Sun 07 November 2021: The COP26 climate summit has issued a list Thursday that has placed the Japanese carmaker Toyota along with a U.S. firm last for their carbon emission efforts among auto firms. The campaign group gave Toyota and U.S.-European firm Stellantis “F minus minus” grades for decarbonization efforts including phasing out engines that […]
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Sat 06 November 2021: Months after replica of one of the world’s most famous portraits sold for a record amount, another faithful replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, dating from more than 400 years ago, will be auctioned in Paris on Tuesday, The original, which French King Francois I purchased from Leonardo in 1518, […]
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Thu 04 November 2021: The New York Times announced on Wednesday that it has reached one million digital subscribers outside of the United States. In an industry where print newspapers have been devastated by shrinking ad revenue, the journal was an early adopter of adopting a pay wall for its internet and has bet on […]
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Tue 02 November 2021: Archaeologists from Saudi Arabia have discovered a lost kingdom in the highlands of Al-Ula, near the northwest corner of the Saudi Arabia. A team of French and Saudi archaeologists are now excavating five sites belonging to the Dadan and Lihyan civilizations. These civilizations flourished in this region about 2000 years ago. […]
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Tue 02 November 2021: According to Oxford Languages, the word vax has been named Word of the Year for 2021, after its frequency of use climbed 72 times since the beginning of the year compared to the same time in 2020. “Vax is our 2021 Word of the Year. When our lexicographers began digging into […]
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Mon 01 November 2021: Consumer sentiment has remained virtually unchanged in the past three months, at levels comparable to the pandemic low point in April 2020, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The positive impact of higher income expectations and the receding coronavirus has been offset by higher rates of inflation and falling confidence […]
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Mon 01 November 2021: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, threw an open challenge to the United Nations on Halloween. After UN World Food Program (WFP) director David Beasley said 2 per cent of Elon Musk’s wealth could solve world hunger, as reported by CNN, Musk said he is […]
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Sun 31 October 2021: Google has rolled out a new tool making it easier for kids and teens to yank images off of search results. According to a recent blog post published by Google, the move was made to help minors have greater control over their digital footprint. “While we already provide a range of […]
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Sat 30 October 2021: A canoe dating from the Mayan period, the first to be discovered whole, was found in a cave at the bottom of a cenote in Yucatán (south-eastern Mexico), announced Friday the National Institute of Anthropology and D history (Inah) of Mexico. The canoe believed to be over 1,000 years old has […]
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Fri 29 October 2021: Following a significant fall last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey’s tourism revenue shot up by 181.8 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced on Thursday. The country earned $11.4 billion from July to September, up from $4 billion in the same […]
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