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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [d] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package or American Rescue Plan, is a US$1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, 2021, to speed up the country's recovery from the economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession. [1]
A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light and other electromagnetic waves, is capable of possessing enough energy to escape it. [2]
The subvariant BA.2.75 (or B.1.1.529.2.75, nicknamed Centaurus by the media [168]), first detected in India in May 2022, was classified as variant under monitoring by the WHO. [169] Additional newer mutations in this line (like BA.2.75.2 aka B.1.1.529.2.75.2 or Chiron) may be capable of escaping neutralizing antibodies. [170]
The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system.
The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004.The Republican ticket of incumbent President George W. Bush and his running mate incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney was re-elected to a second term.
The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome ()." [2] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. [2]
After an Oregon law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses took effect, the state mistakenly added 1,259 possible noncitizens to the voter rolls.