydrail" includes hydrogen trains, zero-emission multiple units, or ZEMUs — generic terms describing rail vehicles, large or small, which use on-board hydrogen fuel as a source of energy to power the traction motors, or the auxiliaries, or both.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport.
Ilta-Sanomat
the evening news is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid size evening newspapers and the second largest paper in the country.
Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi
Imlil (إمليل; ⵉⵎⵍⵉⵍ) is a small village in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position.
Independence Day (Malaysia)
Independence Day (Hari Merdeka), also known as National Day (Hari Kebangsaan), is the independence day of the Federation of Malaya from the British Empire.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
InSight
The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations.
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) was an arms control treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (and its successor state, the Russian Federation).
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International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.
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International sanctions against Iran
There have been a number of international sanctions against Iran imposed by a number of countries, especially the United States, and international entities.
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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
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Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
Interstellar medium
The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.
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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.
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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.
Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest
Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 46 times since making its debut in.
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Istanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the Bosporus Strait, the boundary between Europe and Asia.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Iván Duque
Iván Duque Márquez (born 1 August 1976) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022.
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018.
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023.
Jakarta
Jakarta, officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (DKI Jakarta) and formerly known as Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia.
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Jamal Khashoggi
Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī,; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist for Middle East Eye and The Washington Post, and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
James P. Allison
James Patrick Allison (born August 7, 1948) is an American immunologist and Nobel laureate who holds the position of professor and chair of immunology and executive director of immunotherapy platform at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
January 2018 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse occurred on 31 January 2018.
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January 2018 United States federal government shutdown
The United States federal government shut down at midnight EST on Saturday, January 20, 2018, until the evening of Monday, January 22.
See 2018 and January 2018 United States federal government shutdown
Japan–European Union relations
Relations between the European Union (EU) and Japan date back to 1959.
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Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
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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.
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José Martí International Airport
José Martí International Airport, sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport, is an international airport located in the municipality of Boyeros, southwest of the centre of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota, and former Latin American hub for the Soviet (later Russian) airline Aeroflot.
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Juba
Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan.
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Juiz de Fora
Juiz de Fora (Outsider Judge), also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately from the state border with Rio de Janeiro.
July 2018 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on 27 July 2018.
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June 2029 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse will take place between Monday and Tuesday, June 25-26, 2029.
See 2018 and June 2029 lunar eclipse
Juntos Haremos Historia
Juntos Haremos Historia was a Mexican political coalition encompassing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), Labor Party (PT), and Social Encounter Party (PES), the latter of which was consequently absorbed into the National Regeneration Movement, to compete in the 2018 general election.
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Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi,; AK PARTİ), abbreviated officially as AK Party in English, is a political party in Turkey self-describing as conservative-democratic.
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Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus
The is a Japanese electric bus line between Ōgizawa Station, Ōmachi and Kurobe Dam Station, Tateyama.
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Kawasaki P-1
The Kawasaki P-1, previously P-X, XP-1, is a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company.
Kay Goldsworthy
Kay Maree Goldsworthy (born 1956) is an Australian bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.
Kemerovo
Kemerovo (p) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Basin.
Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers.
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.
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Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope is a defunct space telescope launched by NASA in 2009 to discover Earth-sized planets orbiting other stars.
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Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
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Kerch
Kerch, also known as Keriç or Kerich, is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of Crimea.
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Kerch Polytechnic College massacre
The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre was a school shooting and bomb attack that occurred in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018, when 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov killed 20 people and wounded 67 others before subsequently committing suicide.
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Kerch Strait
The Kerch Strait is a strait in Eastern Europe.
Kerch Strait incident
The Kerch Strait incident was an international incident that occurred on 25 November 2018 in the Kerch Strait, during which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels after they attempted to transit from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov through the strait on their way to the port of Mariupol.
See 2018 and Kerch Strait incident
Khmeimim Air Base
Khmeimim Air Base (Хмеймим), also Hmeimim Air Base, is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria.
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Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
Kim–Xi meetings
The Kim–Xi meetings were a series of summits between North Korea and China during 2018 and 2019.
King of Malaysia
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, unofficially known as the king of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia.
Kivu Ebola epidemic
The Kivu Ebola epidemic was an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) mainly in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and in other parts of Central Africa, from 2018 to 2020.
