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World's Most Criminal Countries Index 2023

Topper:  Valenzuela

Second: Papua New Guinea

Pakistan: 86

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FairBreak Invitational T20 2023

Format: women's Twenty20 cricket

Dates: 3-16 April 2023

Venue: Hong Kong

Participants: 6

Matches:20

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Russia launched 'Soyuz' spacecraft to bring back three astronauts stranded in International Space Station.

Launching Date: 24 February 2023

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World Baseball Classic 2023

Venue: Japan, Taiwan, USA

Participating teams: 20

Final: 21 March 2023

Winner: Japan (Third title)

Runner-up: USA

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ICC issued war crimes warrant against: Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin: Russian President

Warrant date: March 17, 2023

Case: war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children

Know About ICC 

ICC: International Criminal Court 

Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands 

Founded: 1 July 2002

Membership: 123

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Lance Reddick

Profession: Actor

Nationality: USA

Best known for police chief: The Wire

Born: 1962

Dying date: 18 March 2023

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James Webb Space Telescope’s team has been selected to receive the ‘2023 John L. Jack Swigert, Jr.’ Award for Space Exploration.

James Webb Telescope belongs to NASA.

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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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English guitarist Jeff Beck, who rose to rock and roll stardom with 1960s super-group the Yardbirds, died on 10 January 2023 at the age of 78.

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In May 2023, Iran successfully test-fired a ballistic missile with a potential 2000-km.

It has been named Kyber.