Algeria applies to join BRICS.

Algeria has applied to join the BRICS group and submitted a request to become a shareholder member of BRICS Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Ennahar TV quoted Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as saying. It added that Tebboune said at the end of his visit to China …

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Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active.

Researchers discovered that an underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the surface off the Pacific coast of Canada is spouting hot fluid, providing a little-known species of skate with an ideal nursery. Researchers exploring an ancient, underwater volcano off the Pacific co…

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Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years.

With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine. Banned for a century because of the filthy water, city swimming is set to be one of the major legacies of the Games thanks t…

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Muslim nations condemn far right group's action.

Iraq and some other Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the burning of a Quran on Monday by a group called "Danish Patriots" outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. The far-right group livestreamed a similar act on Facebook on Friday. Nearly 1,000 dem…

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America's oldest craft brewery shuts after 127 years.

A beer-maker founded in San Francisco in 1896 that promotes itself as America's "first" craft brewer is closing its doors. Anchor Brewing Company said it would cease operations and liquidate the business, pointing to years of falling sales. Japanese brewing gian…

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TikTok launches text-only posts to rival Elon Musk's Twitter.

Chinese short-video app TikTok is allowing users to create text-only posts, in the latest attempt by a social media firm to capitalize on the turmoil at Twitter since its buyout by Elon Musk last year. The move, announced on Monday, would allow TikTok users to choose from a …

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Thirimanne announces retirement from international cricket.

Sri Lankan cricketer Lahiru Thirimanne on Saturday (July 22) announced retirement from all formats of international cricket with immediate effect. The southpaw released an official statement related to his decision. Lahiru Thirimanne made his debut for Sri Lanka in 2010 and p…

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Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people.

Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a new law banning gender reassignment surgery, in the latest attack on LGBT rights in the country. The State Duma approved the bill, which will also ban people changing their genders on state documents, on Friday. It now needs…

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Elon Musk re brands Twitter to "X".

Twitter owner Elon Musk officially changed the company’s famous bird logo to an “X” on Monday as part of a sweeping rebrand he announced on the social media site over the weekend. Musk, who acquired the platform for $44 billion late last year, wrote in a post Sunday that the…

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Hungarian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian GP at the Hungaroring, by a comfortable 33.731 secs margin over McLaren’s Lando Norris.  Verstappen’s lead at the top of the standings grows to an even more gargantuan 110 points, and the Dutchman seems firmly on course to pick up a second wo…

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Hubble telescope captures stunning shot of spiral galaxy.

A dazzling new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy that hosted a supernova explosion not long ago. The featured galaxy, known as UGC 11860, is located roughly 184 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. It's a spiral galaxy l…

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International Self Care Day - 24 July.

International Self-Care Day (ISD), on 24 July each year, provides a focus and opportunity to raise the profile of healthy lifestyle self-care programmes around the world. ISD is a device developed by the International Self-Care Foundation to promote self-care as a vital fou…

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QS ranking on world’s best cities for students.

According to the Henley Passport Index, Singapore now holds the title of the world’s most powerful passport, granting visa-free access to 192 out of 227 global travel destinations. Three European countries, namely Germany, Italy, and Spain, have moved up one rank to share t…

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Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old sealed Corridor.

Archaeologists in Peru have made an exciting discovery at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site. They have uncovered a sealed corridor that has been named “the condor’s passageway,” believed to lead to other chambers within the ancient temple complex of the Chavin cultu…

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Largest ever Australia-U.S. joint military exercise gets underway.

Australia and the U.S. began two weeks of war games involving more than 30,000 troops and participants from 11 other countries on Friday, in a show of force and unity at a time when China has emerged as an increasingly assertive power in the Indo-Pacific. Held every two year…

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Pi Approximation Day - 22 July.

Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the day/month date format), since the fraction 22⁄7 is a common approximation of π, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes. A number of people celebrate March 14 as Pi Day as the date lines up i…

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World Brain Day - 22 July.

World Brain Day, also known as International Brain Day, is a worldwide healthcare event that takes place annually on July 22. This observance has been going on for the past nine years and serves as a significant occasion to raise awareness about brain diseases. On this day,…

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Musk says Tesla to spend over $1 billion on Dojo Supercomputer.

Tesla Inc. is sparing no expense to become a player in supercomputing, with Elon Musk saying the carmaker plans to invest more than $1 billion on its so-called Project Dojo by the end of 2024. The chief executive officer told investors the in-house supercomputer is being des…

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ICC announces equal prize money for men's and women’s cricket.

ICC announcing equal pay for men’s and women’s cricket tournaments is a major milestone in the women’s game. In a groundbreaking announcement, 13 July, prize money parity was declared for men’s and women’s teams at ICC events. Meeting in Durban, South Africa, the ICC announc…

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International Chess Day - 20 July.

International Chess Day on July 20th honors the founding of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDES)in 1924. The FIDES became the governing body of the game of chess, an ancient game played around the world. Chess developed in India during the fifth century. As the s…

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Merrill J. Fernando: The Founder of "Dilmah Tea" passes away.

Merrill J. Fernando – the founder and former CEO of Sri Lanka’s largest and most global tea brand ‘Dilmah Tea’ – passed away on Friday (July 20). The iconic businessperson was aged 93 at the time of his demise. Born in 1930 in Negombo, Fernando received his primary education …

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International Moon Day - 20 July.

The General Assembly declared International Moon Day, a United Nations-designated international day to be observed annually on 20 July, in its resolution 76/76 on “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space” in 2021. International Moon Day marks the annive…

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