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2021 Israeli presidential election Isaac Herzog is sworn in as the President of Israel in a ceremony at the Knesset , where he takes the oath of office using the same 107-year-old Bible that his father Chaim Herzog used when he assumed the presidency in 1983.
In tennis, Madison Keys wins her first major title after defeating the two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5, to win the women's singles title at the Australian Open. (CNN) Henry Patten and Harri Heliövaara defeat Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori 6–7 (16–18), 7–6 (7–5), 6–3, in the men's doubles final to ...
Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia of Turin, Italy announces that for the second time, the Shroud of Turin will be exposed for veneration on social media and websites on Holy Saturday, April 3. (Catholic News Agency) Disasters and accidents. 2021 TAF AS532 crash. An army helicopter crashes in Bitlis, Turkey, killing 11 military personnel and injuring ...
The transfers ranged from yearly totals of A$71.6 million (US$55.2 million) in 2014 to A$581.3 million in 2017, with about 47,000 separate transfers. "That amount of money and that number of transfers did not leave the Vatican City", a senior Vatican official with knowledge of the city-state's finances told Reuters last week.
It is announced that life expectancy in the United States has fallen by 1.5 years in 2020, the largest decrease since World War II. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's National Center for Health Statistics , COVID-19 was responsible for 74% of the decrease in life expectancy from 78.8 years in 2019 to 77.3 years in 2020.
2021 Afghanistan attacks. A car bombing near a police station in Herat Province kills at least eight people and wounds more than 50 others. 2021 Myanmar protests. Twelve people are killed after soldiers open fire on protesters in Mandalay, Yangon, and Pyay. A 13-year-old child is among those killed, the youngest victim of the unrest to date.
Today stanines are mostly used in educational assessment. [citation needed] The University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada used the stanine system until 2003, when it switched to a 4-point scale. [3] In the United States, the Educational Records Bureau (they administer the "ERBs") reports test scores as stanines and percentiles.