Iran bans bitcoin mining after blackouts and power shortages.

Iran’s government announced a ban on the mining of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, announced Wednesday 26 May 2021, as officials blame the energy-intensive process for blackouts in a number of Iranian cities. The ban is effective …

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English Footballer Kane wins Premier League Golden Boot for a third time.

Harry Kane has won the Premier League Golden Boot for the third time, with the Tottenham striker notching 23 goals for the season. Kane has passed the 20-goal mark in the Premier League for the fifth time in the last seven years, though the first time since the 2017-18 campa…

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First Lunar Eclipse of 2021 was visible to Sri Lanka on 26 May.

The first total lunar eclipse of the year 2021 was visible to Sri Lanka on May 26. The Penumbral Lunar Eclipse was visible in the sky over Sri Lanka, when the moon is in the less dark shadow of the Earth (penumbra), as a penumbral lunar eclipse with a little dimming of the M…

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Roadmap to create a green socio-economy in Sri Lanka.

Ministers presented a roadmap prepared with the aim of transforming Sri Lanka’s economy into a green socio-economy with sustainable solutions to Climate Change, to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The plans were presented at a meeting held at the Presidential Secretariat on May…

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Colombo elevated highway project handed over to the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

The Cabinet approval was granted to award the contract for the construction of the elevated highway to Kelaniya New Bridge (NKB) via Rajagiriya connecting Outer Circular Highway at Athurugiriya to the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), co-cabinet spokesman, Energy Mi…

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Cabinet nod to build new oil refinery in Sapugaskanda in Sri Lanka.

The cabinet has given the green light to Energy Minister of Sri Lanka Udaya Gammanpila to construct a new Oil refinery with the capacity of 100,000 BPD (Barrels Per Day) at Sapugaskanda and also to renovate the existing refinery to raise its daily capacity to 45,000 BPD fro…

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US imposes visa restrictions on Ethiopia over Tigray conflict.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday 23 May 2021that the actions by the United States are to press for the resolution of the crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. US visa restrictions were also placed on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of contribut…

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Singapore has approved Covid Breath Test with one-minute result.

A breath test designed to detect Covid-19 and give accurate results within one minute has been approved for use in Singapore, the National University of Singapore said in a statement. The test, developed by NUS spin-off startup Breathonix, works much like a standard breathal…

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Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Cameron Norrie for Lyon Crown.

Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas produced an impressive performance on Sunday 23 May 2021 to defeat Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon and win his second ATP Tour title of the year. The 22-year-old, who won his first ATP Masters 100…

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UK launches plans for "global pandemic radar" to detect Covid-19.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday 21 May 2021 that the United Kingdom will work with the World Health Organization, other partners and nations to develop an advanced international pathogen surveillance network to identify COVID-19 variants and emerging dis…

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China’s ‘father of hybrid rice’ Yuan Longping dies at age 90.

Yuan Longping, China’s “father of hybrid rice” and hailed for his contributions to the country’s food security, died on Saturday 22 May 2021. He was 90 years old. The Chinese agronomist was known for developing the first hybrid rice varieties in the 1970s and regarded as a n…

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NASA to send its first mobile robot to search for water on the moon.

NASA on Tuesday 25 May 2021 announced that it is planning to send its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 that will conduct a search for the presence of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface.  The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or V…

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International Missing Children’s Day - 25 May.

International Missing Children's Day (IMCD), 25 May, is a day where people around the world commemorate the missing children who have found their way home, remember those who have been victims of crime, and continue efforts to find those who are still missing. The symbo…

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Nyiragongo volcano near the city of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) erupted.

On 22 May 2021, the Nyiragongo volcano, which looms over Goma town in eastern DRC, erupted with lava streams pouring down towards the east in the direction of Rwanda. Another lava stream headed in the direction of Goma town and stopped 300 meters from Goma International Air…

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Phil Mickelson wins US PGA Championship.

