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The average globally temperature on Monday exceeded every record previously held dating back to 1884. On Tuesday, it soared even further, surpassing the previous record for the highest temperature, which had previously been set in August 2016 at 16.92 degrees Celsius, by a few degrees Celsius. The reading, according to scientists, was the highest ever…
President Maada faces the enormous burden of leading a deeply fractured society that is uneasy with itself as he takes office for a second term. After incumbent President Julius Maada Bio was proclaimed the winner and immediately inaugurated for a second term in the West African country, the biggest opposition party in Sierra Leone demanded…
Created by a team of brilliant engineers and musicians, EveR 6, an android robot, mounted the podium to conduct the South Korean national orchestra on Friday night in Seoul, making history as the first such effort in the nation. The renowned Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra was getting ready for a performance that would fascinate the entire…
South Korea passed a law in December to do away with the old system of determining age and fully implement the new one. China and Japan, two Asian nations that used this form of traditional age counting, abandoned the practice decades ago, but South Korea kept it in place. This ancient practice of age counting…
On June 29, Eid-Ul-Adha, commonly referred to as Bakri or Bakra Eid, set to occur. Eid-ul-Adha, often referred to as the Feast of Sacrifice, is a major religious holiday observed by Muslims all around the world. It honors Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to offer his son as a sacrifice in response to God’s mandate. Muslims all…
