Author: News Desk

Massachusetts: Harvard University has announced that Ms. Claudine Gay will become the 30th president of the University, making her the first Black person and the second woman to lead the Ivy League school. Ms. Gay, who is currently a democracy scholar and a dean at the university, will replace Mr. Lawrence Bacow to become the new president. She is a terrific academic leader with a keen mind, great leadership and communication skills, excellent judgment, and a basic decency and kindness that will serve Harvard well. Mr. Bacow remarked. Ms. Gay joined Harvard in 2006 as a professor of government as…

California, US: More than a dozen journalists’ Twitter accounts were suspended for writing about the company and its new owner Mr. Elon Musk. A few of the journalists had been tweeting over the closure of the @ElonJet account on Twitter, which tracked the private jet flights of the billionaire, as well as accounts that were similar to it that were active on other social media platforms. The suspension of the reporters’ accounts was not explained by Twitter. “Nothing says free speech like suspending journalists who cover you,” Ms. Sarah Reese Jones, a journalist, tweeted in response to posts about the…

Sydney, Australia: Toxic spinach has resulted in urgent medical attention in Australia after people who consumed it suffered severe sickness and hallucinations. Nine people from Sydney have sought medical care after eating the Riviera Farms baby spinach from Costco. According to the health authorities, the symptoms in these cases include delirium, spiked heart rates and blurred vision. As soon as we were advised of the possible weed contamination from one of our customers, we immediately advised them to remove our impacted spinach from their shelves, and contacted state health and federal food authorities. the Riviera Farms stated. The brand added…

New York, United States: The United States pushed the removal of Iran from the United Nations’ women’s rights body as the Iranian government continues to repress protests all around the country. The US-drafted resolution to exclude Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women was approved by the 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The resolution claims Iran of routinely violating the rights of women. The vote passed 29-8, with 16 abstentions, and applies to the remainder of the body’s current term, from 2022 through 2026, as per the reports. “UN Member States just voted to remove Iran…

Ukraine: The Ukraine President Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, recently suggested that Russian athletes should face “complete isolation” and not be permitted back to the Olympic Games in 2024. Mr. Zelensky told International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Mr. Thomas Bach regarding his opposition to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s plans to permit athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at the 2024 Paris Games as long as they do not represent their nations by flying their flags or colours. According to US sources, there was “unanimous interest” among delegates to an IOC summit to come up with a pathway that would…

United States: The famous dancing DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, passed away at the age of 40. Stephen’s wife Allison Holker Boss confirmed his death saying “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to share my husband Stephen has left us.” https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/1603083354173079553?s=20&t=wT19wnZ2Q_9vR_XUQLGOCQ “Stephen lit up every room he stepped into. He valued family, friends and community above all else and leading with love and light was everything to him. He was the backbone of our family, the best husband and father, and an inspiration to his fans,” Holker Boss added. The message didn’t…

United States: Mr. Elon Musk has lost the title of the richest man in the world following significant declines in the value of shares in his electric vehicle firm Tesla. “Musk had lost the top spot to France’s Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of the luxury group LVMH,” as per the report. The South Africa-born Tesla’s CEO and top shareholder recently acquired ownership of Twitter. Since Mr. Musk’s initial bid for Twitter in April, the electric car manufacturer has seen its market value drop by more than 50 percent. The day before Twitter reported in a securities filing that the…

California, US: A NASA-led multinational satellite mission was scheduled to launch on 15th December 2022 from Southern California on a significant Earth science mission to conduct the first-ever complete survey of the world’s oceans, lakes, and rivers. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT), the advanced radar satellite is designed to give scientists an unprecedented view of the life-giving fluid covering 70 percent of the planet, shedding new light on the mechanics and consequences of climate change. According to the statement, freshwater bodies are another key focus of SWOT, equipped to observe the entire length of nearly all rivers wider…

Qatar: Lionel Messi has declared that it will be his final game when Argentina plays either France or Morocco in the World Cup final in Qatar. Messi led Argentina to a 3-0 victory over Croatia in their semifinal game. Messi will earn his 172nd cap at the weekend when he tries to bring Argentina its first World Cup title since 1986. “I feel very happy, to be able to achieve this, to finish my World Cup journey by playing my last game in a final,” Messi told Argentinian sports outlet Diario Deportivo Ole. “It’s many years for the next one…

South Korea: The oldest member of the K-pop band BTS, Jin, has begun his 18-month military service at a boot camp in South Korea. According to the statement, Dozens of fans and journalists gathered near the base, but the vehicle carrying Jin did not stop to let him out to meet them. Jin wrote on an online fan platform, Weverse, that “it’s time for a curtain call.” The 30-year-old posted a photo of his new military haircut, saying it “looks cuter than I expected.” Over the next year six other BTS members will be joined in the military following Jin.…