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In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]
2015Patrick Macnee, English actor (born 1922)[†]
Daniel Patrick Macnee was a British-American actor best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers (1961–1969). Starting out as the assistant to David Keel, he became the lead when Hendry left after the first series, and was subsequently partnered with a succession of female assistants. He later reprised the role in The New Avengers (1976–1977).
2015Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (born 1940)[†]
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 until his death in 2015.
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The families of the victims are still pondering the profound effect their words — allowing love and forgiveness to crowd out hate and vengeance — have had after the Charleston church massacre.
In rescuing his trade legislation, the president worked with Republicans but may have worsened relations with fellow Democrats.
The chain of clubs, already in Japan, sees opportunity in Beijing and will open a club in Hawaii as well.
They appear to have drawn substantial numbers of younger, healthier people into the new insurance markets, stabilizing premiums, even for those who pay the full cost.
Mr. Lowe, formerly Britain’s most influential radio jock, is in the mix of Apple’s revamped music strategy.
Gene Palmer, an officer at Clinton Correctional Facility, described giving Richard Matt a screwdriver and pliers in exchange for a dozen elaborate paintings by the inmate.
Affirming a key element of the health care law, the justices ruled that it may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy insurance.
In a quest to be a husband and father, the character voiced by Seth MacFarlane aligns his struggle with that of enslaved black Americans.
The Greek debt crisis has similarities to Argentina’s default in 2001. But experts say a default would be much worse for Greece.
A law banning beef in the state of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, has left more than a million people scrambling to save their livelihoods.
A group of electrical engineers says that sending information in a new fashion could, in theory, double the capacity of fiber-optic circuits.
Mr. Pinckney, who was killed last week in the basement of Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. church, often said he was summoned to the pulpit at an early age.