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The photographs fueled fears that Iran would fire missiles at U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf. But some said the moves could be defensive acts against Washington provocations.
Deciding in advance how the government fights downturns could make them less severe and avoid political gridlock.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is better than ever in the ribald, rapid-fire, sacrilegious second season of her dark comedy.
A new chief executive hopes that the TV and movie production business can help overcome significant difficulties elsewhere in the company.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks re-election, he confronts anger over a weakening economy and failed promises to revive stalled infrastructure projects.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 15, 2019, covering May 16, 2019.
Vampire Weekend
Billie Eilish
Khalid
PnB Rock
Ariana Grande
2019Piet Blauw, Dutch politician (born 1937)[†]
Pieter Marinus "Piet" Blauw was a Dutch politician for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). He was born in Alkmaar, North Holland and was a farmer by profession. Blauw was elected to the House of Representatives in 1981, serving until 1998.
2019Bob Hawke, Australian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1929)[†]
Robert James Lee Hawke, was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991. He held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 1969 to 1980 and president of the Labor Party national executive from 1973 to 1978.
2019I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect (born 1917)[†]
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou into a Chinese family, Pei drew inspiration at an early age from the garden villas at Suzhou, the traditional retreat of the scholar-gentry to which his family belonged. In 1935, he moved to the United States and enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania's architecture school, but quickly transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unhappy with the focus on Beaux-Arts architecture at both schools, he spent his free time researching emerging architects, especially Le Corbusier.
In 2019, the world population was approximately 7,811,293,698 people[†]