Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad for ODI series against Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced the squad that has been chosen by the Cricket Selection Committee to take part in the upcoming ODI series against Bangladesh. Kusal Janith Perera has been appointed as Captain fo the team while Kusal Mendis will serve as his deputy. The team …

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Pablo Picasso's work sells for $. 103.4 mn.

A painting by Pablo Picasso has sold for more than $100m - marking the fifth work by the Spanish artist to sell for a nine-figure sum. Woman Sitting Near a Window (Marie-Therese) sold for $103.4m (£73.5m) at Christie's auction house in New York. That figure comprises $90…

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International Day of Living Together in Peace - 16 May.

Every year on May 16th, the International Day of Living Together in Peace urges people to live in a united and peaceful way by listening to, respecting, and appreciating others. They say that variety is the spice of life. Unfortunately, many people feel threatened by those w…

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Nepali climber makes world record by scaling Mt. Everest twice in shortest span of time in a season.

Mingma Tenji Sherpa, a 43-year-old Nepali mountain guide, has created a world record by scaling Mount Everest twice in the shortest span of time within a season. Sherpa, a resident of Sankhuwasabha district of eastern Nepal, first reached the summit of the Everest in the eve…

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2021 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand to host postponed women's tournament in October and November 2022.

New dates for the postponed 2021 Rugby World Cup have been announced, with the women's tournament now to be held in New Zealand from October 8-November 12 2022. The tournament had originally been scheduled for September and October this year, but was postponed in March w…

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China launches more classified Yaogan satellites into orbit.

China conducted two launches of classified Yaogan satellites on 07 May 2021.  A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China at 2:11 p.m. EDT Thursday (1811 GMT, May 6, or 2:11 a.m. local time May 7), sending the eighth trio of …

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China completes historic Mars spacecraft landing.

An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday 15 May 2021, making China the second space-faring nation after the United States to land on the Red Planet. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft landed on a site on a vast plain known as Utopia Planiti…

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WHO classified Indian coronavirus variant as a “global variant of concern”

The World Health Organization has classified a coronavirus variant found in India as a global “variant of concern”. This variant has been named B.1.617. According to World Health Organization, this variant is already spread to more than 30 countries. It is more transmissibl…

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Google Pay launches international money transfers.

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has launched international money transfer partnerships with remittances firms Wise and Western Union Co (WU.N) for users of its U.S. payments app, the companies said. Google Pay users in the United States can now transfer money to app cust…

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NASA and Axiom ink deal for 1st private astronaut mission.

NASA and Texas-based company Axiom Space have agreed on terms for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which will launch as soon as January 2022. The mission known as Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is scheduled to blast off from Florida's Kenne…

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SpaceX signs alliance with Google Cloud.

Google Cloud announced that it reached an agreement with the company SpaceX to offer satellite internet services through Starlink . The tech giant, owned by Alphabet Inc. , will provide its cloud infrastructure for Elon Musk's connectivity project. This agreement involve…

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Fortune Magazine's World’s 50 Greatest Leaders 2021.

The eighth edition of the annual list of 2021 ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ has released by Fortune Magazine. New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern has topped the ‘World’s 50 Greatest Leaders’ list for 2021. Some were already extraordinary achievers in business, governm…

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Elisabetta Belloni - Italy appoints first female to head country's secret service.

A former ambassador Elisabetta Belloni has been named as the first woman to lead Italy's secret services. Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his choice of Elisabetta Belloni as head of the Department of Information Security (DIS) on Wednesday 12 May 2021. The departmen…

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Manchester City Crowned 2020-21 Premier League Champions.

Manchester City has crowned Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after Manchester United crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Leicester. United started the century dominating English football, now City is the force with five titles in 10 seasons and the bi…

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KP Sharma Oli sworn in as Prime Minister of Nepal.

KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the third time on Friday 14 May 2021, days after he lost a vote of confidence in Parliament. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Oli, at a ceremony at Shital Niwas, after he was…

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Martin Griffiths appointed as the new UN Humanitarian Chief.

