Glossary
Places, people, terms
Where is this square? Who is this minister? Here we explain places, people and organisations that appear in our stories.
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OrganisationPortugal
Académico de Viseu
Académico de Viseu is a football club from the city of Viseu in northern Portugal.
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OrganisationEthiopia
Addis Fortune
Addis Fortune is an English-language business newspaper based in Addis Ababa.
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OrganisationTürkiye
AKOM
Disaster Coordination Centre of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
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OrganisationEgypt
Al-Ahram
Al-Ahram is a state-owned Egyptian daily newspaper based in Cairo and one of the oldest newspapers in the Arab world.
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OrganisationSouth Africa
ANC
African National Congress, South Africa's long-time governing party since the end of apartheid.
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OrganisationUnited States
Archdiocese of New York
Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Manhattan and one of the largest in the US.
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OrganisationBrazil
B3
Brazil's stock exchange, based in São Paulo, one of the largest exchanges in Latin America.
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OrganisationBangladesh
Bangladesh Cricket Board
Bangladesh's national cricket federation, based in Dhaka.
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OrganisationEgypt
Banque Misr
Banque Misr is a state-owned Egyptian bank headquartered in Cairo and one of the country's largest.
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OrganisationSouth Korea
BigBang
BigBang is a South Korean K-pop group that debuted in 2006 and is regarded as one of the genre's most influential acts.
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OrganisationChina
Boao Forum for Asia
The Boao Forum for Asia is an annual international conference on economics and politics held in Boao on China's Hainan Island.
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C
OrganisationEgypt
CAF
CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football) is Africa's football confederation.
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OrganisationMexico
Canacar
Canacar (Cámara Nacional del Autotransporte de Carga) is Mexico's national road freight association.
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OrganisationMexico
Capufe
Capufe (Caminos y Puentes Federales) is Mexico's state operator of federal toll roads and bridges.
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OrganisationChina
Central Committee of the CCP
Leadership body of the Chinese Communist Party with about 200 full members plus alternates.
OrganisationSerbia
CeSID
CeSID (Centre for Free Elections and Democracy) is a Serbian non-governmental organisation that monitors elections.
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OrganisationMexico
CF Pachuca
CF Pachuca is a football club from Pachuca in the Mexican state of Hidalgo and is regarded as Mexico's oldest club.
OrganisationChina
Chinese Communist Party
Ruling party of the People's Republic of China, founded in 1921.
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OrganisationMexico
Chivas
Chivas is the nickname of CD Guadalajara, one of Mexico's most popular football clubs.
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OrganisationArgentina
Clarín
Clarín is one of Argentina's largest-circulation daily newspapers, based in Buenos Aires.
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OrganisationChile
Colo-Colo
Football club from Santiago de Chile and the country's record champions, founded in 1925.
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OrganisationSaudi Arabia
Council of Senior Scholars
The Council of Senior Scholars is Saudi Arabia's highest religious body.
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OrganisationIndia
CPCB
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is India's central agency for monitoring air and water quality.
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Organisation
CPTPP
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement among Pacific Rim countries.
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OrganisationCuba
Cubadebate
Cubadebate is a Cuban state news portal.
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D
OrganisationSerbia
Danas
Danas is a daily newspaper based in Belgrade.
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OrganisationSouth Africa
Democratic Alliance
South Africa's liberal party, main opposition force and since 2024 a partner in the Government of National Unity.
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OrganisationPhilippines
Department of Energy (DOE)
The Philippines' energy ministry.
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E
OrganisationColombia
EAAB
Bogotá's municipal water and sewerage company.
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OrganisationSouth Africa
EFF
Economic Freedom Fighters, a left-wing South African party founded in 2013 by Julius Malema.
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OrganisationEgypt
EIPR
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, an Egyptian human rights organisation based in Cairo.
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OrganisationColombia
El Tiempo
High-circulation daily from Bogotá and one of Colombia's leading newspapers.
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OrganisationGreece
ELSTAT
Hellenic Statistical Authority, Greece's official statistics office.
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OrganisationGreece
EMY
Greece's national weather service, which issues official weather warnings.
