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Boston, US: Mr. William, Prince of Wales, has announced the winners of the Earthshot Prize 2022 at the awards ceremony in Boston. Prince William established the annual awards to provide funding for environmental preservation initiatives. The award winning projects are Mukuru Clean Stoves from Kenya, Kheyti from India, Queensland Indigenous Women Rangers Network from Australia, Notpla from UK and 44.01 Project from Oman. Each winner will receive $1.2 million to develop their innovation. I believe that the Earthshot solutions you have seen this evening prove we can overcome our planet’s greatest challenges. Prince William shared. The Prince added that, “By…

Switzerland: The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 90 percent of the world’s population has some resistance to COVID-19, but also warned people that a dangerous new version might yet appear. According to the WHO Director General Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, less vigilance were leaving the door open for a new virus variant to appear and overtake the globally dominant Omicron. WHO estimates that at least 90 percent of the world’s population now has some level of immunity to Sars-CoV-2, due to prior infection or vaccination Mr. Tedros remarked. The Director General continued by stating that, “Gaps in surveillance,…

Qatar: Germany vs. Costa Rica FIFA World Cup match held on December 2nd at Qatar stadium saw a historical moment as the all-female team took to the pitch as referees. In FIFA’s history, it took 92 years to bring a woman referee to monitor a men’s World Cup. Stephanie Frappart of France, with the assistance of Karen Diaz of Mexico and Neuza Back of Brazil, led the all-female refereeing crew on the field. Breaking records and making history is nothing new for Frappart, who qualified as a FIFA referee in 2009 and managed Mexico vs. Poland match last week to…

Brazil: Pele has thanked his concerned fans for their notes of support as he spends time in the hospital. The Brazilian football legend stated he was making his “monthly visit” and shared a photo of a building in Qatar lit up with his image and the words “Get Well Soon”. “It’s always nice to receive positive messages like this. Thanks to Qatar for this tribute, and to everyone who sends me good vibes,” the legend posted on Instagram. The post got more than 240,000 likes in the first two hours. Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo did not issue a…

London, UK: A new study found that teenagers brains who lived through COVID-19 show signs of premature ageing. The researchers compared MRI scans of 81 teens in the US taken before the pandemic, between November 2016 and November 2019, with those of 82 teens collected between October 2020 and March 2022, during the pandemic but after lockdowns were lifted. The researchers found that physical changes in the brain that occurred during adolescence, such as the thinning of the cortex and growth of the hippocampus and the amygdala, were more significant in the post-lockdown group than in the pre-pandemic group, denoting…

Hong Kong: The Hong Kong has temporarily barred the prominent British human rights lawyer, Mr. Timothy Owen, from defending a detained pro-democracy activist Mr. Jimmy Lai. The application from British King’s Counsel Mr. Owen for an extension of his work visa to represent pro-democracy activist was rejected by the Hong Kong authorities . The lawyer was scheduled to defend Mr. Lai, the Founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily, who has been imprisoned for offences relating to protests since 2020. Mr. Lai is charged with conspiring with others to demand the imposition of sanctions or a blockade as well as engaging…

New Delhi, India: According to a World Bank analysis released on 31st November 2022, the third-largest economy in Asia, India is expected to receive remittances of more than $100 billion annually. The analysis noted that this will be the first time a Nation reaches that milestone figure. Remittances, or money transfers from migrant workers to families back home, are a significant source of income for families in developing Nations. They not only help to reduce poverty in developing countries but also they are linked to higher rates of school enrolment for kids from low-income families. According to a World Bank…

Australia: The hackers leaking stolen Australian health records to the dark web recently appeared to end their extortion attempt by dumping the last batch of data online and saying “Case closed.” Previously, the hackers have threatened health insurer Medibank to pay $9.7 million to keep the records off the internet. They demanded that otherwise the company’s impacted customers, which included Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, should give $1 each. However, Medibank refused to pay at the urging of the Federal Government, which at the height of the crisis pondered making it illegal for hacked firms to send over ransoms. The…

United States: Researchers have announced that they have succeeded in simulating two miniscule black holes in a quantum computer and transferred a message between the holes through what amounted to a tunnel in space-time. A wormhole, a rupture in space and time, is considered a bridge connecting two faraway regions in the universe. They are referred to as Einstein–Rosen bridges after the two scientists who defined them, Mr. Albert Einstein and Mr. Nathan Rosen. The wormholes are in accordance with Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which concentrates on gravity, one of the fundamental forces in the universe. The term “wormhole”…

Brussels, Belgium: Twitter has been threatened with a ban by the European Union if Mr. Elon Musk doesn’t follow its stringent content moderation guidelines. The warning might signal the beginning of a fight over how the social media platform will be regulated in Europe. The threat was made by Mr. Thierry Breton, the EU Industry Chief, during a video chat with the Tesla CEO. Mr. Breton informed the richest man in the world that he had to abide by a set of guidelines specified in the EU’s new Digital Services Act. Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly…