Author: Kushagra Bansal

The billionaire said on Friday that he was canceling his April deal to purchase the dominant social media company Twitter. According to a court document, Twitter Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for breaking the terms of the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and urged a Delaware court to order the world’s richest man to complete the merger at the agreed-upon $54.20 per Twitter share. On Tuesday, the lawsuit claimed that Musk “appears to believe that, in contrast to every other party subject to Delaware contract law, he is free to change his mind,…

Argentina is dealing with high peso currency pressure, over 60% inflation, and skyrocketing gas import prices. President Alberto Fernandez of Argentina has urged unity as protestors in the nation’s capital, Buenos Aires, on Saturday marched to the gates of the presidential palace and denounced his administration for the nation’s crippling national debt and skyrocketing inflation. A militant left component of the ruling coalition is mounting an increasing challenge to the center-left president and wants more government expenditure to reduce high poverty and inflation. In the past month, two significant moderate supporters have quit his government. The South American nation, which…

According to reports, the US Secretary of State reminded Wang Yi, the foreign minister of China, that Beijing was not acting “neutrally” toward Ukraine and was assisting in the spread of “Russian propaganda.” United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that he had spoken with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and expressed worries regarding Beijing’s allegiance to Moscow. After attending a summit of the G20 foreign ministers on the Indonesian island of Bali the day before, the two diplomats met in person on Saturday for five hours of “candid” discussions. Despite the complexity of…

As they wait to be resettled in a third country, refugees who fled a military crackdown in Myanmar are in hazardous conditions in Thailand. In May, a group of families from Myanmar gathered on their property to celebrate the start of the rainy season as a thunderstorm blew across a border village in Thailand. Children raced around until their clothes were soaked, while men chewed betel and drank tea from the porch. A woman in a sarong brought out the shampoo and bathed her hair. It was a brief respite for the family, who are all refugees, though they appreciated…

Ken McCallum and Chris Wray are cautioning business executives that China is determined to steal their technology for competitive advantage. In a rare joint statement in London, the heads of the domestic intelligence services of the United States and the United Kingdom have expressed concern over Chinese economic espionage. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) director Chris Wray warned Western companies that Beijing was determined to steal their technology for competitive advantage. While Ken McCallum, the director of the UK’s MI5, claimed that the Chinese government’s “covert pressure across the globe” amounts to “the most game-changing challenge we face.” As…

This week, the G20 foreign ministers convene in Bali, a tourist destination, for a gathering that will be overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine, with Russia’s participation causing rifts within the group as host Indonesia attempts to mediate. The Group of 20 includes both Western nations that have sanctioned Russia for alleged war crimes in Ukraine as well as non-Western nations including China, Indonesia, India, and South Africa. It will be the first time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February that foreign ministers from some of the largest economies in the world will interact with Sergei Lavrov. The G20…

Sadok Belaid, a former professor of constitutional law, claims that certain constitutional provisions in the new constitution of Tunisia could lead to a “disgraceful totalitarian administration.” According to the local Assabah daily, the chairman of Tunisia constitution committee has denounced the document President Kais Saied offered this week. The “new constitution for the new republic” was to be written by Sadok Belaid, a former constitutional law professor. Saied’s version, according to Belaid, was dangerous and dissimilar from the initial text suggested by the constitution committee. According to Belaid, chapters in the president’s final draft of the constitution may open the…

Before it is made public, the assembly of Chile will provide the final document to president Gabriel Boric on Monday. Gaspar Dominguez descended the grand former Congress building in Santiago’s downtown with haste into the glaring brilliance of the winter sun. The 33-year-old doctor has spent the last year working with a 154-person assembly to draught Chile’s new constitution in the structure, which is now a national monument. He gave hugs and congratulations to his co-workers who had gathered outside; they had just finished writing the document that may alter the nation’s history and establish precedents for equal rights worldwide.…

On Friday, the state of New York enacted a bill that prohibits firearms in many public areas, including Times Square, and calls for gun license applicants to demonstrate their shooting prowess and submit their social media profiles for inspection by law enforcement. The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that overturned New York’s onerous gun-license rules compelled the legislature to hold an emergency session and adopt the law. For the first time, the court’s conservative majority held that carrying a weapon in public for self-defense is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Democratic leaders in New York have denounced the…

In a rare appearance, Haibatullah Akhunzada attended the Taliban “Great Conference of Ulema” in the Afghan capital The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada, recently attended a significant conference of spiritual authorities in Kabul, Afghanistan. The three-day conference, which began on Thursday at Kabul’s Polytechnic University, was supposed to officially confirm the Taliban’s dominance over Afghanistan with the attendance of more than 3,000 fighters. Akhunzada’s arrival on Friday was announced on state radio; the group has not been seen on camera or in public since returning to power in August of last year. Cheers and slogans could be heard,…