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OrganisationColombia
Enel Colombia
Colombian subsidiary of Italian energy group Enel and electricity grid operator in Bogotá.
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OrganisationKenya
EPRA
Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Kenya's energy regulator.
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F
OrganisationTürkiye
Fenerbahçe
Istanbul sports club from the Kadıköy district, founded in 1907.
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OrganisationBrazil
Folha de S.Paulo
Folha de S.Paulo is a daily newspaper from São Paulo, founded in 1921 and one of Brazil's most widely read papers.
OrganisationDR Congo
Front pour la refondation de la nation
The Front pour la refondation de la nation (FRN) is a political-military platform in the DR Congo led by former president Joseph Kabila.
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G
OrganisationBrazil
g1
g1 is the news portal of Brazil's Globo media group, which also owns the broadcaster TV Globo.
OrganisationTürkiye
Galatasaray
Istanbul sports club founded in 1905, one of Turkey's most successful football clubs.
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OrganisationPeru
Generación Z
Youth protest movement in Peru that has organised marches against crime, corruption and government policy since 2025.
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OrganisationCuba
Granma
Granma is the daily newspaper and official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
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H
OrganisationSouth Korea
Hankook Ilbo
National South Korean daily newspaper based in Seoul.
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OrganisationYE
Houthis
The Houthis (Ansar Allah) are an armed political movement from northern Yemen.
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OrganisationUkraine
Hromadske
Independent Ukrainian online media outlet based in Kyiv, founded in 2013.
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OrganisationPortugal
IGAI
The General Inspectorate of Internal Administration (Inspeção-Geral da Administração Interna, IGAI) is Portugal's oversight body for the p …
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OrganisationCH
International Olympic Committee
Governing body of the Olympic movement, based in Lausanne.
OrganisationUnited States
Iona University
Private Catholic university in New Rochelle, north of New York City.
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OrganisationGB
Iran International
Persian-language news channel based in London.
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K
OrganisationThailand
Krungthai Bank
Krungthai Bank is a majority state-owned commercial bank in Thailand headquartered in Bangkok.
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OrganisationPapua New Guinea
Kumuls
The Kumuls are Papua New Guinea's national rugby league team.
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OrganisationUkraine
Kyiv Independent
English-language Ukrainian news outlet based in Kyiv.
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OrganisationSouth Korea
Kyunghyang Shinmun
South Korean daily from Seoul, one of the country's oldest.
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OrganisationArgentina
La Nación
La Nación is a long-established daily newspaper from Buenos Aires.
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OrganisationJapan
Liberal Democratic Party
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is a conservative party in Japan that has governed almost continuously since its founding in 1955.
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OrganisationMexico
Liga MX Femenil
Liga MX Femenil is the top professional league in Mexican women's football.
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OrganisationDR Congo
LUCHA
LUCHA (Lutte pour le changement) is a non-violent citizens' movement in the DR Congo.
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M
OrganisationEgypt
Mada Masr
Independent Egyptian news outlet founded in Cairo in 2013.
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OrganisationPhilippines
Manibela
Philippine association of jeepney drivers and operators.
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OrganisationSouth Africa
MK Party
South African party uMkhonto weSizwe, founded in 2023 and led by former president Jacob Zuma.
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OrganisationMonaco
Monaco Hebdo
Weekly newspaper from Monaco focusing on politics and society in the principality.
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N
OrganisationSerbia
N1
N1 is a news channel for Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with studios including one in Belgrade.
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OrganisationKenya
Nation Media Group
The Daily Nation and Sunday Nation are the newspapers of Nairobi-based Nation Media Group, East Africa's largest media company.
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OrganisationEgypt
National Bank of Egypt
The National Bank of Egypt is Egypt's largest bank, state-owned and headquartered in Cairo.
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OrganisationMexico
National Guard (Mexico)
The Guardia Nacional (National Guard) is Mexico's nationwide security force.
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OrganisationPeru
National University of San Marcos
Public university in Lima, founded in 1551 and the oldest university in the Americas.
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OrganisationNigeria
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) is Nigeria's national public health agency for monitoring and controlling inf …
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OrganisationNigeria
Nigeria Football Federation
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) governs football in Nigeria and runs the national teams.
