Author: Akansha Gupta

China prohibits Taiwan’s imports: China is punishing Taiwan for allowing Nancy Pelosi’s visit and undermining Chinese sovereignty. China announced harsh measures against groups pushing for Taiwan’s independence on Wednesday, outlawed the import of some Taiwanese food items, and halted the export of natural sand.  Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House, visited Taipei, becoming the first top American official to visit the nation first time in 25 years, and China was furious about it. Pelosi’s tour is being widely watched all across the world, but especially in China, where Weibo briefly collapsed as millions talked and disputed her journey…

Kansan abortion votes: Conservative US state Kansas voters disapprove to amend the state constitution against the right to abortions.  A significant triumph for pro-choice organisations rose in the conservative US state of Kansas’ decision to protect abortion rights in a referendum. By a wide margin, voters rejected the idea of changing the state constitution to declare that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. According to projections, Kansans supported the state’s constitutional right to abortion access by a margin of more than 60% votes. Since the US Supreme Court permitted states to impose a ban on the practice, it…

Singapore’s foreign minister claimed that the former president of Sri Lanka did not receive immunity after fleeing his nation due to the economic crisis. The former president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was not given any benefits or immunity in Singapore, according to Vivian Balakrishnan, the country’s foreign minister on Monday. Rajapaksa left his turbulent country through the Maldives the day before owing to a mass revolt that compelled him to withdraw as the island nation’s leader. He arrived in Singapore on July 14. Not long after being granted entry into Singapore for a “private visit,” the 73-year-old leader sent…

China has raised complaints and disapproved of India carrying out major air activities near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), especially in the eastern sector. Both nations speed up the infrastructure development near LAC before winter rises. According to the officials, the objected activities include the flying of helicopters for transportation of equipment and men routinely and the usage of drones within the perimeters of India’s LAC borders. China has been rising objections for the past few weeks. The local commanders from China and India had a conversation regarding it. The incident occurs just after India saw a Chinese plane flying…

Kentucky governor declares an “emergency situation” as hundreds of people are still unaccounted for. At least 25 people have died as a result of floodwaters damaging hundreds of homes, automobiles, rivers, and streams that overflowed their banks. The Kentucky flood is attributed to a line of gradually moving thunderstorms that unloaded flash flooding across eastern Kentucky early on Thursday. As unprecedented rains for the state’s history poured on the city of Hazard, Appalachia, and nearby areas, streets were in ruins and homes were submerged. According to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, more than 300 people who were affected by the flooding…

5000 train drivers walk out following the 40,000 workers who performed a nationwide strike Wednesday. Approximately 5,000 Aslef union members are on a 24-hour strike that is impacting train services throughout England, including Southeastern and West Midlands Trains. Since rail privatization in 1996, this has been the train drivers’ largest strike. The majority of English Football League clubs’ first-season fixtures, the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and a Lady Gaga concert will all be affected by travel. After several walkouts, it makes passengers’ miserable summer even worse. In addition to Arriva Rail London, which runs the London Overground, Greater Anglia, Great…

WHO’s new recommendations represent a change in the public health agency’s messaging. World Health Organization has noticed a similarity in the majority affected by monkeypox disease and advises males who have sex with men to temporarily reduce the number of sexual partners they have. During a news briefing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of WHO stated that 98 per cent of cases of monkeypox had been documented among men who have intercourse with men. “For men who have sex with men, this includes, for the moment, reducing your number of sexual partners, reconsidering sex with new partners, and exchanging contact…

Chinese President warns Biden for “playing with fire” as both nations stay adamant over Taiwan. Amid escalating tensions between the two nations over several issues, most recently, the potential future visit of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, US President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping met on the phone on Thursday. In a phone chat on Thursday, both presidents generally avoided using escalating language over Taiwan, signaling that neither side, already consumed with domestic economic problems, wants a new conflict out across Taiwan Strait. There were concerns that a new Taiwan crisis may break out, adding to…

Hundreds of protestors stormed the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad to voice against the nominee prime minister. Hundreds of followers of the populist Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burst into Iraq’s parliament on Wednesday as the country faces the longest post-election impasse. The demonstrators stormed Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone to express their displeasure with the candidate for prime minister of a competing coalition, and then they entered the Iraqi parliament while yelling obscenities, dancing, and singing. The police opened fire with tear gas in an effort to keep the protestors from breaking through the tightly guarded Green Zone’s gates, however, the protesters…

Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska’s Vogue photoshoot amidst war creates a buzz on the internet as people bring compliments and criticism from left and right. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Olena Zelenska, the spouse of the President were posed for the fashion magazine Vogue cover story. The couple talked about their nearly 20-year marriage, their shared past, and their time apart from their children, who are being kept apart as a result of  Russia’s continuous invasion of the country. In a face-to-face interview, the President and First Lady spoke to a Vogue crew in Kyiv. The Ukrainian First Lady is…