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  2. List of countries by population (United Nations) - Wikipedia

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    Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.

  3. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several method, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, equal status in society, better livelihood and training.

  4. Global Hunger Index - Wikipedia

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    Many countries have seen hunger worsen in recent years: since 2015, hunger has increased in 18 countries with moderate, serious, or alarming 2023 GHI scores. An additional 14 countries with moderate , serious , or alarming 2023 GHI scores experienced a decline of less than 5 percent between their 2015 and 2023 GHI scores, indicating negligible ...

  5. Millennium Development Goals - Wikipedia

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    The Millennium Development Goals are a UN initiative. In the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.

  6. Civil aviation authority - Wikipedia

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    In some countries a CAA may build and operate airports, including non-airside operations such as passenger terminals; the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines being among such authorities. In other countries, private companies or local government authorities may own and operate individual airports.

  7. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    The legal status of cryptocurrencies varies substantially from country to country and is still undefined or changing in many of them. At least one study has shown that broad generalizations about the use of Bitcoin in illicit finance are significantly overstated and that blockchain analysis is an effective crime fighting and intelligence ...

  8. United States sanctions - Wikipedia

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    authority to prohibit U.S. citizens from engaging in financial transactions with the individuals, entities, or governments on the list, except by license from the U.S. government; requiring the United States to oppose loans by the World Bank and other international financial institutions,

  9. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    Congress exercised its authority under the Fifteenth Amendment in an inventive manner when it enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965. First: the measure prescribes remedies for voting discrimination which go into effect without any need for prior adjudication.