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OrganisationUnited States
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Largest of the 13 US federal appeals courts, covering California and other western states.
OrganisationAustralia
NRL
The National Rugby League (NRL) is the top professional rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand.
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P
OrganisationIndonesia
Pertamina
Pertamina is Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company, headquartered in Jakarta.
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OrganisationPhilippines
Piston
Nationwide alliance of Philippine jeepney drivers and operators.
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OrganisationIndonesia
PKS
The PKS (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, Prosperous Justice Party) is an Islamic conservative party in Indonesia.
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OrganisationPapua New Guinea
PNG Chiefs
The PNG Chiefs are a new rugby league club from Papua New Guinea due to join Australia's professional NRL competition in 2028.
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OrganisationBangladesh
Prothom Alo
Bengali-language daily from Dhaka, Bangladesh's most widely read newspaper.
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OrganisationPortugal
PSD
The Partido Social Democrata (PSD) is a centre-right party in Portugal that has held the premiership since 2024.
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OrganisationPortugal
PSP
The Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) is Portugal's civilian police force, responsible mainly for public security in urban areas.
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R
OrganisationDR Congo
Radio Okapi
Radio Okapi is the radio station of the UN mission in the DR Congo.
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OrganisationNew Zealand
RNZ
Radio New Zealand, the country's public radio broadcaster, based in Wellington.
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OrganisationAustralia
RSL
The RSL (Returned and Services League) is Australia's largest veterans' organisation.
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S
OrganisationPeru
Sodalitium of Christian Life
Peruvian Catholic lay society founded in Lima in 1971 and dissolved by the Vatican in 2025.
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OrganisationPortugal
Sporting CP
Sporting CP (Sporting Clube de Portugal) is one of Portugal's major sports clubs, based in Lisbon.
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OrganisationNL
Stellantis
Stellantis is a multinational carmaker whose brands include Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Jeep and Opel.
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OrganisationSerbia
student list
The student list is the electoral alliance that emerged from Serbia's student and citizen protest movement.
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OrganisationNigeria
Super Eagles
Super Eagles is the nickname of Nigeria's men's national football team.
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OrganisationTürkiye
Süper Lig
Top division of Turkish football.
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OrganisationBrazil
Superior Electoral Court
The Superior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) is Brazil's highest electoral court.
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OrganisationEgypt
Supreme Council for Media Regulation
Egyptian regulator for the press, broadcasting and online media.
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T
OrganisationKenya
Taifa Leo
Taifa Leo is a Swahili-language daily newspaper from Nairobi, owned by the Nation Media Group.
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OrganisationIran
Tehran Times
English-language Iranian daily from Tehran with a pro-government line.
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OrganisationBangladesh
The Daily Star
English-language daily from Dhaka, Bangladesh's largest English-language newspaper.
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OrganisationEthiopia
The Reporter
The Reporter is an Ethiopian newspaper based in Addis Ababa, published in English and Amharic.
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OrganisationNew Zealand
Tiaki Wai
Regional water organisation for Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua.
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OrganisationWS
Toa Samoa
Toa Samoa is Samoa's national rugby league team.
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OrganisationVietnam
Tuổi Trẻ
Tuổi Trẻ ('Youth' in Vietnamese) is a major daily newspaper based in Ho Chi Minh City.
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U
OrganisationCuba
Unión Eléctrica
The Unión Eléctrica (UNE) is Cuba's state electricity company.
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OrganisationDR Congo
Union sacrée
The Union sacrée de la Nation is President Félix Tshisekedi's governing coalition in the DR Congo.
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OrganisationTW
United Daily News
Major Taiwanese daily newspaper based in Taipei.
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OrganisationChile
Universidad de Chile
Football club from Santiago de Chile, founded in 1927 and Colo-Colo's great rival.
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OrganisationIndonesia
University of Indonesia
Universitas Indonesia (UI) is a state university with campuses in Depok and Jakarta and is regarded as one of the country's most prestigio …
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OrganisationUnited States
US Department of Justice
US federal department for justice and law enforcement, headed by the Attorney General.