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According to the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings published in Sept 2023, two Chinese universities entered the top 15 for the first time in the 20-year history of the ranking. China’s Tsinghua University occupied 12th place on the list, gaining four places since last year, while Peking University rose from 17th to 14th.

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• Li Keqiang was a Chinese economist and politician who served as the premier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023. 
• He died due to heart attack on 27th October, 2023.

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Women's Singles title of US Open 2023 (tennis)

Winner: Coco Gauff (USA)

Runner-Up:  Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Held in September 2023

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• ID4Africa Movement: Somalia has launched a national identification system with the support of Nadra.
• The launch was attended by Somalia's partners - Pakistan, the EU, the World Bank Group, the UK, the US, Gulf countries, ID4Africa, diplomats and UN agencies.
• PM of Somalia: Hamza Abdi Barre 
• Nadra Chairman: Asad Rehman Gillani

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• It's a two-year  pilot program that commences on September 1.
• The pilot program will initially be rolled out in four Muslim-majority republics, namely Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Chechnya, and Dagestan.

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• Runner-up: Anntonia Porsild
• Venue: Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador

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The UK government kicked off the two-day (1st, 2nd November) event at Bletchley Park, north of London, by publishing the "Bletchley Declaration" signed by 28 countries and the European Union.

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• Expo 2023 Doha, Qatar  located in Al Bidda Park, in the heart of Doha a few steps away from Corniche Street situated between West Bay and Doha Port.
• From 2 October 2023 to 28 March 2024.
  
  

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According to the World Economic Forum, the world's largest carbon removal plant, Project Bison in Wyoming in the US, which is due for completion by 2030. will be able to remove 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year.