https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication_sign
The multiplication sign (×), also known as the times sign or the dimension sign, is a mathematical symbol used to denote the operation of multiplication, which results in a product. While similar to a lowercase X (x), the form is properly a four-fold rotationally symmetric saltire.. The symbol is also used in botany, in botanical hybrid names and the Heavy Goods Vehicle industry, to calculate

https://apnews.com/article/india-passenger-train-derail-deadly-accident-dd0c82012f9e14016b58d09eb3adec2d
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Indian authorities end rescue work and begin clearing mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing over 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country's deadliest rail crashes in decades.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/03/16/inventions-you-have-women-inventors-thank-these-50-things/39158677/
In addition to creating the first computerized airline booking system, Berezin created the world's first word processor. Realizing that because of her gender she wouldn't be able to move up in the

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%97%8C%CC%9F
When the base letter descends past the baseline, the spacing diacritic ˖ or superscript ᫈ may be used instead.; When doubled, the diacritics are placed side-by-side, ᫊ (or ᫉ with a descender), rather than stacked.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/24/cars/rivian-illinois-town/index.html
Mike O'Grady still remembers the fear he felt on Mitsubishi's last day in Normal, Illinois, in 2015. The factory had sat on the outskirts of Normal and its twin city, Bloomington, since 1988.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/1/understanding-the-wetsuweten-struggle-in-canada
In 1997, the Supreme Court of Canada was asked to determine Aboriginal title in a case involving the Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan nations, Delgamuukw v. British Columbia.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chang-transcontinental-railroad-anniversary-chinese-workers-20190510-story.html
The nation's first transcontinental railroad, completed 150 years ago today at Promontory Summit in Utah, connected the vast United States and brought America into the modern age.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/magazine/is-china-the-worlds-new-colonial-power.html
An even bigger reason is China's ambition both to reduce its carbon emissions and to become a world leader in nuclear power. Nearly 88 percent of China's energy now comes from fossil fuels

https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/country_sites.html
U.S. Maps and World Maps. The following are links to maps of continents, countries, territories, regions, oceans and seas. Most links are to maps on other web sites. For the convenience of users, we include links to country map collections on our own University of Texas at Austin Map Collection web site. Updated 6/19/19.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/3/13/digital-colonialism-is-threatening-the-global-south/
If the railways and maritime trade routes were the "open veins" of the Global South back then, today, digital infrastructure takes on the same role: Big Tech corporations use proprietary

https://www.reuters.com/world/how-alleged-india-plots-kill-sikh-separatists-us-canada-unfolded-2023-12-01/
The White House found out about the plot in late July, and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discussed it with his Indian counterpart in early August, a U.S. official told Reuters. As the

https://www.investopedia.com/here-s-what-s-in-the-usd1-trillion-infrastructure-bill-passed-by-the-senate-5196817
H.R. 3684 is known officially as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and more informally as the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, passed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 10, 2021. This

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/world/middleeast/china-middle-east.html
China is expanding its ties to Middle Eastern states with vast infrastructure investments and cooperation on technology and security. Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud of Saudi

https://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/world/asia/india-blackout/index.html
Crippling power failures hit India —. A passenger peers out the window of a train as he waits for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi on Tuesday. India suffered its

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/world/asia/china-climate-change.html
As early as 2013, Mr. Xi promised to build an "ecological civilization" in China. "We must maintain harmony between man and nature and pursue sustainable development," he said in a speech

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/bjps-sankalp-patra-makes-75-resolutions-for-india/articleshow/68775256.cms
Here's a look at the 75 resolutions that define BJP's vision for India. AGRICULTURE. Achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022. Enable the creation of 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organizations. Ensure adequate market avenues for the realisation of MSP through e-NAM, GrAMs and Pradhan Mantri AASHA Yojana.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/150-years-ago-chinese-railroad-workers-staged-era-s-largest-n774901
Alfred A. Hart Photograph Collection / Courtesy of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University. "And this work stoppage was the largest labor action in the

https://www.oecd.org/ukraine-hub/policy-responses/the-impacts-and-policy-implications-of-russia-s-aggression-against-ukraine-on-agricultural-markets-0030a4cd/
Russia's aggression against Ukraine has been since February 2022 undermining the latter's capacity to harvest and export crops. A reduction in export capacity from Ukraine and Russia, and rising energy and fertiliser prices are pushing up international food prices, thereby threatening global food security. Findings presented in this brief suggest that the full loss of Ukraine's capacity

https://theconversation.com/afghanistan-has-vast-mineral-wealth-but-faces-steep-challenges-to-tap-it-166484
Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they're unlikely to aid its economy now.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan/
The American Jobs Plan is an investment in America that will create millions of good jobs, rebuild our country's infrastructure, and position the United States to out-compete China. Public

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-05-10/landmarks-and-legends-place-names-san-fernando-valley-streets
May 10, 2022 5 AM PT. It can be quite the heady sensation to drive through the San Fernando Valley, along those wide boulevards named for history's great men — Isaac Newton, Moses, Vasco Nunez

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/world/asia/india-russia-united-states-ukraine.html
The Indian government hasn't offered outright support for Western positions or sanctions, because abandoning Moscow, a time-tested partner and its largest supplier of weapons, would leave India

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/21/whats-behind-indian-prime-minister-narendra-modis-us-visit
21 Jun 2023. The administration of United States President Joe Biden is scheduled to host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an official visit later this week, as the two countries