Author: Misha Sharma

Misha is currently a journalism and Mass communication major. She has several areas of interests and excels in writing and speaking skills. She has done some coding in High school and is well-versed with some technical knowledge. She is determined and motivated to learn and grow in the journalism industry. She has done two internships as a marketing and research intern. She is passionate about drawing, learning languages and loves to play trivia geography/science questions on Sporcle.

Iranian

Iranian girl, Sarina Esmaeilzadeh’s death was caused by Iranian security forces who were deployed during protests following the death of another young Iranian woman. Authorities are denying the cause and are saying the cause was suicide. On September 19, a tragedy occurred in Tehran, which is the capital city of Iran. Mahsa Amini, a young woman, had died due to the brutality of Iran’s morality police. The flame demanding justice for Amini has been getting brighter, the Iranian citizens are coming onto the streets to protest over Amini’s death. Now, the fire has gotten even bigger as the anger over…

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peru guano

Peru, the South American country has returned to its most tried and tested method to obtain fertilizers which is bird feces. Imported fertilizers are facing all-time high stock shortages and many countries around the world are now battling with the quantity decrease. This shortage of fertilizers has been a direct result of the Russian-Ukraine war. Guano is the potent droppings from seabirds who ate fish. Enslaved African people, Chinese laborers, and indigenous people were responsible for its harvesting. The excrement has a rich history throughout the country. Empires of fortune have been made and even fallen to guano in the…

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Russian soldiers suffer loses

The Russian war with Ukraine has been going on since the beginning of this year has claimed thousands of lives in a matter of months, and reports suggest this week another 60,000 Russian troops have been killed by Ukrainian armed forces. Additionally, over 2,300 tanks have been decimated according to the Ukrainian official source’s updated estimated number of casualties. President Zelenksky has declared this information at the city of Lyman which had been recaptured from Russian troops and he claims that the area is completely free of Putin’s forces. According to the reports provided by the Ukrainian armed forces, a…

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Australian citizens in syrian camps

The Australian federal government is currently preparing to bring back dozens of Australian citizens that are mostly children and women stuck in Syria detention centers. The detention camps are located in northeast Syria. Since 2019 when the fall of the Islamic state happened, the camps have been providing shelter to more than 40 Australian children and women. The preparations to bring them back have started. Earlier this year, Australian officials visited the women and children that are stuck in the camps to verify their identities. They were allowed in the centers after heavily lobbying human rights groups and relatives of…

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Quebec party leader says, adding Immigrants who cannot speak French will be suicidal - Asiana Times

On Wednesday, Francois Legault, the Quebec said started the controversy upon his statement of calling for the move to add immigrants who cannot speak French as “suicidal.” According to him, it should be ensured first whether the immigrants can talk in French beforehand. Francois is favored to win the next provincial election. Mr. Legault is currently the head of the Coalition Avenir Quebec party which has center-right ideologies. In the chamber of commerce of metropolitan Montreal, Legault addressed reports where he declared to them that we(as in the people) must stop the decline of the French language. Adding more immigrants…

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Potassium Iodide Russia

The Russian federation recently ordered a big batch of Potassium Iodide that was worth five million rubles or $86,000. According to a Russian government agency, Potassium Iodide is a chemical compound mostly used for blocking radioactive material when nuclear accidents occur. For the procurement procedure, Russia has allocated only four days. On the state of procurement of Russia website, a copy of the order was published. The website stresses on the fact that Russia orders a large batch of Potassium iodide annually for the population. As a drug, the chemical compound is used to reduce the effects of radioactive iodine…

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Nord stream 2

On the evening of September 26, due to a leak in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, reportedly the two branches of the Nord Stream gas pipelines emerged from the Russian giant Yamal arctic gas fields and extended along till Germany collapsed under pressure. Danish authorities had reported the leaks. The authorities have warned the ships to maintain a five-kilometer radius distance from the pipeline area which runs through the Danish waters under the Baltic sea. They have described the area as “dangerous for ship traffic.” Nord Stream 2 operator had to answer the questions regarding the leaks after the state-owned…

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Canada DM Anita Anand

Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand says she is discussing weapon supplies with the arms industry. She says Canada is currently in the process of boosting weapon supply capacity at an important transportation hub located in Scotland. This is being implemented by Canada to easily supply weapons to Ukraine and other East European countries.  Since March, Canadian forces have delivered cargo weighing up to four million pounds. The Scottish hub called Prestwick is going to be expanded into an air mobility detachment for a third CC-130 aircraft and with a presence of 55 Canadian members of the Armed Forces. In an…

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Former Japanese Prime Minister

Yukio Hatoyama, former Japanese Prime Minister attended a memorial service on Saturday where he apologized for the brutalities committed by Japan against Koreans during wartime. The memorial was held to remember those killed in a historic battle on the sea between the two countries in the 16th century. Hatoyama was a center-left-leaning leader who held office from 2009 to 2010. He delivered the speech at the memorial held on a small Island 349 kilometers from the south of South Korea’s capital city Seoul. The island is called Jindo Island and the event was held on Mount Waedeok. The memorial commemorated…

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