On May 23rd, President Biden and many other world leaders in countries within the Indo-Pacific region endorsed a new economic platform enabling countries to cooperate on supply chains, digital governance, and sustainable energy sources. “The future of the 21st-century economy is going to be largely written in the Indo-Pacific and
On March 28th, Shanghai, a large metropolitan city in China, imposed a two-stage lockdown on the city, which confined everyone to their homes as authorities mass-test the entire population. Twenty-five million residents in Shanghai were forced to undergo quarantine in effect as they are all tested for a new surge
On April 7th, Palestinians and Israeli police clashed near Jerusalem’s holy site, the Al Aqsa Mosque. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, more than 150 people were injured as groups of young masked men attacked security forces using stones, fireworks, and other objects. Israeli police detained hundreds of people who
A super-yacht docked in Gibraltar, owned by Russia’s largest steel pipe maker, and was detained by the authorities as a result of British and European sanctions. The detainment is due to the ongoing Moscow invasion of Ukraine which has resulted in sanctions on unprecedented and expansive scales. Britain and other
On February 24th, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” against Ukraine with the aim of achieving “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” The United States and its allies are condemning Russia’s actions of invading Ukraine and have unveiled harsh sanctions directed against Russian banks, oligarchs, and state companies.
Neil Roberts, the Head of Marine and Aviation at the Lloyd’s Market Association advises airlines to negotiate new insurance deals for Ukrainian flights with their insurers. Ukraine International Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Ukraine, stated that its insurers had terminated coverage for some of its aircraft. The reason
On February 7th, Greece’s Foreign Ministry publicly denounced the presence of a Turkish band at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela monastery in Turkey. Videos of people dancing and the band playing electronic music in front of the monastery were circulated on the internet. “These images are offensive and add to a
On Feb 1st, U.S, U.K, and Canada imposed new sanctions on the Myanmar military and joined other countries in calling a global halt in arms sales to the nation. “We, alongside our international allies, will hold the Myanmar military to account for their violations of human rights and pursue justice
The presidential election in Brazil is underway and there are implications on who takes office in October, one of them being how each candidate will affect the relations between China and Brazil. The relations between the two countries will surely improve if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected in
Three Iranian diplomats have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the first time in six years to begin work in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. This marks an opening of dialogue between long-time rivals to restore Iran and Saudi relations since the two countries cut diplomatic ties in 2016. “Three Iranian
The Taliban administration’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi traveled to Tehran, Iran’s capital, for talks centered on refugee, economic and political issues between Iran and Afghanistan. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian pledged to continue to offer Afghanistan humanitarian support and had called for the United States to release Afghan funds,
The European Commission has filed proposals to label some natural gas and nuclear energy as green in the European taxonomy list on December 31st, 2021. The European Union taxonomy involves blocks of classification systems that aim to guide investments in the energy sector and is used to give investors appropriate definitions
On October 8th, Norway hosted the 2021 Nobel Peace Ceremony, recognizing Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia as co-winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Having worked in their respective countries’ journalism industries and having seen their colleagues suffer countless incidents of unjust persecution and violence, Ressa
