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Renzo Testolin
Renzo Testolin is an Italian politician of the Union Valdôtaine party who has served as President of Aosta Valley since 2023, leading a coalition of autonomousist parties.
Reopening of maritime trade
The reopening of maritime trade (开海) was the Qing dynasty's 1684 lifting of its sea ban to revive coastal livelihoods and customs revenue, followed by partial bans in 1717 and 1757.
Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris
Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris: the cathedral's return to worship on 7-8 December 2024 after the 15 April 2019 fire, under Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, following a five-year, roughly €700 million identical restoration.
ReOrbit
ReOrbit (ReOrbit Oy) is a Finnish satellite manufacturer founded in 2019 by Sethu Saveda Suvanam and based in Helsinki, building software-defined satellites for government and sovereign customers.
Reorder point
A reorder point (ROP) is the inventory level, measured on inventory position, that triggers a replenishment order, calculated as lead-time demand plus safety stock; it answers when to order.
Reorganized National Government
The Reorganized National Government (汪伪国民政府) was a Japanese-sponsored regime headed by Wang Jingwei in Nanjing from 1940 to 1945, claiming to be the Republic of China's legitimate government.
Repair inscription of the Marib Dam
The repair inscription of the Marib Dam, known as the Abraha inscription CIH 541, is a Sabaic stela recording Abraha's reconstruction of the Great Dam of Maʾrib in 548.
Repair of the Sudarshana Lake
The Repair of the Sudarshana Lake was the reconstruction of a breached irrigation dam near Girnar, Saurashtra, completed in two months around 455–456 CE under Gupta emperor Skandagupta.
Reparation Commission
The Reparation Commission, or Inter-Allied Reparations Commission, was the Allied body created by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to set and administer Germany's reparations.
Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (הסכם השילומים)
The Reparations Agreement (הסכם השילומים, Luxembourg Agreement), signed 10 September 1952, committed West Germany to pay Israel DM 3 billion in goods and DM 450 million to the Claims Conference for Holocaust compensation.
Reparations for slavery
Reparations for slavery: compensation, apologies, and restitution sought from governments, churches, and firms for transatlantic slavery. Key facts: CARICOM 10-point plan, H.R. 40, 2001 Durban conference, 2026 UN resolution, $131 trillion Brattle estimate.
Repartimiento
The repartimiento, called the mita in Peru and cuatequil in New Spain, was a Spanish colonial labor system drafting indigenous workers in rotating, paid quotas.
Repartimiento de labor
The repartimiento de labor was a rotating forced-labor system of colonial Spanish America in which Indigenous communities supplied quota workers for mines, farms, and public works for set wages.
Repartimiento de mercancías
Repartimiento de mercancías, meaning merchandise distribution, was a colonial Spanish American system in which officials advanced goods to indigenous producers at prices the officials set.
Repatriation
Repatriation is the return of a person to their country of origin or nationality, most prominently of refugees and prisoners of war, whose right of return is protected under international law.
Repatriation of Cossacks after World War II
Repatriation of Cossacks after WWII: forced transfer of Cossack collaborators and families from Allied zones to the USSR, 1945–1947; centered on the Lienz handovers in Austria under the Yalta agreement and Operation Keelhaul.
Repatriation of Haitians and Jamaicans from Cuba (1933–1938)
The repatriation of Haitians and Jamaicans from Cuba (1933–1938) was a state-directed expulsion that removed tens of thousands of Caribbean sugar workers during the Depression.
Repatriation of Koreans from Japan
The repatriation of Koreans from Japan was the return of ethnic Korean residents to Korea, mass voluntary after 1945 and state-coordinated to North Korea from 1959.
Repatriation of Soviet citizens after World War II
Repatriation of Soviet citizens after World War II: the 1944–1950s return of POWs, forced laborers, and civilians to the USSR under the Yalta agreement, GKO decree 6457ss, filtration screening, and Western forced repatriation ending in 1947.
Repeal of the Corn Laws
The repeal of the Corn Laws was Britain's 1846 replacement of protective grain duties with declining duties, ending protection of landowners and splitting the Conservative Party.
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a brief neuropsychological test battery for adults, screening cognition in about 20 to 30 minutes.
Repentance
Repentance is the turning away from committed wrongdoing toward God or a reformed life, understood as a condition of forgiveness and restoration across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Repentance edict of 89 BC
The Repentance edict (轮台诏), or Luntai edict, was an 89 BC decree of Emperor Wu of Han rejecting colonies at Luntai and expressing regret over his reign.
Repentance in Judaism
Teshuvah (תשובה), literally "return" or "turning," is the Jewish concept of repentance: leaving sin, resolving not to repeat it, and confessing, centered on Yom Kippur.
Reply guy
Reply guy: derogatory internet slang for a person, usually a man, who persistently replies to social media posts, especially women's, with unsolicited, condescending, or flirtatious comments; coined on Twitter in the mid-2010s, catalogued in nine types in 2018, and now also a name for reply-based account growth on X.
Repnin Sejm
The Repnin Sejm (Sejm Repninowski) was the Polish-Lithuanian Sejm of 1767–1768, controlled by Russian ambassador Nikolai Repnin through intimidation and bribery, which made Russia guarantor of the constitution.
Report
A report is a structured document presenting data, analysis, and conclusions on a topic or decision, typically longer than a page and shorter than a book.
Report of Wenamun
The Report of Wenamun, also called the Tale of Wenamun, is a Late Egyptian papyrus in Moscow telling of an official sent to Byblos for cedar wood.
Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Reporter of Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: the Court officer who edits opinions and compiles the official United States Reports, prepares each case syllabus, and oversees the slip opinion, preliminary print, and bound volume publication stages.
Reporter's privilege
Reporter's privilege: a qualified US legal right letting journalists refuse to disclose confidential sources, rooted in Branzburg v. Hayes (1972), state shield laws in 40 states plus DC, and no federal shield law.