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Saudi Arabia will send its first-ever woman astronaut on a space mission in 2023.

Rayyana Barnawi will be the first Saudi woman into space.

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Hwasong-18 ICBM is a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile developed by North Korea.

North Korea test fired Hwasong-18 ICBM in 2023.

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In April 2023, Ghana becomes first country in world to approve Oxford University's new R21 malaria vaccine.

The name of this vaccine is R21/Matriz-M

Ghana is a country located in Africa. 

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Cambridge Dictionary

Word of Year 2020:  Quarantine

Word of Year 2021:  Perseverance

Word of Year 2022: Homer

Word of Year 2023: Hallucinate 

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Oxford Dictionary

Word of Year 2020:  No single word chosen

Word of Year 2021: Vax

Word of Year 2022: Goblin Mode

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• India has achieved yet another milestone in space exploration with the successful launch of its solar observation mission - Aditya-L1.
• The spacecraft took off from the Sriharikota launch pad, making its way to a Lagrange point known as L1, located between the Earth and Sun.

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In 2023, the Tu-160 strategic bomber has been deployed in Ukraine by Russia.

 Tu-160 strategic bomber is the world’s largest bomber, known as the Blackjack in NATO countries.

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In March 2023, The United Kingdom (UK) government has introduced a new emergency alert service for its citizens.

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As per October 2020, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) planned to set up a space center which would serve as a coordination center for space observation in Ramstein, Germany.

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Russia started exercises with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in March 2023.

ICBM range: 12, 000 km (7,500 miles)