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Oriini Kaipara, A 38-Year-Old Māori Journalist At The “Newshub Live” Bulletin In New Zealand, Is Now The First Person With Traditional Facial Markings To Ever Host A Primetime News Program On National Television. Ms. Oriini, Previously Made History In 2019, At TVNZ, As The First Person With Māori Facial Markings To Present A Mainstream TV News Program.

Walt Disney Co. Has For The First Time Appointed A Woman, Ms. Susan E. Arnold, As Chairman Of Its Board. Ms. Susan Has Being A Member Of The Disney Board For 14 Years. And She Also Comes With Executive Experiences From Procter & Gamble, The Carlyle Group, And McDonald’s. Ms. Susan Will Succeed Robert Iger Effective December 31st, 2021.

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Sesame Street, The 52-Year-Old Show, Has Added The First Asian American Muppet To Its Show. The Muppet, Called Ji-Young, A 7-Year-Old Korean American Who Loves Playing The Electric Guitar And Skateboarding, Will Usher In Rock Music, Asian Culture And Talk About Racism, Given The Surge In Racism And Violence Targeting Asians And Asian Americans.

Netflix, The World’s Largest Streaming Service, Has Officially Revealed The Squid Game As Their Biggest TV Series Launch Ever, Having Reached ~111 Million Fans. The Show Is Said To Have Surpassed The Previous Record Holder, British-Romance Series “Bridgerton,” Which Previously Set The Record After Being Watched 82 Million Times.

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Regina King, The Oscar-Winning Actress, Has Made History As The First Black Female Director To Have Her First Directed Film, One Night in Miami, Premier In The Venice Film Festival In Its 88-Year-Long History. The Movie Is Said To Be A Fictional Take On A True Event That Occurred On Feb. 25, 1964, When Muhammad Ali Beat Sonny Liston.

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Melanie Perkins, Canva Co-Founder, Has Been Named The Richest Self-Made Female Billionaire Under 40, And The 487th Richest Person In The World. Perkins, An Aussie Worth $8 Billion, Beat The Likes Of Kylie Jenner, Rihanna And Whitney Wolfe Herd After A New Round Of Funding Saw The Graphic Company, Canva, Worth $40 Billion US Dollars.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United Superstar, Is Now The Guinness World Records Holder For Scoring The Highest Number Of Goals At The International Stage. Ronaldo’s Two Goals Against Ireland Gave Him 111 Total Goals For Portugal And Broke The 15-Year Record Set By Former Iran Star, Ali Daei, Who Scored 109 Goals Between 1993 And 2006.

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Target, To Attract And Retain Talents In A Tight Job Market, Will, Like Walmart, Cover 100% Of The Cost Of Tuition And Books For Its Employes That Enroll In Any Of The 250 Programs At Over 40 Schools And Universities Across The USA. The Company Will Also Pay $10,000 A Year For Master’s Programs Within Its Available Network Of Schools.

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Rihanna Is Now The Wealthiest Female Musician In The World And Second To Oprah As The Richest Female Entertainer. Rihanna Is Stated, By Forbes, To Have Joined The Billionaire Club With A Net Worth Of 1.7 Billion. And It Wasn’t Her Music That Got Her There, But Mostly Her Fenty Beauty Makeup Brand In Partnership With Luxury Brand LVMH.

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Walmart, The Largest US Private Employer, To Curb Rising Student Loan Debt, Wants To Pay 100% Of College Tuition And Book Costs For Its Associates. The Retail Giant Plans To Offer This Educational Assistance Program Effective Aug. 16, 2021, With The Termination Of The $1/Day Fee For Participating In Its Live Better U Education Program.

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Ashleigh Barty Has Become The First Indigenous Australian, In 41 Years, To Win The Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title. Barty Is The Second Australian To Win It After Her Mentor, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Won It In 1971 And 1980. Barty, A Junior Wimbledon Champion In 2011, Also Successfully Played Professional Cricket For The Brisbane Heat.

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Justin Chukwudi Olewuezi Has Become The First Nigerian To Graduate From A 133-Year-Old Russian University, The Siberian State Medical University In Tomsk. And He Is Also The First Nigerian At The University Because, According To Him, Most Nigerians Prefer The Western Part Of Russia. This Shows You Can Achieve Your Goal Wherever You Go.

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Phil Mickelson Has Made History As The Oldest Golfer To Win A Golf Major. He Was 50 Years, 11 Months, 8 Days When He Won The 2021 PGA Championship On 5/23/2021. This Win Implies A Total Of 29 Golfers Aged 40 And Above Have Won The Golf Major A Sum Total Of 39 Times. Mickelson Has 6 Major Golf Championships, Winning All But The US Open.

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Nikkie de Jager Will Make History As The First Transgender Host Of The Eurovision Song Contest, As She Will Be One of This Year 2021 Competition Hosts. The 27-Year-Old Dutch Star, Known As NikkieTutorials On YouTube, Is A YouTube Star With About 3 Million Subscribers To Her Beauty Channel, Which Receives Over 1.4 Billion Video Views.

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Dean Du Plessis, Born With Tumors Behind Both Retinas, Has Become The First Visually Impaired Commentator To Cover International Cricket. He Developed His Skills Via A Lifetime Of Listening To Cricket And His Ability To Recognise People By Sound, Touch, And Smell, Enabling The 44-Year-Old Zimbabwean To Become A Successful Broadcaster.

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With Ether Surging Past $3,200, The Creator Of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, Age 27, Is Now The World’s Youngest Crypto Billionaire. Buterin’s Crypto Wallet Holds ~333,500 Ether Worth $1.029 B. Ethereum Is The Most Actively Used Blockchain. And Ether Is The Second Largest Cryptocurrency, After Bitcoin, With A Market Cap Of $364 B.

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Rachael Blackmore, A 31-Year-Old Irishwoman, And A Professional Jockey Since 2015 Is Now The First Woman, Riding Minella Times, To Win Britain’s Grand National Horse Race–A Male-Dominated Sport. Blackmore Is The 20th Female Jockey To Compete In The Grand National Race Since 1839. And Women Have Only Being Permitted As Jockeys Since 1975.

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Kanye West, Age 43, Is Now Worth ~$6.6 Billion, Due To His Business Ventures, From His Yeezy Brand To Sneaker/Apparel Partnership With Adidas And The Gap. Kanye’s Worth Now Makes Him The Richest Black Person In US History And The Third Richest Celebrity In The World Behind Steven Spielberg ($7 billion) And George Lucas ($10 billion).

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Avatar Has Climbed Back To The Top As The Highest Earning Movie Of All Time. This Upset Is Due To Its Recent Re-release, This Weekend, In China. Avatar, At An Estimated $2,798,579,794, Beat The Current Chart Leader, Avengers: Endgame, Which Grossed About $2,797,501,328, Previously Surpassing Avatar After It Was Released In 2019.

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Chloe Zhao Made History By Being One Of The Three Women Shortlisted For The Golden Globe Best Director Award. And Now, She Has Blazed Another Major Trail By Being The First Asian Woman And The Second Woman To Win The Golden Globe Best Director Award, After Barbra Streisand Won It In 1984. Congrats Chloe!

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