Ancient Mayan city discovered beneath Guatemala rainforest

Scientists have uncovered a massive 2,000-year-old Mayan site hidden underneath a Guatemala rainforest, an advance that has revealed interesting new details about the ancient civilisation. The long-lost site encompassed a web of nearly 1,000 urban settlements interconnected …

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Lisa Marie Presley to be laid to rest at Graceland.

Singer Lisa Marie Presley will be laid to rest at Graceland, the Memphis mansion she inherited from her father Elvis Presley, the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," a representative for her daughter said on Friday. Presley died on Thursday at the age of 54 after bein…

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World Hindi Day - 10 January

World Hindi Day is celebrated on January 10 since 2006 to promote the language at the global stage. The day marks the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference which was inaugurated on January 10, 1975, by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. However, the celebratio…

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Giant Hidden City found by Archaelogists under Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon is a river valley in the Colorado Plateau and is famous for its visually overwhelming size as well as intricate & colorful landscape. In addition, it is significant geologically because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks well preserved and exposed i…

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Guinness World Records recognised Elon Musk for the "largest loss of personal fortune in history".

Elon Musk has kicked off 2023 by breaking a world record for money lost. The Tesla and Twitter CEO erased so much of his fortune in the last year that Guinness World Records recognised him for it. He's officially broken the world record for the "largest loss of pers…

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NASA Rover discovers gemstone on Mars.

A research team using new methods to analyze data from NASA's Curiosity, a rover operating on Mars since 2012, was able to independently verify that fracture halos contained opal, on Earth a gemstone formed by the alteration of silica by water. The study finds that the v…

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Disappointing end to UK space mission as satellites fail to reach orbit.

A historic space mission that took off from Cornwall has ended in bitter disappointment after a rocket carrying the first satellites launched from British soil failed to reach orbit and was lost. To whoops and cheers from a crowd that had gathered at Spaceport Cornwall to wa…

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Kevin McCarthy elected as US House Speaker.

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the US House of Representatives early on Saturday, after making extensive concessions to a group of right-wing hardliners that raised questions about the party’s ability to govern. The 57-year-old Californian suffered one fina…

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Gareth Bale retires from football aged 33.

Former Wales, Tottenham and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale has retired from professional football aged 33. Bale, who spent last season at LAFC in MLS, was part of Wales’ squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Bale has described the decision to quit international football as …

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Israel releases longest-serving Palestinian prisoner.

The longest-serving Palestinian prisoner held by Israel has been released after 40 years in jail. Karim Younis was convicted in 1983 of the kidnapping and murder of an Israeli soldier, Avi Bromberg, in the occupied Golan Heights three years earlier. He became a significant fi…

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Earth’s Rotation Day - 08 January.

On January 8th, Earth’s Rotation Day celebrates the discovery that our planet rotates on its axis every 24 hours. It’s also a day to learn more about the French physicist, Leon Foucault. The axis on which the Earth rotates is an imaginary line that is drawn straight through …

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World Typing Day - 08 January.

Every year on January 8th, World Typing Day celebrates this written form of communication that ensures speed, accuracy, and efficiency. It’s also a day for typists to enter typing contests. History of the Typewriter Typewriting machines have been around since Christopher Lath…

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Microsoft recognises first labour union in US.

Workers at Microsoft's ZeniMax Studios have voted to form the tech giant's first labour union in the US. Microsoft agreed to recognise the group after a "supermajority" of workers at the video game production company signalled support for the plan, said the…

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Sri Lanka to introduce new laws to regulate social media.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the government is working to introduce an Act similar to the Telecommunications and Social Media Act currently used in Singapore to regulate social media platforms including YouTube and Facebook. The President made this observation du…

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Jason Moo appointed as CEO of Bank of Singapore.

Bank of Singapore (BOS), the private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), announced that it has appointed Jason Moo as its new CEO. BoS’s announcement comes after Bloomberg’s article on Dec 26, 2022. Moo will succeed Bahren Shaari officially from March…

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Amateur archaeologist uncovers ice age ‘writing’ system.

A primitive writing system used by ice age hunter-gatherers appears to have been uncovered by an amateur archaeologist, who concluded that the 20,000-year-old markings were a form of lunar calendar. The research suggests cave drawings were not only a form of artistic express…

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Green comet will pass by Earth for first time since Neanderthals roamed Earth.

A green comet discovered last March will make its closest approach to Earth this month. The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was first discovered by astronomers using the wide-field survey camera at California's Zwicky Transient Facility.  It was already inside the orbiter of Jupite…

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Grammy-winning singer Anita Pointer dies.

Anita Pointer, from the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, has died aged 74, her publicist has announced. She died surrounded by her family at her Beverley Hills home in California. Her family said they were deeply saddened by her passing. "Heaven is a more loving beautiful…

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Star named after former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

On the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, which was marked as ‘Good Governance Day‘ across the country, the Aurangabad unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named a star after the ‘Bharat Ratna’ recipient.  The distance of the star from Earth…

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Lula da Silva sworn in as the President of Brazil for the 3rd time.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office for a third term as Brazil’s president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and “rebuild the country” after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro’s divisive administration.  The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led Braz…

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1,668 journalists killed in past 20 years (2003-2022).

At the end of a year in which the number of journalists killed in connection with their work rose again, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has compiled and analysed the figures for journalists killed during the past 20 years, two deadly decades for those in the service of the…

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China Becomes First Country in Asia to Launch Hydrogen Powered Train.

China’s CRRC Corporation Ltd. Launched a hydrogen urban train, and it is the first in Asia and the second such train in the world. Germany introduced green trains a few months back. The hydrogen trains have a speed of 160 km per hour and the operational range without refuel…

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Pritzker-winning architect Arata Isozaki passes away.

Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died. He was 91. Isozaki won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, internationally the highest honor in the field, in 20…

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Croatia adopts euro and enters borderless Europe Club on New Year.

Croatia has switched to the euro and entered Europe’s passport-free zone – two important milestones for the country after joining the European Union (EU) nearly a decade ago. At midnight on Sunday (01), the Balkan nation bid farewell to its kuna currency and became the 20th …

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Romeo and Juliet child actors sue over 1968 nude scene.

The actors who played star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film are suing Paramount Pictures for child abuse over their brief nude scene, their lawyer said Tuesday (03). Olivia Hussey was 15 and Leonard Whiting 16 when they starred in the Oscar-wi…

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US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees.

The world’s first vaccine for honeybees has been approved for use by the US government, raising hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional …

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Creative Technology founder Sim Wong Hoo dies.

Creative Technology chairman and chief executive Sim Wong Hoo, one of Singapore’s most famous tech entrepreneurs, died on Wednesday. He was 67. Mr Sim founded the home-grown business in 1981, and had led the company since its inception. Under his leadership, Creative became f…

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World Hypnotism Day - 04 January

World Hypnotism Day on January 4th promotes the truth and benefits of hypnotism. The day also aims to remove myths and misconceptions about hypnotism. Hypnosis is defined as a state of highly focused attention. It’s usually associated with relaxation and heightened suggestib…

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World Braille Day - 04 January.

Every year on January 4th, World Braille Day reminds us of the importance of accessibility and independence for those who are blind or visually impaired. #WorldBrailleDay About 36 million people around the world are blind. By 2050, the number of people diagnosed with blindnes…

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2022 will be warmest year ever for UK.

The Met Office has said 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the UK. According to provisional figures, every month was hotter than average, with the exception of December when the UK experienced a notable cold snap. The year's average temperature will likely beat t…

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