Veteran British diplomat Martin Griffiths has been appointed as the new Chief at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for a period of five years.  Griffiths will replace Mark Lowcock as the new Under-Secretary-General for Humanitaria…

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Migration and Development Brief.

India was the largest recipient of remittances in 2020, as per the report, “Migration and Development Brief “ released by the World Bank. India has been the largest recipient of remittances since 2008. However, the remittance received by India in 2020 was over USD 83 billio…

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Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin.

Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to climate change concerns, its CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet. Bitcoin fell by more than 10% after the tweet, while Tesla shares also dipped. Tesla's announcement in March that it would accept the cryptocurrency was …

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Harley-Davidson spins out LiveWire into a standalone electric motorcycle brand.

Harley-Davidson Inc. has launched an all-electric motorcycle brand "LiveWire," the latest effort by the company to ramp up bets on the rapidly growing electric vehicle market.  The company would create a separate electric vehicle-focused division, as it aims to att…

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2021 World Food Prize Laureate.

Dr. Shakuntala Thilsted, who is best known in the aquaculture sector for her groundbreaking research into the nutritional value of small native fish species in Bangladesh and Cambodia, has been named the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate. Thilsted, who is global lead for nutrit…

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Richard Osman wins author of the year after hit debut novel.

Richard Osman has been crowned author of the year at the British Book Awards after the runaway success of his debut novel The Thursday Murder Club. Pointless star Osman said his win for his story of elderly amateur sleuths was an "absolute dream come true". Also tri…

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China issues total ban on synthetic cannabinoids.

China on Tuesday 11 May 2021 said it will add all synthetic cannabinoids to its list of banned drugs. This will become as the first country in the world to do so, to curb their manufacturing, trafficking and abuse. It is the second time that Chinese authorities have imposed …

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New Zealand cricketer BJ Watling to retire.

BJ Watling has announced he will retire from all cricket at the end of New Zealand's upcoming Test tour of England. This will mean that form and fitness permitting, he will end his career with two Tests against England at Lord's (June 2-6) and Edgbaston (June 10-14)…

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The deepest points in Earth's five oceans.

Scientists say we now have the most precise information yet on the deepest points in each of Earth's five oceans. The key locations where the seafloor bottoms out in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans were mapped by the Five Deeps Expedition. Some o…

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Indonesia’s Sinabung volcano erupted.

A rumbling volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island unleashed an avalanche of searing gas clouds down its slopes during an eruption on Thursday 13 May 2021. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province was shooting smoke and ash as high as 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the air and…

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US approves potential sale of AEGIS Combat System to Canada.

The move comes after the Government of Canada placed a request to purchase four Shipsets of the ACS along with other related equipment to bolster its military capabilities. The proposed sale will also include one AEGIS Combat System Computer Program, four Shipsets of AN/SPY-…

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The International Day of Families - 15 May.

The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year. The International Day of Families provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting t…

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Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Kills Top Hamas Commander Bassem Issa.

Israel killed a member of the Hamas military council, Bassem Issa, Wednesday 12 May 2021 as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) continue to hammer the violent terror group. Israel claimed, and Hamas confirmed, that the IDF had killed Issa and a handful of other senior Hamas mil…

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Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka appointed Chairman of Sri Lanka Standards Institution.

Dr. Nihal Jayathilaka has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI). He succeeds the former Chairman of SLSI Nushad Perera, who recently stepped down from the post to rejoin the private sector. Dr. Jayathilaka has previously served as th…

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China to set up ‘separation line’ on Mt. Everest.

China will create “a line of separation” at the Mt. Everest summit to prevent climbers from the Chinese side from mingling with those climbing the world’s tallest mountain from Nepal. The decision was taken after a number of pandemic cases were diagnosed among climbers ascen…

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Sally Buzbee will be first woman to lead Washington Post as new executive editor.

