Neeva - The Ad-free search engine shuts down.

Neeva, an advert- and tracker-free search engine founded by a former Google ad exec, says it will shut down. The search engine asked users to pay rather than be shown ads but struggled to attract subscribers. Recently, it also started showing artificial-intelligence-generated…

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Archaeologists discover a lost world of 417 ancient Mayans cities buried in remote jungle.

Scientists in Guatemala have discovered "the first freeway system in the world," The Washington Post reports. In an interview with the Post, researchers from a joint US-Guatemalan archaeological study published in the Cambridge University Press in December said the…

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Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m at auction.

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon is thought to have been written about 1,100 years ago. It is the earliest surviving example of a singl…

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Legend of Zelda game sells 10 million copies in three days.

Nintendo has announced its latest game in the Zelda series has sold more than 10 million copies in just three days. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom had become the fastest-selling Zelda game so far, it said. For comparison, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - the …

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Titanic: Scan reveals world's most famous wreck.

The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before. The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping. It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enablin…

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Nepali Climber makes record, climbs Mount Everest for 27th time.

Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa reached the top of Mount Everest for the 27th time, reclaiming the record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain. The 53-year-old had held the title since 2018, when he ascended Everest for the 22nd time, passing the previous ma…

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Asia is spending big to battle low birth rates.

Falling birth rates are a major concern for some of Asia's biggest economies. Governments in the region are spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to reverse the trend. Will it work? Japan began introducing policies to encourage couples to have more children in t…

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Nigerian chef cooks for 100 hours in world record attempt.

Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey has become a national sensation after cooking nonstop for 100 hours, in an attempt to set a world record. The chef, known on social media as Hilda Baci, started cooking on Thursday and continued until Monday – creating more than 55 recipes …

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Minor tremor in Lunugamwehera area in Sri Lanka.

A minor earth tremor of 2.5 magnitude in the Richter scale has been recorded at around 10.15 p.m. last night at Lunugamwehera in East Sella Kataragama, according to the Geological Survey & Mines Bureau. Source: www.adaderana.lk

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WhatsApp will allow users to lock and hide conversations.

WhatsApp users will soon be able to lock and hide conversations, thanks to a new feature. Chat Lock will remove a chat thread from the app’s regular onscreen inbox and place it into a new folder that can only be opened by a password or biometric, such as facial recognition o…

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Baby born from three people’s DNA in UK first.

A baby has been born using three people’s DNA for the first time in the UK, the fertility regulator has confirmed. Most of their DNA comes from their two parents and around 0.1% from a third, donor woman. The pioneering technique is an attempt to prevent children being born w…

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Cyclone Mocha: Deadly storm hits Bangladesh and Myanmar coast.

A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. Cyclone Mocha brought with it heavy rain and strong winds, leaving residents in low-lying coastal areas fearful they may lose their homes. More…

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Elon Musk says he has found new CEO for Twitter.

Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the Wall Street Journal reported that Comcast NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino was in talks for the job. Musk said in a tweet: “Excited to announce that I’ve h…

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Sri Lankan baker wins best baguette in Paris.

A Paris baker of Sri Lankan origin said he “cried” when he heard he had won best baguette in the French capital this week and would be delivering the bread to the presidential palace. Fifteen baguette connoisseurs on Wednesday selected Selvarajah’s version of the iconic Fren…

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Jury finds Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse.

A New York jury found former President Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s but not liable for her alleged rape.  The jury awarded her $5 million in damages for her battery and defamation claims. …

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Vietnam to crack down on anonymous social media accounts.

Social media users in Vietnam must soon verify their identities, in what the government says is a bid to crack down on online scams. The move is aimed at stopping people from using anonymous accounts to break the law. Unverified accounts on both local and foreign social media…

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Petersberg Climate Dialogue 2023: Highlights the Need for Urgent Climate Action:

The Petersberg Climate Dialogue, a forum for high-level international climate talks held annually before the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COP), took place in Berlin, Germany from May 2-3, 2023. This year’s conference was hosted by Germany and the United Arab E…

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Pulitzer Prizes: 2023.

The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, with four of the 16 awards for journalism across 15 categories going to local outlets reporting on corruption among local officials. The Pulitzers are regarded as the highest honor that a U.S.-based journalist or organization …

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Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023 is a significant occasion that is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. He was a legendary poet, writer, philosopher, and social reformer who played a vital role in shaping the cultural and literary heritage…

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Massive ‘rare earth’ deposit found in Williston Basin.

The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), in conjunction with State Geologist Ed Murphy, has announced that ND’s Geological Survey has discovered a nearly thirty-foot-thick interval of rocks containing untapped critical minerals. Critical minerals are defined b…

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