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The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon ... or groups with media that refers to or depicts the Holocaust or "symbols historically associated with hate groups, e.g., the Nazi ...

ICBC is the world's largest bank with assets totaling $6.30 trillion. Only two U.S. banks are among the top 10 largest globally, ranked by assets. A significant number of top banks, including ICBC ...

The text presents an outline of world geography, taking each continent in turn and analysing physical and human aspects. Numerous illustrative figures are included throughout and a general guide to ...

Israel carried out one of the most intense bombardments of the past year, as warplanes launched 70 airstrikes, Lebanese security officials said. The barrage came shortly after Hezbollah’s leader ...

the World Bank has said. Central banks have raised rates "with a degree of synchronicity not seen over the past five decades" to tackle soaring prices, it said. Raising rates makes borrowing more ...

But under the Soviet system, water policies were driven by the goal of becoming "the largest producer of cotton" in the world, according to a 1997 World Bank study ... a potent symbol of that ...

Compared with other places around the world, the kidney bean-shaped West Bank is roughly the same size as Delaware in the United States or Bali in Indonesia. It is about half the size of Northern ...

World soccer’s governing body FIFA has announced Bank of America Corp. as the official banking sponsor of the 2026 World Cup. With the deal, Bank of America BAC, the second-largest bank in the U ...

Last emperor of China’s watch sells for record $6.2m at auction The Patek Philippe Ref 96 Quantieme Lune once belonged to the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty Aisin-Gioro Puyi.