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⚽There's More Than One Winner!
There's plenty more to smile about from this year's FIFA World Cup, aside from Messi being the star of the show of course:
🏆Africa's Heroes - The Atlas Lions
They say there's a first time for everything, and they aren't wrong. The African team has won hearts around the world by having made it to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup for the very first time in history.
🏆Asian Football Makes Huge Strides
Another first in the tournament's history for Japan and South Korea for having qualified to the round of 16. Japan came out on top in their group against Euro-giants Spain and Germany. South Korea required a draw or a win against Portugal, which they acquired at 2-1.
🏆It's a W for Women
For a men's association football match, FIFA World Cup sported an officiating team which was all-female, and it was awesome. Stéphanie Frappart, Neuza Back, and Karen Diaz stood tall and strong as they officiated the critical match between Costa Rica and Germany.
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🤝Sweden and Turkey to the Rescue.
The largest tidal power station in the world will soon be hosted by Turkey. The sea's rhythm will produce clean energy through a 77-megawatt system of big pier-type machines.
⚙️ How it works:
The system is anchored to structures like jetties and seawalls. The metal hulls - also known as "floaters" - house the hydraulic pistons which are powered by the alternating rising and falling movement of the waves which then powers a turbine stationed on land. The energy generated here is then sent to the grid through an inverter.
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🐳We See You, Ocean Na’vi.
In efforts of conserving its whole marine ecosystem, the island nation of Barbados is all set to unlock $50 million in funds as part of a debt-for-nature refinancing program.
To meet this goal, The Nature Conservatory announced that it will work hand-in-hand with partners to buy a portion of Barbados' national debt and then refinance it.
In the conservation world, this program is known as "Blue Bonds".
Picture the size of Great Britain, then multiply that by two. It rounds up to around 158,000 square miles. That's the area of protection the island nation of Seychelles has established over a marine environment, owing to the Nature Conservancy Blue Bond finance accord in 2016.
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👩🎓Education-1, War-0.
A pioneering project sparks hope for Ukrainian children to resume their education. TEAM4UA - a humanitarian and non-profit tech start-up - is leading this enterprising initiative.
Working with the city authorities, they aim to use 3D printers to build schools! Several companies have volunteered to donate the technology required to build the first-ever 3D-printed school in a war zone. A street in Lviv accommodates the foundations of this school which have already been laid.
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🎄We hope you've had a very merry Christmas full of love, play, hope and gratitude.
🤔Did You Know?
The famous WW1 ‘Christmas Day Truce’ football match was played between British and German soldiers on no man's land, on the Western Front. No weapons. Just an exchange of carols, football matches, and gifts. This historic and beautiful incident occurred right before and on Christmas Day 1914.
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