The Catalan Countries (Catalan: països catalans, Eastern Catalan: [pəˈizus kətəˈlans], Western Catalan: [paˈizos kataˈlans]) refers to those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, and parts of Aragon and Murcia (), as well as the Principality of Andorra, the department of Pyrénées-Orientales ...

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Jul 22, 2022 · Years of economic and political instability in Venezuela have caused millions of Venezuelans to leave the country since 2014. They’ve migrated to seek food, work, and a better life, most of them to nearby countries. Many Venezuelans on the move lack legal status and need international protection and aid, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency ...

For example, Taiwan (ROC), the island state off the southeast coast of China, with a functioning multi-party democracy and a population of 23.6 million people, has an uncertain political status. Both the ROC and China (PRC) still officially (constitutionally) claim mainland China and the Taiwan Area as part of their territories.

Jun 13, 2022 · Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines. Today, a 61% majority of U.S. adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 37% think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases. These views are relatively ...

USA government is heavily involved in US nuclear energy through safety and environmental regulations, R&D funding, and setting United States energy goals. In the late 1990s, government policy and funding decisions have encouraged the development of greater civilian nuclear capacity. Nuclear power as part of the nation's long-term energy strategy continues with the …