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5 days ago · Grover Cleveland (born March 18, 1837, Caldwell, New Jersey, U.S.—died June 24, 1908, Princeton, New Jersey) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States (1885–89 and 1893–97) and the only president ever to serve two discontinuous terms. Cleveland distinguished himself as one of the few truly honest and principled politicians of ...
1 day ago · Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician and diplomat who served as his country’s prime minister three times (1996–99, 2009–21, and 2022– ). After becoming the longest-serving prime minister since Israel’s independence, he was indicted in 2019 on charges of corruption while in office.
4 days ago · Columbia University, major private institution of higher education in New York, New York, U.S. It is one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for their high academic standards, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. Founded in 1754 as King’s College, it was renamed Columbia College when it reopened in 1784 after the ...
1 day ago · Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on. Hezbollah, political party and militant group that first emerged during Lebanon ’s civil war as a militia after the Israeli invasion of that country in 1982. Since the 2000s it has been one of the foremost political forces in Lebanon.
2 days ago · Windsor, city, seat of Essex county, southern Ontario, Canada. Windsor is situated on the left (south) bank of the Detroit River, opposite Detroit, Michigan. Settled by French farmers shortly after 1701, when a fort was established at Detroit, the city was known as “the Ferry” and later as Richmond before it was renamed in 1836 for Windsor ...
4 days ago · Chennai, formerly known as Madras, city and capital of Tamil Nadu state, southern India, located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Known as the ‘Gateway to South India,’ Chennai is a major administrative and cultural center. Learn more about the history and characteristics of Chennai in this article.
3 days ago · Atlanta is the capital city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwestern part of the state, just southeast of the Chattahoochee River. Its origins date to 1837. Atlanta is Georgia’s largest city and the principal trade and transportation center of the southeastern United States.
