Thu 03 February 2022: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country will start reopening its borders in a phased plan beginning with its own citizens, as it relaxes a strict quarantine system that was imposed at the start of the pandemic. The five-stage plan will start with fully vaccinated New Zealanders in neighbouring Australia […]
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Thu 03 February 2022: In the United States, a museum dedicated to NFTs — the blockchain-based creations that have taken the art world by storm — has opened its doors. The Seattle NFT Museum is designed to help visitors understand the new world of Non-Fungible Tokens by displaying unique artworks alongside explanations of the technology […]
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Thu 03 February 2022: Melinda French Gates is no longer promising to give away the majority of her billions of dollars in wealth to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wall Street Journal reported (paywall) on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Instead, the billionaire plans to spread her wealth more widely among […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: US President Joe Biden has approved sending additional forces to Eastern Europe as Washington moves to avert a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said on Wednesday that troops would soon be moved to Poland, Romania and Germany in response to the “current security climate”. He told […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recorded two new world records for megaflashes of lightning, one for the longest distance of a single flash in North America and the other for the longest duration in South America. On April 29, 2020, a record-breaking lightning bolt spanned 768 kilometers (477.2 miles) across sections of the southern United States, according to the organization. It’s the same distance between New York City and Columbus, Ohio in the United States, or London and Hamburg in Germany. On June 18, 2020, a […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: According to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, one out of every eleven automobiles sold in Europe was a battery-electric vehicle, totaling just under 880,000. In Europe, self-charging hybrid automobiles, which use both an internal combustion engine and a battery, outsold diesel cars for the first time in 2021, though […]
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Wed 02 February 2022: A US whistle-blower accuses the Israeli firm of making the offer during a 2017 call, the Washington Post and other outlets have reported. Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group offered a United States mobile security company “bags of cash” to gain access to its signalling network, The Washington Post and other media outlets have […]
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson with Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tue 01 February 2022: Ukrainian president said that a military conflict with Russia would not just involve Ukraine but lead to a full scale war in Europe. Speaking alongside Boris Johnson in Kyiv, Zelenskiy said the leaders had discussed steps to contain […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to visit Ukraine on 3 February, TASS reports, citing the office of the Turkish leader. According to the report, the Turkish President will visit Ukraine to ease tensions in the region. “The visit of our President to Ukraine is expected on 3 February,” Erdogan’s administration said. Earlier, […]
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Tue 01 February 2022: Ireland’s justice minister Helen McEntee has launched a new scheme that could allow undocumented migrants residing in the country to gain full legal status. The amnesty scheme will be available to adults who have lived in Ireland for four years or children who have been residing there for three years. This […]
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