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In March 2022, the first potential case of deer-to-human COVID-19 transmission reported in Canada.

The researchers identified highly mutated clusters of SARS-CoV-2 genomes in white-tailed deer. 

For the study, the researchers analyzed 300 samples from white-tailed deer in South-western and Eastern Ontario. They found that 17 of the deer in South-western Ontario tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

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The Geneva-based Libra Association that will issue and govern Libra plans to launch a single digital coin backed by the dollar

David Marcus, the head of Facebook Financial

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Dubai become the world’s first government to turn 100 per cent paperless in 2021.

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The Mars Science Laboratory mission's Curiosity rover landed in Mars' Gale Crater the evening of August 5, 2012.

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Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals discovered in Sweden in January 2023.

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The transplant was performed by Bartley Griffith in the United States.

The transplant was the first heart to be taken from a genetically modified pig. 

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In May 2024, Ukraine appointed AI diplomat for the first time in the world.

World's first AI diplomat is named Victoria Shi

Victoria Shi will represent Ukraine on behalf of its foreign ministry

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• Denmark has officially endorsed a government proposal to increase taxes on air passengers, aiming to impose a 100 Danish kroner tax on air travel.
• The plan is set to be implemented in phases through 2025 and beyond

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The sample, which is the second-ever to be successfully taken from space rock and ferried back to Earth, could teach us about the origins of life.