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4 hours ago · An NYC-based renowned food photojournalist with James Beard award-winning snaps is releasing a book on his travels to the world's unique McDonald's spread across six continents and about five years.
17 hours ago · Propaganda in China is used by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and historically by the Kuomintang (KMT), to sway domestic and international opinion in favor of its policies. [1] [2] Domestically, this includes censorship of proscribed views and an active promotion of views that favor the government. Propaganda is considered central to ...
17 hours ago · The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defence organization established by China and Russia in 2001. It is the world's largest regional organization in terms of geographic scope and population, covering approximately 80% of the area of Eurasia and 40% of the world population.
17 hours ago · e. Jawaharlal Nehru ( / ˈneɪru / NAY-roo or / ˈnɛru / NERR-oo, [1] Hindi: [dʒəˌʋaːɦəɾˈlaːl ˈneːɦɾuː] ⓘ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, statesman, secular humanist, social democrat, [2] and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a ...
17 hours ago · George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6] Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage ...
17 hours ago · Early years: 1940–1956 Lennon's home at 251 Menlove Avenue John Winston Lennon was born on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, the only child of Julia (née Stanley) (1914–1958) and Alfred Lennon (1912–1976). Alfred was a merchant seaman of Irish descent who was away at the time of his son's birth. His parents named him John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather, John "Jack" Lennon, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. His father was often away from home but sent ...
17 hours ago · The 1990s (often referred to as the "' 90s " or " Nineties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s are culturally imagined as the period between the Revolutions of 1989 and the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1] The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the ...
