India's Aditya-L1 solar probe takes an epic selfie with Earth and moon.

India's first-ever solar probe just beamed some striking imagery home to Earth.  Aditya-L1, the new mission from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), snapped a photo of itself in space, as well as shots of Earth and the moon. ISRO combined the footage into a vi…

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19-Year-Old American Coco Gauff Wins U.S. Open.

Nineteen-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff has won the U.S. Open, making her the youngest American champion of the competition since Serena Williams in 1999. She beat out Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, the 25-year-old winner of the Australian Open singles final e…

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COVID booster warning from Florida surgeon general, who advises people not to get new vaccine

While speaking at a Thursday news conference for Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, that state's surgeon general, advised people to steer clear of the updated booster vaccine for COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not ye…

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India's Chandrayaan-3 moon lander spotted from lunar orbit.

A NASA moon probe has snapped an aerial photo of India's Chandrayaan-3 lander, the first craft ever to successfully touch down near the lunar south pole. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured the image on Aug. 27, four days after Chandrayaan-3's hist…

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World EV Day 2023 - 09 September.

On September 9, as the global community and India celebrate ‘World EV Day’. The year 2023 has established a powerful message for India and the world, it is a message of sustainable transportation and a cleaner future, free of carbon emissions. Starting with the most definit…

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296 killed as buildings damaged in Morocco earthquake.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 296 people, the country's interior ministry says. The epicentre was in the High Atlas Mountains, 71km (44 miles) south-west of Marrakesh, at a depth of 18.5km, the US Geological Survey said…

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Japan launches 'moon sniper' lunar lander SLIM into space.

Japan launched a lunar exploration spacecraft on Thursday aboard a homegrown H-IIA rocket, hoping to become the world's fifth country to land on the moon early next year. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the rocket took off from Tanegashima Space Center in …

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G20 Summit 2023

The Group of Twenty, or G20, is an intergovernmental organization made up of the European Union and 19 other nations (EU). It strives to address important global economic concerns like international financial stability, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and sustainable dev…

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International Day to Protect Education from Attack - 09 September.

The International Day to Protect Education from Attack is an international observance established by the United Nations General Assembly on September 9 every year. It was established in response to the growing number of attacks on schools and educational institutions around…

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Burning Man festival road reopens.

Burning Man organizers reopened the road leading out of the remote Nevada desert festival on Monday, allowing tens of thousands of attendees to escape after they had been trapped for days by mud. But many of the 64,000 people who remained on site as of Monday may choose to s…

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Magnetic Bacteria Discovered in Deep-Sea Vents.

Scientists discover bacteria capable of “sensing” Earth’s magnetic field in deep-sea vents. Bacteria that can align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field have been found in a new habitat. Previously spotted on land and in shallow waters, these magnetotactic bacteria hav…

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G20 Leaders’ Summit 2023.

The 18th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Group of 20 (G20) will take place in September 2023 in New Delhi, India.  The Summit has scheduled to take place on September 9th and 10th, spanning two days. Under the Indian Presidency, the G20 in 2023 will focus on the t…

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World Ampersand Day - 08 September.

Each year on September 8, we celebrate the fun & functional curly & quirky little character on World Ampersand Day. From jotting a shorthand “and” to branding corporate names, this curvy, strange character is ubiquitously useful. It’s also quite aesthetic, as you’ll …

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World Physiotherapy Day 2023 - 08 September.

World Physiotherapy Day 2023 is celebrated on September 8 every year. It recognizes and celebrates the significant contributions of physical therapy and physiotherapists in promoting health and well-being. Theme of World Physiotherapy Day 2023 “Prevention and Management of Os…

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Elon Musk's dad says he's worried the Tesla CEO might be assassinated following a report about his influence on government decisions.

Elon Musk's father told The U.S. Sun he feared his billionaire son could be assassinated. The 77-year-old Errol Musk criticized a recent article in The New Yorker that explored the world's richest person's influence on government decisions about the war in Ukrain…

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Kim Jong Un 'to visit Putin for weapons talks'.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, a US official has told the BBC's US partner CBS. The two leaders will discuss the possibility of North Korea providing Moscow with weapons to support its war in Uk…

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Perseverance Mars rover spots 'shark fin' and 'crab claw' rocks on Red Planet.

It looks like something fishy is happening on Mars. NASA's Perseverance Rover recently spotted a shark-fin-looking outcrop and an accompanying crab-claw-like boulder on the Red Planet.  Since arriving on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, the rolling robot has been exploring the Jez…

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Hubble Space Telescope spies 'irregular' spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the sinuous spiral arms of a distant galaxy budding with new stars.   Known as NGC 5486, this irregular spiral galaxy lies 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It is classified as an irregula…

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Archaeologists just found an Ancient Child’s Shoe in ‘Outstanding’ condition in a 2,600-year-old Austrian Salt Mine.

Archaeologists just found an Ancient Child’s Shoe in ‘Outstanding’ Condition in A 2,600-Year-Old Austrian Salt Mine. The shoe, equivalent to a modern size 12.5, provides insight into child laborers in the salt mines of the Iron Age, who may have worked at as young as three o…

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Peregrine Falcon image wins bird photo award.

Photographer Jack Zhi's dramatic picture of a female peregrine falcon protecting her young has won this year's Bird Photographer of the Year award. The picture was taken in California and beat more than 20,000 entries to claim the prize. The Young Bird Photographer of…

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Danielle McGahey set to become first transgender woman to play international cricket.

Danielle McGahey is set to become the first transgender player to feature in international cricket after being named in Canada's squad for the Women's T20 Americas Qualifier, the pathway tournament to the 2024 T20 World Cup. McGahey, a 29-year-old batter, is original…

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43rd ASEAN Summit begins in Jakarta.

President Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana extended a warm welcome to the heads of state and government participating in the 43rd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta. The 43rd ASEAN Summit, hosted by Indonesia and occurring from Septembe…

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UN International Day of Police Cooperation – 07 September.

The United Nations has designated 7 September as the International Day of Police Cooperation. This is being marked for the first time in 2023. This day recognizes the essential work of the world’s law enforcement community in global security. It was designated in the United …

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Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows after nearly 30 years.

Microsoft is no longer updating WordPad and plans to remove the word processor from a future release of Windows. The software giant will instead recommend Microsoft Word, its paid word processor that has always been far more feature rich than the basic WordPad app that has …

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‘800’ trailer launched: Murali biopic sheds light on untold story of Sri Lanka’s legendary off-spinner.

Despite facing frequent and intrusive scrutiny, along with a slew of extensive tests, for his bowling action, cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan rarely engaged in verbal responses. The off-spinner consistently adhered to the “show, don’t tell” strategy, silencing his critics by …

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Stunning Supernova image reveals structures we've never seen before.

The golden compound eye of the most powerful space telescope ever built has given us new insight into a star we saw exploding just 36 years ago. In the intervening years, scientists have avidly watched the development of SN 1987A as it bloomed from a blaze of light first see…

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4.6 billion-year-old meteorite could reveal how Earth formed different layers.

Scientists have analyzed one of the oldest space rocks ever discovered. The data could reveal secrets about the solar system in its infancy during the birth of the planets and also help scientists better determine the ages of the oldest meteorites that fall to Earth.  The 4.…

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