See 2018 and Kivu Ebola epidemic
Kizlyar
Kizlyar (Кизля́р; Гъизляр; Къызлар, Qızlar) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic.
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Kizlyar church shooting
On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia's southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, Dagestan, killing five women and injuring several other people, including two police and three others.
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Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan
Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (KHUNTO) is a political party in East Timor.
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Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a heavily militarized strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north.
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Kremlin
The Moscow Kremlin (Moskovskiy Kreml'), or simply the Kremlin, is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia.
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KSI
Olajide Olayinka Williams "JJ" Olatunji (born June 19, 1993), known professionally as KSI, is an English social media influencer, professional boxer, and musician.
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KSI vs Logan Paul
KSI vs.
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Kurashiki
is a city located in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
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Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes.
Landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
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Le Parisien
Le Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs.
Legislative Assembly of El Salvador
The Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador.
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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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Lion Air Flight 610
Lion Air Flight 610 (JT610/LNI610) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, in Indonesia.
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Lisbon
Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.
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List of school massacres by death toll
This is a list of school massacres by death toll.
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Lithuania
Lithuania (Lietuva), officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe.
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.
Liviu Dragnea
Liviu Nicolae Dragnea (born 28 October 1962) is a Romanian engineer and former politician.
Logan Paul
Logan Alexander Paul (born April 1, 1995) is an American social media influencer, professional wrestler, YouTuber, entrepreneur, and actor.
Lombok
Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Lower house
A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where second chamber is the upper house.
Luigi Di Maio
Luigi Di Maio (born 6 July 1986) is an Italian and --> politician who has been serving as EU Special Representative for the Gulf region since 1 June 2023.
Lunar Saros 124
Saros cycle series 124 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's ascending node, 18 years 11 and 1/3 days.
Lunar Saros 129
Saros cycle series 129 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years days.
Macedonia naming dispute
The use of the country name "Macedonia" was disputed between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) between 1991 and 2019.
See 2018 and Macedonia naming dispute
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk (p) is an industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River.
Mahathir Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad (italic;; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and doctor who served as the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
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.
Manchester Arena
Manchester Arena (currently known as AO Arena for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights space.
March for Our Lives
March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led organization which leads demonstrations in support of gun control legislation.
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Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy Brey (born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government.
Mario Abdo Benítez
Mario Abdo Benítez (born 10 November 1971) is a Paraguayan politician who served as the 51st president of Paraguay from 2018 to 2023.
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Maritime patrol aircraft
A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, maritime surveillance aircraft, or by the older American term patrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol roles — in particular anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-ship warfare (AShW), and search and rescue (SAR).
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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.
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Martial law
Martial law is the replacement of civilian government by military rule and the suspension of civilian legal processes for military powers.
Mass shooting
A mass shooting is a violent crime in which one or more attackers kill or injure multiple individuals simultaneously using a firearm.
May 68
Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, and the occupation of universities and factories.
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Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Mercury (planet)
Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
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Mexico Beach, Florida
Mexico Beach is a city in Bay County, Florida, United States.
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Mexico–United States border wall
The Mexico–United States border wall is a series of vertical barriers along the Mexico–United States border intended to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico.
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Michael D. Higgins
Michael Daniel Higgins (Mícheál Dónal Ó hUigínn; born 18 April 1941) is an Irish politician, poet, broadcaster and sociologist who has been serving as the ninth president of Ireland since 2011.
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Miguel Díaz-Canel
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (born 20 April 1960) is a Cuban politician and engineer who is the 8th and current First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021, and as well as the 17th President of Cuba since 2019.
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Milo Đukanović
Milo Đukanović (born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician who served as the President of Montenegro from 2018 to 2023, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2002.
Miloš Zeman
Miloš Zeman (born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician who served as the third president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023.
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 census.
Miro Cerar
Miroslav Cerar Jr. (known as Miro Cerar) (born 25 August 1963) is a Slovenian law professor and politician.
Monkey
Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians.
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Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician who served as the 12th (19th election) president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022.
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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Muhammad V of Kelantan
Sultan Muhammad V (Jawi: سلطان محمد ٥; born 6 October 1969) is the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since ascending to the throne in 2010.
