Rise recorded in oral cancer patients in Sri Lanka.

# Rise recorded in oral cancer patients in Sri Lanka. # Oral cancer is the second most common type of cancer among Sri Lankans and six new patients are identified with oral cancer daily, Cancer Control Programme Director Dr. Janaki Vidanapathirana said. Oral cancer is the com…

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NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet.

# NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched “Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission”with United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket to the Red Planet “Mars”. The Mars 2020 P…

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Polar bears could go extinct by 2100.

# Polar bears could go extinct by 2100. There are approximately 25,000 polar bears left in the wild today. But climate change is starving them into extinction According to research published in the Nature Climate Change journal, polar bears could all but disappear within the …

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Ivory Coast Defence Minister Bakayoko named prime minister.

# Ivory Coast Defence Minister Bakayoko named prime minister. Hamed Bakayoko has been named prime minister after acting as interim PM since the sudden death of former Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. Ivory Coast's defence minister, Hamed Bakayoko, has been named prime…

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Lee Teng-hui: Taiwan's 'father of democracy' dies.

# Lee Teng-hui: Taiwan's 'father of democracy' dies. Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, considered the "father of Taiwan's democracy", has died at the age of 97. He served as president of Taiwan, from 1988 to 2000. Lee was credited with ending a…

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World Breastfeeding Day - 01 August.

# World Breastfeeding Day - 01 August. World Breastfeeding Week was first celebrated in 1992 by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and is now observed in over 120 countries by UNICEF, WHO and their partners including individuals, organizations, and governments. W…

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Swiss National Day - 01 August.

# Swiss National Day - 01 August. The Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeier; French: Fete nationale Suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Fiasta naziunala Svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. It is an official national ho…

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World Wide Web Day - 01 August.

# World Wide Web Day - 01 August. World Wide Web Day, marking the birth of the Web in August 1990 at the Europe Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Switzerland. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau developed a prototype Web browser and introduced Hypertext Markup Langua…

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Prime Minister appoints an archaeological advisory committee.

# Prime Minister appoints an archaeological advisory committee. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed an Archaeological Advisory Committee to assist with the safeguarding of the country’s archeological sites. The relevant letters of appointment were handed over to th…

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Veteran American broadcaster Regis Philbin has died aged 88.

# Veteran American broadcaster Regis Philbin has died aged 88. Veteran American broadcaster Regis Philbin has died aged 88, according to a family statement. # ප්‍රවීණ ඇමරිකානු ගුවන් විදුලි විකාශක රෙජිස් ෆිල්බින් වයස අවුරුදු 88 දී මියගොස් තිබේ. ප්‍රවීණ ඇමරිකානු ගුවන් විදුලි වික…

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China halts Hong Kong extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, U.K.

# China halts Hong Kong extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, U.K. China announced the suspension Tuesday of Hong Kong's extradition treaties with Canada, Australia and Britain in a tit-for-tat move following similar decisions by those countries over a controversi…

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Turkish parliament passes social media law to regulate content.

# Turkish parliament passes social media law to regulate content. Turkey’s parliament passed a government-backed law regulating social media, that critics said will increase censorship and help authorities silence dissent. President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, which has…

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Germany to stop exporting weapons to Hong Kong, says Foreign Minister.

# Germany to stop exporting weapons to Hong Kong, says Foreign Minister. Germany will stop exporting weapons and dual-use goods to Hong Kong as part of the European Union's reaction to China's national security law for Hong Kong, Foreign Minister Heiko Mass said. The …

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Two school girls discover a new asteroid making way to Earth.

# Two school girls discover a new asteroid making way to Earth. Two Indian schoolgirls working on a school project have reportedlty discovered an asteroid that is slowly shifting its orbit and moving toward Earth. Radhika Lakhani and Vaidehi Vekariya, both 10th-grade students…

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World Day against Trafficking in Persons - 30 July.

# World Day against Trafficking in Persons - 30 July. In December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly decided by its Resolution 68/192 'Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons' to observe July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking…

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International Day of Friendship - 30 July.

# International Day of Friendship - 30 July. International Friendship Day is a day for celebrating friendship. The day has been celebrated in several South American countries for many years, particularly in Paraguay, where the first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 J…

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Russia suspends deliveries of S-400 missiles to China.

# Russia suspends deliveries of S-400 missiles to China. Russia has announced suspension of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems to China and said the resumption of further deliveries is yet to be ascertained. # රුසියාව චීනයට S-400 මිසයිල ලබා දීම අත්හිටුවයි. රුසියාව චීනයට S-40…

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Russia successfully tested Zircon hypersonic missile.

# Russia successfully tested Zircon hypersonic missile. The Russian Defense Ministry has successfully completed tests of the Zircon hypersonic missile, reports the Russian news agency RBC citing a statement of the Defense Ministry. The test launches of the new missile were co…

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Veteran actor Kumkum passes away in Mumbai.

# Veteran actor Kumkum passes away in Mumbai. Veteran actor Kumkum, who featured in over 100 Hindi films and popular songs such as ‘Kabhi aar, Kabhi paar’ and ‘Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi', passed away today. She was 86. Her sister-in-law Shenaz informed that Kumkum, whose …

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Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 Test wickets.

# Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 Test wickets. England cricketer, Stuart Broad becomes 7th bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket. Stuart Broad achieved an elusive milestone on Day 5 of the third Test against West Indies in Manchester. Kraigg Brathwaite beca…

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Jamie Vardy wins Premier League’s Golden Boot award.

# Jamie Vardy wins Premier League’s Golden Boot award. Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy bagged the Premier Leagues Golden Boot award after netting 23 goals across the 2019/20 season. Vardy beat Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22), Southamptons Danny Ings (22) an…

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Lanka Premier League to start on August 28.

# Lanka Premier League to start on August 28. Sri Lanka Cricket Executive Committee at the meeting held today (27th July 2020) granted approval to conduct the inaugural Lanka Premier League T20 Tournament from 28th August to 20th September 2020. The 23 match League will be pl…

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Qazi Onik banned for two years for failing dope test.

# Qazi Onik banned for two years for failing dope test. Bangladeshi left-arm fast bowler Qazi Onik has been banned for two years for failing a dope test during the National Cricket League in November 2018. After failing the test, he was removed from every BCB programme that …

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World’s largest solar power plant in Abu Dhabi.

# World’s largest solar power plant in Abu Dhabi. A consortium led by Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) and Masdar, in partnership with France’s EDF and JinkoPower, will develop the world’s largest solar power plant with a total capacity of 2 gigawatts in Abu Dhabi. Th…

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American Actor John Saxon passed away.

# American Actor John Saxon passed away. John Saxon, the teen idol who later starred in martial arts and horror films, died Saturday 25 July 2020 at the age of 83. The cause was pneumonia, according to his widow. Saxon was born Carmine Orrico in Brooklyn in 1936. Talent agent…

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International Tiger Day - 26 July.

# International Tiger Day - 26 July. International Tiger Day, also known as Global Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July. It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit. The goal of the day is to …

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