Author: Anubhuti Jain

China’s communist party is all prepared to begin with its 20th party congress on October 16, as the state media reported. This crucial meeting is expected to anoint President Xi Jinping as the country’s most powerful leader in decades. This would be an extremely important event as it is held after every five years and hold important announcements. This will also be a landmark event as Xi Jinping is expected to be reinstated as president for an unrivaled third decade. The congress — held every five years — will be a “critical conference”, according to a report by state broadcaster…

Former Gaza chief for world vision, Mohammad al-Halabi was sentenced to six years in prison. With the ongoing tussle on the Gaza strip, Israel is adamant about taking aggressive steps. An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammad al-Halabi, former head of operations world vision in Gaza, to six years of prison in addition to six years he has already spent in jail. The allegations are that he has been sending money to the Palestinian armed movement Hamas. This totals 12 years in jail according to the recent sentence. He and his lawyer continue to defy the allegations and charges that…

Rape victims will not have to prove that they have been subjected to violence or intimidation This law ‘only yes, means yes’ as it is named, the bill was passed in the parliament with a majority of 205 votes with 141 votes against it. Toughened rape law comes after a gang rape that woke and shook the country, on august 25. This law will require explicit consent for sex, it also involves a reform of Spain’s criminal code that has redefined the definition of rape as sex without clear consent. Rape victims will no longer have to prove that they…

Myanmar’s military launched a ferocious crackdown against the country’s Muslim Rohingya in 2017, leading more than 740,000 refugees into neighboring Bangladesh. August 25 marks the fifth anniversary of the military crackdown that a united nations report found was carried out with ‘genocidal intent. As per a report, more than 120,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh by September 5, 2017, filling its ill-equipped refugee camps. As for now Rohingya people cannot be guaranteed safety in Myanmar, where the government has been accused of decades of abuse that has long-persecuted ethnic minorities largely stateless. Finding their home in the world’s largest refugee settlement…

Angola is Africa’s second-largest oil producer and one of its largest economies is all set to have a poll on Wednesday and the economy remains the key issue. The two main candidates for elections are president João Lourenço of the governing MPLA, he made corruption reforms which have been his priority since taking the office in 2017. O the other side is Adalberto Costa Júnior of the opposition the national union for the total independence of Angola (UNITA). After its independence from Portugal in 1975, Angola is all set for its closest election. MPLA has ruled Angola since its independence…

Worker unions in South Africa took to the streets of the capital to protest for a plethora of reasons. The protest is organized by South Africa’s eight worker unions against the rising cost of living, high unemployment levels, and power cuts. Thousands of people embark on the streets of Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, on Wednesday to protest against the tumbling economy. The protestors marched towards the government building and handed over a memorandum to the authorities. The protestors have common concerns about the high cost of living and its burden being specifically on the working class, who…

Amid the rising tensions in Indo Pacific region, South Korea and the USA launched regular joint military exercises, drill including field training for the first time in four years. The tensions in the Indo pacific region have been sparking since china began prolonged and provocative live fire exercises. To melt down this action, South Korea and USA together launched military exercises called ‘Ulchi freedom shield’ on august 22. These drills will continue till September 1 according to the Yonhap news agency. It will include computer simulations, field training, and civil defense drills. These drills are the aftermath of south Korean…

Raila Odinga came second in Kenya’s presidential election and has challenged the election results. William Ruto won Kenya’s presidential election by 50.5% votes. On the other hand, Raila Odinga lost by 48.8%. Mr. Odinga moved to the court to challenge the election results, in a voluminous 70-page legal argument, he alleges that the outcomes were altered. To deny this an independent monitoring organization said that the election commission’s final results were correct. Four of the seven electoral commissioners refused to go with the outcomes and said that the final result was “opaque”. Nairobi, a presidential candidate arrived at the court…

The strike comes with demands of workers for higher pay amid sky-high inflation hitting the country Uk is looking forward to the consequences of high inflation. Workers at the largest shipping container port, the port of Felix Stowe have called for an eight-day strike. The demands of workers call for higher pay amid soaring inflation and the cost of living. Port of Felix Stowe has around 2000 workers who handle about four million containers a year from 2000 accounting for more than half of the country’s incoming shipping freight. These 2000 workers walked off from their jobs on Sunday. This…

Darya dugina Daughter of a close ally to Putin killed in a car bombing, Ukraine is suspected behind the attack. On Saturday night, Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old political scientist was killed in a massive car bombing near Bolshiye Vyazemy village, on the outskirts of Moscow. Who is Alexander Dugina He is the father of Darya Dugina, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, also known as “Putin’s brain” behind the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, who may have been the intended target of this attack. Mr. Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian…