Ke Huy Quan wins best supporting actor at the Oscars

Ke Huy Quan was overcome with emotion on Sunday (14) night when he won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” After coming on stage and kissing his golden statuette, Quan started by thanking his mother, who he …

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Honduras's first woman president legalises morning-after-pill.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro has overturned a 13-year ban on the emergency contraceptive pill. The country's first-ever woman leader said she had made the change by executive order for International Women's Day, on 8 March. The morning-after pill was "part o…

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Naatu Naatu song from Indian film RRR primed to make history.

All eyes in India will be on the Oscars ceremony as Naatu Naatu vies to win Best Original Song at the prestigious award show. A track from Telugu blockbuster RRR, short for Rise Roar Revolt, Naatu Naatu is the first Indian film song to be nominated for an Oscar. Its singers a…

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Ram Chandra Poudel elected as Nepal's New President.

Ram Chandra Poudel of Nepali Congress was on Thursday elected as the new president of Nepal, amid increasing political instability in the country ruled by a fragile coalition headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. Poudel, a common candidate of the e…

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UK's sexiest women alive.

The dating site  IllicitEncounters  asked 2,000 men to score a list of 50 women to reveal a top 10. Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid managed to grab the top spot with 9 out of 10 points. Amanda Holden took second place while Penny Mordaunt was third. The full top 10 list o…

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Jeremy Clarkson has been voted the UK's sexiest man alive.

That is according to 2,000 women who reportedly voted on a poll by IllicitEncounters - a dating site for extramarital affairs. Clarkson scored eight out of 10 points and beat off stiff competition from the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Idris Elba. The 62-year-old pipped second p…

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Xi Jinping starts unprecedented third term as China’s President.

Xi Jinping has officially started his precedent-breaking third term in office as Chinese president, effectively cementing his status as the country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. He received on Friday a unanimous endorsement from the country’s largely rubber-stamp …

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Inflation could come down faster than earlier forecast.

Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe says inflation is likely to come down faster than earlier forecast, even by the Central Bank, and Sri Lanka could achieve the 4-6 percent preferred inflation band by early part of the fourth quarter of this year. It became evide…

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Grand Nuwara Eliya first hotel in Sri Lanka to receive "Heritage Grand" classification.

The legendary Tudor styled Grand Hotel Nuwara Eliya received a well-deserved fitting crown when it was awarded the ‘Heritage Grand’ classification from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) becoming the first hotel in Sri Lanka to receive this accolade which m…

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IBM and Nokia collaborate to launch private 5G service.

IBM and Nokia announced at Mobile World Congress 2023 that they will collaborate on a “seamless, simplified” private 5G managed service using IBM Cloud Satellite. On what each partner will bring to the table, Nokia will bring expertise in 5G networks and private wireless, wh…

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NASA is monitoring an asteroid that could collide with Earth.

Out of the millions of asteroids in our solar system, there's a very small fraction known to potentially impact Earth. But scientists found a new one just two weeks ago that so far seems to pose one of the greatest risks of them all.  The asteroid, known as 2023 DW, was …

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Angelo Mathews becomes third Sri Lankan batsman to score 7,000 Test runs.

Former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Angelo Mathews has become the third batsman to score 7,000 test runs for Sri Lanka. His landmark achievement was scored during the first Test match of the two-match series against New Zealand, currently being played in Christchur…

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A team of scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy.

Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published in the top journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of the hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding opens the way to cr…

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Sheikh Mohammed appointed as Qatar’s new prime minister.

Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani as the country’s new prime minister. The decision to appoint Sheikh Mohammed, who was the deputy prime minister, came after the amir accepted the resignation…

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International Day of Women Judges - 10 March.

The International Day of Women Judges, which is celebrated every year on March 10, honours all female judges who have taken the lead in the fight against social injustice. The history and significance of the day are examined below. Not just women judges in international leg…

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Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April.

Sri Lanka aims to announce a debt-restructuring strategy in April and step up talks with commercial creditors ahead of an International Monetary Fund review of a bailout package in six months, the country’s central bank governor told Reuters on Thursday. The crisis-hit islan…

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World Kidney Day - 09 March (On the second Thursday in March)

On the second Thursday in March each year, the world observes World Kidney Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about kidney health. On March 9, 2023, it will be remembered this year. The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kid…

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Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

British architect Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH, receives the 2023 Pritzker Prize for "bestowing unto society the opportunity for coexistence and communion" through his work. Chipperfield, who is the founder of architecture studio David Chipperfield Architects, is…

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520-million-year-old animal fossils might not be animals after all.

A species that lived about 520 million years ago and was thought to be the oldest known bryozoan is instead a type of colony-forming algae, a new study proposes. Bryozoans are filter-feeding, tentacle-bearing animals that live in apartment complex–like colonies attached to r…

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Africa is splitting into two Continents.

Africa is slowly but surely tearing in two. Like anything in geology, it’s an extremely long process that will take millions of years, but it will eventually see part of East Africa chip off from the rest of the continent, likely resulting in a new ocean arising between the…

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UN inks first ‘High Seas Treaty’.

The United Nations(UN) inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds of the world’s oceans. More about the High Seas Treaty: The treaty is an outcome of a decade of talk…

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International Women’s Day - 08 March.

Every year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day as a focal point for the campaign for women’s rights. International Women’s Day 2023 raises awareness of topics including gender equality, access to abortion, and violence and abuse against women. Interna…

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NASA's Curiosity Rover sees first dazzling "sun rays" on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has captured a dazzling image of rays from the setting sun at twilight on Mars. The image, which marks the first time sun rays have been viewed clearly over the Red Planet, was captured by the robotic rover on Feb. 2, 2023.  The light known as &quo…

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Japan forced to destroy flagship H3 rocket.

Japan was forced to blow up its new rocket during a failed launch on Tuesday, setting back efforts to crack a market led by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Its space agency had to send a self-destruct command to the H3 rocket when its second-stage engine failed minutes after lift-of…

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Dinosaur fossils from 76 million years ago with intact skin in Canada.

Researchers in Canada have discovered parts of what they believe to be a full "dinosaur mummy" lodged in a hillside, the University of Reading in the United Kingdom announced last week. The two exposed fossils, a foot and part of a tail clad in fossilized skin, are…

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Scientists found an entirely new way of measuring time.

Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple matter of counting the seconds between ‘then’ and ‘now’. Down at the quantum scale of buzzing electrons, however, ‘then’ cannot always be predicted. Worse, the ‘now’ often re…

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