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In April 2023, The World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched its mRNA vaccine technology hub in Cape Town, a facility established during the COVID-19 pandemic to help poorer countries struggling to access life-saving medication.

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Russia launched 'Soyuz' spacecraft to bring back three astronauts stranded in International Space Station.

Launching Date: 24 February 2023

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James Webb Space Telescope’s team has been selected to receive the ‘2023 John L. Jack Swigert, Jr.’ Award for Space Exploration.

James Webb Telescope belongs to NASA.

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On 26 July 2022, Russia announced to pull out of the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024.

Know everything about International Space Station (ISS)

ISS serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory.

Five different space agencies representing 15 countries built the 100 billion-dollar international space station.

ISS is a joint project between NASA of US, Roscommon of Russia, JAXA of Japan, ESA of Europe and CSA of Canada.

ISS is expected to operate until 2030.

In February 2022, (NASA) announced plans to retire and decommission the International Space Station (ISS) by 2031.

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COVAX is the vaccines pillar of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator.

World Health Organization (WHO) was established on April 7, 1948.

Headquarters located in Geneva.

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• Meta (Facebook) developed new app called Threads to compete with Twitter.
• Threads is a micro-blogging site.
• Launched on 5 July 2023.

• Threads has 500 characters and 5 minutes of video support.
• This is an app based on Instagram.

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In 2023, NASA scientists successfully extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a vacuum environment.

NASA is US space agency. 

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In December 2022, South Africa and Kenya announced the Just Transition Initiative to put an end to plastic pollution in an inclusive manner. 

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On 23 January 2023, Australia and Papua New Guinea pledged to clinch a new security treaty within four months, also to tackle the threat of climate change.

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Indonesia`s parliament approved a new criminal code on December 6, 2022 that bans sex outside marriage with a punishment of up to one year in jail.