Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
The term 'global city' was popularized by sociologist Saskia Sassen in her 1991 book, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. [4] Before then, other terms were used for urban centers with roughly the same features. The term 'world city', meaning a city heavily involved in global trade, appeared in a May 1886 description of Liverpool, by The Illustrated London News; [5] British sociologist ...
The Free World is a propaganda term, [1] [2] primarily used during the Cold War from 1945 to 1991, to refer to the Western Bloc and aligned countries.. The term refers more broadly to all liberal democracies collectively, [3] as opposed to authoritarian regimes such as socialist states. [4] It has traditionally primarily been used to refer to the countries allied and aligned with the United ...
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political [2] international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, achieving international cooperation, and serving as a center for coordinating the actions of member nations. [3] It is widely recognised as the world's largest international organization. [4]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues. It is one of the six organs of the United Nations (UN), [1] and is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
The year 2024 is notable for the large number of elections being held worldwide: more than 100 countries from around the world, [2] home to nearly half of the global population, [3] will vote, including eight of the world's 10 most populous nations – Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States; in ...
This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes or U-Bahn.As of 6 March 2024, 201 cities in 62 countries have a metro system. The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, [1] making ...
Jerusalem (/ dʒ ə ˈ r uː s əl ə m ˌ-z ə-/ jə-ROO-sə-ləm, -zə-; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushaláyim, pronounced [jeʁuʃaˈlajim] ⓘ; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds, pronounced ⓘ, local pronunciation: [5] [6] [7] [note 2]) is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.It is one of the oldest cities ...