Phil Mickelson minted golf history on Sunday, becoming the oldest winner of a major tournament with his victory at the 2021 PGA Championship. He finished two shots ahead of Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen at Kiawah Island's Ocean Course, following an excellent final r…

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Valeria Luiselli wins €100,000 Dublin Literary Award.

Mexican author Valeria Luiselli has won the 2021 International Dublin Literary Award for the novel "Lost Children Archive". The novel, the first the author has written in English, follows an artist couple on a road trip from New York to Arizona with their two child…

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Forbes Highest paid Athletes list 2021 released.

Forbes has unveiled its annual list of the 10 highest-paid athletes of the year. UFC star Conor McGregor has topped the Forbes list by earning $180 million in the past year beating soccer superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to become the highest-paid athlete in th…

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Norwegian Tennis Player Casper Ruud Captures Geneva Open Title.

Norwegian young Tennis Player Casper Ruud has clinched his second ATP Tour title by winning the Gonet Geneva Open held at the Tennis Club de Genève. The 21-year-old, No. 3 seed of the ATP 250 clay-court tournament, defeated second favourite Denis Shapovalov 7-6(4), 6-4 on 2…

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Naturalist Jane Goodall wins 2021 Templeton prize for life’s work.

The naturalist Jane Goodall has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Templeton prize in recognition of her life’s work on animal intelligence and humanity. Goodall, 87, built her global reputation on her groundbreaking studies of chimpanzees in Tanzania in the 1960s. Her…

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2021 Asia Cup postponed to 2023.

The Asian Cricet Council (ACC) has postponed the 2021 edition of the Asia Cup to 2023 due to the constantly changing situation in the country envolving in current global pandemic situation. This year's continental tournament was moved from Pakistan to Sri Lanka but risin…

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Bloomberg Billionaires Index - May, 2021

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York. Billionaire Gau…

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen wins Monaco Grand Prix 2021.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has won the Monaco Grand Prix for the first time to take the Formula One championship lead from Lewis Hamilton.  His teammate Valtteri Bottas went from second place to out of the race before the midway point after his team botched a tire change.…

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World Thyroid Day - 25 May.

Every year on May 25th, World Thyroid Day highlights this important gland in the body that causes widespread disease across the globe. The day also educates the public on the role of the thyroid in their overall health. The thyroid is a small gland located at the base of the…

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US President Joe Biden appoints new US envoy for North Korea.

Joe Biden, the president of the United States, has appointed a special envoy to engage North Korea in dialogue, saying he and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in remain “deeply concerned” about Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal. At a joint news conference on Friday, Biden also sai…

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Pakistan Prime Minister Khan inaugurates 1,100 MW Karachi nuclear power plant.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the country's first Chinese-assisted 1,100MW nuclear power plant in Karachi. Khan virtually performed the inauguration of the plant, formally known as Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit-2 (Kanupp-2 or K-2), which was built wit…

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Google is opening its first physical retail store.

Google is opening its first physical retail Google Store, the company announced, which will debut in New York City this summer. The new store will be located in Chelsea, as part of Google’s campus in that neighborhood (the company’s New York headquarters are already located …

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South Korea and US agree to end missile guidelines.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced a joint decision on Friday 21 May 2021 with the United States to terminate guidelines that have long restricted Seoul's development of missiles. He was speaking right after the summit with President Joe Biden at the White Hous…

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International Tibet Mukti Divas - 23 May.

The Chinese government forcibly imposed its 17-point agenda on Tibet on 23 May 1951. The agenda was also forcibly signed with the then Tibetan authorities. This agenda states that there should be no interference with the position of the Dalai Lama, protection of the languag…

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UN announces release of USD 22.5 mn for rising humanitarian needs in Gaza.

The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock announced the release of 22.5 million US Dollars towards the response to rising humanitarian needs in Gaza.  The amount includes a 4.5 million Dollars’ allocation from the…

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Collinet Makosso appointed Republic of Congo’s New Premier.

Republic of the Congo’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has appointed Anatole Collinet Makosso as the new prime minister. Before this appointment, Makosso was the education minister of the Central African country since 2015. He was also minister of youth and civic instruction …

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