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Pope Francis Made A Historic First-Ever Papal Visit To Iraq On The 5th Of March, 2021. The Vist Also Marks The First International Travel For The Pope Since The Coronavirus Pandemic Began. His Trip Will Seek Peace And Reconciliation In A Country With Extraordinary Biblical History, A Surging Coronavirus Outbreak, And Ongoing Political Turmoil.

The Catholic Pope, In His Desire For Greater Participation Of Women In Decision Making, Has For The First Time Appointed A Woman, Sister Nathalie Becquart, Age 52, Who Is From France, As An Undersecretary To The Synod Of Bishops (SOB). SOB Advises The Pontiff And Debates Some Of The Most Controversial Issues In The Roman Catholic Church.

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The Catholic Pope, On 11/28/2020, Has Appointed Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Age 72, As The First Black Cardinal In The Catholic Church. Wilton Has Served As The Archbishop Of Washington, DC Since May 2019. And During The Same Event, Brunei And Rwanda Got Their First-Ever Cardinals, Cornelius Sim, And Antoine Kambanda, Respectively.

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NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft, On 10/20/2020, Successfully Collected Samples From Asteroid Bennu, Currently 200 Million Miles From Earth. The Spacecraft Collected Too Much Sample That Some Are Leaking To Space. NASA Plans To Stow The Samples ASAP, As The Sample Study May Inspire Science For Decades. OSIRIS-REx Is Expected To Return To Earth In 2023.

Notre Dame, A 850-Year-Old Gothic Cathedral, Will Not Be Celebrating It First Christmas In 200 Years Because Of The Fire In April 2019. The French Government Said That Nearly $1.1Bn Has Been Raised Or Pledged For Its Reconstruction. The Catholic Church Has Only Missed Christmas When It Was Closed During The French Revolution in 1792.

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Tunisia, In December 2019, Is Set To Become The First Nation In The Arab World To Introduce Sex Education To Kids From The Age Of Five. The Education, Emphasizing On Consent And Safety, Will Be Embedded In Different Parts Of The School’s Curriculum And Not Taught As A Subject Dedicated To The Discipline.

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From Lifting The Hotel Room And Driving Ban To, Recently, The Hosting Of The First WWE Women’s Wrestling Match, This Conservative Country, Saudi Arabia, Thought To Be Repressive To Women, Is Looking Very Progressive With Some Of These Relaxed Laws. The Wrestling Contest, In Riyadh, Featured WWE Stars Natalya and Lacey Evans.

More Progressive Transformation From Saudi Arabia, As It Is Now Okay For Only Unmarried Foreign Couples To Rent A Hotel Room Together. Previously, Foreign Folks Were Asked To Show Proof Of Their Relationship As Married Couples To Rent A Hotel Room. Even Women, Including Saudis, Will Now Be Allow To Stay Alone In Hotel Rooms.

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A Country That Has Been Severely Criticized On Women’s Rights Has Now Appointed A Woman As Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador To The United States. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, Who Has Always Advocated For Women’s Rights, Will Be The First Woman, In Saudi Arabia, To Be Appointed To Serve As An Ambassador.

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Pretty Cool! The First Smart App Called “Second Chance” Is Said To Be Able To Monitor Opioid Overdose From 3 Feet Away. The App, Which Uses Sonar, Is Said To Be Able To Detect Overdose Symptoms From A Person’s Breathing Pattern 90% Of The Time. When Overdose Is Detected The Apps Sends Out A Call For Help.

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Any Help Towards Solving Long Shopping Check-out Queues Would Be Much Appreciated. This Is What An App, Perpule, In India Does. It Enables A User To Find Their Product, Scan The Bar Code, And Then Pay For It Via The App, Thereby Bypassing The Long Queues. Big Shopping Corporations Could Use Such An App.

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Folks Are Becoming Too Distracted And Over Dependent On Smartphones, And This Includes Those In The Elementary And Junior High Schools, That The French Government Has Placed A Ban On The Use Of Smartphone, For Children Under 15 Years, At All Times During School. However, Schools May Decide If They Want To Implement The Ban.

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The Miles App, Aside From Mining Personal Data, Seems Cool Because It Tries To Encourage Folks, Through More Rewards, To Use Environmentally Friendly Means Of Transportation Like Biking And Walking. These Rewards Can Then Be Redeemed In Stores Like Starbucks And Target. BTW, Just Signing Up Gets One 2000 Miles (About $5 Freebies Worth).

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I Just Can’t Get Enough Of The Developments In Saudi Arabia. Now, The Country is Set To Issue Driver’s License To Women, Come June 24, 2018, After A Decades-Old Ban. Saudi Arabia Is The Only Country In The World That Has Since Prevented Women From Driving. Cool!

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This Is So Cool! Scientists Have Actually Developed A Cloaking Device That Can Route Sound Waves Around An Object, Under Water, Making The Object Invisible To Detection Devices. I Am Sure Many Submarine Makers And Governments Would Be Dying To Have Their Hands On It. You Know, To Avoid Sonar Detection.

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The Black Panther Movies Is Set To Make Another History By Being The First Movie, After 35 Yrs, To Be Shown In Movie Theatres In Saudi Arabia. Commercial Movie Theaters, In Saudi Arabia, Were Banned 35 Years Ago. The Ban Is Expected To Be Formally Overturned With Movies Showing On The 18th Of April, 2018. Nice!

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The Reign Of The Highest Grossing Super Hero Movie Of All Time, In The USA, The Black Panther, Has Come To An End At The Box Office. The Movie Has Now Been Overthrown By The Movie, Pacific Rim Uprising. The Black Panther Is Said To Have Grossed $631 Million Dollars To Date. Pretty Impressive!

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The Chance Of Asteroid Bennu Hitting Earth On The 22nd Of Sept, 2135 Is About 1 Out Of 2700. In Addition, Bennu, About The Size Of Empire State Building, Is Not Big Enough To Make Us Extinct Like The Dinosaurs. BTW, NASA May Use Nuclear Bomb Like In the Movie, Armageddon, If It’s Still On A Collision Path With Earth.

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The App, “Hold,” Could Entice College Students To Stop The Frequent Use Of Their Phones. The App Does This By Bribing Students With Points Every 20 Mins They Don’t Use Their Phones. And The Points Can Be Used To Get Discounts And Freebies When Shopping On Amazon And Many More. Really Gotten To That Point?

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An Asteroid Passed Within 114,000 Miles Of Earth On Tuesday, And Now, Another Asteroid Is About To Pass 38,000 Miles Of Earth On Friday The 16Th Of February, 2018. May Be The Next, Given The Frequency Of Fly Overs, Will Be On A Collision Course With Earth. Just Kidding! At Least Not Until 2079

Asteroid 2018 CB will pass close to…