World Food Safety Day - 07 June.

Since we need to be able to trust the food we eat is safe for us, World Food Safety Day on June 7 focuses on the safety process. The goal of the day is to inspire action to help prevent, detect, and manage food-borne risks. A concerted effort to make and keep food safe cont…

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Denmark parliament approves giant artificial island off Copenhagen.

Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs. The giant island, named Lynetteholm, would be connected to the mainland via a ring road, tunnels and a metro line. The approval by…

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Biden expands US investment ban on Chinese firms.

US President Joe Biden is set to ban Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties. The new executive order will come into effect on 2 August, hitting 59 firms including communications giant Huawei. The list of firms will be …

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Militants kill more than 130 civilians in Burkina Faso.

At least 132 civilians were killed in the worst militant attack in Burkina Faso in recent years, the government said on Saturday, after armed assailants laid siege overnight to a village in the jihadist-plagued northeast. The attackers struck during the night on Friday, kill…

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Influential Nigerian preacher TB Joshua dies.

Nigerian preacher TB Joshua, one of Africa's most influential evangelists, has died at the age of 57. A post on his Facebook page, which has more than five million followers, said: "God has taken His servant". Reports said he died on Saturday 05 June 2021 shortl…

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Boeing and Alaska Airlines Partner to Make Flying Safer and More Sustainable.

Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced that, they are partnering on the latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator program and will flight test about 20 technologies on a new 737-9 to enhance the safety and sustainability of air travel. In flights beginning this summer, Boeing and Alaska w…

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G7 nations agree on global minimum tax of at least 15%.

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations reached a landmark accord on Saturday backing the creation of a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent in an effort to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some corporations. The Group of Seven…

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Russian Language Day - 06 June.

Every year on June 6th, Russian Language Day celebrates the seventh most spoken language in the world. The day also honors Aleksandr Pushkin, a Russian poet who is considered the father of modern Russian literature. There are over 150 million native speakers of Russian in th…

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World Pest Day - 06 June.

Every June 6 is World Pest Day or sometimes called World Pest Awareness Day. The day was created to raise awareness of how pest management helps preserve the quality of life for you and your loved ones. It’s estimated 900-million insects types can be pests. They fall into fo…

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National Day of Sweden - 06 June.

June 6 is National Day of Sweden or as it’s known to Swedes, “Sveriges Nationaldag.” It’s the day that Swedes celebrate their nationality. This is also when new Swedish citizens receive their certificate of citizenship and are welcomed by the king. June 6 is considered the d…

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Former Portuguese sailor and IOC Honorary Member Lima Bello passes away.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has mourned the demise of IOC Honorary Member Fernando F. Lima Bello, who passed away at the age of 89. Lima Bello was a world champion sailor (Snipe) in 1953 and competed at two Olympic Games, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972 (Drago…

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Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind win International Business Book of the Year Award 2021

Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind won the International Business Book of the Year Award 2021. The authors made history this week by winning the prestigious International Business Book of the Year Award for 2021 for their recently launched book “Transformation in Times of Crisis”,…

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Singapore Grand Prix cancelled.

The Singapore Grand Prix has been called off this year and Formula 1 is assessing its options to replace the race. F1 and the Singapore authorities agreed it will not be possible to hold the event in the context of immigration restrictions in the city state. Other races later…

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NASA is getting serious about Unidentified Flying Objects.

NASA's new chief is setting up an effort to further study unidentified flying objects within his first month in office. Bill Nelson, the former Florida senator and spaceflight veteran, told during a wide-ranging interview that it's not clear to anyone — even in the u…

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Bill Gates and EU pledge $1 billion boost for green technology.

The European Union and an energy investment programme founded by Bill Gates plan to raise up to $1 billion to roll out the low-carbon technologies Europe is betting on to meet its climate change goals. The partnership would see Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy use private c…

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HeidelbergCement plans to build world's first CO2 neutral cement plant in Sweden.

HeidelbergCement the world's second-largest cement maker, said it plans to turn its Swedish factory in Slite into the world's first CO2-neutral cement plant by 2030 via carbon capture technology. Following the planned retrofit, which will cost at least 100 million eu…

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David Diop becomes the first French Winner for International Booker Prize.

French novelist and academic David Diop has become the first French writer to win the International Booker Prize for Fiction. His second novel, "At Night All Blood is Black", was inspired by his Senegalese great-grandfather's silence about his experiences in Wo…

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Devon Conway, the oldest cricketer to score a double hundred on debut.

Devon Conway is only the second player to score a double century on Test debut for New Zealand. Matthew Sinclair became the first when he scored 214 against West Indies in 1999. 05 players have scored a century in their maiden innings in men's Tests before Conway. Seven …

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Kyle Jamieson Named New Zealand’s ‘Cricketer of The Year’.

New Zealand seamer Kyle Jamieson has won the 2021 edition of the Players’ Cap- an award which is given to the player who has been voted as New Zealand’s ‘Cricketer of the Year’ by the players and support staff. Jamieson, who made his international debut across all three form…

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France halts joint army operations with Malian forces.

France has suspend joint military operations with Malian forces “awaiting guarantees” that civilians return to positions of power. Malian soldiers on May 25 detained interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and stripped them of their powers after a dispute …

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Facebook appoints its first chief business officer.

Facebook Inc has appointed Marne Levine as its new chief business officer, a new post in the executive ranks of the tech-giant.  Prior to the new role, Levine was the vice president of global partnership at Facebook. As chief business officer, she will now report to Chief Op…

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World Environment Day - 05 June.

June 5, every year is celebrated as World Environment Day or WED. The day is set aside to encourage awareness and action to protect the natural environment. It draws attention to environmental issues such as marine pollution, air pollution, deforestation, and wildlife crime…

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International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing - 05 June.

June 5 is a day to fight illegal fishing. It’s the International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, or IUU fishing. IUU fishing occurs in virtually all bodies of water. It causes problems for varieties of fish struggling to survive. Peopl…

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China launches Fengyun-4B weather satellite to orbit.

A new Chinese weather satellite launched into orbit Wednesday (June 2) with "complete success," according to one of the participating state contractors. The Fengyun-4B soared into space aboard a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in south…

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China’s 'artificial sun' sets new world record.

Çhina claims to have set a new world record after scientists managed to run their 'artificial sun' at a very high temperature for more than 100 seconds. China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), in its latest experiment, generated a plasma tem…

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Biden expands US investment ban on Chinese firms.

US President Joe Biden is set to ban Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties. The new executive order will come into effect on 2 August, hitting 59 firms including communications giant Huawei. The list of firms will be …

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Mauritius former prime minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth passes away.

The former prime minister of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth, who is credited with steering the island nation’s economic transformation as its longest-serving leader, has died aged 91. Elected prime minister for the first of six times in 1982, Jugnauth would also serve two terms…

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United Airlines Plans to Buy 15 Supersonic Jets.

United Airlines announced a deal to buy 15 supersonic jets, planning to carry passengers on the ultra-fast planes by 2029. If the airline can follow through with its plan, these would be the first commercial supersonic flights since the grounding of the Concorde jet in 2003.…

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China creates combined air defence system.

China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) has integrated elements of the air force and army to create a combined air defence system for its western theatre command that is responsible for operations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the latest in a series of moves indicati…

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UNICEF signs COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement with Moderna.

UNICEF has signed a long-term agreementwith Moderna for the supply of COVID-19 vaccine on behalf of the COVAX Facility.   Through the supply agreement, UNICEF, along with procurement partners including the PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO), will have access to up to 34 …

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