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Lock&Stock Is Another App That Incentivises Students To Stay Off Their Phones During Class Or While Studying. The App Does This Via The Credits/Keys That Students Earn For Every Minute Their Phones Stay Locked. The keys Can Then Be Used To, E.G., Apply For Scholarships Via Partnered Universities Or Get Discounts Via Partnered Brands.

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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.

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.

Saudi Arabia appoints its…