continent

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Despite this, Traoré has gained a huge following across the continent for his pan-Africanist vision and criticism of Western influence.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Publicly traded European airport stocks are mostly on the continent.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"I'm well aware that sometimes Europe can be seen as a continent that is slower than others," Macron told an audience of Japanese business leaders and investors in Tokyo.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Shares of European arms manufacturers have also risen due to expectations of more military spending on the continent, while the war in Iran has lifted defense firms in South Korea and Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Just before the British conquest, between 300,000 and 700,000 hunter-gatherers lived on the continent in 200–600 tribes, each of which was further divided into several bands.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari