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The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6.85 US dollars a day in 2017 international prices. The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API.
The national debt of the Philippines is the total debt, or unpaid borrowed funds, carried by the national government of the Philippines. As of end-June 2023, the total national debt of the Philippines amounts to ₱14.62 trillion ($264.49 billion). [1] Total outstanding debt: ₱14.62 trillion ($264.49 billion) (58.3% of GDP) (December 2023) [2]
The 101st Airborne Division travelled a further 80 to 100 km (50 to 60 mi) into Iraq. [228] By nightfall, the 101st cut off Highway 8 which was a vital supply line running between Basra and the Iraqi forces. [228] The 101st had lost 16 soldiers in action during the 100-hour war and captured thousands of enemy prisoners of war. [citation needed]
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Recloser. Protective relay. v. t. e. An HVDC converter station (or simply converter station) is a specialised type of substation which forms the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line. [ 1] It converts direct current to alternating current or the reverse. In addition to the converter, the station usually ...
By the end of the week, the DJIA had fallen 1,369.7 points (14.3%), at the time its largest one-week point drop in history. In 2001 dollars, U.S. stocks lost $1.4 trillion in valuation for the week. [372] In New York City, about 430,000 job months and $2.8 billion in wages were lost in the first three months after the attacks. The economic ...
List of countries by GDP (nominal) Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. [ 2] Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates.
The modern 24-hour clock is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours (and minutes) passed since midnight, from 00 (:00) to 23 (:59), with 24 (:00) as an option to indicate the end of the day. This system, as opposed to the 12-hour clock, is the ...