Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as President of Turkey.

The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has emerged victorious in the recent election following a tense run-off, according to unofficial data from the state-run Anadolu Agency and the country’s Supreme Election Council. After failing to secure more than 50 percent of vo…

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4,000-Year-old DNA is the oldest evidence of Plague in Britain.

Even with our advanced and globally connected world, there are still some spots in the furthest reaches of the planet where no man has set foot. These areas are so remote and shrouded in dense wilderness that it doesn’t seem possible that it had ever been anything else, but…

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Icy moon Enceladus spews massive water plume.

Astronomers have detected a huge plume of water vapour spurting out into space from Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn. The 504km-wide (313 miles) moon is well known for its geysers, but this is a particularly big one. The water stream spans some 9,600km - a distance equivalent…

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Korea to aid development of Sri Lanka’s first floating solar project.

The Ministry of Power and Energy today (31 May) signed an agreement with the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) to develop the first floating solar project in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, a grant of USD 5.2 million was extended by KIAT to the sustainable energy …

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World No Tobacco Day - 31 May.

World No Tobacco Day is an annual event held on May 31, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote awareness about the detrimental consequences of tobacco usage and advocate for policies aimed at reducing tobacco consumption. The primary goal of this initia…

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The biggest diamond ever found weighed the same as 7,692 bees.

The largest rough diamond ever found is known as the Cullinan Diamond and its story is pretty interesting. Found in South Africa in 1905, this whopper of a gemstone weighed 3,106 carats and was 10.1 x 6.35 x 5.9 centimeters when it was first found. To put this in context th…

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Bola Tinubu Sworn in as President.

Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the President of Nigeria on May 29, amidst mounting pressure to address the country’s persistent economic and security issues. The inauguration ceremony, held at Eagles Square in the capital city of Abuja, was attended by both local and foreign d…

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International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - 25-31 May.

The United Nations has designated May 25 to 31 as the “International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories.” This observance was established by the UN General Assembly on December 6, 1999. According to the UN Charter, a Non-Self-Governing Ter…

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New record!.... 20 people are in space at the same time right now.

The record for most people in space (rather than just Earth orbit) at once was reset recently, too, and lasted an even shorter amount of time. For about 5 minutes, there were 20 people off the planet.  That record was set by the six members of Virgin Galactic Unity 25 SpaceS…

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New record!.... 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now.

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With the launch of China's three-person Shenzhou 16 mission on Monday (May 29) at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT or 9:31 a.m. Beijing Time on May 30), the population in orbit grew t…

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SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying private Ax-2 astronauts splashes down off Florida coast.

The four astronauts of the private Ax-2 mission returned to Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule late Tuesday night (May 30). That Dragon, named Freedom, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier in the day at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), ending a 10-day miss…

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107-million-year-old fossil pterosaur bones found at Dinosaur Cove in Australia.

A flying dragon with gigantic wings and fierce teeth is the stuff of myth, yet the prehistoric pterosaur is often compared to one. Now, scientists have confirmed that 107-million-year-old fossils found in Victoria are the oldest remains of pterosaurs that soared across the A…

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Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eases to 25.2% in May.

Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eased to 25.2% in May from 35.3% in April, the statistics department said on Wednesday, reducing some stress on the crisis-hit economy. Soaring inflation has battered the economy for more than a year after a severe foreign exchange crisis s…

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Gazette issued bringing several state institutions under Finance Ministry.

A gazette notification has been issued bringing several state-owned institutions including the Colombo Lotus Tower Management Company, Sri Lanka Cement Corporation, State Engineering Corporation, Sri Lanka Telecom and its subsidiaries and allied institutions under the purvi…

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IPL 2023 final: Chennai Super Kings Beats Gujarat Titians.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) clinched their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title, equaling a record with Mumbai Indians. They secured a five-wicket victory over the Gujarat Titans (GT) amidst a backdrop of fireworks and jubilant celebrations. CSK’s captain, Dhoni, received …

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North Korea says spy satellite ‘crashed into sea’.

North Korea’s attempt to launch its first military spy satellite has ended in failure after the rocket “crashed into the sea” and Seoul recovered some of the debris, state media said. The launch, on the first day of a 12-day window it had announced to put the satellite into …

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Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025.

Japan and JAXA, the country’s space administration, have spent decades trying to make it possible to beam solar energy from space. In 2015, the nation made a breakthrough when JAXA scientists successfully beamed 1.8 kilowatts of power, enough energy to power an electric ket…

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NASA's James Webb Telescope spots Saturn's moon blasting 'huge plumes' of life-containing water into space.

Scientists are astounded by a 'spray war' unfolding close to Saturn's icy moon Enceladus. The most powerful space telescope in use has once again captured the attention of millions with a ground-breaking discovery. Enceladus, Saturn's ice moon, has been seen …

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The universe began with a Bang, not a Bounce, new studies find.

How did the universe start? Did we begin with a big bang, or was there a bounce? Might the cosmos evolve in a cycle of expansion and collapse, over and over for all eternity? Now, in two papers, researchers have poked holes in different models of a so-called bouncing univer…

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World Vape Day - 30 May.

World Vape Day is an annual event that is celebrated on May 30th. The day is dedicated to raising awareness about the potential benefits of vaping as a harm reduction tool for smokers. Vaping is the act of inhaling an aerosol that is produced by heating a liquid that contai…

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Lula welcomes back banned Venezuelan leader Maduro.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has visited Brazil for the first time since he was banned by former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in 2019. Mr. Maduro was received by the new president, fellow leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ahead of a summit of Latin America…

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Fuel subsidy removed in Nigeria.

The new president of Africa's largest democracy, Nigeria, has used his inaugural address to make a major policy announcement to ease pressure on government finances. Bola Tinubu said the decades-long subsidy on petroleum products was being scrapped. He won disputed electi…

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NASA orbiter spots grave of private Japanese lander.

A NASA lunar orbiter has spotted the final resting place of a private Japanese moon lander that failed in its touchdown attempt last month. The Hakuto-R lander, also carrying a small rover for the United Arab Emirates, made its landing attempt on April 25, aiming to set down…

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Bulgarian writer wins International Booker Prize.

Georgi Gospodinov’s Time Shelter, translated by Angela Rodel, has become the first book written in Bulgarian to win the International Booker prize. Chair of judges Leïla Slimani described Time Shelter as “a brilliant novel full of irony and melancholy”. The £50,000 prize, whi…

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International Day of UN Peacekeepers - 29 May.

The  International Day of UN Peacekeepers  is observed annually on  May 29th.  It is a day dedicated to honoring the contributions and sacrifices of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers in maintaining peace and security around the world. The day also serves as a tribute to those wh…

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Magnus Carlsen wins 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland.

Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland after another incredible performance during the second day of the blitz portion, ending with a score of 24/36 and taking home the $40,000 1st place prize. Placing 2nd was local favorite and defending champion Jan-…

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Cannes Film Festival 2023.

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival has come to a close, with the 76th annual celebration of cinema awarding the coveted Palme d’Or to Justine Triet’s crime drama Anatomy of a Fall. French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival’s P…

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China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030.

China plans to complete a mission to land a person on the moon by 2030, a government official announced on Monday, in the highest-level confirmation of China’s ambitions for a crewed lunar landing. Chinese scientists have previously nodded at a 2030 goal in a less formal cap…

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