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Russia to withdraw from International Space Station project after 2024

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27-07-2022 : Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station after 2024. Moscow's space agency Roscosmos ' newly-appointed chief Yury Borisov announced the decision yesterday. President Vladimir Putin was also briefed about it. The announcement comes as tensions rage between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow's military operation in…

US to sell additional 20 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve

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27-07-2022 : The US government will sell an additional 20 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Biden administration's effort to bring down oil prices. This makes the fifth such sale that President Biden has…

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Ukraine and Russia sign UN-backed deal to allow export of grain from Black Sea ports

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23-07-2022: Ukraine and Russia have signed an UN-backed deal to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. The agreement potentially averted the threat of a catastrophic global food crisis. A signing…

Ranil Wickremesinghe Takes Oath as Sri Lankan President

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21-07-2022: In Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath as the President at the Parliament Complex this morning. He was elected to the post yesterday, receiving 134 votes. His closest rival, Dullus Alahapperuma, received 82 votes. In the…

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Pope Francis names three women to bishops advisory committee

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13-07-2022: Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a laywoman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world's bishops, the Vatican said on Wednesday. He had disclosed the decision in an interview…

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Political crisis deepens in Sri Lanka; PM Wickremesinghe announces he will resign to make way for…

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09-07-2022 : Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka to make way for an all-party government to take over in the country. The Prime Minister's Media Division said that Prime Minister…

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Elon Musk terminates deal to buy Twitter; Company Vows Legal Action

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09-07-2022 : Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world's richest person, said yesterday that he was terminating his 44 billion dollar deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions…

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British PM Boris Johnson announces his resignation; to continue till party chooses his successor

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07-07-2022 : Boris Johnson announced today that he would quit as British prime minister. The scandal-hit leader was left isolated as more than 40 ministers and aides, including three cabinet members, have quit the government since late…

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Bangladesh: Govt bans use of decorative illumination to save electricity

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07-07-2022 : The government of Bangladesh has directed that no decorative lights be used for social events or on community centres, shopping malls, and business establishments, offices, and residences to save electricity in view of the…

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Britain’s financial services minister John Glen also resigned in protest against PM Boris…

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06-07-2022 : Britain's financial services minister John Glen resigned on Wednesday in protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Glen said in his letter to the prime minister that, he can no longer reconcile his commitment to the role…

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