France takes over EU Council Presidency.

France takes over EU Council Presidency amid Macron’s Demands for Reformation of Schengen Area. France has taken over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on January 1 2022, for the first time in the last 14 years. According to the French Ministry of Foreign A…

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World’s longest Metro line opened in Shanghai China.

China's Shanghai maintained its position as having the longest metronetwork in the world by adding two new lines that went into operation on Thursday 30th December 2021. With the new lines, the total length of Shanghai’s metro network has extended to 831 km, continuing …

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Apple becomes first firm to hit $3 trillion market value.

US technology giant Apple has become the first company to hit a stock market valuation of $3 trillion (£2.2 trillion). The firm’s share price has risen by around 5,800% since co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007. However, its valu…

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Scientists have discovered 77 species of organisms under the Antarctic ice shelf.

A group of researchers from the German Alfred Wegener Institute and the Center for Polar and Marine Research. Helmholtz drilled two wells using hot water in the Extröm Ice Shelf near Neumeier III station in the southeastern Weddell Sea. One hole went down 192 meters and rea…

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Young Sri Lankan scientist’s research gains attention in the US.

Sri Lankan born young scientist Dr. Gayani Senevirathne, who has excelled in the fields of Zoology and Molecular Biology brought pride to the country, since her latest research on finding an answer to a human abnormality had gained attention in the United States. Dr. Senevir…

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Major fire breaks out at South Africa's parliamentary building.

A large fire tore through South Africa's parliament in Cape Town on Sunday 02 January 2022, causing the roof of one building to collapse and gutting the chamber of the National Assembly. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said it appeared that a sprinkler system &qu…

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New law allowing assisted suicide takes effect in Austria.

A law allowing assisted suicide has taken effect in Austria. From Saturday 01 January 2021, adults who are terminally ill or have a permanent, debilitating condition, can opt to make provisions for an assisted death. Parliament approved the new law in December, following a co…

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Sri Lanka athlete wins four gold medals at Asian weightlifting championship.

Sri Lankan athlete Shenuki Dishalya won four gold medals at the Asian Classic Equipped Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday (29), the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka said. Dishalya won gold in the 47kg weight class in dead…

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Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi and Ejegayehu Taye Smash 5km World Records in Barcelona.

Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and Ejegayehu Taye ended 2021 on a high when they broke the men’s and women’s 5km world records at the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on Friday 31 December 2021. Aregawi, 20, nearly broke Joshua Cheptegei’s world record in Lille last month and was …

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World-renowned Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey dies.

Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard Leakey, who unearthed evidence that helped prove humankind evolved in Africa, died on Sunday 02 January 2021 at the age of 77, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta confirmed in a statement. Leakey came from a family of r…

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Sudan's Prime Minister Hamdok resigns.

Abdalla Hamdok, prime minister of Sudan's fragile transition to civilian rule before being ousted and detained in an October coup then reinstated, resigned Sunday 02 January 2022 in a new blow to the turbulent African nation. After weeks of house arrest, during which Sud…

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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez retires from International Cricket.

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 41-year-old played in 55 Test matches and more than 300 one-day and T20 internationals, scoring in excess of 11,000 runs across all formats with 21 centuries, in a career spanni…

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U.S. cuts off Ethiopia, Mali, Guinea from Africa duty-free trade program.

The United States on Saturday 01 January 2022 cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden's threat to do so over alleged human rights violations and recent coups. Biden said in November that Ethiopia wo…

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France has now become the sixth country in the world to report more than 10 million COVID-19.

France has now become the sixth country in the world to report more than 10 million COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, according to official data published on Saturday. This news comes as health authorities in the country confirmed more than 200,000 daily COVID ca…

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Australia to rename Canberra's Aspen Island in honor of Queen Elizabeth 11.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on January 1, announced the country would rename Aspen Island in Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin as part of June 2022 national and community events.  The series of events will be a part of community events in 2022 to celebrate the…

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Egypt became fourth new member of New Development Bank.

Egypt added as the fourth new member of BRICS New Development Bank. Bangladesh, UAE, and Uruguay joined BRICS New Development Bank in September 2021. Membership expansion enables New Development Bank to position itself as a premier development institution for emerging econo…

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UNESCO, Sweden partner to establish Palestinian Virtual Museum.

In framework of the help to the Palestinian Cultural Heritage by the mission “Local Development through the Rehabilitation and Revitalization of Historic Environment in Palestine” funded by Sweden by Sida; UNESCO and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) joined for…

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Israel Signs Deal to Buy $3.1 Billion in U.S. Helicopters, Tankers.

Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing Co KC-46 refuelling planes, the Israeli Defence Ministry said, estimating the total price at around $3.1 billion. The deal, signed on Thursday 30th December 2021,…

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China launches a five-year plan to become a global robotics hub.

China has announced a five-year plan to promote its ambition to become a global innovation hub for robotics by 2025. We want to get there by focusing on strengthening key components such as servomotors and control panels. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology o…

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Betty White, beloved and trailblazing actress, dies at 99.

Betty White, the self-described "lucky old broad" whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as "The Golden Girls," "Boston Legal" and "Hot in Cleveland," died Friday 31 Decemb…

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