Amazon back as world's most valued brand.

Amazon has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s most valuable brand despite its brand value falling 15 per cent this year from $350.3 billion to $299.3 billion, said a new report. According to brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance’s report, “Global 500 2023” , while Amaz…

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Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, has died.

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died at the age of 95. Often described as "the most beautiful woman in the world", her films included Beat the Devil, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Cross…

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet.

It might be 41 light years away, but NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a exoplanet that is 99 per cent of Earth's diameter, further opening the door for the discovery of a planet like our own. Key points: Exoplanet LHS 475 b is 41 light years awa…

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Argentine farmer grows 124-acre image of Lionel Messi visible from space.

An Argentine farmer has grown an enormous 124-acre image of Lionel Messi visible from space after planting a specially designed corn field to celebrate the star's World Cup heroics. Maximiliano Spinazze used an algorithm that calculated where seeds would need to be plant…

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Norway archaeologists find ‘world’s oldest runestone’

Archaeologists in Norway said Tuesday (17) that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing. The flat, square block of brownish s…

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World’s largest electric ferry set to sail.

Incat Tasmania, an Australian manufacturer of high-speed craft (HSC) ferries, is ready to deliver the 148-meter (485.5 feet) Utility Ro-Pax ferry, which will be the world’s largest electric ferry. Designed by Revolution Design and built by Incat, the ferry is powered by two …

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Twitter's bird statue sells for $100,000 at auction.

An auction for hundreds of items at Twitter's San Francisco HQ has just ended. A statue of the platform's famous bird logo has claimed the most expensive item sold, coming in at $100,000 (£81,000). Viewers online noted that some of the used items were no bargain, as t…

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Cabinet nod to establish International Trade Office

The approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted to establish the International Trade Office, during the cabinet meeting held yesterday (Jan. 17). Initially, the office is expected to be established under the Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National …

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Prince Harry's Spare becomes UK's fastest-selling non-fiction book.

Prince Harry's memoir Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998. The much-publicised book sold 467,183 copies in its first week, according to official figures from Nielsen BookData. The book, which was written with celebri…

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Clare Lombardelli appointed as OECD Chief Economist.

Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, Clare Lombardelli, has been appointed as the new Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)  Chief Economist – the first time a British person has held this role in thirty years. As OECD Chief Economist, Clare will b…

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Barcelona ease to 3-1 victory over Real Madrid to win Super Cup.

Barcelona were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions after goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski and Pedri earned them a 3-1 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (15). Barcelona were dominant in every aspect of the game and took advantage of three mistake…

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UN Declares Pakistan Based Abdul Rehman Makki a Global Terrorist.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist. Makki is the brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed. The development comes after India last year slammed China af…

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Richest actors in the world 2023

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with his more than three decades of work in the film industry has garnered millions of fans all over the world and an estimated net worth of ₹627 million ($770 million), making him the richest actor in Asia and fourth richest actor all over th…

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World Economic Forum 53rd edition to start at Davos, Switzerland.

Today marks the start of the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting will go on through January 20. The WEF meeting’s 2018 theme is “Cooperation in a Fragmented World.” The gathering of professionals, academics, investors, and political and commer…

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China's population falls for first time since 1961.

China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. The population in 2022 - 1.4118 billion - fell by 850,000 from 2021. China's birth rate has been declining for years, prompt…

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Last king of Greece, Constantine II, dies.

Greece’s former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country’s political history, has died at a private hospital in Athens, his doctors announced late on Tuesday. He was 82. Constantine, a cousin of British monarc…

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NASA has discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone of its star.

Scientists have discovered a world that is likely rocky and 95% of the size of Earth. The planet, called  TOI 700 e, is orbiting around a star and could have liquid water on it, NASA says. This is the fourth planet discovered in the TOI 700 system — the other planets are nam…

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Texas-based 3D printing company teaming up with NASA to put buildings on the moon.

The term "off-world construction" is pretty new to planet Earth. The idea of putting a building on another world has never been part of our reality, until now. NASA is teaming up with an Austin-based 3D printing company to construct a community on the moon. The moon…

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A.C. Charania is NASA’s new chief technologist

A.C. Charania is NASA’s new chief technologist, serving as principal advisor to Administrator Bill Nelson on technology policy and programs at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. He will lead technology innovation. The chief technologist aligns NASA’s agencywide technol…

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What is Title 42 and what does it mean for immigration at the southern border?

President Joe Biden visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday for the first time as president, amid controversy and backlash about the administration’s allocation of resources to the southern border. The visit came days after he announced a new, restrictive policy that would…

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