06th UN Global Road Safety Week 2021.

The 06th UN Global Road Safety Week, held 17-23 May 2021, highlights the benefits of low-speed urban streets as the heart of any community. The Week calls on policy-makers to act for low-speed streets in cities worldwide, limiting speeds to 30 km/h (20 mph) where people liv…

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Rafael Nadal wins 10th Italian Open title.

Rafael Nadal beat world number one Novak Djokovic to win a 10th Italian Open title. Second seed Nadal won through 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in 2hr 49min against the defending champion in the 57th career showdown between the pair.  The victory also earned Nadal a 36th ATP Masters 1000 cr…

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Conservationist Nuklu Phom gets prestigious Whitley Awards 2021.

An environmentalist from Nagaland’s remote Longleng district, Nuku Phom has won this year’s Whitley Awards 2021, also known as the Green Oscar. Nuku Phom’s name, along with that of five others, was announced recently in a virtual award ceremony organized by the UK-based Whi…

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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day - 17 May.

May 17 is World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. The purpose is to help raise awareness of the possibilities the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies. May 17 marks the anniversary of the signin…

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World Hypertension Day (WHD) - 17 May.

Every year, May 17 is dedicated to World Hypertension Day (WHD). The purpose of the World Hypertension Day (WHD): To motivate the common public for regular checkup of their blood pressure at least once a year. To encourage the people having hypertension on a global basis to go…

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International Day of Light - 16 May.

Every year on May 16th, the International Day of Light promotes awareness for the appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, art, education, and sustainable development. The day also recognizes the natural benefits of light, as well as its many technological ap…

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad for ODI series against Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad that has been chosen by the Cricket Selection Committee to take part in the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh. Kusal Janith Perera has been appointed as Captain fo the team while Kusal Mendis will serve as his deputy. The team …

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Pablo Picasso's work sells for $. 103.4 mn.

A painting by Pablo Picasso has sold for more than $100m - marking the fifth work by the Spanish artist to sell for a nine-figure sum. Woman Sitting Near a Window (Marie-Therese) sold for $103.4m (£73.5m) at Christie's auction house in New York. That figure comprises $90…

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International Day of Living Together in Peace - 16 May.

Every year on May 16th, the International Day of Living Together in Peace urges people to live in a united and peaceful way by listening to, respecting, and appreciating others. They say that variety is the spice of life. Unfortunately, many people feel threatened by those w…

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Nepali climber makes world record by scaling Mt. Everest twice in shortest span of time in a season.

Mingma Tenji Sherpa, a 43-year-old Nepali mountain guide, has created a world record by scaling Mount Everest twice in the shortest span of time within a season. Sherpa, a resident of Sankhuwasabha district of eastern Nepal, first reached the summit of the Everest in the eve…

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2021 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand to host postponed women's tournament in October and November 2022.

New dates for the postponed 2021 Rugby World Cup have been announced, with the women's tournament now to be held in New Zealand from October 8-November 12 2022. The tournament had originally been scheduled for September and October this year, but was postponed in March w…

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China launches more classified Yaogan satellites into orbit.

China conducted two launches of classified Yaogan satellites on 07 May 2021.  A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 2:11 p.m. EDT Thursday (1811 GMT, May 6, or 2:11 a.m. local time May 7), sending the eighth trio of …

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China completes historic Mars spacecraft landing.

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday 15 May 2021, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planiti…

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WHO classified Indian coronavirus variant as a “global variant of concern”

The World Health Organization has classified a coronavirus variant found in India as a global “variant of concern”. This variant has been named B.1.617. According to World Health Organization, this variant is already spread to more than 30 countries. It is more transmissibl…

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Google Pay launches international money transfers.

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co (WU.N) for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said. Google Pay users in the United States can now transfer money to app cust…

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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission.

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have agreed on terms for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which will launch as soon as January 2022. The mission known as Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is scheduled to blast off from Florida's Kenne…

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SpaceX signs alliance with Google Cloud.

Google Cloud announced that it reached an agreement with the company SpaceX to offer satellite internet services through Starlink . The tech giant, owned by Alphabet Inc. , will provide its cloud infrastructure for Elon Musk's connectivity project. This agreement involve…

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Fortune Magazine's World’s 50 Greatest Leaders 2021.

The eighth edition of the annual list of 2021 ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ has released by Fortune Magazine. New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has topped the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for 2021. Some were already extraordinary achievers in business, governm…

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Elisabetta Belloni - Italy appoints first female to head country's secret service.

A former ambassador Elisabetta Belloni has been named as the first woman to lead Italy's secret services. Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his choice of Elisabetta Belloni as head of the Department of Information Security (DIS) on Wednesday 12 May 2021. The departmen…

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Manchester City Crowned 2020-21 Premier League Champions.

Manchester City has crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester. United started the century dominating English football, now City is the force with five titles in 10 seasons and the bi…

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KP Sharma Oli sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal.

KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the third time on Friday 14 May 2021, days after he lost a vote of confidence in Parliament. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Oli, at a ceremony at Shital Niwas, after he was…

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Martin Griffiths appointed as the new UN Humanitarian Chief.

Veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths has been appointed as the new Chief at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for a period of five years.  Griffiths will replace Mark Lowcock as the new Under-Secretary-General for Humanitaria…

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Migration and Development Brief.

India was the largest recipient of remittances in 2020, as per the report, “Migration and Development Brief “ released by the World Bank. India has been the largest recipient of remittances since 2008. However, the remittance received by India in 2020 was over USD 83 billio…

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Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin.

Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped. Tesla's announcement in March that it would accept the cryptocurrency was …

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Harley-Davidson spins out LiveWire into a standalone electric motorcycle brand.

Harley-Davidson Inc. has launched an all-electric motorcycle brand "LiveWire," the latest effort by the company to ramp up bets on the rapidly growing electric vehicle market.  The company would create a separate electric vehicle-focused division, as it aims to att…

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2021 World Food Prize Laureate.

Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who is best known in the aquaculture sector for her groundbreaking research into the nutritional value of small native fish species in Bangladesh and Cambodia, has been named the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate. Thilsted, who is global lead for nutrit…

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Richard Osman wins author of the year after hit debut novel.

Richard Osman has been crowned author of the year at the British Book Awards after the runaway success of his debut novel The Thursday Murder Club. Pointless star Osman said his win for his story of elderly amateur sleuths was an "absolute dream come true". Also tri…

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China issues total ban on synthetic cannabinoids.

China on Tuesday 11 May 2021 said it will add all synthetic cannabinoids to its list of banned drugs. This will become as the first country in the world to do so, to curb their manufacturing, trafficking and abuse. It is the second time that Chinese authorities have imposed …

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New Zealand cricketer BJ Watling to retire.

BJ Watling has announced he will retire from all cricket at the end of New Zealand's upcoming Test tour of England. This will mean that form and fitness permitting, he will end his career with two Tests against England at Lord's (June 2-6) and Edgbaston (June 10-14)…

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The deepest points in Earth's five oceans.

Scientists say we now have the most precise information yet on the deepest points in each of Earth's five oceans. The key locations where the seafloor bottoms out in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans were mapped by the Five Deeps Expedition. Some o…

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