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In May 2023, ‘Recep Tayyip Erdogan’ has been re-elected as president of Turkiye.

Erdogan won election by defeating Kemal Kılıçdaroglu.

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• World Junior Squash Championship 2023

• Winner: Hamza Khan (Pakistan)

• Runner-Up: Mohamed Zakaria (Egypt)

• Venue: Melbourne, Australia

• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Note: This was Pakistan's first World Junior Squash title in nearly four decades as the last Pakistani player to lift this trophy was Jansher Khan, who won the title 37 years ago in 1986.
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• World Junior Squash Championship 2023

• Winner: Hamza Khan (Pakistan)

• Runner-Up: Mohamed Zakaria (Egypt)

• Venue: Melbourne, Australia

• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Note: This was Pakistan's first World Junior Squash title in nearly four decades as the last Pakistani player to lift this trophy was Jansher Khan, who won the title 37 years ago in 1986.
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The Indian government freed Kashmiri chief cleric and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday after more than four years of house arrest.

The 50-year-old was detained when the government cancelled held Kashmir’s constitutional semi-autonomy and imposed federal rule (Article 370) in 2019.

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• In July 2023, at the Global Women Awards ceremony held in London, two Pakistanis were recognized for their remarkable contributions in their respective fields.
• Huma Fakhar, a Pakistani businesswoman, received the Global Woman Inspiration Award, while Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, a philanthropist, was honored with the Global Man of the Decade award.

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Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has joined the elite list of the fastest bowlers to secure 100 wickets in ODIs.

Shaheen Afridi stands as the fastest Pakistani to accomplish this feat doing in 51 matches

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• Lee Sun-kyun was an actor.
• Internationally, he was best known for his role in Award-winning film Parasite (2019), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award along with his castmates. 
• Lee Sun-kyun belonged to South Korea 
  
• Found dead on December 27, 2023

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Men's Hockey World Cup 2023

• Edition: 15th
• Final Held: 29 January 2023
• Host: India
• Winner: Germany (third title)
• Runner-up: Belgium
• Participating teams: 16
• Matches played: 44
• Goals scored: 249
• Top scorer: Jeremy Hayward (Australia)
• Best player: Niklas Wellen (Germany)
• Best young player: Mustapha Cassiem (South Africa)
• Best goalkeeper: Vincent Vanasch (Belgium)

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In April 2023, The United States of America declared that the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl combined with Xylazine – an animal tranquilizer is an “emerging threat” facing the United States.

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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.