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• According to the report released by World Economic Forum (WEF) titled “The future of jobs reports 2020”, COVID-19 and technological advances will disturb around 85 million jobs by 2025.

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In January 2020, Iran launched missiles at US troops in Iraq after assassiniation of General Qasim Suleimani.

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July 3, 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to data from the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

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On 24 May 2022, an 18-year-old Salvador Ramos teenage gunman opened fire in a south Texas elementary school killing 18 children, before he was also killed.

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Saudi Arabia on March 12, 2022 executed a record 81 people in one day for a variety of terrorism-related offences.

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Took place: inside Shia mosque (Kunduz city)

Islamic State (داعش): Sunni group like the Taliban, but the two are bitter rivals.

Shia Population in Afghanistan: around 10 to 20% of total population

Afghanistan total population: 38 million

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• Around 127 people have been killed in north-west China in the country's deadliest earthquake for years.
• Occurred in December 2023
  
• Magnitude: 6.2
• Affected province: Gansu

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• In December 2023, 127 people have been killed in north-west China in the country's deadliest earthquake for years.

• Affected province: Gansu

• Magnitude: 6.2

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On 7 October 2023, Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas launched an invasion and offensive against Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas called it Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

It is the first direct conflict within Israel's boundaries since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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On 7 October 2023, Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas launched an invasion and offensive against Israel from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas called it Operation al-Aqsa Storm.

It is the first direct conflict within Israel's boundaries since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.