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Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland
On 17 December 2018, the bodies of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, a 24-year-old Danish woman, and Maren Ueland, a 28-year-old Norwegian woman, were found decapitated in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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Nadia Murad
Nadia Murad Basee Taha (نادية مراد باسي طه; born 10 March 1993) is an Iraqi-born Yazidi human rights activist based in Germany.
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 Assembly (Hungary)
The National Assembly (lit) is the parliament of Hungary.
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National Assembly (Slovenia)
The National Assembly (Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, or) is the general representative body of Slovenia.
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National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction
The National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (Congresso Nacional de Reconstrução de Timor, CNRT) is a political party in East Timor founded by former President Xanana Gusmão in March 2007 in preparation for the 2007 parliamentary election.
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National Council (Bhutan)
The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's bicameral Parliament, which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Assembly.
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National Council (Monaco)
The National Council (Conseil national; Cunsiyu naçiunale) is the unicameral parliament (legislative body) of the Principality of Monaco.
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National Liberation Army (Colombia)
The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, Official Journal of the European Union.
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National Museum of Brazil
The National Museum of Brazil (Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil.
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National Parliament (East Timor)
The National Parliament (Parlamentu Nasionál, Parlamento Nacional) is the unicameral national legislature in East Timor.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
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Nerve agent
Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs.
Netta Barzilai
Netta Barzilai (נטע ברזילי; born 22 January 1993), also known mononymously as Netta, is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician.
New National Party (Grenada)
The New National Party (NNP), also known as NNP Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, is a conservative political party in Grenada.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.
Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro Moros (born 23 November 1962) is a Venezuelan politician who has served as the 53rd President of Venezuela since 2013.
Nicos Anastasiades
Nicos Anastasiades (Νίκος Αναστασιάδης; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician and businessperson, who served as the seventh president of Cyprus from 2013 to 2023.
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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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North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
Northern white rhinoceros
The northern white rhinoceros or northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) is one of two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the southern white rhinoceros).
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Novichok
Novichok (lit) is a family of nerve agents, some of which are binary chemical weapons.
Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean
Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile) was a case at the International Court of Justice.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
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Old town
In a city or town, the old town is its historic or original core.
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk (born 29 January 1962) is a Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual.
Operation Olive Branch
Operation Olive Branch (Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı) was a cross-border military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces and Syrian National Army (SNA) in the majority-Kurdish Afrin District of northwest Syria, against the People's Protection Units (YPG) of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Organización de los Estados Americanos; Organização dos Estados Americanos; Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
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OSIRIS-REx
OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid.
Oulu
Oulu (Uleåborg) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia.
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Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal
In December 2018, it transpired that adult men, all of whom had arrived in Finland as asylum seekers or refugees, were grooming, and raping and otherwise sexually abusing, girls under 15 years of age in Oulu, Finland.
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Pakatan Harapan
The Alliance of Hope (Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylised as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
Palembang
Palembang (Palembang: Pelémbang, Jawi) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra.
Paramount leader
Paramount leader is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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.
Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe (PSP; previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus or Solar Probe+) is a NASA space probe launched in 2018 with the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun.
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Parkland high school shooting
The Parkland high school shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on February 14, 2018, when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami metropolitan area city of Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others.
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Parkland, Florida
Parkland is a suburban city, northwest of Miami, in northern Broward County, Florida, US.
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Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda
The Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda consists of the King of Antigua and Barbuda, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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Parliament of Barbados
The Parliament of Barbados is the national legislature of Barbados.
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Parliament of Bhutan
The Parliament of Bhutan (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with a bicameral parliament.
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Parliament of Grenada
The Parliament of Grenada is composed of the monarch and two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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Parliament of Malaysia
The Parliament of Malaysia (Parlimen Malaysia; Jawi) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system.
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Paul Romer
Paul Michael Romer (born November 6, 1955) is an American economist and policy entrepreneur who is a University Professor in Economics at Boston College.
Pedestrian zone
Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor traffic not allowed.
Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018.
People's Defense Units
The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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People's Liberation Party (East Timor)
The People's Liberation Party (Partidu Libertasaun Popular; abbreviated PLP) is a political party in East Timor.
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Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
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Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
The poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, also known as the Salisbury Poisonings, was a botched assassination attempt to poison Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the British intelligence agencies in the city of Salisbury, England on 4 March 2018. Sergei and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned by means of a Novichok nerve agent.
