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Turkey now to be referred to as Türkiye

Türkiye is pronounced as Tur-key-YAY according to the UN. Source: Freepik The Republic of Turkey sent an official letter to the United Nations, requesting that they now be referred to as Türkiye moving forward. It comes as Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan started the process back in December as a way to “increase the brand…

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Fast fashion giant Missguided on brink of collapse

Missguided will continue to deliver on remaining orders. Source: Missguided, Facebook. The company has appointed several administrators after it failed to secure a rescue buyer, with suppliers calling for the business to pay up. It’s been reported that the fashion corporation owes suppliers millions of dollars with Teneo Financial Advisory brought in to sell the…

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Developers have found a new way to launch satellites into space

The “sub-orbital” accelerator in New Mexico stands at 50.4 metres tall. Source: Spinlaunch. The revolutionary approach is called SpinLaunch and is hailed as “the world’s first kinetic space launch system”. Known as the suborbital accelerator, the mechanism stands taller than the statue of liberty at 50.4 metres to be the “largest span vacuum chamber ever…

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South Australia declares climate emergency

The motion was voted for in favour by the South Australian parliament. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The state parliament has voted in favour of a motion that has now declared SA in a state of climate emergency with calls for action to be taken. The motion comes after a community initiative, led by climate change activists…

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Ancient city found deep in the Bolivian Amazon

Screenshots from a 3D animation of the Cotoca Site. Source: H.Prumers/DAI. Utilizing mapping technology, archaeologists were able to discover a lost city that’s been hidden under the Amazon for centuries. Researchers believe the two sites called Cotoca and Landivar, measuring in at 147 and 315 ha, belong to the Casarabe culture which existed around 500…