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Various names have been applied and shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [62] the Vietnam Conflict, [63][64] and colloquially 'Nam. In Vietnam it is known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit. 'Resistance War against America'). [65][66] The Government of Vietnam officially ...
The G20 or Group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 sovereign countries, the European Union (EU), and the African Union (AU). [2][3] It works to address major issues related to the global economy, such as international financial stability, climate change mitigation and sustainable development, through annual meetings of Heads of State and Heads of Government. [4] The sovereign ...
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences, such as physics and psychology, formed part of philosophy. However, they are ...
Boise (locally / ˈbɔɪsi / ⓘ BOY-see[5]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 235,685 at the 2020 census. The Boise metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five counties with an estimated population of 846,000, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho and 74th-most populous in the United States. Located on the Boise ...
Amsterdam (/ ˈæmstərdæm / AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌæmstərˈdæm / AM-stər-DAM; [12][13] Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ; lit. ' Dam in the Amstel ') [14] is the capital [a] and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 [15] within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area [15] and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. [16] Located in the ...
Neil Young [14] was born on November 12, 1945, in Toronto. [15][16] His father, Scott Alexander Young (1918–2005), was a journalist and sportswriter who also wrote fiction. [17] His mother, Edna Blow Ragland "Rassy" Young (1918–1990) was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [18] Although Canadian, his mother had American and French ancestry. [19] Young's parents married in ...
With Khoroshev's classically influenced keyboard style, and with all members now making more or less equal writing contributions, the band's sound found a balance between its eclectic 1970s progressive rock style and the more polished pop sound sought on the previous album.
Nepal, [a] officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, [b] is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the ...