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Political demonstration
A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.
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Ponte Morandi
italics (English: Morandi Bridge), officially italics (English: Polcevera Viaduct), was a road viaduct in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, constructed between 1963 and 1967 along the A10 motorway over the Polcevera River, from which it derived its official name.
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
President for life
President for life is a title assumed by or granted to some presidents to extend their tenure up until their death.
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President of Brazil
The president of Brazil (presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Brazil.
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President of Costa Rica
The president of the Republic of Costa Rica is the head of state and head of government of Costa Rica.
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President of Cyprus
The president of Cyprus, officially the president of the Republic of Cyprus, is the head of state and the head of government of Cyprus, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Cypriot National Guard.
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President of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland (Suomen tasavallan presidentti; republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland.
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President of Mexico
The president of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico.
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President of Montenegro
The President of Montenegro is the head of state of Montenegro. The current president is Jakov Milatović since 20 May 2023. The official residence of the president is the Dom Revolucije in Nikšić. The President is constitutionally limited to two five-year terms of office. A candidate must be a citizen of Montenegro and have lived there for at least ten of the prior fifteen years.
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President of Paraguay
The president of Paraguay (presidente del Paraguay), officially known as the president of the Republic of Paraguay (presidente de la República del Paraguay), is according to the Constitution of Paraguay the head of the executive branch of the government of Paraguay, both head of state and head of government.
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President of South Africa
The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa.
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President of the Czech Republic
The president of the Czech Republic, officially the President of the Republic (Prezident republiky), is the head of state of the Czech Republic and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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President of Turkey
The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey.
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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 Italy
The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers (Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic.
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Prime Minister of Malaysia
The prime minister of Malaysia (Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ڤردان منتري مليسيا|label.
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Prime Minister of Montenegro
The prime minister of Montenegro (Premijer/Premijerka Crne Gore, Премијер/Премијерка Црне Горе), officially the president of the Government of Montenegro (Predśednik/Predśednica Vlade Crne Gore), is the head of the government of Montenegro.
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Prime Minister of Slovenia
The prime minister of Slovenia, officially the president of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia (Predsednik Vlade Republike Slovenije), is the head of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia.
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Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain.
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Priorité Monaco
Priorité Monaco (Priority Monaco), styled Primo! (First!), is a Monegasque political party.
Protests against Daniel Ortega
The protests against Daniel Ortega were a series of protests against President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and actions performed by his government, the dismantling of the opposition, and violence against peaceful protesters.
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Provinces and territories of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.
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Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site was the only known nuclear test site of North Korea.
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Pyeongchang County
Pyeongchang (in full, Pyeongchang-gun) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region.
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Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas, is the flag carrier of Australia, and is the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and Oceania.
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Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
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Raúl Castro
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, and President of Cuba between 2008 and 2018, succeeding his brother Fidel Castro.
Real Madrid CF
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games.
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Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty.
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.
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Riksdag
The Riksdag (also riksdagen or Sveriges riksdag) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971) is the lead ship of the Gwanggaeto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy.
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.
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Royal Norwegian Navy
The Royal Norwegian Navy (Sea defence) is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway, including those of the Norwegian Coast Guard.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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Russian Air Force
The Russian Air Force (Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, VVS) is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.
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Russian Armed Forces
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia.
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Saeima
The Saeima is the parliament of the Republic of Latvia.
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Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
School Strike for Climate
School Strike for Climate (Skolstrejk för klimatet), also known variously as Fridays for Future (FFF), Youth for Climate, Climate Strike or Youth Strike for Climate, is an international movement of school students who skip Friday classes to participate in demonstrations to demand action from political leaders to prevent climate change and for the fossil fuel industry to transition to renewable energy.
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Science and technology in China
Science and technology in China have developed rapidly since the 1980s to the 2020s, with major scientific and technological progress over the last four decades.
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Scott Morrison
Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022.
Sea of Azov
The Sea of Azov is an inland shelf sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea by the narrow (about) Strait of Kerch, and sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea.
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.
Senate of Colombia
The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the Chamber of Representatives.
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Senate of Paraguay
The Chamber of Senators of Paraguay (Cámara de Senadores), the upper house of the National Congress, has 45 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation.
