YOUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
- Adam Peaty powered to a first Commonwealth 50m breaststroke title in what he says is his final race at the Games. He said after his 100m that he had lost his spark in the last two years and needed to take a long break before turning his attention to a third Olympic title at the 2024 Games. The English swimmer had stated that he was “not worried” about adding the shorter championship to his collection. Peaty banged his chest twice as he approached the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, giving off the impression that he was ready to battle.
- Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay have submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Uruguay hosted the competition’s first ever tournament in 1930 and say they want to bring the World Cup “home”. Alejandro Dominguez, president of the South American Football Confederation, said: “This is the dream of a continent”. Spain and Portugal have also announced a bid to be joint hosts. The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar while Canada, Mexico and the USA are joint hosts in 2026. It’s right for the World Cup to be hosted where it all began.
- Russia has been blockading Ukraine’s ports since it invaded in February, intensifying global food shortages. The Bosphorus strait in Turkey has welcomed the arrival of the first grain ship to leave Ukraine since Russia’s invasion. The Razoni, transporting 26,000 tonnes of maize, will be examined before continuing its trip to Lebanon. President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wanted to see grain exports become regular again. In addition to easing food shortages elsewhere, he hoped exports would encourage Ukrainian farmers to sow seeds for next season.
- With the use of new technology, scientists have enhanced planet’s most potent telescopes, providing a higher level of insight into the formation of galaxy. It has recorded 5 million stars. The William Herschel Telescope (WHT) in Spain will be able to survey 1,000 stars per hour. The device “Weave” has been developed for more than ten years by Prof. Gavin Dalton. He expressed his excitement that it is now ready to use. It will show how our Milky Way galaxy was built up over billions of years. It’s an amazing accomplishment from many people.
- Leonidas Nzigiyimpa is the chief warden of five protected forestry areas in Burundi. For the past two decades, he and his team have been working with local communities to protect and manage the forest. To help him track and record all of this, he now uses the latest version of software called the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool. A team called Biopama created the technology expressly for such environmental activity. Restoring forests could aid in the fight against climate change as deforestation contributes to it.
- Three-year-olds Bernardo and Arthur Lima were joined at the head by scar tissue. Surgeons from Brazil and Great Ormond Street operated on them in virtual reality. Virtual reality was used to successfully separate twins from Brazil who were attached at the head. The researchers tested several methods employing twin virtual reality projections based on CT and MRI images for months. According to the organisation that provided the funding for it, Gemini Untwined, it was one of the most complicated separation operations ever finished.
NEWS BROUGHT TO YOU BY PAMELA MOORE
Date: 05/08/22
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