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• US president Joe Biden signed major climate change and health care law, worth 430 billion dollars on 16 August 2022.
• This law would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about a billion tons by 2030.
• This law is ten times bigger than any climate law ever enacted. 

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On 24 May 2022, Hungary's Parliament amended the country's constitution to enable the government to introduce a special legal order and declare a state of emergency in case of an armed conflict, war or humanitarian disaster in a neighboring country.

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In a first, Canada is poised to become the first country in the world to require that a warning be printed on every cigarette.

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Qantas, an airline of Australia announced to launch the world`s longest non-stop commercial flight passengers set to spend 19 hours in the air travelling from Australia to England.

Qantas founded: 1920

Announcement made on: May 2, 2022

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On 23 December 2021, Belgium declared to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2025.

The Doel 4 and Tihange 3 reactors - the newest of Belgium's seven reactors - were due to close for good in 2025

'but will now restart in November 2026 after necessary work and will continue operating for 10 years.

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On 15 August 2022, FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties”.

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New Zealand announced equal pay for male and female cricketers on 5 July 2022.

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has declared that it will suspend the country’s “observer” status at its facilities and freeze new agreements with Russian scientific institutes. The 23 member states of CERN resolved to discontinue all collaboration with Russia at a meeting of the CERN Council, following a request from Ukrainian scientists. CERN also stated that it will support “initiatives to support Ukrainian collaborators and Ukrainian scientific activity in the field of high-energy physics.”

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•  US Air Force tested an unarmed ICBM from California on 16 August 2022.
• ICBM stands for: intercontinental ballistic missile 

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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.