Oman
Coordinates: 21°N 57°E / 21°N 57°E / 21; 57 Oman is refurbishing and expanding the ports infrastructure in Muscat, Duqm, Sohar and Salalah to eOman is refurbishing and expanding the ports infrastructure in Muscat, Duqm, Sohar and Salalah to expand tourism, local production and export shares. Oman is also expanding its downstream operations by constructing a refinery and petrochemical plant in Duqm with a 230,000 barrels per day capacity projected for completion by 2021.^[190] The majority of industrial activity in Oman takes place in 8 industrial states and 4 free-zones. The industrial activity is mainly focused on mining-and-services, petrochemicals and construction materials.^[212] The largest employers in the private-sector are the construction, wholesale-and-retail and manufacturing sectors, respectively
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Trans-Pacific Partnership

During a speech on the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican Party nominee Donald Trump vowed to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership if elected. He argued that the agreement would "undermine" the U.S. economy and its independence.^{[64][by whom?]} to be a pathfinder for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP), an APEC initiative. In January 2008, the U.S
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Narendra Modi

In September 2013 Modi was named the BJP's candidate for prime minister ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election.^[166][167] Several BJP leaders expressed opposition to Modi's candidature,^[168] including BJP founding member L. K. Advani, who cited concern with leaders who were "concerned with their personal agendas".^[169] Modi played a dominant role in the BJP's election campaign.^[170][171] Several people who voted for the BJP stated that if Modi had not been the prime-ministerial candidate, they would have voted for another party.^{2014 Lok Sabha election.^[166][167] Several BJP leaders expressed opposition to Modi's candidature,^[168] including BJP founding member L. K
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Food Security
Food security is a measure of the availability of food and individuals' ability to access it. Affordability and nutrition are some factors. The availability of food irrespective of class, class, gender or region is another one. There is evidence of food security being a concern many thousands of years ago, with central authorities in ancient China and ancient Egypt being known to release food from storage in times of famine. At the 1974 World Food Conference the term "food security" was defined with an emphasis on supply; food security is defined as the "availability at all times of adequate, nourishing, diverse, balanced and moderate world food supplies of basic foodstuffs to sustain a steady expansion of food consumption and to offset fluctuations in production and prices".^[1] Later definitions added demand and access issues to the definition
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Chad
Coordinates: 15°N 19°E / 15°N 19°E / 15; 19 Chad (/tʃæd/ (listen); Arabic: تشاد‎ Tishād, Arabic pronunciation: [tʃaːd]; French: Tchad, pronounced [tʃa(d)]), officially known as the Republic of Chad (Arabic: جمهورية تْشَاد‎ Jumhūriyyat Tšād; French: République du Tchad), is a landlocked country in north-central Africa
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BBC

Broadcasting House in Portland Place, London, is the official headquarters of the BBC. It is home to six of the ten BBC national radio networks, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1xtra, BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio 4 Extra. It is also the home of BBC News, which relocated to the building from BBC Television Centre in 2013. On the front of the building are statues of Prospero and Ariel, characters from William Shakespeare's play The Tempest, sculpted by Eric Gill
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