Author: Divija Agarwal

Trump wanted Nazis Generals from World War II at Pentagon

According to a book extract published in the New Yorker, Donald Trump wanted the generals at the Pentagon to be like Nazi Germany’s generals during World War II. This claim has been made by him numerous times. He had had unpleasant conversations with Kelly and Selva. Conversion with John Kelly During a conversation with former Marine Corps general John Kelly, who served as his then-White House chief of staff. He reportedly lamented the lack of generals that resembled their German equivalents. An amazed Kelly remarked that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was nearly assassinated by his military officers three times. According…

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China discovers further COVID instances after closing a beach resort

There are new cases of COVID-19 identified in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, where due to travel restrictions, 80,000 visitors are trapped until they screen negative. Sanya, a beach tourist city in Hainan, is now a COVID-19 hotspot On Saturday, August 6th, authorities declared Sanya, a beach vacation city in the Hainan province, a COVID-19 hot site and imposed a lockdown. They had believed that today would be a day free from the strict controls that most of China is subject to. Visitors who wish to depart Sanya must successfully complete five coronavirus PCR tests with a negative outcome…

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Afghan feminists find the decline of women's rights under the Taliban administration "depressing"

Will Farzana Farazo be able to create a life for herself in France? Farzana Farazo pledged to continue her feminists fight for Afghanistan even from exile when she arrived in Paris in the summer of 2021 aboard a flight from Kabul. But after a year, she admits to being “depressed”. Days after arriving in France, Farazo, a former police officer, was first introduced to AFP reporters. She was motivated at the time by her support for the fight for Afghan women’s rights. She had escaped for her life after the Taliban’s dramatic conquest of Kabul, which led to the removal…

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