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In June 2022, Algeria decided to immediately suspend the “treaty of friendship, good neighbourliness and cooperation” signed in 2002 with Spain. 

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The Global Innovation Index is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, INSEAD business school and Cornell University which publishes its annual rankings after evaluating innovations in the country’s institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market and business sophistication, knowledge and technology outputs and creative outputs.

The report showed Pakistan’s ranking in terms of market sophistication fell from 102 in 2019 to 116 in 2020.

Pakistan ranked only better than Bangladesh (116) but was far behind India (48), Nepal (95), Sri Lanka (101).

Meanwhile, Switzerland, Sweden, the US and the UK lead the innovation ranking.

It was the 13th addition of this report.

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NASA and SpaceX launched Crew-9 mission on 28 Sep, 2024 from Florida, USA.

The mission has two people on board and two empty seats to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the international Space Station (ISS).

Additional Information

Both Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are American astronauts.

NASA is the space agency of the USA.

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In January 2023, Estonia expelled Russian ambassador over Russia-Ukraine war. 

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• Meta (Facebook) developed new app called Threads to compete with Twitter.
• Threads is a micro-blogging site.
• Launched on 5 July 2023.

• Threads has 500 characters and 5 minutes of video support.
• This is an app based on Instagram.

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• Meta (Facebook) developed new app called Threads to compete with Twitter.
• Threads is a micro-blogging site.
• Launched on 5 July 2023.

• Threads has 500 characters and 5 minutes of video support.
• This is an app based on Instagram.

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According to Forbes, Elon Musk's net worth dropped from a peak of $320 billion in 2021 to $138 billion as of January 2023.

Elon Musk is the first person in history to have lost $200 billion off his net worth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.

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In July 2022, Zimbabwe's central bank launched gold coins in an effort to help curb soaring inflation amid a slump in the country's currency.

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Four astronauts teams has been announced by NASA for its human spaceflight mission to the Moon.

There are the four Artemis 2 astronauts - Read Wiseman, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch.

Christina Koch will be mission specialist for Artemis 3.

This team of four astronauts will fly around the Moon for 10 days in 2024.

NASA is the US space agency.