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El Niño–Southern Oscillation
(Encyclopedia) El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)El Niño–Southern Oscillationĕl nēnˈyō [key], large-scale climatic fluctuation of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the overlying atmosphere. The El Niño…April 2020 Current Events: Disaster News
Top of Page Science and Technology News | US News | World News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world news…August 2012 Current Events: World News
U.S. News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in world news for the month of August…Six More Nations Make Their Winter Olympic Debut
Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore go to Pyeongchang Julian Yee, Source: AP Photo/Michael SohnRelated Links 2018 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments…Our Top 5 Stories for the Week of September 27, 2021
It’s been a busy week, from divisive Covid mandates to prison riots in Ecuador. Who has time to keep track of it all? That’s why we’ve boiled it all down to our top five stories of the week.…rail
(Encyclopedia) rail, common name for some members of the large family Rallidae, marsh and tropical forest birds that include the gallinule and the coot, two specialized rails. Rails are cosmopolitan…Sachs, Jeffrey David
(Encyclopedia) Sachs, Jeffrey DavidSachs, Jeffrey Davidsăks [key], 1954–, American economist, b. Detroit; grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, M.A. 1978, Ph.D. 1980). He joined the Harvard faculty in 1980, and…Sucre, Antonio José de
(Encyclopedia) Sucre, Antonio José deSucre, Antonio José deäntôˈnyō hōsāˈ ᵺā s&oomacr;ˈkrā [key], 1795–1830, South American revolutionist, b. Cumaná, Venezuela. He joined (1811) the forces…caudillo
(Encyclopedia) caudillocaudillokôdēlˈyō Span. kouᵺēˈyō [key], [Span.,= military strongman], type of South American political leader that arose with the 19th-century wars of independence. The first…October 2019 Current Events: World News
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