The Good Friday Agreement is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April 1998 that ended most of the violence in Northern Ireland that had prevailed since the late 1960s. The year 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement.

GN-z11, found in the constellation Ursa Major, is among the farthest and earliest galaxies ever discovered.

The European Union parliament has recently approved the ‘Markets in Crypto Act’. The new legislation seeks to minimize risks for consumers buying crypto assets and ensure the regulation of the cryptocurrency. The rules will impose requirements on crypto platforms, token issuers and traders around transparency, disclosure, authorization, and supervision of transactions.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Economics of Land Degradation (ELD) Initiative jointly released 'State of Finance for Nature 2022 ' Report.

South Africa and Kenya have recently announced the Just Transition Initiative to tackle plastic pollution in an inclusive manner. The Just Transition initiative was launched in the aftermath of negotiations on Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to phase out plastic held in Uruguay. The initiative aims to create decent work opportunities for waste-pickers and other workers in the plastic value chain.