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Senate of the Republic (Italy)
The Senate of the Republic (Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate (Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament, the lower house being the Chamber of Deputies.
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Senate of the Republic (Mexico)
The Senate of the Republic, (Senado de la República) constitutionally Chamber of Senators of the Honorable Congress of the Union (Cámara de Senadores del H. Congreso de la Unión), is the upper house of Mexico's bicameral Congress.
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Sergei Skripal
Sergei Viktorovich Skripal (p; born 23 June 1951) is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the United Kingdom's intelligence services during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Shoko Asahara
, born, was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo.
Siege of Eastern Ghouta
The siege of Eastern Ghouta was a siege that was laid by Syrian Government forces in April 2013, to the area in eastern Ghouta held by anti-government forces since November 2012, during the Syrian civil war.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
Sinking of MV Nyerere
MV Nyerere is a Tanzanian ferry that capsized on 20 September 2018 while travelling between the islands of Ukerewe and Ukara on Lake Victoria.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.
Slovenian Parliament
The Slovenian Parliament (Slovenski parlament) is the informal designation of the general representative body of the Slovenian nation and the legislative body of the Republic of Slovenia.
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Social Democratic Party (Romania)
The Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is the largest political party in Romania, though in the European Parliament, it is the second largest by total number of political representatives (i.e. MEPs), after the National Liberal Party (PNL).
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Solar wind
The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona.
Somatic cell nuclear transfer
In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory strategy for creating a viable embryo from a body cell and an egg cell.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
South Sudan
South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
Space Science Reviews
Space Science Reviews is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal of space science.
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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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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
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Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
The General Council of the Judiciary blockade was a constitutional crisis that has resulted in the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), the governing body of the Judiciary in Spain not being able to fulfill its functions due to the inability of the Spanish Parliament (Cortes Generales) to agree on the appointment of a new council since the term of the last council expired in 2018.
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Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C
The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C (SR15) was published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 8 October 2018.
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St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style.
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Standing NATO Maritime Group 1
Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) is one of NATO's standing naval maritime immediate reaction forces.
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Stéphane Valeri
Stéphane Valeri (born 1 March 1962) is a Monegasque politician and businessman.
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (abbreviated SPLM-IO), also known as the anti-governmental forces (AGF), is a mainly South Sudanese political party and rebel group that split from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in 2013, due to political tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar over leadership of the SPLM.
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Sulawesi
Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Sunda Strait
The Sunda Strait (Selat Sunda) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.
Supermoon
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth.
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India (ISO: Bhārata kā Sarvōcca Nyāyālaya) is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
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Syria missile strikes (September 2018)
On 17 September 2018, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted missile strikes against multiple targets in government-controlled western Syria.
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Syrian civil war
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
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Tariff
A tariff is a tax imposed by the government of a country or by a supranational union on imports or exports of goods.
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Tarragona
Tarragona (Tarraco) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain).
Tasuku Honjo
is a Japanese physician-scientist and immunologist.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
Tham Luang cave rescue
In June and July 2018, a junior association football team was rescued from Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand.
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Tham Luang Nang Non
Tham Luang Nang Non (lit) is a karstic cave system in the Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, near the village of Pong Pha, in northern Thailand.
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The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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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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Timeline of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency (2015–present)
In late July 2015, the third phase of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict between various Kurdish insurgent groups and the Turkish government erupted, following a failed two and a half year-long peace process aimed at resolving the long-running conflict.
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Tokyo subway sarin attack
The was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated on 20 March 1995, in Tokyo, Japan, by members of the cult movement Aum Shinrikyo.
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Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Toubkal
Toubkal, also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in southwestern Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park.
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Toy (song)
"Toy" (Hebrew transliteration: טוי) is a song by Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, composed and written by Doron Medalie and the song's producer Stav Beger, the song was released on 11 March 2018 along with its official music video clip, which was directed by Keren Hochma.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the Kepler mission.
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Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport (त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल,, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal.
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Tsunami
A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.
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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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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Typhoon Mangkhut
Typhoon Mangkhut, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Ompong, was a powerful and catastrophic Category 5 tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in Guam, the Philippines and South China in September 2018.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR, US NEWS) is an American media company publishing news, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.
