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The top three warmest years in Hong Kong’s history were all recorded after 2018. (File) Hong Kong: Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city seeing “record-breaking” temperatures, the government said Monday, the latest region to experience the impact of a warming planet. Climate change has fuelled searing temperatures across…
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File photo of General Brice Oligui Nguema. | Photo Credit: AFP Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as the head of state on September 4 less than a week after ousting the President whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, took the oath…
64-year-old Li Qiang is the former Communist Party chief of Shanghai. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Monday, announced that Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the 18th G20 Summit in New Delhi, instead of President Xi Jinping. The ministry released an official statement on its website. Here are 5 facts about Chinese Premier Li…
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The story so far: Mexico’s Maya train project has earned a contradictory reputation. Some describe it as a “Pharaonic project”, the train route covers 1,525 km (about the distance from Florida to New York City), connects tourists in the Caribbean with historic Maya sites and costs $20 billion (almost four times India’s Great Nicobar Project)….
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Paul McCartney last used the guitar in 1969. (Representational Pic) A global search has been launched to find a bass guitar that once belonged to Paul McCartney. According to CNN, the original Hofner bass guitar has featured in several iconic early Beatles songs including ‘Twist And Shout‘, ‘Love Me Do‘ and ‘She Loves You‘. The…
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A man takes pictures of huge waves in Yilan as Typhoon Haikui makes landfall in eastern Taiwan on September 3, 2023 | Photo Credit: AFP Taiwan worked to restore power to more than 40,000 households after Typhoon Haikui barrelled into the east and south of the island, as cities and counties in the affected areas closed schools and…
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Beeswax, plant oil, fats, bitumen and tree resin were among the ingredients that made up the aroma Researchers at Max Planck Institute have recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3,500 years ago. According to a report in The Guardian, scientists have recreated a particular odour called…
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula with Europe through Israel and Cyprus. | file photo | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Prime Minister on Sunday floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable…
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Joe Biden and Xi Jinping last spoke on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Bali Washington: US President Joe Biden said he was disappointed about reports his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, plans to skip the G20 summit in New Delhi this week. “I am disappointed, but I am going to get to see him,”…
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Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge during a press conference after the bloc leaders meeting, in Mumbai on Friday | Photo Credit: ANI Mallikarjun Kharge calls meeting of INDIA bloc floor leaders on September 5 ahead of Parliament’s Special Session Ahead of the Special Session of Parliament, floor…
