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8 hours ago · Kamala Harris is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. A former senator, she is the first African American, first Asian American and first female occupant of the office. Harris is the highest ranking female official in United States history. She assumed office on January 20, 2021.
8 hours ago · Plantagenet / Angevin [nb 1] Father. Henry II, King of England. Mother. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine. John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire ...
8 hours ago · Maratha Confederacy. The Maratha Confederacy, [a] also referred to as the Maratha Empire, [6][7][8] was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. It comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states [9][10] often subordinate to the former. It was established in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji as the ...
8 hours ago · Cinderella. " Cinderella ", [a] or " The Little Glass Slipper ", is a folk tale with thousands of variants that are told throughout the world. [2][3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.
1 day ago · Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. [ 1] Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and Syria, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition.
8 hours ago · Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. [15]
8 hours ago · valenzuela .gov .ph. Valenzuela ( / ˌvælənzjuˈɛlə /, Tagalog: [valensˈwela] ), officially the City of Valenzuela ( Filipino: Lungsod ng Valenzuela ), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 714,978 people.