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Pound Sterling is the currency while London is the capital of United Kingdom (UK).

Boris Johnson is the current prime minister of UK.

Global Vaccines Summit held on June 4, 2020.

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In February 2023, the Black Galaxy or ‘Invisible galaxy’ was discovered by researchers in Italy.

It was found and characterised using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array.

The Black Galaxy is compact and has a large amount of interstellar dust.

It is forming stars at a rate 1,000 times faster than the Milky Way.

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UAE is set to ban single-use plastic from 1 January 2024.

UAE: United Arab Emirates 

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Egypt’s antiquities ministry announced on September 20, 2020  the discovery of 14 coffins in the Saqqara area that had lain buried for two and a half thousand years.

The vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo is part of the ancient capital of Memphis, a Unesco World Heritage site.

Cairo is the capital of Egypt.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that its planet hunter TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has found 66 new exoplanets or world beyond our solar system.

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'Artemis' is the Lunar Mission launched by NASA.

Artemis was launched in 2022.

NASA is the space agency of USA. 

Number of Astronauts: 4

Number of female Astronauts: 1

Name of female Astronaut: Callie Rodriguez

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In April 2023, Australia banned TikTok from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns.

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of Twitter, has revealed plans for his latest venture, the artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI, to collaborate with both companies in order to advance AI technologies

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on August 21, 2020 the discovery of a large natural gas reserve off the Black Sea coast that will help ease the country’s dependence on imports.

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ESA discovered a new exoplanet named LHS 475B in 2023.

ESA: European Space Agency