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The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which...

Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative...

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from an elaborate medieval...

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively...

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies)...

Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the movement to end slavery and liberate slaves around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery...

1996 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1996. 1996 (MCMXCVI)...

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries...

The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff...

1989 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1989. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX)...

Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and...

An ombudsman (/ˈɒmbʊdzmən/ OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-bədz-, -bʌdz-/ -⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson or public advocate...

Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular topic or collection of topics, often with a moderator...

A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific...

An identity document (also called ID or colloquially as papers) is any document that may be used to prove a person's identity. If issued in a small, standard...

1994 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1994. 1994 (MCMXCIV)...

1987 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1987. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII)...

The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens"...