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1 day ago · Ma Huan, a Chinese Muslim and interpreter who followed Zheng He (1371-1433), a fleet admiral and explorer, on his voyages, describes a durian that he encountered in Sumatra, part of modern-day ...
40 minutes ago · BEIJING, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The China Media Group Voice of the South China Sea released on July 8 its first documentary on the ecological survey of Ren 'ai Jiao, which is called "Ren'ai Jiao: Teardrop of the Nansha Islands." The poster of The First Ren 'ai Jiao ecological survey documentary: "Ren 'ai Jiao: Teardrop of the Nansha Islands" In April 2024, a marine ecological survey team ...
1 day ago · The Human Development Report includes data for all 193 member states of the United Nations, [16] as well as Hong Kong SAR and the State of Palestine. However, the Human Development Index is not calculated for two UN member states: DPR Korea (North Korea) and Monaco, only some components of the index are calculated for these two countries.
1 day ago · Breaking down the population further shows that there is a higher percentage of women than men. Estimates from 2016 show that the population is 55% female, compared to 45% male. The largest age group, according to 2016 estimates, is 60 to 69, followed by residents in the 50 to 59 demographic. The majority 93.7% of residents were born in Portugal
1 day ago · English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in Early Medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
40 minutes ago · Since then, Muslim communities had been established across many other parts of Southeast Asia, where in the 21st century they comprise demographic majorities in the nation-states of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei and significant minority populations in the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, and Singapore.The Islamization of ...
1 day ago · The Southern Common Market, [a] commonly known by Spanish abbreviation Mercosur, and Portuguese Mercosul, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 ...
