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Ljubljana, Slovenia: Ms. Natasa Pirc Musar, a liberal rights activist, won a runoff election to become Slovenia’s first female President. The newly elected President has pledged to work to heal the country’s severe left-right divide and lead its 2 million citizens. According to electoral commission data based on 99 percent of the votes counted, Ms. Pirc Musar won 53.86 percent of the vote in the runoff while her opponent, right-wing politician and former Foreign Minister Mr. Andze Logar, received 46.14 percent. https://twitter.com/nmusar/status/1591882938186366976 After declaring victory, the liberal rights advocate remarked that “My first task will be to open a dialogue…

Washington, US: The eminent American music star Ms. Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100 million prize by Mr. Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder. The widely celebrated singer accepted The Bezos Award for Courage and Civility recently. Mr. Jeff Bezos presented the award to Ms. Parton in the presence of his partner, Ms. Lauren Sanchez. Ms. Sanchez referred to the renowned music star as “a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work”. “We can’t wait to see all the good that you’re going to do with this $100 million…

Australia: According to Deutsche Bank, Australia is likely to face a recession in 2023. To make this forecast, the bank did not adhere to the generally accepted concept of “technical recession.” Traditional definitions of a recession include two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth (GDP). Deutsche Bank instead focused on the direction it thinks the unemployment rate will go. As the economy sputters, it anticipates a rise in Australia’s unemployment rate the following year. “We expect Australia’s unemployment rate to end 2023 at 4.5 per cent, that is, one percentage point higher than the current unemployment rate at 3.5 per…

Hong Kong: After the Chinese national anthem was substituted during a match in South Korea with a song from the city’s protest movement, the Hong Kong authorities have sharply criticized a rugby sevens competition. Authorities stated that they strongly deplore and oppose the scenario where the Chinese national anthem was replaced by a song connected to “violent protests” and the pro-independence movement in 2019. Although the song’s title was not released, an online video from the match showed that it was Glory to Hong Kong, a song that gained popularity during the 2019 protest movement. Glory to Hong Kong was…

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: The midterm election results gave President Biden an unexpected boost at the office for the second year, and he was still celebrating them when he recently arrived in Cambodia. Mr. Biden got more news from home a day after he got to Asia, which may have helped him keep going on the rest of his world tour. He also predicted that his party would keep the majority in the Senate.  “We feel good about where we are. And I know I’m a cockeyed optimist,” Mr. Biden stated recently from the lobby of his hotel. However, even as…

Melbourne, Australia: The experts were wrong, and England was correct, as the downpour that was expected held off and Jos Buttler’s team England overcame some late drama to defeat a resurgent Pakistan to win the 2022 T20 World Cup in Melbourne. The decisive innings to lead his nation to victory by five wickets and to a second T20 World Cup triumph was unavoidably supplied by Ben Stokes, a man who always manages to crowbar his way into a big moment. When England last made it to the T20 World Cup final in 2016, it was Stokes who bowled the disastrous…

Cambodia: US President Mr. Joe Biden has arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, for a series of summits and discussions between the US and leaders of Southeast Asian countries. The weekend of discussions in Cambodia comes before the much-awaited Group of 20 summits next week in Indonesia, where Mr. Biden will have his first in-person encounter with Chinese leader Mr. Xi Jinping since he took office. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gatherings and the East Asia Summit on 13th November, both of which are taking place in Phnom Penh, will give the President the opportunity to engage with US…

New York, US: Kevin Conroy, a well-known voice actor whose somber delivery on Batman: The Animated Series was for many Batman fans the familiar sound of the cape-wearing crusader, has passed away at the age of 66. Producer of the series, Warner Bros. revealed that Mr. Conroy passed away following a battle with cancer. The legendary voice actor frequently appeared alongside Mr. Mark Hamill’s Joker as Batman in the renowned animated series that aired from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Conroy went on to voice Batman in a whopping 15 movies, 400 television episodes, and 20 video games, including the Batman:…

Sydney, Australia: Reminiscent of a viral moment from the COVID-19 era, a cruise ship, Majestic Princess has reached the docks of Sydney Harbor with close to 800 COVID-19-positive passengers onboard. The cruise ship anchored at the Circular Quay after leaving New Zealand and will soon leave Sydney for Melbourne. The ship’s arrival and the peculiar nature of the passengers onboard bring back vivid memories of another cruise ship, Ruby Princess’s arrival, in Sydney in March 2020, the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak in Australia. The ship which was ultimately linked to 28 deaths and more than 600 infections, triggering…

Australia: The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Penny Wong, has unveiled a $135 million relief plan for refugees fleeing Myanmar into Bangladesh, responding to a spike in border crossings since 2021. For those who are most in need, such as women, girls, and individuals with disabilities, the support package will also provide vital protection, education, and health services. The number of people in Myanmar who require humanitarian aid has increased from 1 million to an estimated 14.4 million since the military takeover in February 2021. Australia has commended Bangladesh for continuing to provide aid to the more than 919,000…