Month: November 2023
Russia shot down Russia missiles over Sea Of Azov
Zelenskyy emphasized that the Russian invasion and Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian exports had caused food prices to fluctuate, the situation on international markets to become unstable, and the situation in regions that are critically dependent on grain imports to deteriorate. Russia has claimed that it has shot down two Ukrainian missiles heading towards its territory
New outbreak of respiratory illness in China
Clusters of undiagnosed pediatric pneumonia cases have also been reported in the north of the country, the organization says, but it’s not clear whether these are related to the respiratory infections. China maintained a policy known as zero-Covid-19 marked by strict lockdowns and quarantines, mass testing and rigorous contact tracing – until abandoning the strategy
75 drones attack on Ukraine
The drone attack came as Ukraine marked Holodomor Remembrance Day, commemorating the 1930s starvation of millions in Ukraine under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. The Ukrainian army said Russia had launched a “record number” of Iranian-made Shahed drones, the majority of which targeted Kyiv, causing power cuts as temperatures dipped below freezing. Kyiv authorities said five
Somalia joins East Africa Community
EAC sends team to Somalia to assess bid to join blocSomalia had to meet specific conditions, such as respect for universal principles of good governance, democracy, the rule of law, accountability, transparency, and social justice as established in the EAC Treaty, as well as recognise, promote, and protect rights by the provisions of the African
Mpox cases in DR Congo
A spike in infections last year in Europe and the United States, outside the disease’s endemic areas, prompted the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alarm it can sound, in July 2022. It ended the alert in May this year but advised populations to remain vigilant. It has been
Taiwan’s presidential election
The island-state is a small country caught between two superpowers, It must therefore find a “safe balancing point” between them. The presidential election, which uses a direct, first-past-the-post system, has the potential to redefine Taiwanese relations with China at a fraught time. In the face of rising Chinese aggression, both opposition parties would adopt a
aviation boom in India
In Jewar, 75km from Delhi, a second airport for the capital is also mushrooming. Officials envisage 15 dual-airport cities by 2040. There is talk of a possible third airport for Mumbai. The country’s entire aviation industry is growing at an astonishing clip. Four new airports and four new terminals have opened in the past 12
America-China friendship
For two years Sino-American relations were dangerously dysfunctional. To protest, successively, against a visit to Taiwan by the then-speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and America’s shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon, China suspended high-level contacts for months. Both governments now accept that they are doomed to manage differences responsibly, as the
The progress on climate change
As the world gathers in Dubai for the 28th cop, the assessment of the first part of that stocktake is in some ways surprisingly positive. At the time of the Paris cop, the global warming expected by 2100 if policies did not change was more than 3°C above pre-industrial levels. If policies in place today
The released Israel hostages
The deal—for Hamas to free 50 Israeli hostages in exchange for the four-day truce and the release of 150 Palestinians in Israeli prisons was struck after weeks of negotiations through Qatari, Egyptian and American mediation. It came amid mounting domestic pressure in Israel to bring the hostages home and growing international outrage over the destruction