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The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)

The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA)

Politics and Administration

The United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) is an executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the United Kingdom's civil space programme. It was established on 1 April 2010 to

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)

Science and education

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst or simply UMass) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the old

The United Nations (UN)

The United Nations (UN)

Politics and Administration

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization with the intended purpose of maintaining international peace and security, developing fri

United Nations Organization (UN)

United Nations Organization (UN)

Politics and Administration

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achiev

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Politics and Administration

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through internationa

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Politics and Administration

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ.

Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (Ver.di)

Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (Ver.di)

Auto and Transport

Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and i

Vital Human Resources Ltd (Vital)

Vital Human Resources Ltd (Vital)

Economy

Vital Human Resources Ltd (Vital) is a dedicated recruitment business. Its three operating divisions, Vital Rail, Vital Resources and Vital Solutions, deliver high calibre blue-collar and white-collar

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI)

Other

Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) is a voluntary UK-based organisation founded in 2015 that campaigns against the way in which the state pension age for men and women was e

The World Boxing Council (WBC)

The World Boxing Council (WBC)

Other

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Assoc

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD)

Advertising and media

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed after the spi

World Central Kitchen (WCK)

World Central Kitchen (WCK)

Other

World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that provides food relief. It was founded in 2010 by Spanish American chef and restaur

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Healthcare

The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution, which establishes the agen

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)

Advertising and media

The Wall Street Journal is an American business and economic-focused international daily newspaper based in New York City with international editions published in Chinese and&

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA)

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA)

Other

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. It governs the WTA Tour, which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for w

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Other

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeav

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Security

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reducti

The Young Conservatives (YC)

The Young Conservatives (YC)

Politics and Administration

The Young Conservatives (YC) is the youth wing of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom for members aged 25 and under. The organisation shares the same v

Shelter (charity)

Shelter (charity)

Other

Shelter is a registered charity that campaigns to end homelessness and bad housing in Great Britain. It gives advice, information and advocacy to people in need, and tack

RTÉ Radio 1

RTÉ Radio 1

Advertising and media

RTÉ Radio 1 is an Irish national radio station owned and operated by RTÉ and is the direct descendant of Dublin radio station 2RN, which began broadcasting

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