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• COP28 announced 50 oil and gas companies have joined the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, a global industry Charter dedicated to high-scale impact, and to speed up climate action within the industry.
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• The UAE will host the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).

• Dated: November 30 to December 12, 2023

• Hosting city: Dubai

• Purpose: to unite the world towards agreement on bold, practical and ambitious solutions to the most pressing global challenge of our time.

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On 18 October 2023, The United States vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel while calling for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian assistance into Gaza.

The US was the sole vote against the resolution, with 12 members voting in favour and Russia and the United Kingdom abstaining.

The brief draft resolution was moved by Brazil.

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About men's cricket Asia Cup 2023

Edition: 16th

Starting date: 30 Aug 2023

Final held: 17 Sep 2023

Winner: India (8th title)

Runner-up: Sri Lanka 

Venue: Pakistan & Sri Lanka 

Matches in Pakistan: 04

Matches in Sri Lanka: 09

Total matches: 13

Participating teams: 06

Player of the series/Player of the Tournament : Kuldeep Yadav (India)

Most runs made by: Shubman Gill (made 302 runs) (belong to India)

Most wickets taken by: Matheesha Pathirana (took 11 wickets) (belongs to Sri Lanka)

Player of the series in the final: Mohammed Siraj (India)

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Sir Ian Wilmut was a British scientist

Born: 7 July 1944

Died: 10 September 2023

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• In August 2023, New York City has been permitted mosques (masjids) to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer on Fridays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30pm by mayor Eric Adams

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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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Ukraine’s interior minister was among 16 people, including two children, who were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv on 18 January 2023.

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 Cyclone Ilsa is a category 5 storm that made landfall into a remote stretch of coast in Western Australia.

Cyclone Ilsa hit Australia in April 2023.

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Argentina has replaced Indonesia to host the under-20 soccer World Cup 2023