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Ukrainian Navy
The Ukrainian Navy (translit) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Uncrewed spacecraft
Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board.
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Unicameralism
Unicameralism (from uni- "one" + Latin camera "chamber") is a type of legislature consisting of one house or assembly that legislates and votes as one.
United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid
United 2026, also known as the North American 2026 bid, was a successful joint bid led by the United States Soccer Federation, together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation, to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
United Nations Human Rights Council
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world.
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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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United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The United States announced its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the "Iran nuclear deal" or the "Iran deal", on May 8, 2018.
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Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, that crashed on 12 March 2018 while landing, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.
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UTC+09:00
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
Valencia, Venezuela
Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Veterans Day
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Viorica Dăncilă
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (born 16 December 1963) is a Romanian politician, former leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019.
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.
Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
Volcán de Fuego
Volcán de Fuego (Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", often shortened to Fuego) or Chi Q'aq' (Kaqchikel for "where the fire is") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the borders of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments.
Voyager 2
Voyager 2 is a space probe launched by NASA on August 20, 1977, as a part of the Voyager program.
Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on Saturday 19 May 2018 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom.
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Western African Ebola epidemic
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.
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Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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William Nordhaus
William Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist.
Women to drive movement
Until June 2018, Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world in which women were forbidden from driving motor vehicles.
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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.
XXXTentacion
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter.
Yellow vests protests
The Yellow Vests Protests or Yellow Jackets Protests or Yellow Vests Revolution (Mouvement des gilets jaunes) are a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018.
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Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus, more commonly known as Ebola virus (EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus Ebolavirus.
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua
Zhong Zhong (born 27 November 2017) and Hua Hua (born 5 December 2017) are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques (also referred to as cynomolgus monkeys) that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep in 1996.
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101955 Bennu
101955 Bennu (provisional designation) is a carbonaceous asteroid in the Apollo group discovered by the LINEAR Project on 11 September 1999.
15 February 2003 anti-war protests
On 15 February 2003, a coordinated day of protests was held across the world in which people in more than 600 cities expressed opposition to the imminent Iraq War.
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1958 Venezuelan coup d'état
The 1958 Venezuelan coup d'état took place on 23 January 1958, when the dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez was overthrown.
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2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
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2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
Between March and June 2010 a series of volcanic events at Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused enormous disruption to air travel across Western Europe.
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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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2017–18 UEFA Champions League
The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.
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2017–2019 Romanian protests
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2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Airport, Boufarik, Algeria, which is near Blida and south-west of the capital, Algiers.
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2018 Amazonas ambush
The 2018 Amazonas ambush occurred on 4 November 2018 when three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state.
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2018 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 21 March 2018 to elect members to House of Representatives of the 15th Antigua and Barbuda Parliament.
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2018 Armenian parliamentary election
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 16 October.
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2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games (Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or Asian Games 2018), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, were a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.
2018 Attica wildfires
A series of wildfires in Greece, during the 2018 European heat wave, began in the coastal areas of Attica in July 2018.
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2018 Barbadian general election
General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018.
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2018 Bhutanese National Council election
National Council elections were held in Bhutan on 20 April 2018.
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2018 Brussels summit
The 2018 Brussels Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was the 28th formal meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 and 12 July 2018.
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2018 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 11 March 2018 to elect 102 members of the Senate and 165 members of the House of Representatives.
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2018 Colombian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018.
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2018 Commonwealth Games
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018.
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2018 Costa Rican general election
General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly.
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2018 Cypriot presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 28 January 2018.
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2018 Czech presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2018.
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2018 East Timorese parliamentary election
Election call for the early parliamentary elections 2018 Early parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 12 May 2018 after the National Parliament was dissolved by President Francisco Guterres on 26 January 2018.
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2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA.
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2018 FIFA World Cup final
The 2018 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 World Cup, the 21st edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams.
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2018 Finnish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018.
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2018 Grenadian general election
General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 2018.
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2018 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 8 April 2018.
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2018 Irish presidential election
The 2018 Irish presidential election took place on Friday, 26 October, between 7.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m. President Michael D. Higgins, who was elected in 2011 with the support of the Labour Party, was seeking re-election to a second term as an Independent.
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2018 Italian general election
The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017.
