Unit′ed States′ n. a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 281,421,906; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with Alaska and Hawaii,...
The United States of America is the world's third largest country in size and nearly the third largest in terms of population.
and average wages are 37 percent lower. …The U.S. economy towers above Europe’s these days. The United States’ technology companies dominate the continent. U.S. banks are far more profitable than European ones. U.S. energy production has created a boom in manufacturing which is luring m...
Despitemy personal history of law-breaking in the United Kingdom, I’m not familiar with that country’s legal system. But I imagine Commission Rowley would obtain some sort of arrest order and then put in a request that the United States capture Musk and put him on a plane to London. ...
Ever since the breakup of the former Soviet Union in December 1991, with the independence of its former constituent states on its western border, and the Central Asian republics forming the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Russian Federation has been considerably weakened and this has...
and the Bahamas with some other countries. The border shared with Canada is the northern border, which is the longest international border on land. The United States shares a coastline with three oceans; the Atlantic, the Pacific, and touches the Arctic Ocean at Alaska’s northern border. Thes...
A basic map of the USA labeled with only the names of the states. Clear and easy to read so you can quickly locate the state you're looking for. Also shows the names of Canadian provinces that border the United States, as well as neighboring Mexico, The Bahamas, and Russia. United...
Aghast at the bloodshed, many Europeans are angered by the soft stance and passive reactions from the EU and the governments of its member states. "The EU Council of Ministers appears as a passive spectator and just swings with the tide of opinion, while the individual governments are frightene...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. ...
Because each of the five permanent members of the Security Council has a veto, and because they often disagree, many times no action can be agreed upon. Typically but not always this division includes the United States on one side with either China, Russia or both on the other. Other ...