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A shooter opened fire on 4 July 2022 during a parade to mark US Independence Day in the state of Illinois, killing at least six people.

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UK & USA signed an agreement to work together to develop tests for the most advanced AI models.

The United States and the United Kingdom on April 1, 2024 signed an agreement that would see them work together to develop tests for the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models.

The agreement will work together on developing "robust" methods for evaluating the safety of AI tools.

It is the first bilateral agreement of its kind.

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Know about Oscar Awards

Oscar Awards also known: Academy Award 

Oscar Awards: most prestigious award of Hollywood 

Held: annually 

Organizer: Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science 

First Oscar Awards: 16 May 1929

First ceremony held: Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

First Oscar award had: 12 categories 

Best Actor of First Oscar Award: Emil Jannings (German Actor)

Best Actress of First Oscar Award: Janet Gaynor (American Actress)

President of first Oscar Awards: Douglas Fairbanks (American Actor)

Oscar Awards broadcast to the general public for the first time through radio: 1930 

In 1953, Radio was replaced by television for the first time and the ceremony was televised.

Objective: To honour the participating artists of the motion picture industry  

Current Oscar award has: 24 categories 

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on 2 August 2022.

Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in: January 2019

Nancy Pelosi: only female in U.S. history to serve as speaker of the House

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Asia Power Index 2020, released by Sydney-based Lowy Institute

Topper: USA

Second position: China

Pakistan is on 15th spot

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Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States. He assumed office on January 20, 2017.

USA has 50 states

USA President Term 4 years 

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Carl Ortwin Sauer was an American geographer. Sauer was a professor of geography at the University of California at Berkeley from 1923 until becoming professor emeritus in 1957.

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• Indonesian and American troops conducted a two-week joint military exercise from 1 August 2022.
• Over 5000 soldiers from the US, Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore participated in the joint combat exercises in Indonesia.

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US President Joe Biden signed into law a bill titled, “Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act”, to provide recognition to the ‘Ghost Army’. It is a tactical deception unit deployed by the US during World War II. There are just nine surviving veterans of the Ghost Army across the US. The Congressional Gold Medal is the Congress’s highest award of national appreciation for distinguished contributions.

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor.

He was served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

He is the only US President to have been a former actor.