Exactly what is a country? The most accepted definition of a ‘country’ is a sovereign state whose borders are fully acknowledged by every other existing country in the world. Thus, applying that determination there are currently (Dec 2023) 194 countries in the world. Here’s a brief narrative on the world’s five least-populated countries: Vatican City…
The United Nations (UN) currently comprises of 193 countries as well as the observer state of the Vatican. However, the number of countries in the world is ever-dynamic. New countries are established when they choose to split from an existing country. Alternatively, they may come into being after a sovereign state is dissolved. Thirdly, sovereign…
Did you know there are almost 200 countries and a further 55 territories and dependencies in the world? Thus, it might come as a bit of a revelation to find that there are still thousands of small islands that remain ownerless. Unsurprisingly, the principal reason for these islands having remained unclaimed is that they tend…
Overview of Earth Do you know that experts estimate the Earth to be some 4.5 billion years old? It is the fifth largest of the eight planets in our solar system and the only one that supports life. At a distance of more than 150 million km (93 million miles), Earth is the third nearest…
Changing Times I don’t suppose when American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan wrote and released his 1964 protest song “The Times They Are a-Changin’, he was particularly thinking about fruit. Nonetheless, like just about everything else on our planet, it has proved to be the case for the global produce. Growing up in the UK in the…
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