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13 hours ago · List of ongoing armed conflicts. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000–9,999) Minor conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.
13 hours ago · February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.) Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.
13 hours ago · e. The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. The scientific method involves careful observation coupled with rigorous scepticism, because cognitive assumptions can distort the interpretation of the observation.
13 hours ago · 161 BC: 1593 1815 1948 1951 1972 Sri Lanka: Sudan: 1844 1882 1885 1899 1922 1952 1956 1970 Sudan: Suriname: 1581 1795 1806 1810 1814 1959 1975 Suriname: Sweden: 1562 1815 1844 1905/1906 Sweden: Switzerland: 1470 1798 1803 1889 Switzerland: Syria: 1844 1920 1920 1922 1932 1958 1961 1963 1972 1980 Syria: Taiwan: 1661 1683 1890 1895 1895 1945 ...
13 hours ago · Meaning Etymology The English word "news" developed in the 14th century as a special use of the plural form of "new". In Middle English, the equivalent word was newes, like the French nouvelles and the German Neues. Similar developments are found in the Slavic languages – namely cognates from Serbo-Croatian novost (from nov, "new"), Czech and Slovak noviny (from nový, "new"), the Polish ...
13 hours ago · In the US, the average annual inflation rate from 1900 to 1970 was approximately 2.5%. From 1970 to 1979, however, the average rate was 7.06%, and topped out at 13.29% in December 1979. [19] This period is also known for "stagflation", a phenomenon in which inflation and unemployment steadily increased.
13 hours ago · Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Nodes in the peer-to-peer bitcoin network verify transactions through cryptography and record them in a public distributed ledger, called a blockchain, without central oversight.
