Month: September 2022
Racism in Royal family
while the Queen’s role in colonialism continues to gnaw at many, the latest generation has focused more on the racism that stems from the royal family. Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy is filled with enough ambiguity and inaction around colonialism and racism that it might be easy to understand why people of color might view her
Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease, after one person died of the highly contagious virus. Uganda has confirmed its first death from Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central Mubende district. The case was confirmed after six suspicious deaths that have occurred in the district this month were investigated by
Putin didn’t attend Queen ELizabeth’s funeral
The British Foreign Office informed the Russian embassy in London that it would “refrain from sending invitations to the Russian party, including to the leadership of the Russian embassy, to the funeral events on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.” Despite relations between the UK and Russia being at an all-time low, Vladimir Putin extended
Queen Elizabeth’s fortune
The Queen and consort had been on their thrones together for 69 years when Prince Philip died on April 9, 2021. They had been husband and wife for 73 years, since November 1947.While Elizabeth was part of a wealthy royal family when they married, Philip had next to nothing to his name in 1947. The
NASA’s Artemis prelaunch test
Since the second scrubbed launch attempt of the uncrewed Artemis I mission on Sept. 3, engineers have replaced two seals on an interface for the liquid hydrogen fuel line between the rocket and mobile launcher. However, The team did not recover any piece of debris, but the dent was clear and pointed to a problem
Ukrainian troops to leave Congo
Since the Russian invasion in February, Ukraine had already pulled out its troops from the other UN peacekeeping mission where they had been deployed. The UN mission in DR Congo, Monusco, is already under pressure in the country.It is widely criticised for failing to do enough to restore peace in the east, where numerous armed
Rise in wheat prices
Russia and Ukraine are global breadbaskets, together exporting about 28 percent of the world’s wheat supply. Russia’s blockade of Black Sea ports and sanctions on Moscow have caused short-term price surges and triggered fears of an acute hunger crisis. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may cause long-term grain prices to rise seven percent, Although Moscow and
Bodegraven-Reeuwijk sues Twitter over paedophilia rumour
A Dutch town has taken Twitter to court over the spread of a conspiracy theory claiming it was once home to a ring of Satan-worshipping paedophiles. Local authorities want to see all posts relating to the alleged events removed. The claims have prompted dozens of people to travel to the town’s Vrederust cemetery to leave
Tech winners
With billions of people locked down at home, work and play were shifting online. Many hoped that the new normal would spark a huge productivity boom as firms digitised and workers spent less time commuting. The excitement was most evident in stock-markets, where any firm related to this trend saw its share price surge. In
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin friendship
Back in February, on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Mr Putin and Mr Xi declared a “no limits” friendship between their two countries. Days later the Russian leader invaded Ukraine. This latest Xi-Putin meeting, on the margins of a summit of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation, a grouping of Eurasian powers, came a