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1968Jackson, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the day before Dr. King was assassinated. Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil ...

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

Sometime this year, 'Q-Day' will come – and all hell will break loose. Cryptocurrencies will crash, the price of gold more than double, and the global financial system will be rocked to its ...

In the aftermath of another wave of antigovernment unrest, Iran is gripped by a mood of collective grief and uncertainty about the future. By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar Ms. Eden, 52, who was ...

FBI seeking DNA match from glove found near Nancy Guthrie's home Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match the pair ...

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The World Bank Group has a treaty-based relationship with the United Nations (UN) that dates back to its founding, and through that relationship, works to build a partnership that supports Member ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and marine ...

What is quantum physics? Put simply, it’s the physics that explains how everything works: the best description we have of the nature of the particles that make up matter and the forces with which they ...