310-KG ‘QUEEN OF ASIA’ NATURAL BLUE SAPPHIRE UNVEILED IN SRI LANKA

Mon 13 December 2021: Sri Lankan authorities displayed what they claimed was the world’s largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms and discovered in a gem pit three months ago. Local gemologists who examined the sapphire said it was one of the world’s rarest gems, weighing more than 300 kilograms. The precious stone has […]

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SCIENTISTS USE OSTRICH CELLS TO CREATE MASKS THAT GLOW WHEN THEY DETECT COVID-19

Sun 12 December 2021: Scientists have been trying to come up with vaccines and other tools to combat the virus since the pandemic began in December. Now, Japanese scientists have now produced masks that can detect the virus when exposed to ultraviolet light. Yasuhiro Tsukamoto and his colleagues at Kyoto Prefectural University in western Japan […]

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‘QUO VADIS AIDA?’ WINS BEST FILM AT 34TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

Sun 12 December 2021: Winners at the 34th European Film Awards were announced Saturday with “Quo Vadis, Aida?” winning best film. Jasmila Zbanic’s film tells the story of genocide in Srebrenitsa and received two more awards at the ceremony. “Quo Vadis, Aida?” takes place at a U.N. base in the city of Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the […]

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1ST COPY OF “HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE” BY J.K. ROWLING SOLD FOR $471,000

Sat 11 December 2021: The first edition of Harry Potter sold in the United States on Thursday for $ 471,000, which auctioneers say was the world record for a 20th-century artwork. The hardback 1997 British edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” with a color illustration on the cover, was described by Heritage Auctions […]

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