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The World (
The world is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth. World, worlds or the world may also refer to: Places * Earth (planet), the world we live in * World Island, Afro-Eurasia * The World (archipelago), near Dubai, United Arab Emirates * Universe * Astronomical object ** Planet ** Natural satellite ** Dwarf planet Businesses and companies * The world (concert hall), Moscow, Russia * The World (Internet service provider) * The World (nightclub), a defunct club in New York City * The World (WWE), a defunct New York City restaurant * World Publishing Company, a defunct American book publisher Periodicals * ''The World'' (Coos Bay), a Coos Bay, Oregon newspaper * ''Tulsa World'', a Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper * ''The World'' (South African newspaper), a former Johannesburg newspaper * ''The World'' (1753 newspaper), a former London newspaper * ''The World'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as #Monism and pluralism, one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex made up of many parts. In ''#Scientific cosmology, scientific cosmology'' the world or universe is commonly defined as "[t]he totality of all space and time; all that is, has been, and will be". ''#Theories of modality, Theories of modality'', on the other hand, talk of possible worlds as complete and consistent ways how things could have been. ''#Phenomenology, Phenomenology'', starting from the horizon of co-given objects present in the periphery of every experience, defines the world as the biggest horizon or the "horizon of all horizons". In ''#Philosophy of mind, philosop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa World
The ''Tulsa World'' is the daily newspaper for the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and primary newspaper for the northeastern and eastern portions of Oklahoma. Tulsa World Media Company is part of Lee Enterprises. The new owners announced in January 2020 that a corporate purchase was made of BH Media Group, a Berkshire Hathaway company controlled by Warren Buffett. The printed edition is the second-most circulated newspaper in the state, after ''The Oklahoman''. It was founded in 1905 and locally owned by the Lorton family for almost 100 years until February 2013, when it was sold to BH Media Group. In the early 1900s, the ''World'' fought an editorial battle in favor of building a reservoir on Spavinaw Creek, in addition to opposing the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. The paper was jointly operated with the ''Tulsa Tribune'' from 1941 to 1992. History Republican activist James F. McCoy and Kansas journalist J.R. Brady published the first edition of the ''Tulsa World'' on September 14, 1905 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evening World
''The Evening World'' was a newspaper that was published in New York City from 1887 to 1931. It was owned by Joseph Pulitzer, and served as an evening edition of the ''New York World.'' History The first issue was on October 10, 1887. It was published daily, except for Sunday. The final publication was on February 26, 1931. It was merged with ''New York World'' and the ''New York Telegram'' and became the ''New York World-Telegram''. In 1899, ''The Evening World'' was the subject of a large-scale newsboy strike, immortalized by the Disney film and stage musical '' Newsies''. Staff Nixola Greeley-Smith had worked in St Louis before being based at ''The Evening World''. She covered home front activities during World War I and was an advocate and activist for women's suffrage. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Evening World, The Evening Evening is the period of a day that starts at the end of the afternoon and overlaps with the beginning of night. The exact times when evening begins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York World
The ''New York World'' was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers. It was a leading national voice of the Democratic Party. From 1883 to 1911 under publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was a pioneer in yellow journalism, capturing readers' attention with sensation, sports, sex and scandal and pushing its daily circulation to the one-million mark. It was sold in 1930 and merged into the ''New York World-Telegram''. History Early years The ''World'' was formed in 1860. From 1862 to 1876, it was edited by Manton Marble, who was also its proprietor. During the 1864 United States presidential election, the ''World'' was shut down for three days after it published forged documents purportedly from Abraham Lincoln. Marble, disgusted by the defeat of Samuel Tilden in the 1876 presidential election, sold the paper after the election to a group headed by Thomas A. Scott, the president of the Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Geographic World
''National Geographic Kids'' (often nicknamed to ''Nat Geo Kids'') is a children's magazine published by the National Geographic Society. Its first issue was printed in September 1975 under the original title ''National Geographic World'' (which itself replaced the much older ''National Geographic School Bulletin'', published weekly during the school year from 1919 to 1975; currently National Geographic produces a separate magazine for classroom use called "National Geographic Explorer," in four separate editions for different grades). The magazine was published for twenty-six years as ''National Geographic World'', until the title of the magazine was changed in 2002 to ''National Geographic Kids''. In a broad sense, the publication is a version of '' National Geographic'', the flagship magazine of the National Geographic Society, that is intended for children. Publication and readers ''National Geographic Kids'' publishes ten issues annually. The headquarters of the magazine i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Globo
