Anne Aly and Ed Husic. Wed 01 June 2022: For the first time in the country’s history, Australia’s Cabinet will boast two Muslim members, local media reported. Anne Aly and Ed Husic, both Muslim members of parliament, were sworn into the Cabinet on Wednesday, SBS News reported. Husic will be minister for industry and science […]
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Wed 01 June 2022: Apple’s upcoming iOS 16 upgrade is expected to include improvements such as a revamped lockscreen with widgets, as well as updated Messages and Health apps. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the new software upgrade will benefit app developers who support widgets because it will allow them to woo users’ attention in […]
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Wed 01 June 2022: On Tuesday, the United Kingdom announced plans to handle failing stable coins in cryptocurrency exchanges and reduce instability threats. “The government has made a firm commitment to place the UK’s financial services sector at the forefront of crypto asset technology and innovation,” Her Majesty’s Treasury wrote in a consultation report. “It […]
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Wed 01 June 2022: On Wednesday, Pope Francis urged authorities to relax a ban on wheat exports from Ukraine, saying the grain could not be used as a “weapon of war.” Many millions of people rely on wheat from Ukraine, notably in the world’s poorest countries, the pope told a crowd of thousands assembled in […]
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Wed 01 June 2022: The US will provide Ukraine with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which be equipped with munitions that will allow Ukraine to launch rockets about 80 kilometres, a senior Biden administration official has said. “These systems will be used by the Ukrainians to repel Russian advances on Ukrainian territory, […]
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Wed 01 June 2022: Since Google Assistant is working on a personalised speech recognition feature, it will soon recognize your voice. According to 9to5Google, the tool will help Google Assistant get “better at recognising your frequent words and names.” The “Personalised speech recognition” feature will appear in Google Assistant settings. The feature description reads: “Store audio […]
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Tue 31 May 2022: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has topped the Fortune 500’s list of most highly compensated CEOs in 2021. Following Musk, the top ten highest-paid Fortune 500 CEOs in 2021 are all from the IT and biotech industries, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates […]
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Tue 31 May 2022: On Monday, the president of Georgia’s breakaway enclave, South Ossetia, canceled plans for a vote on Russian membership that his predecessor, Anatoly Bibilov, had planned for July 17. In 2008, South Ossetia was at the center of the Russian-Georgian war, after which the Russian government recognized the region as an independent […]
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Tue 31 May 2022: Within a week of the devastating school massacre in Texas, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced (on May 30) a proposed handgun ownership freeze. This legislation effectively prohibits the importation and sale of firearms. On May 24, a school shooting occurred in Texas, United States. The parliament will have to approve […]
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Tue 31 May 2022: Globally tobacco use is known to be among the leading causes of cancer, apart from it having other health impacts. Hence, annually World No-Tobacco Day is celebrated on May 31 in order to raise awareness on the subject. Cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide and it […]
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