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In 2016, the world population was approximately 7,558,554,526 people[†]
2016Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920)[†]
Sahabzada Mohammad Yaqub Ali Khan SPk was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, military figure, linguist, and a retired 3-Star Officer in the Pakistani Army.
2016Abe Vigoda, American actor (born 1921)[†]
Abraham Vigoda was an American actor known for his portrayals of Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather (1972) and Phil Fish in both Barney Miller and Fish (1977–1978). His career as an actor began in 1947 performing with the American Theatre Wing and continued in Broadway productions throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
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For the accord to work, governments must resist ever more affordable fossil fuels in favor of policies that encourage and, in many cases, require the use of renewable energy sources.
At the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, the big streaming services, not the traditional studios, are driving the deal-making.
Grappling with a mosquito-borne virus linked to brain damage in infants, El Salvador is advising all women in the country not to get pregnant until 2018.
Johnson Controls is just the latest corporation to flee America for greener, lower-tax pastures. And until lawmakers reform the tax code, the exodus will continue.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences late Monday disclosed guidelines meant to settle at least some questions surrounding new diversity-oriented rules.
Members of the party establishment fear that time is running out for a credible alternative to emerge as the mainstream candidates continue to bash one another.
The insurance giant brushed aside Carl Icahn’s push for a breakup, saying it would sell or spin off some businesses and create nine operating units.
Marion Coutts was the mother to a toddler when her husband, the British art critic Tom Lubbock, learned he had a brain tumor. She writes about their last months.
As the country’s stock markets fall, an investigation into the head of the statistics agency could cloud efforts to gauge the weakening growth.
The recommendation is expected to galvanize many more health providers to provide screening for women during pregnancy and after giving birth.
The new season — with works from the Venetian Republic and a Bruckner cycle — will continue a strong emphasis on classical music programming.
If accepted, the offer for “The Birth of a Nation,” about Nat Turner, would be one of the highest prices ever paid for a film making its debut at the film festival.