''Il Globo'' is an Italian language newspaper, published biweekly on Monday and Thursday in Melbourne, Australia. The newspaper's Sydney counterpart is ''La Fiamma''. History It was established in Melbourne by Tarcisio Valmorbida and Ubaldo Larobina, and the first issue was published on November 4, 1959. ''Il Globo'' had a circulation of over 20,000 based on claimed circulation by the newspaper, one of the largest amongst non-English language publications in Australia. ''Il Globo'' reports not only issues and news regarding Italy and Australia but reports on issues that relate to the local Italian-Australian community in Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory and Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ... References ;Notes * Mascitelli, Bruno an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Welt
''Die Welt'' ("The World") is a German national daily newspaper, published as a broadsheet by Axel Springer SE. ''Die Welt'' is the flagship newspaper of the Axel Springer publishing group. Its leading competitors are the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' and the ''Frankfurter Rundschau''. The modern paper takes a self-described "liberal cosmopolitan" position in editing, but it is generally considered to be conservative."The World from Berlin" '''', 28 December 2009."Divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website since 19 December 1995, and is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with '' Libération'', and ''Le Figaro''. It should not be confused with the monthly publication '' Le Monde diplomatique'', of which ''Le Monde'' has 51% ownership, but which is editorially independent. A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 in France found that "''Le Monde'' is the most trusted national newspaper". ''Le Monde'' was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic) on 19 December 1944, shortly after the Liberation of Paris, and published continuously since its first edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mundo (Spain)
''El Mundo'' (; ), before ''El Mundo del Siglo Veintiuno'', is the second largest printed daily newspaper in Spain. The paper is considered one of the country's newspapers of record along with '' El País and ABC.'' History and profile ''El Mundo'' was first published on 23 October 1989. Perhaps the best known of its founders was Pedro J. Ramírez, who served as editor until 2014. Ramirez had risen to prominence as a journalist during the Spanish transition to democracy. The other founders, Alfonso de Salas, Balbino Fraga and Juan González, shared with Ramírez a background in Grupo 16, the publishers of the newspaper ''Diario 16''. Alfonso de Salas, Juan Gonzales and Gregorio Pena also launched '' El Economista'' in 2006. ''El Mundo'', along with '' Marca'' and '' Expansión'', is controlled by the Italian publishing company RCS MediaGroup through its Spanish subsidiary company Unidad Editorial S.L. Its former owner was Unedisa which merged with Grupo Recoletos in 2007 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Glover (columnist)
Stephen Glover (born 13 January 1952) is a British journalist and columnist for the ''Daily Mail''. Early life Glover was educated at Shrewsbury School and Mansfield College, Oxford. Career Glover co-founded ''The Independent'' in 1986 with Andreas Whittam Smith and Matthew Symonds. All three had previously been journalists on ''The Daily Telegraph'' and had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Between 1986 and 1990 Glover was Foreign Editor of ''The Independent''. In 1990 he became the founding editor of ''The Independent on Sunday''. In 1992 Glover helped Richard Ingrams launch ''The Oldie'' magazine with fellow journalists Auberon Waugh, Alexander Chancellor, and Patrick Marnham. Glover has been a columnist for the ''London Evening Standard'' (1992–95), ''The Daily Telegraph'' (1995–97), ''The Spectator'' (1996–2005) and ''The Independent'' (2005–12). He has written a column for the ''Daily Mail'' since 1998. In April 2012, ''The Guardian'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World (magazine)
''World'' (often stylized in all-caps as ''WORLD'') is a biweekly Christian news magazine, published in the United States by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina. ''World''s declared perspective is one of Christian evangelical Protestantism. Each issue features both U.S. and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. ''World''s end-of-the-year issue covers stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics. History Launched by Joel Belz in 1986 as a replacement for ''The Presbyterian Journal'', a publication issued over the previous 44 years that had been founded specifically "to challenge the assumptions and activities of the liberals and to return the Southern Presbyterian denomination to its biblical moorings", ''World'' was intended to serve "an educational rather than an ecclesiastical task—a vision focused on the importance of a biblical wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The World (Hobart)
''The World'' was a newspaper published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It was created by the amalgamation of Daily Post (Hobart) and The Clipper. ''The World'' was published 1 July 1918 (Vol. 1, no. 1) to 31 May 1925 (Vol. 9, no. 4). The publisher was Labor Papers Limited. ''The World'' newspaper has been digitised and is freely available at Trove Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text document .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:World, The (Hobart) Newspapers in Hobart, Tasmania Defunct newspapers published in Tasmania 1918 establishments in Australia 1925 disestablishments in Australia Newspapers on Trove Publications disestablished in 1925 Publications established in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
