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Branko Blanuša
Branko Blanuša (born 1969, Banja Luka) is a Bosnian Serb electrical engineering professor, SDS party president, and opposition candidate for president of Republika Srpska, losing the 2025 early election to Siniša Karan 48.09% to 50.53% and running again in 2026.
Branković dynasty
The Branković dynasty was a Serbian noble family, the last ruling dynasty of medieval Serbia, governing the Serbian Despotate from 1427 until its fall to the Ottomans in 1459.
Brannin McBee
Brannin McBee is a co-founder and Chief Development Officer of CoreWeave, the AI cloud infrastructure company he started in 2017 as an Ethereum mining operation and took public on Nasdaq in 2025.
Brantford—Brant South
Brantford—Brant South (Brantford—Brant-Sud), federal electoral district no. 35015 in Ontario, formerly Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations; covers Brantford, southern Brant County, and Six Nations reserve; Conservative-held, vacant 2026.
Brantley D. Starr
Brantley D. Starr, also known as Brantley David Starr, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 2019.
Bras d'honneur
Bras d'honneur, also called forearm jerk or gesto dell'ombrello, is an obscene arm-bent, biceps-slapping insult gesture of contempt, equivalent to the middle finger across Romance-language Europe and Latin America.
Brasilia Zoo
Brasilia Zoo (Jardim Zoológico de Brasília, FJZB), a zoological garden in Brasília, Brazil, inaugurated 6 December 1957, two years before the capital; first ecological institution in the Federal District, holding about 1,250 animals in 230 species and AZAB/ICMBio threatened-species programs.
Braskem
Braskem is a Brazilian petrochemical company headquartered in São Paulo, founded in 2002, and the largest thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas, with 40 industrial units in Brazil, the United States, and Mexico.
Brata katha
Brata katha (ব্রতকথা) is a genre of Bengali folklore consisting of stories recited by women as part of a brata, a domestic vow-ritual performed in Bengal and neighboring regions.
Bratislav Gašić
Bratislav Gašić (born 1967) is a Serbian politician of the Serbian Progressive Party who has served as Minister of Defence since 2024, after leading the Security and Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2022.
Bratislava–Brno offensive
Bratislava–Brno offensive (Bratislavsko-brněnská operace): Red Army 2nd Ukrainian Front operation, 25 March–5 May 1945, liberating Bratislava on 4 April and Brno on 26 April 1945.
Braulio Carrillo
Braulio Carrillo Colina was a Costa Rican lawyer and politician who served twice as Head of State of Costa Rica, from 1835 to 1837 and from 1838 to 1842.
Braulio Iriarte
Braulio Iriarte Goyeneche (1860–1932) was a Navarrese-born Mexican businessman who arrived penniless in 1877, built a bakery empire, and founded Cervecería Modelo, maker of Corona.
Braunschweig-class corvette
Braunschweig-class corvette (K130, Korvette 130): German Navy missile corvettes for coastal and Baltic waters, five in service from 2008 (F260-F264) plus a five-ship Batch 2; RBS15 Mk3 missiles, RAM defense, 61-strong crews.
Brave Warrior Advisors
Brave Warrior Advisors is an investment adviser founded in 2009 and solely owned by value investor Glenn H. Greenberg, the renamed continuation of Chieftain Capital Management, managing about $5.6 billion.
BravesVision
BravesVision is the Atlanta Braves' owned-and-operated local TV network, launched February 2026 for the 2026 season after the FanDuel Sports Network collapse, producing 140+ games, streaming on Braves.TV without blackouts, and carried by Spectrum, DIRECTV, and Fubo.
Bravo Two Zero
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British SAS patrol inserted into Iraq in January 1991 during the Gulf War; communications failed, three died, four were captured, and Chris Ryan escaped to Syria.
Bravo Zulu
Bravo Zulu (BZ) is a naval signal meaning "well done," from the Allied Naval Signal Book ACP 175 adopted after NATO's 1949 founding; formerly "Baker Zebra" until the U.S. Navy took the ICAO alphabet in March 1956.
Brawijaya
Brawijaya, also written Brawijoyo or Prabu Brawijaya, is the name Javanese chronicles give the last king of Majapahit, though no Majapahit inscription bears the title.
Braxton Bragg
Braxton Bragg (1817-1876), Confederate general, commanded the Army of Tennessee 1862-1863, won Chickamauga, lost Chattanooga, then advised Jefferson Davis; namesake of Fort Bragg until 2023.
Brazen bull
Brazen bull (bull of Phalaris): legendary ancient Greek execution device, a hollow bronze bull heated by fire, attributed to Perilaos of Athens and the tyrant Phalaris of Akragas; no archaeological evidence, earliest source Pindar, detail from Diodorus Siculus.
Brazil in World War II
Brazil in World War II covers Brazil's 1942–1945 Allied participation, prompted by German submarine attacks, including hosting US bases and sending the FEB to Italy.
Brazil: Rich and Famous
Cultura e Opulência do Brasil (Brasil rico e famoso) is a 1711 book by the Jesuit André João Antonil describing the economy of colonial Brazil.
Brazilian Air Force
Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB), Brazilian Air Force, air branch of Brazil's armed forces created 20 January 1941; flies 558 aircraft including F-39E Gripen and KC-390, ranked first in Latin America by Global Firepower 2026.
Brazilian Armed Forces
The Brazilian Armed Forces (Forças Armadas) comprise the Navy, Army, and Air Force under the Ministry of Defense, created in 1999, with the President as supreme commander; known for the 1964–1985 dictatorship and declining defense spending.
Brazilian Army
The Brazilian Army (Exército Brasileiro) is the land branch of Brazil's Armed Forces, Latin America's largest military, built on 12-month conscription, shaped by French and German missions, and marked by the 1964 coup and Haiti peacekeeping leadership.
Brazilian banking crisis (1990–1998)
The Brazilian banking crisis of 1990–1998 was a wave of bank failures after the 1994 Real Plan ended hyperinflation, costing the public sector several points of GDP.
Brazilian Communist Party
The Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro, PCB) is a Brazilian political party founded in Niterói in 1922, the country's oldest party organization, which operated underground until it regained legal registration in 1985.
Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935
The Brazilian Communist uprising of 1935, known in Brazil as the Intentona Comunista, was a failed military revolt led by Luís Carlos Prestes in Natal, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Constitution of 1824
The Brazilian Constitution of 1824 (Constituição de 1824) was Brazil's first constitution, granted by Emperor Pedro I on 25 March 1824, establishing a constitutional monarchy.