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14 hours ago · Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 40th governor of California.A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
14 hours ago · Nairobi ( / naɪˈroʊbi / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.
14 hours ago · MABINI, July 3 — Green campaigners in a diving resort in the Philippines have come up with the town’s shores: offering to swap a bag of rice for every sack of trash gathered by local residents. Mabini in Batangas province is known for its vibrant coral and marine biodiversity, but a rising tide of plastic pollution poses an increasing threat to marine animals such as sea turtles, said ...
14 hours ago · History Pre-contact indigenous history and land use. Indigenous people have long lived in and around what is today Kitchener-Waterloo. During the retreat of the last glacial maximum, the Waterloo Region was isolated by the ice to the north, east, and west and by Lake Maumee III to the south, however once the ice retreated the landscape opened up for nomadic populations to hunt, camp, and ...
14 hours ago · Sufism (Arabic: الصوفية, romanized: al-Ṣūfiyya or Arabic: التصوف, romanized: al-Taṣawwuf) is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism and asceticism.
14 hours ago · Brisbane, Australia. 1982–1984, 1988–1990. A Brisbane punk rock group, which developed into a horror punk / heavy metal hybrid in their later period. The Vandals. Huntington Beach, California, United States. 1980–present. A punk band turned pop punk, well known for their use of humor and sarcasm. The Varukers.
14 hours ago · Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Island, a popular resort destination ...
