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1 day ago · Australia's annual average temperatures are projected to increase 0.4–2.0 °C above 1990 levels by the year 2030, and 1–6 °C by 2070. Average precipitation in the southwest and southeast Australia is projected to decline during this time, while regions such as the northwest may experience increases in rainfall.
1 day ago · Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on June 1 in many Second World countries. [1]
1 day ago · On October 20, 2004, Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri resigned; the next day former Prime Minister and loyal supporter of Syria Omar Karami was appointed Prime Minister. On February 14, 2005, former Prime Minister Hariri was assassinated in a car-bomb attack which killed 21 and wounded 100. On February 21, 2005, tens of thousand Lebanese protestors ...
1 day ago · New Caledonia ( / ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə / ⓘ KAL-ih-DOH-nee-ə; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie [nuvɛl kaledɔni] ⓘ, Kanak: Kanaky) [nb 2] is a sui generis collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia, [5] and 17,000 km (11,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.
9 minutes ago · Artists Raja Feather Kelly Raja Feather Kelly (Choreographer) is a choreographer and director, and the Artistic Director of the feath3rtheory–a dance-theatre-media company. Kelly has created 16 evening-length premieres with the feath3rtheory, most recently WEDNESDAY at New York Live Arts. He choreog...
1 day ago · The 25th Dynasty of Nubian rulers was again briefly replaced by native nobility in the 7th century BC, and in 525 BC, Egypt fell under Persian rule . Egypt fell under Greek control after Alexander the Great 's conquest in 332 BC. The Late Period of ancient Egypt is taken to end with his death in 323 BC.
1 day ago · Punjabi, [d] sometimes spelled Panjabi, [e] is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India, spoken predominantly by the Punjabi people. With approximately 148 million native speakers, it is the eighth most spoken native language in the world. It also has a few million additional speakers which, along with native ...
