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Al Jazeera Media Network also has a digital online-only news channel AJ+. The channel is an online and mobile-only news channel primarily found on various social media networks and YouTube and operated by Al Jazeera New Media out of San Francisco, California. The channel consists of mostly On Demand content.
c. ^ "Europe" as defined by the International Monetary Fund. Europe is a continent [t] located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east.
The Channel has traffic on both the UK–Europe and North Sea–Atlantic routes, and is the world's busiest seaway, with over 500 ships per day. Following an accident in January 1971 and a series of disastrous collisions with wreckage in February, [56] the Dover TSS, [57] the world's first radar -controlled traffic separation scheme , was set ...
Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to ...
Ireland is located in the north-west of Europe, between latitudes 51° and 56° N, and longitudes 11° and 5° W. It is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea and the North Channel , which has a width of 23 kilometres (14 mi) [110] at its narrowest point.
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, state media Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Liliane Landor Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC Webcast ...
Austria. / 48.200°N 16.350°E / 48.200; 16.350. Austria, [e] formally the Republic of Austria, [f] is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. [13] It is a federation of nine federal states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and federal state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the ...
The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait ( French: Pas de Calais French pronunciation: [pɑ d (ə) kalɛ] - Strait of Calais) [1] is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, and separating Great Britain from continental Europe. The shortest distance across the strait, at ...