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In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami caused a loss of electric power at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan (via severing the connection to the external grid and destroying the backup diesel generators). The decay heat could not be removed, and the reactor cores of units 1, 2 and 3 overheated, the nuclear fuel melted, and the ...
The study also found that state-owned firms innovated less than private firms, even though state-owned firms received far greater subsidies. [ 69 ] In 2020, China's spending on research and development climbed 10.3% to a record 2.44 trillion Chinese yuan ($378 billion) according to the nation's National Bureau of Statistics.
The economy and industrial sector grew remarkably, [140] but his greatest achievement was the construction of the new capital city of Brasília, inaugurated in 1960. [141] Kubitschek's successor, Jânio Quadros , resigned in 1961 less than a year after taking office. [ 142 ]
Norah Jones (born 1979), soul/folk singer-songwriter, born in New York City but raised in Texas; Tom Jones (1928–2023), lyricist of musical theater; Janis Joplin (1943–1970), blues/rock singer; Scott Joplin (c. 1867 – 1917), ragtime musician and composer; Esteban Jordan (1939–2010), conjunto/Tejano accordionist
In March 2020, Janez Janša became prime minister for third time in the new coalition government of SDS, the Modern Centre Party (SMC), New Slovenia (NSi) and Pensioners' Party (DeSUS). [129] Janez Janša was known as a right-wing populist and a supporter of former US President Donald Trump and right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary.