Halloween Day - 31 October.

Every year, Halloween Day is celebrated on October 31, the evening before All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day. The celebration marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of All hallow tide, which lasts three days and concludes with …

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Red Bull’s Verstappen dominates F1s Mexico City Grand Prix for season record 16th win.

Max Verstappen, the Red Bull racing sensation, showcased his exceptional skills at the Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix. He snatched the lead by the first corner after splitting the Ferrari front row occupied by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Verstappen’s incredible st…

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China replaced missing defence minister Li Shangfu.

China’s Defense Minister, Li Shangfu, was recently removed from his position in a surprising turn of events. His disappearance from public view two months earlier had sparked rumors about his fate. Li’s removal follows a series of unexplained personnel changes in China’s go…

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China to build world's largest underwater 'ghost particle' detector.

China is undertaking a massive scientific endeavor by constructing the world's largest "ghost particle" detector beneath the Western Pacific Ocean's surface, named the Tropical Deep-sea Neutrino Telescope (TRIDENT) or "Ocean Bell" in Chinese. Acco…

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World’s oldest dog ever dies in Portugal.

A 31-year-old dog in Portugal that had been ranked as the world’s oldest dog ever has died, his owner said Monday. The guard dog, called Bobi, died over the weekend in a veterinary hospital, Leonel Costa told The Associated Press. Bobi lived on a farm in the village of Conque…

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Black action hero Richard Roundtree who played ‘Shaft’ dies at 81.

Richard Roundtree, a trailblazing Black actor who played the private eye John Shaft in the “Shaft” films of the 1970s and also took on dramatic roles dealing with race relations in America, died on Tuesday aged 81, the Hollywood Reporter said, citing his manager. Roundtree d…

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WhatsApp will soon allow users to use two accounts on one phone.

Smartphone users will soon be able to use two WhatsApp accounts on one device. WhatsApp parent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the same in a Facebook post.  This feature will save users from carrying around an extra device or continuously logging out of their accounts to …

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Samitha Dulan wins Silver at Asian Para Games 2023

Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan won the Silver Medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw (F64) event with a throw of 64.09 meters at the Asian Para Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. This brings Sri Lanka’s medals tally at the ongoing games to two Golds and one Silver. Para-athlete Pradeep Soma…

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3,000 year old necropolis found in Turkey.

A remarkable discovery emerged as archaeologists dug deep in Cehennem Deresi, also known as Hell Creek, located in the village of Bagozu within the Gercus district of Batman, Turkey. This hidden treasure is a staggering three thousand years old. The Hasankeyf Museum Director…

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United Nations Day - 24 October 2023.

United Nations Day, observed on October 24th each year, commemorates the anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945. This momentous occasion officially marked the establishment of the United Nations, a global organization unparalleled in its legitimacy, c…

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World Polio Day - 24 October.

World Polio Day highlights the global efforts to end poliomyelitis (polio) worldwide. Polio is a life-threatening disease caused by the poliovirus, which the World Health Assembly committed to eradicate in 1988. The WHO European Region was declared polio-free in 2002 and ha…

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Thousands of global leaders gather in South Korea for World Peace Summit.

Thousands of world leaders were reportedly seen at the 09th anniversary of the Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) World Peace Summit, commemorated on 18 September, in Incheon, South Korea. Accordingly, 1,800 people from 121 countries, including Australi…

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Nuwan Indika bags Gold at 4th Asian Para Games

Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Indika on Tuesday (24 Oct.) bagged a Gold medal in the Men’s 100m (T44) event at the Asian Para Games 2022, currently ongoing in China. Accordingly, Indika won the Gold medal with a timing of 11.63 seconds. The fourth Asian Para Games 2022 commenced on 22 Oc…

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Gold for Sri Lanka as Pradeep Somasiri shines at Asian Para Games.

Para-athlete Pradeep Somasiri has won another Gold medal for Sri Lanka in the 4th Asian Para Games taking place in China. He placed first in the Men’s 1500m (T46) event today (Oct. 24) with a timing of 4:05.14 minutes. Meanwhile, Nuwan Indika also bagged a Gold medal for Sri …

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Twitter really is losing users under Elon Musk.

X is shrinking meaningfully under Elon Musk. Since Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, it’s lost approximately 13 percent of its app’s daily active users, according to new data from mobile research firm Apptopia (that I was first to report last week on Big Technology), and…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station.

