#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnowAsYouWakeUp: Thailand drops its last remaining pandemic-induced restriction
Power cuts should start easing within the next 10 days, Paris will not organize fan zones for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar and much more.
Happy Thursday!
As we draw closer to the weekend, here are five things you need to know before you wake up.
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Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said power cuts should start easing within the next 10 days when big generation units are expected to come back online.
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Thailand has dropped its last remaining pandemic-induced travel restrictions, allowing international tourists, including South Africans, to enter and stay for longer.
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The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the “Rust” movie set in 2021, and Alec Baldwin have reached an undisclosed settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against the actor and others.
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Paris says it will not organize fan zones for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, citing social and environmental issues. However, the city made it clear that it is not a boycott of the event itself, nor of the Qatari regime.
Read more: FIFA officially advances World Cup by a day for Qatar
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Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless became Nobel laureates for founding and advancing the fields of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry, which has “led to a revolution in how chemists think about linking molecules together like Lego”.
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