Author: Harsha Josephine Antony

By Harsha Josephine Antony | On Wed August 17, 2022, | 8.10 pm IST | Photo credit: Associated Press The commander of Russian proxy forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has requested cooperation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid reports that the North is considering sending workers to restore Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin expressed hope in remarks sent Monday that his Moscow-backed republic and North Korea could achieve “equally beneficial bilateral cooperation agreeing with the interests” of their people. Following North Korea’s relaxation of…

By Harsha Josephine Antony | On Tue 16 Aug 2022 | 7.00 pm IST | Chinese military survey ship Yuan Wang 5 arrives at Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. According to a port official who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to the media, Yuan Wang 5 will now berth for just three days to stock up on fuel, food, and other necessities. After a several-day delay due to resistance from India, which vies with China for influence in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, a Chinese military survey ship arrived in the Chinese-built port of…

By Harsha Josephine Antony | On Sun 14 Aug 2022 | 5.45pm IST | Photo credit: AP Photo Italy’s largest lake has reached its lowest level recorded, warming water to a temperature comparable to the Caribbean Sea average. Tourists found this holiday radically different from previous years. It could be due to the decreased rainfall and the prevalent snowfall rate. Scientists consider this a great threat to the ecosystem. The greatest drought in decades in Italy has dropped Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, to almost its lowest level ever recorded, revealing previously submerged rocks and warming the water to…

On Friday, August 12, 2022, Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko talked with reporters from The Associated Press. Liashko accused Russian officials of preventing access to inexpensive medications in parts of Ukraine seized by Russia since the invasion began on February 24. He called the incident a “crime against humanity.” On Friday, August 12, 2022, Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko talked with reporters from The Associated Press. Liashko accused Russian officials of preventing access to inexpensive medications in parts of Ukraine seized by Russia since the invasion began on February 24. He called the incident a “crime against humanity.” On Friday,…

By Harsha Josephine Antony | On Fri 12 Aug 2022 | 9.30 pm IST | Photo credit: BBC News According to a team of scientists, the virus, dubbed Langya henipavirus, infected nearly three dozen farmers and other residents and may have spread directly or indirectly to people from shrews. This finding is consistent with longstanding scientific warnings that animal viruses regularly spill undetected into people worldwide. More research is needed on a mystery virus discovered in dozens of individuals in eastern China that may not create the next pandemic but demonstrates how quickly viruses may spread from animals to humans,…

While Sri Lanka has denied China permission to dock its spy ship at Hambantota, it has permitted the Pakistani guided missile frigate PNS Taimur to call in Colombo on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi. After negotiating with China to reschedule its visit to Hambantota port, Sri Lanka has permitted Pakistan’s Chinese-built frigate warship PNS Taimur to dock in Colombo. On August 15, the vessel will join the Pakistan Navy. According to the news agency PTI on Wednesday, Sri Lanka permitted the docking after the Bangladesh government declined permission for the warship to dock at Chattogram Port.…

Powerful explosions shook a Russian airbase in Crimea on Tuesday, sending towering clouds of smoke over the landscape, potentially escalating the conflict in Ukraine. According to officials, at least one person was dead and numerous more were injured. Moscow holds the detonation of stockpiled ammunition responsible. On Tuesday afternoon, a Russian air force Il-76 airlifter was driving down the runway at Saki air base in Russian-occupied Crimea when something—or multiple somethings—exploded hundreds of yards behind it. The enormous installation, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment and other troops, was shaken by up to…

By Harsha Josephine Antony | On Tue 9 Aug, 2022 | 8.45 pm IST | Photo credit: East Asia Forum On August 15th, the Taliban will mark one year since taking control of Afghanistan. This final day was a significant event, mourning the residents’ loss of independence. Before the occurrence, women had the freedom to go out, educate themselves, and work independently. All of this, however, came to a halt with the seizure of power. Nonetheless, women in Afghanistan are fighting this injustice. The Taliban’s seized over Afghanistan shortly after the US Army left. The Taliban offensive in 2021 began…