How many divisions has the president?

Happy Appomattox Day to those who observe

The popes returned to Rome in 1377, but Avignon and the surrounding Comtat Venaissin remained part of the Papal States until the French revolutionaries forced it back into France in 1791.

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Bishop of Rome, N.Y.

À la découverte des alcools gaspésiens La Gaspésie produit une grande variété de produits alcoolisés. Que vous soyez des amateurs de bière, vin ou même de gin, vous trouverez dans la région des producteurs passionnés prêts à vous faire déc...

We are talking fruit wines.

There is no Avignon in the United States, but there is one in Québec. Perhaps, after the annexation of Canada, the Pope (or an Antipope) will be installed there.

the fault sums up to more than 100%

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TIL—“Cao Cao did nothing wrong” is not just a joke but policy? On further research, it seems there are a few other exceptions too, including one renowned Confucian scholar and some of the martyrs’ cemeteries. Babaoshan is usually just a 公墓 though.

枸杞酒 I assume

Sun’s tomb is known as 中山陵. The name 陵 líng is normally reserved for imperial tombs and his is the only exception to this in Mainland China.

Chiang Kai-shek’s tomb in Taipei also carries this name.

鄭麗文主席謁中山陵祭文全文 - 中國國民黨全球資訊網 KMT Official Website

Cheng Li-wun paid respects at the tomb of the founder of her party and country, Sun Yat-sen, in Nanjing today. Full text of her remarks here, in semi-classical Chinese.

Taiwan Doesn’t Have to Choose Cross-strait peace requires working with both Beijing and Washington.

I missed Cheng’s op-ed in Foreign Affairs last month.

Basically how the no confidence vote developed in Great Britain.

Safari still does!

A black and white line drawing: Christ crucified, in the centre, is flanked by small biplanes. Below him are Nazi (R) and Fascist (L) troops, and tanks in the foreground. At the margins are barefoot men in shorts, fleeing. A text in Amharic in the upper left corner explains that Fascism and Nazism are defeating the British in the name of Jesus. The text has been translated into Italian in a pencil note at top right.

An extraordinary piece of Italian propaganda from the East African campaign in 1940: fascism and Nazism advance in the name of Christianity, destroying the British and Haile Selassie's supporters

Great job, guys.

AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points

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T+3 is truly optimal, eh? No more no less.

Chūgoku region - Wikipedia

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Cheng Li-wun in front of a red background that says 晚宴 in yellow text

At a reception dinner in Nanjing, Cheng said her visit signifies the forging of a new model for the Asia-Pacific, the endurance of the 1992 consensus and opposition to Taiwan independence, the cross-strait peace agenda of the KMT, and the powerful autonomy of the Taiwanese people.

A man and a women sit across from a table with snacks on it, in business class seats on a high speed train

KMT chair Cheng Li-wun 郑丽文 riding a high speed train with <checks minutes> director of CPC Central Committee Taiwan Work Office Song Tao 宋涛

What Happens When You Can’t Get a Death Certificate in Gaza For families of the missing, systemic obstacles to identifying remains and locating people in Israeli detention has created a kind of social and legal purgatory.

Death certificates are so essential for so many administrative processes...and they're also proof of a life lived, and valued.

Iran won't give up control of Hormuz any time soon Tehran's leaders view the strategic waterway as their key to securing a lasting end to the war and rebuilding their economy

Hormuz is not a tool to end the war but how Iran wins the aftermath

Lismore, Co. Waterford.

As I understand it, this is not about traditional tenancy, but rather grazing rights in mountainous areas, so it was not definitively dealt with in the land reforms of 1870, 1881, 1885, 1887, 1903, 1906, 1919, 1923, 1933 or 1965.

The Land Question in Ireland, 1835–

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three men wearing weird yellow suits sitting on yellow chairs

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