NASA will provide live coverage as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Oct. 25, to install communications hardware and inspect a portion of the orbital complex.   Coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. EDT on NASA Television,…

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Hubble Space Telescope Views Intermediate Spiral Galaxy IC 5332.

IC 5332 is located approximately 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Sculptor. The galaxy was discovered on November 19, 1897 by the American astronomer Lewis Swift. IC 5332 has a diameter of 66,000 light-years, making it about a third smaller than our own Mil…

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World Health Summit 2023.

The 2023 World Health Summit took place from October 15 to October 17 under the theme “A Defining Year for Global Health Action” in Berlin, Germany, and online. Bringing the World Together for Global Health Improvement The World Health Summit is a special event where people f…

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Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023

This year’s Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries. Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender …

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Maria Fernanda Garza elected chair of the International Chamber of Commerce.

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is the largest and most representative business organisation which is represented in 170 countries with a corporate membership of 45 million companies. ICC has elected Maria Fernanda Garza from Mexico as the ICC Chair, making her …

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Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week.

A new earthquake has hit western Afghanistan - several days after two large tremors in the region killed more than 1,000 people. The US Geological Survey (USGS) says the magnitude 6.3 quake struck near the city of Herat. It was at a depth of 6.3km (four miles). So far there h…

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International Day of Rural Women - 15 October.

The International Day of Rural Women, celebrated annually on October 15, is a day dedicated to recognizing the vital contributions of rural women worldwide. they play an essential role in agriculture, food production and rural development. However, their contributions are o…

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Archaeologists Find Hidden Chambers in Pyramid of Egyptian Pharaoh.

A team of Egyptian and German researchers led by Mohamed Ismail Khaled from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg recently uncovered multiple storage chambers within the ruins of the Fifth Dynasty pyramid of the pharaoh Sahura, putting centuries of ambiguity surrou…

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International Space Station leaks coolant into space.

Space station astronauts were "never in any danger" following a coolant leak Monday (Oct. 9) on a Russian module, NASA officials have said. Toxic ammonia flakes were observed on the International Space Station's (ISS) Russian Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Modul…

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World Sight Day - 12 October. (The second Thursday of October)

Every year, the second Thursday of October marks a crucial occasion on the global calendar, World Sight Day. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about vision impairment and blindness. This year it falls on 12th October. This World Sight Day, our focus is on helping p…

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

A picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) 2023. The golden marine arthropod is seen hugging the bottom muds in waters off Pangatalan Island, in the Philippines. It is tracked by …

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Bad weather delays SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission to Oct. 13.

The launch of NASA's Psyche asteroid mission has been delayed until 10:19 a.m. EDT (1419 GMT) on Friday (Oct. 13), to account for inclement weather that's barreling in from the Gulf of Mexico.  Psyche, NASA's probe to explore a metal asteroid of the same name, wa…

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104 year old Dorothy Hoffner who set the record dies days after sky diving.

Dorothy Hoffner, the 104-year-old Chicago woman who set the record for the oldest tandem skydive, died in her sleep just days after the monumental jump. Hoffner made worldwide news just 10 days ago on October 1, when she became the oldest living person to jump out of a plane…

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Solar and Lunar Eclipse in October 2023

October 2023 is set to be a remarkable month for astronomy enthusiasts and stargazers around the world. It will mark a rare celestial event when both Solar and Lunar eclipses will grace the night skies. These awe-inspiring natural phenomena offer a captivating glimpse into …

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Kenyan Kiptum Breaks Marathon World Record.

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum left the running world in awe as he shattered the men’s world record, clocking a time of just two hours and 35 seconds, to claim victory at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. He broke the previous record set by Eliud Kipchoge in the 2022 Berlin Marathon. K…

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Atlas V rocket launching Amazon's 1st internet satellites today.

The first two prototype satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation will lift off today (Oct. 6), and you can watch the action live. A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the two spacecraft is scheduled to lift off today from Florida&#…

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Mercury was shrinking for at least 3 billion years — and it still might be today.

Since the 1970s, when NASA's Mariner 10 mission reached Mercury, scientists have known that the planet is shrinking as its core cools down. But while it's estimated that thermal contraction started some 3 billion years ago, it hasn't been clear whether it's …

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