Taylor Swift makes history.

Taylor Swift has become the first artist in history to claim every slot in the top 10 of the US singles chart. She overtakes Drake, who held the previous record of nine top 10 singles in September 2021. Before him, the Beatles scored eight top 10s in 1964. Swift's chart d…

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Tokyo begins issuing same-sex couples partnership certificates.

Tokyo has begun rolling out a partnership certificate scheme to same-sex couples - allowing them to be treated as married couples for certain public services for the first time, but falling short of marriage equality. Some hope this may be a step towards the whole of Japan e…

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Switzerland sets world record for longest passenger train.

A Swiss railway operator has set a new record for completing a journey with the world's longest passenger train. The 1.9km (1.2 mile) train, which is composed of 100 coaches, completed a spectacular 25km (15.5 mile) journey through the Alps. The train has 07 different eng…

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Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico announced that they’re married.

A former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by announcing their surprise marriage on Instagram. Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International competition in Thailand, where they represented Argentina and Puert…

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Elon Musk announces Twitter mass layoffs to begin Friday.

Elon Musk will begin mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, sharply reducing the social media platform’s workforce, the company said in an email to staff on Thursday. “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our globa…

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King Misuzulu crowned in historic South Africa ceremony.

A new Zulu king has been crowned at a historic event attended by thousands in South Africa's coastal city of Durban. King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was formally acknowledged as monarch by President Cyril Ramaphosa, who gave him a certificate of recognition. The ceremony was …

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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict shows how a war zone faded from space.

New images taken from space at night starkly show how the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has left a population facing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Cities are shown fading to black over 20 months as electricity supplies are shut down. T…

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Coca-Cola’s Sprite becomes billion-dollar brand in Indian market.

Coca-Cola, global soft drinks company announced that its lemon and lime-flavored soft drink ‘Sprite’ has become a billion-dollar brand in the Indian market. The company has recorded a “strong” volume growth in its India business in the third quarter of 2022. Trademark Coke d…

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Elon Musk officially takes over Twitter.

Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has been finalized, giving the world's richest man control over one of the most significant social media platforms and raising expectations for significant changes to content moderation. The takeover, which came after months of lega…

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The man who ran across Australia in 47 days.

Nedd Brockmann is a 23-year-old electrician who has just run 3,953 km (2,456 miles) from Perth's Cottesloe Beach in Western Australia to Sydney's Bondi Beach in the east in a staggering 46 days and 12 hours. His unbelievable feat has inspired the nation and raised A…

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The man who didn't wash for half a century dies.

A hermit dubbed by media as "the world's dirtiest man" has died at the age of 94, just months after having his first wash in decades. Amou Haji had refused to use soap and water for more than half a century, fearing it would make him sick. The Iranian, who lived…

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A woman had 23 contact lenses stuck under her eyelid.

A woman who felt like there was “something in her eye” actually had 23 daily disposable contact lenses stuck deep underneath her eyelid, her ophthalmologist reported. Dr. Katerina Kurteeva of California Eye Associates in Newport Beach, California, was shocked to discover the…

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Global Hunger Index 2022: Sri Lanka ranks 64th out of 121 countries.

In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, Sri Lanka ranks 64th out of the 121 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2022 GHI scores. With a score of 13.6, Sri Lanka has a level of hunger that is moderate. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measu…

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Greenland's future may be written under North Sea.

There are clues to the near-future behaviour of a warming Greenland, and perhaps even a warming Antarctic, buried under the North Sea. Look below its bottom muds and you will find immense valleys. Hundreds of them. They were carved by rivers of meltwater running beneath the i…

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The US Navy’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier just left port.

On October 4, the USS Gerald R. Ford departed Norfolk, Virginia, for a trip across the Atlantic. The ship is the first of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered hangars-and-runways that serve as the centerpiece of the US Navy’s fleets and, as such, project Americ…

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Sri Lanka among Top 10 Friendliest Countries in the world.

Sri Lanka has been ranked among the Top 10 friendliest countries in the world in the 2022 Readers' Choice Awards. The Condé Nast Traveller revealed the most welcoming destinations from all four corners of the globe, as voted by its readers. Sri Lanka has been ranked 9th, …

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Saudi Arabia win bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games.

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it has won a bid to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a planned mountain resort in the Gulf Arab state’s $500bn (£440bn) flagship Neom project. The Trojena development is expected to be completed in 2026 and will offer outdoor skiing, a man-mad…

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Ex-German leader Angela Merkel wins UN refugee prize.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has won the United Nations refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award, receiving praise for her determination to protect asylum seekers while in office. Pointing to the more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers welcomed b…

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Sheryl Sandberg gives ACLU $3M for abortion rights fight.

Sheryl Sandberg is donating $3 million to the American Civil Liberties Union’s abortion rights advocacy work less than a week after formally stepping down as the chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook’s parent company. It’s the biggest single donation to the ACLU’s politi…

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Pope warns of nuclear war risk; appeals to Putin on Ukraine.

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for a cease-fire, imploring him to “stop this spiral of violence and death” in Ukraine and denouncing the “absurd” risk of the “uncontrollable” consequences of nuclear attack as tensions sharply escalate ov…

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