Rubik’s Cube is a 3-D puzzle game that became famous at the beginning of the 1970s. It was invented by Hungarian designer and professor, Ernö Rubik. At first, he used the cube to teach his students about logical movements. They were thrilled and realized that solving the puzzle was actually fun. A few years later, […]
Rishi Sunak has been chosen by Members of Parliament to become Britain’s next Prime Minister. At 42, he is the youngest head of government in over 200 years. Sunak is the first British Prime Minister who has Asian origins. Sunak won the leadership battle of the Conservative Party after Liz Truss had resigned, being only
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The bones of a father and his teenage daughter have recently been found in a cave in Siberia. According to DNA results, they probably lived about 50 000 years ago. The cave has been under excavation for over 14 years. Archaeologists have discovered 80 bone fragments, the largest number ever found. There were also prehistoric
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Almost 7 million Venezuelan citizens have left their country since the economic and political collapse in 2014. It has been the second-largest refugee crisis in the world. Most of the migrants are fleeing to neighbouring countries, especially Columbia. Thousands are taking dangerous routes through the jungle north to Panama, but many of them do not
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is celebrating its 100th birthday this October. The first radio broadcast hit the airwaves in London in 1922. The BBC started television broadcasts in 1936 , but radio remained the number one medium throughout the war years. In the early days, the BBC broadcast many historic events: the abdication of King
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60 years ago, the world was on the brink of a Third World War. After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became enemies in what was known as the Cold War. Tensions rose between the two superpowers in many places around the world. Towards the end of the
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According to a report by the BBC, the social media platform TikTok has made profits from poor Syrian families that beg for money. Parents and their children produced livestreams, in which they asked their followers for money. The BBC says that most of the money, up to 70 %, went to TikTok and only a
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Former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has become available for download in the Google Play Store. Apple users have been able to use the app for a few months, but , up to now, Google has blocked it because it promotes violence. Now, Google says that the platform follows its rules and
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