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2 days ago · The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by the Indonesian islands of Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around ...
2 days ago · The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is also the oldest sports tournament ever between Home Nations. The championship holders are Ireland, who won the 2024 ...
1 day ago · The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) [a] is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. [2] [3] It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, [4] as well as partners in ...
1 day ago · BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates.Originally identified to highlight investment opportunities, the grouping evolved into a cohesive geopolitical bloc, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies since 2009.
1 day ago · Kiribati ( / ˌkɪrɪˈbæs / ⓘ KIRR-ih-BASS ), [8] officially the Republic of Kiribati ( Gilbertese: [Ribaberiki] Kiribati ), [9] [10] [11] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll.
2 days ago · University of Rochester. The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. [9] It enrolls approximately 6,800 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1955.
3 days ago · Guinea is named after the Guinea region which lies along the Gulf of Guinea.It stretches north through the forested tropical regions and ends at the Sahel.The English term Guinea comes directly from the Portuguese word Guiné which emerged in the mid-15th century to refer to the lands inhabited by the Guineus, a generic term for the black African peoples south of the Senegal River, in contrast ...
