auto-update week 40

central-asia/kz.json

@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@
       "text": "Adal [Serik SULTANGALI] (formerly Birlik (Unity) Party)<br>Ak Zhol (Bright Path) Party or Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol [Azat PERUASHEV]<br>Amanat [Erlan QOSANOV] (formerly Nur Otan (Radiant Fatherland))<br>National Social Democratic Party or NSDP [Ashat Nurmagambetuly RAHYMJANOV]<br>People's Democratic (Patriotic) Party or Auyl or AHDPP [Ali BEKTAYEV]<br>People's Party of Kazakhstan or QHP [Eruhamet ERTISBAEV]"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEU, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EITI (compliant country), FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
+      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, CSTO, EAEU, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EITI (compliant country), FAO, GCTU, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, MINURSO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UN Security Council (temporary), UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {

central-asia/rs.json

@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "daylight saving time": {
-        "text": "does not observe daylight savings time"
+        "text": "does not observe daylight savings time (DST)"
       },
       "time zone note": {
         "text": "Russia has 11 time zones, the largest number of contiguous time zones of any country in the world; in 2014, two time zones were added and DST dropped"
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@
       "text": "the Russian Federation's military and paramilitary services are equipped with domestically-produced weapons systems, although since 2010 Russia has imported limited amounts of military hardware from several countries, including Czechia, France, Israel, Italy, Turkey, and Ukraine; the Russian defense industry is capable of designing, developing, and producing a full range of advanced air, land, missile, and naval systems; Russia is the world's second largest exporter of military hardware (2021)"
     },
     "Military service age and obligation": {
-      "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory service for men; 18-40 for voluntary/contractual service; women and non-Russian citizens (18-30) may volunteer; men are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 12 month service obligation (Russia offers the option of serving on a 24-month contract instead of completing a 12 month conscription period); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16 (2022)",
+      "text": "18-27 years of age for compulsory service for men; 18-40 for voluntary/contractual service; women and non-Russian citizens (18-30) may volunteer; men are registered for the draft at 17 years of age; 12- month service obligation (Russia offers the option of serving on a 24-month contract instead of completing a 12-month conscription period); reserve obligation for non-officers to age 50; enrollment in military schools from the age of 16 (2022)",
       "note": "<strong>note 1:</strong> in May 2022, Russia's parliament approved a law removing the upper age limit for contractual service in the military<br><br><strong>note 2: </strong>the Russian military takes on about 260,000 conscripts each year in two semi-annual drafts (Spring and Fall); as of 2021, conscripts comprised an estimated 30% of the Russian military's active duty personnel and most reserve personnel were former conscripts; in April of 2019, the Russian Government pledged its intent to end conscription as part of a decade-long effort to shift from a large, conscript-based military to a smaller, more professional force; an existing law allows for a 21-month alternative civil service for conscripts in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities for those who view military duty as incompatible with their beliefs, but military conscription offices reportedly often broadly ignore requests for such service<br><br><strong>note 3:</strong> as of 2020, women made up about 5% of the active duty military"
     },
     "Military deployments": {

central-asia/ti.json

@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (du) after Saturday (shambe)"
+        "text": "today's city was originally at the crossroads where a large bazaar occurred on Mondays, hence the name Dushanbe, which in Persian means Monday, i.e., the second day (<em>du</em>) after Saturday (<em>shambe</em>)"
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-asia/tx.json

@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "derived from the Persian words \"eshq\" meaning \"love\" and \"abad\" meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\""
+        "text": "derived from the Persian words <em>esh</em>q meaning \"love\" and <em>abad</em> meaning \"inhabited place\" or \"city,\" and so loosely translates as \"the city of love\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {

central-asia/uz.json

@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
         "text": "UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
       },
       "etymology": {
-        "text": "\"tash\" means \"stone\" and \"kent\" means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
+        "text": "<em>tash</em> means \"stone\" and <em>kent</em> means \"city\" in Turkic languages, so the name simply denotes \"stone city\""
       }
     },
     "Administrative divisions": {
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@
       "text": "Ecological Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Ekologik Partivasi) [Narzullo OBLOMURODOV]<br>Justice (Adolat) Social Democratic Party of Uzbekistan [Bahrom ABDUHALIMOV]<br>Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Liberal-Demokratik Partiyasi) or LDPU [Aktam HAITOV]<br>National Revival Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (O'zbekiston Milliy Tiklanish Demokratik Partiyasi) [Alisher QODIROV]<br>People's Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (Xalq Demokratik Partiyas) or PDP [Ulugbek Ilyosovich INOYATOV] (formerly Communist Party)"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
-      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, EAEU (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EEU (observer), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
+      "text": "ADB, CICA, CIS, EAEU (observer), EAPC, EBRD, ECO, EEU (observer), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITSO, ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SCO, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)"
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {