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Ap Iorwerth government

The ap Iorwerth government is the Welsh Government led by First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth, Wales's first Plaid Cymru administration, formed 12 May 2026 as a minority government after Plaid won 43 of 96 Senedd seats, ending a century of Labour dominance.

Ap Ventures

AP Ventures is a London-headquartered venture capital firm, founded in 2018 by Andrew Hinkly and Kevin Eggers, investing in the hydrogen value chain and platinum group metals.

AP2

AP2 (Andra AP-fonden, the Second National Pension Fund) is one of Sweden's national pension buffer funds, managing about SEK 475 billion for the income-based old-age pension.

AP3

AP3, formally Tredje AP-fonden (Third Swedish National Pension Fund), is a Swedish state fund managing buffer capital for the income-based old-age pension system, worth SEK 891.2 billion in June 2026.

AP4

AP4, also known as Fjärde AP-fonden, is a Swedish buffer fund that invests capital backing the income pension, holding SEK 907 billion after the 2026 AP1 consolidation.

AP7

AP7, or Sjunde AP-fonden, is the Swedish state fund that has managed AP7 Såfa, the premium pension default option, since 2000, holding SEK 1,529 billion at the end of 2025.

APA style

APA style: scholarly writing and citation guidelines from the American Psychological Association, originating in a 1929 Psychological Bulletin article, described in the 7th edition (2019) Publication Manual, using author-date citations, sold over 17 million copies, used in over 70% of US college programs.

Apache

Apache: collective name for Southern Athabaskan-speaking peoples (Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan, Plains Apache), also self-designated Ndé. Migrated from the north between 1100 and 1600; reservations in New Mexico and Arizona; Oak Flat dispute ongoing.

Apache Wars

The Apache Wars were nineteenth-century conflicts between Apache bands and US and Mexican armies, from the 1848 cession through Geronimo's August 25, 1886 surrender, marked by the Bascom Affair, Apache Pass, and Apache scouts.

Apadana reliefs

The Apadana reliefs (نقش برجسته‌های تخت جمشید) are the sculptured limestone stairways of the Apadana, the audience hall of Persepolis, showing 23 delegations of subject peoples bearing offerings.

Apalachee massacre

The Apalachee massacre was a series of 1704 raids by English colonists from Carolina and their Indian allies against the Apalachee and Spanish missions in Florida.

Apalachin meeting

The Apalachin meeting, also called the Apalachin raid or summit, was a November 14, 1957 gathering of American Mafia bosses at Joseph Barbara Sr.'s estate in Apalachin, New York, broken up by New York State Police under Sgt. Edgar Croswell, first public proof of a national crime syndicate.

Aparajita

Aparajita was the last Pallava king of Kanchi, victor of the battle of Sripurambiyam against the Pandyas and killed in battle by the Chola king Aditya I.

Aparajita Sarangi

Aparajita Sarangi (born 1969) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has represented Bhubaneswar in the Lok Sabha since 2019, after serving as an IAS officer.

Apartheid

Apartheid: the legalized system of racial segregation enforced in South Africa by the National Party from 1948 to the early 1990s, built on the Population Registration Act, Group Areas Act, pass laws, and Bantustans, ended by the 1994 democratic election.

Apartheid legislation

Apartheid legislation: South African statutes from 1948 to the early 1990s, including the Population Registration Act, Group Areas Act, pass laws, and Separate Amenities Act, that enforced racial segregation and were repealed between 1990 and 1994.

Apastamba

Apastamba (आपस्तम्ब) was an ancient Indian sage, founder of the Apastambiya school of the Krishna Yajurveda, whose texts on ritual and law date roughly between 800 and 300 BC.

Apastamba Dharmasutra (आपस्तम्ब धर्मसूत्र)

The Apastamba Dharmasutra (आपस्तम्ब धर्मसूत्र) is a Sanskrit treatise on dharma, dated around 450–350 BCE, and one of the four oldest surviving law codes of ancient India.

Apatheia (πάθεια)

Apatheia (ἀπάθεια) is the Stoic ideal of freedom from the passions (pathē), excessive irrational impulses; distinct from modern apathy, it accompanies the eupatheiai, the sage's good feelings of joy, caution, and rational wishing.

Apatheism

Apatheism is indifference toward whether God exists, the attitude that the question makes no practical difference; coined in 1972 and popularized by Jonathan Rauch in 2003.

Apathy

Apathy is a neuropsychiatric syndrome marked by reduced will and initiative, lack of interest, and blunted emotion for at least 4 weeks, distinct from depression.

Apax Partners

Apax Partners, formerly Alan Patricof Associates, is a London-based private equity firm that has raised about $80 billion for buyouts and growth investments in tech, services, healthcare, and consumer businesses.

Apax Partners; founder of Greycroft Partners

Apax Partners is a global private equity firm tracing its origins to Alan Patricof in New York, Sir Ronald Cohen in London, and Maurice Tchénio in Paris.

Apax X USD L.P.

Apax X USD L.P. is a Guernsey-domiciled limited partnership serving as the US dollar vehicle of Apax X, Apax's flagship buyout fund that closed at its $11 billion hard cap.

APEC Business Travel Card

The APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) is a five-year travel document that pre-clears business people for visa-free short-term travel across the 21 APEC economies, begun as a trial in 1997.

APEC China 2026

APEC China 2026 is China's third APEC chairmanship, culminating in the 33rd Economic Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen on 18–19 November 2026 under the theme "Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together".

APEC Philippines 2015

APEC Philippines 2015: the Philippines chaired APEC, hosting the 23rd Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila, November 18-19, 2015, under the theme Building Inclusive Economies, Building a Better World, with the Boracay Action Agenda, Cebu Action Plan, and RAASR as key outcomes.

APEC South Korea 2025

APEC South Korea 2025: the Republic of Korea's APEC chairmanship culminating in the 32nd Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, October 31 to November 1, 2025, chaired by President Lee Jae Myung, which adopted the Gyeongju Declaration, APEC AI Initiative, and Demographic Changes Framework.

Apeiron Presight Capital

Apeiron Presight Capital is the fundraising name of Presight Capital's second venture fund, a biotech and deep tech investor backed by Christian Angermayer's Apeiron Investment Group.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

Apellis Pharmaceuticals was a biopharmaceutical company, founded in 2009 in Kentucky and later based in Waltham, Massachusetts, that developed the complement C3 inhibitors EMPAVELI and SYFOVRE.