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In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]
2017George Young, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)[†]
George Redburn Young was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan, and was one-half of the songwriting and production duo Vanda & Young with his long-time musical collaborator Harry Vanda, with whom he co-wrote the international hits "Friday on My Mind" and "Love Is in the Air", the latter recorded by John Paul Young.
2017Paul Weitz, American astronaut (born 1932)[†]
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed Skylab mission. He was also commander of the STS-6 mission, the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Behind two of the less heralded members of their pitching rotation, the Astros held the Yankees to three hits and won Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.
The institution that celebrates journalism is now reckoning with years of financial deficits, partly caused by a news industry in turmoil.
On her second album, “Turn Out the Lights,” the Nashville singer and songwriter reaches for “radical vulnerability,” and hope.
The assignment heralds a shift for the agency, which once viewed such a mission as risky and a drain on resources.
Mr. Xi has enjoyed remarkable success expanding Chinese global influence, benefiting from President Trump’s election. But he is also facing pushback to his assertive approach to foreign policy.
After Harvey and Irma, residents are waiting weeks for FEMA inspections and hours on hold when calling the agency’s help line.
The e-commerce giants are spending billions in new markets like Southeast Asia and India to tap a rising new class of young, middle-class shoppers.
Nearly all big tech companies have an artificial intelligence project, and they are willing to pay experts millions of dollars to help get it done.
Matthew Henick, a onetime teenage ringtone magnate, is leading the company away from popular shorts toward deals with production studios.
Three congressional investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election have run into serious obstacles, and definitive conclusions are now unlikely.
Roberts, who earned fame for his stolen base for the Red Sox during their 2004 title run, has led the Dodgers to the World Series in his first managing job.
Plants on the fire escape and window ledges cause strife.