The Washington Post has selected Sally Buzbee, executive editor and senior vice president at the Associated Press, as its new top editor. Buzbee replaces Marty Baron, who left the job in February. She will be the first woman to run the news organization, according to the Pos…

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Pam Gosal becomes 1st Sikh elected to Scottish Parliament.

Businesswoman Pam Gosal was elected to the Scottish Parliament, making history as the first Sikh and first Indian woman to be elected. Gosal was elected as a Conservative Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) from West Scotland. It was reported that she won 7,455 votes, 14.1% o…

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International Nurses Day - 12 May.

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth in 1820). The day is set aside to honor and note the many contributions nurses make to society. Nurses…

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China's population growth closer to zero.

China's population growth is falling closer to zero as fewer couples have children, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce. The population rose by 72 million people over the past 10 years to 1.411 billion in 2020,…

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Sir David Attenborough named COP26 People’s Advocate.

Sir David Attenborough has been named as the COP26 People’s Advocate for the UK’s Presidency of the UN climate change summit taking place in Glasgow in November 2021. The renowned natural historian and broadcaster will address world leaders at major international events over…

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NASA spacecraft with samples from an asteroid is making its long return back to Earth.

After nearly five years in space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its 1.4 billion-mile trek back home, which will take about 2.5 years. The spacecraft reached an asteroid in 2018 and spent two years flying near and around it before collecting rubble from the surface late…

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Global Renewable Energy Grew at Fastest Pace in Two Decades in 2020.

Renewable energy grew at its fastest pace in two decades last year, led by China, and will continue to grow in the next two years, a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed. New renewable energy capacity in 2020 rose by 45% to 280 gigawatts (GW) last year, the…

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Babar Azam and Alyssa Healy voted ICC Players of the Month for April 2021.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month Awards for April which recognise and celebrate the best performances from both male and female cricketers across all forms of international cricket throughout the year. Pakistan’…

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Mumbai-born Dr Tahera Qutbuddin First Indian To Win Arab World Nobel Prize.

Dr Tahera Qutbuddin, a professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago, recently became the first person of Indian-origin to win the 15th Sheikh Zyed Book Award. The award is considered to be the Nobel Prize of the Arab world. Dr Qutbuddin, who was born in Mumbai…

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Former Senator Bill Nelson Sworn in as the 14th NASA Administrator.

Former Senator Bill Nelson was sworn in as the 14th NASA administrator tasked with carrying out the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the agency. Nelson served in the U.S. Senate for 18 years from Florida and as a payload specialist on space shuttle mission 61-C in 1…

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Independent tribunal clears Avishka Gunawardene of corruption charges.

An independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal has unanimously cleared former Sri Lanka player Avishka Gunawardene of two charges against him under the Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code, allowing him to resume participation in cricket with immediate effect. The Tribunal…

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Sri Lanka to obtain USD 200 M for third phase of highways investment program.

The Cabinet of Ministers has granted the approval to obtain USD 200 million as the third instalment of the agreement between the government of Sri Lanka and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the Second Consolidated Highways Investment Program. The resolution furnis…

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Sri Lanka inks $ 500 m loan with Korea EXIM Bank.

Sri Lanka has entered into a $ 500 million loan agreement with the EXIM Bank of Korea to finance development projects, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. In order to further strengthen the economic cooperation between the two countries, the Government of the Republic …

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Bees in the Netherlands trained to detect current global pandemic.

Some insects are perfectly trainable, too, and a startup called InsectSense, which focuses on that possibility, partnered with a department at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, to detect current global pandemic. Honeybees have incredibly sensitive olfactory systems,…

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Aryna Sabalenka wins her Maiden Madrid Open Women’s singles title.

The world number seven, Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, defeated world number one Ashleigh Barty of Australia to win the 2021 Madrid Open women’s singles title.  This Sabalenka’s 10th career WTA singles title, second WTA title of the season and first on clay court. Madrid Open i…

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