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Time zone Δ DST Open hours (local time) UTC, winter only Open Close Lunch Open Close New York Stock Exchange: XNYS United States: New York City: 28.33: 1,452 EST/EDT: −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Nasdaq (US) XNAS United States: New York City: 26.62: 1,262 EST/EDT −5:00 Mar–Nov 09:30 16:00 No 14:30 21:00 Shanghai Stock ...
The National Time Service Center in Mount Li, Lintong, Xi'an, Shaanxi. In the 1870s, the Shanghai Xujiahui Observatory was constructed by a French Catholic missionary. In 1880s officials in Shanghai French Concession started to provide a time announcement service using the Shanghai Mean Solar Time provided by the aforementioned observatory for ships into and out of Shanghai.
For the first time, two countries displaced North Korea as the lowest-ranked states in the Democracy Index – in Myanmar, the elected government was overthrown in a military coup, and protests were suppressed by the junta, which ultimately resulted in its score going down by 2.02 points; Afghanistan, as a result of the 2021 Taliban offensive ...
The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. [9]
Eastern Standard Time (EST) UTC−05:00 and Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) UTC−04:00: Nunavut east of 85° West, and; all communities in the Qikiqtaaluk Region except Resolute; Ontario east of 90° West (except the Big Trout Lake area), plus; west of 90° West: Shebandowan and Upsala areas; Quebec (most of province)
The spelling -ise is more commonly used in UK mass media and newspapers, [58] including The Times (which switched conventions in 1992), [60] The Daily Telegraph, The Economist and the BBC. The Government of the United Kingdom additionally uses -ise, stating "do not use Americanisms" justifying that the spelling "is often seen as such". [61]
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state. [1] The name given to the office of head of state depends on the country's form of government and any separation of powers; the powers of the office in each country range from being also the head of government to being little more than a ceremonial figurehead.