International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - 04 June.

Every year on June 04th, the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression acknowledges the pain that children around the world suffer. Many of these children are victims of physical, mental, and emotional abuse. It’s also a day that the UN affirms its duty t…

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NATO launches Arctic exercises, pledges protection of Finland.

NATO countries have kicked off military exercises with a pledge to defend their newest member, Finland, which is hosting its first joint training in the Arctic region since becoming part of the Western alliance in April. Nearly 1,000 allied forces from Norway, the United Kin…

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Ghanaian writer and feminist Ama Ata Aidoo dies.

Ama Ata Aidoo, the iconic Ghanaian writer whose classics The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes were taught to children in West African schools for decades, has died aged 81. The death of the playwright and poet who was famous for her feminist ideals was announced on Wednesday …

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World Bicycle Day - 03 June.

World Bicycle Day is an annual event celebrated on June 3rd. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 to recognize the bicycle as a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport. The selection of this dat…

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North Korea says spy satellite ‘crashed into sea’.

North Korea’s attempt to launch its first military spy satellite has ended in failure after the rocket “crashed into the sea” and Seoul recovered some of the debris, state media said. The launch, on the first day of a 12-day window it had announced to put the satellite into …

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Southwest monsoon to gradually establish across Sri Lanka.

The Meteorology Department says the southwest monsoon is likely to gradually establish across the island over the next few days. Showers or thundershowers are expected at times in the Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Southern Provinces. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall of about 10…

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Elon Musk is once again the world’s richest man.

Elon Musk has reclaimed his position as the world’s wealthiest person. That’s according to a Bloomberg Billionaires tally, which estimated the Tesla (TSLA) CEO’s net worth is now about $192 billion, compared to LVMH (LVMHF) CEO Bernard Arnault’s $187 billion. The two centibil…

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Central Bank relaxes its monetary policy stance.

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank by 250 basis points to 13.00 per cent and 14.00 per cent, respectively.  The Board arr…

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Xi Jinping tells China’s national security chiefs to prepare for ‘worst case’ scenarios.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his top national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” as the ruling Communist Party hardens efforts to counter any perceived internal and external threats. The latest stern instruction…

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Archaeologists uncover giant Bronze Age Barrow Cemetry.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM COTSWOLD ARCHAEOLOGY HAVE UNCOVERED A GIANT BRONZE AGE BARROW CEMETERY IN THE SUBURBS OF SALISBURY, ENGLAND. Excavations were in preparation for a housing development project, where the researchers found evidence of round barrows that have been levelled d…

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World Milk Day - 01June.

World Milk Day, observed every year on 1st June, was created in the year 2001 by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) to promote the consumption and benefits of milk around the world. The goal of this day is to provide us with a chance to raise…

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World Trade Now Slowing Sharply

Fitch Ratings - Global trade is now slowing sharply after a rapid post-pandemic recovery in 2021 and 2022, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. Monetary tightening, fading fiscal support and service sector reopening are now weighing on global goods demand, which leapt extrao…

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Global Day of Parents - 01 June.

The Global Day of Parents is a special observance that recognizes the critical role parents play in the lives of their children and the well-being of society as a whole. Celebrated on June 1st each year, this day serves as an opportunity to honour and appreciate the dedicat…

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Sri Lankan Rupee ends firmer against US Dollar.

The Sri Lankan Rupee today (June 01) further appreciated against the US Dollar, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported. Accordingly, the buying rate was declared at Rs. 283.87, while the selling rate was reported at Rs. 297.23. Meanwhile, the Middle Rate of the USD/LKR…

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SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea.

SpaceX launched 52 more of its Starlink broadband satellites early Wednesday morning (May 31) and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with the 52 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday …

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Archeologists map hidden landscape where the first Australians emerged.

Archaeologists have mapped a hidden landscape where Australia's first people made inroads more than 60,000 years ago. This now-inland region was once a coastal mangrove swamp and, before that, a semi-arid savannah plain hundreds of kilometers from the seashore. During the…

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Brazil’s former president sentenced to almost 9 years in prison for corruption.

Brazil’s supreme court voted on Wednesday to sentence former President Fernando Collor de Mello to 8 years and 10 months in prison on corruption and money laundering charges. The Brazilian prosecutor’s office accused Collor, 73, of having received around 30 million reais ($6…

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Tayyip Erdogan re-elected as President of Turkey.

The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has emerged victorious in the recent election following a tense run-off, according to unofficial data from the state-run Anadolu Agency and the country’s Supreme Election Council. After failing to secure more than 50 percent of vo…

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4,000-Year-old DNA is the oldest evidence of Plague in Britain.

Even with our advanced and globally connected world, there are still some spots in the furthest reaches of the planet where no man has set foot. These areas are so remote and shrouded in dense wilderness that it doesn’t seem possible that it had ever been anything else, but…

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Icy moon Enceladus spews massive water plume.

Astronomers have detected a huge plume of water vapour spurting out into space from Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn. The 504km-wide (313 miles) moon is well known for its geysers, but this is a particularly big one. The water stream spans some 9,600km - a distance equivalent…

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Korea to aid development of Sri Lanka’s first floating solar project.

The Ministry of Power and Energy today (31 May) signed an agreement with the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) to develop the first floating solar project in Sri Lanka. Accordingly, a grant of USD 5.2 million was extended by KIAT to the sustainable energy …

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World No Tobacco Day - 31 May.

World No Tobacco Day is an annual event held on May 31, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote awareness about the detrimental consequences of tobacco usage and advocate for policies aimed at reducing tobacco consumption. The primary goal of this initia…

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The biggest diamond ever found weighed the same as 7,692 bees.

The largest rough diamond ever found is known as the Cullinan Diamond and its story is pretty interesting. Found in South Africa in 1905, this whopper of a gemstone weighed 3,106 carats and was 10.1 x 6.35 x 5.9 centimeters when it was first found. To put this in context th…

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Bola Tinubu Sworn in as President.

Bola Tinubu was sworn in as the President of Nigeria on May 29, amidst mounting pressure to address the country’s persistent economic and security issues. The inauguration ceremony, held at Eagles Square in the capital city of Abuja, was attended by both local and foreign d…

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International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories - 25-31 May.

The United Nations has designated May 25 to 31 as the “International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories.” This observance was established by the UN General Assembly on December 6, 1999. According to the UN Charter, a Non-Self-Governing Ter…

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New record!.... 20 people are in space at the same time right now.

The record for most people in space (rather than just Earth orbit) at once was reset recently, too, and lasted an even shorter amount of time. For about 5 minutes, there were 20 people off the planet.  That record was set by the six members of Virgin Galactic Unity 25 SpaceS…

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New record!.... 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now.

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With the launch of China's three-person Shenzhou 16 mission on Monday (May 29) at 9:31 p.m. EDT (0131 GMT or 9:31 a.m. Beijing Time on May 30), the population in orbit grew t…

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SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying private Ax-2 astronauts splashes down off Florida coast.

The four astronauts of the private Ax-2 mission returned to Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule late Tuesday night (May 30). That Dragon, named Freedom, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier in the day at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), ending a 10-day miss…

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107-million-year-old fossil pterosaur bones found at Dinosaur Cove in Australia.

A flying dragon with gigantic wings and fierce teeth is the stuff of myth, yet the prehistoric pterosaur is often compared to one. Now, scientists have confirmed that 107-million-year-old fossils found in Victoria are the oldest remains of pterosaurs that soared across the A…

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