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2018 Japan floods
In late June through mid-July 2018, successive heavy downpours in southwestern Japan resulted in widespread, devastating floods and mudflows.
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2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute
The 2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute is about an incident between a Japanese airplane and a South Korean warship.
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2018 Juba raid
On 4 January 2018, SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual attacked the western parts of Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
2018 Kemerovo fire
On 25 March 2018 at 16:00 local time (9:00 UTC), a fire engulfed the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex (translit) in Kemerovo, Russia.
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2018 Kerala floods
On 16 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state Kerala, due to unusually heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.
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2018 Laos dam collapse
The 2018 Laos dam collapse was the collapse of Saddle Dam D, part of a larger hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos's Champasak Province, on 23 July 2018.
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2018 Latvian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Latvia on 6 October 2018.
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2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills
Leadership spills of the federal parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia were held on 21 and 24 August 2018 and were called by the incumbent leader of the party, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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2018 lower Puna eruption
The 2018 lower Puna eruption was a volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone that began on May 3, 2018.
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2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
On 31 December 2018, at approximately 6:02 a.m. local time, an apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapsed.
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2018 Malaysian general election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Wednesday, 9 May 2018.
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2018 Münster attack
On 7 April 2018, a man drove a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster.
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2018 Mediterranean Games
The 2018 Mediterranean Games (Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
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2018 Mexican general election
General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018.
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2018 Monegasque general election
General elections were held in Monaco on 11 February 2018.
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2018 Montenegrin presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 15 April 2018.
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2018 North American heat wave
The 2018 North American heat wave affected regions of Canada, where at least 70 deaths in Quebec were heat-related, the United States, where 18 states between Michigan and New Mexico issued heat advisories to a population of over 60 million people, and of Mexico, particularly the northwest and central regions.
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2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
The 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on June 12, 2018.
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2018 Paraguayan general election
General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018.
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2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash
On 6 March 2018 an Antonov An-26 transport aircraft crashed on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board.
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2018 Russian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018.
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2018 Salvadoran legislative election
Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 2018 to choose 84 members of the Legislative Assembly and 262 mayors.
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2018 Slovenian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 3 June 2018.
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2018 Southeastern Provisions raid
The 2018 Southeastern Provisions raid, also known as the 2018 Bean Station ICE Raid and the 2018 Grainger County ICE raid, was a workplace raid that occurred at Southeastern Provisions, a cattle slaughterhouse and meat-packing facility in rural Grainger County, Tennessee, United States, west of the town of Bean Station.
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2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami
On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.
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2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
The 2018 Sunda strait tsunami (Indonesian: Tsunami Selat Sunda 2018) occurred on 22 December 2018 at around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera.
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2018 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag.
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2018 Toronto van attack
The 2018 Toronto van attack was a vehicle-ramming attack that occurred on April 23, 2018, when a rented van was driven along Yonge Street through the North York City Centre business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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2018 Turkish general election
General elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018.
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2018 Turkish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of general elections, with presidential elections taking place on the same day.
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2018 Turkish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of the 2018 general election, alongside parliamentary elections on the same day.
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2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as the Katowice Climate Change Conference or COP24, was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire
On 28 March 2018, a fire broke out during a prison riot in the cells at the Carabobo state police headquarters in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela.
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2018 Venezuelan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 20 May 2018, with incumbent Nicolás Maduro being declared re-elected for a second six-year term.
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2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption
The 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption was an eruption of italic in italic on Sunday 3 June 2018.
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2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
A motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 31 May and 1 June 2018.
See 2018 and 2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics (Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpik) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (Pyeongchang Icheon sip-pal), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February, a day before the opening ceremony.
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2018 Winter Paralympics
The 2018 Winter Paralympics, the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 18 March 2018.
See 2018 and 2018 Winter Paralympics
2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown in history and the second and final federal government shutdown involving furloughs during the presidency of Donald Trump.
See 2018 and 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
2026 FIFA World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
See 2018 and 2026 FIFA World Cup
21st century
The 21st century is the current century in the Anno Domini or Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
44th G7 summit
The 44th G7 summit was held on 8–9 June 2018, in La Malbaie in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada.
5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake
On 5 August 2018, a destructive and shallow earthquake measuring 6.9 (7.0 according to BMKG) struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia.
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