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I’m doing Masters in East Asian Studies from University of Delhi. My focus area is Chinese foreign policy.

Misery unfolds after the massacre in the Nigerian church  - Asiana Times

Panic and horror followed after gunmen attacked a catholic church in southwest Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 50 people. Survivors of the attack lay in a local hospital suffering from pain and misery. According to the hospital records, 50 people including women and children were killed during the attack. The attack happened when people were celebrating the Christian holiday of Pentecost. Alex Michael who is a survivor mentioned that they entered and started fairing everywhere. He got shot in the leg while he tried to save his children. He narrated this story sitting on a hospital bed. He was…

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Lebanon warns against any Israeli aggression - Asiana Times

Lebanon issued a warning to Israel against any aggressive action in disputed waters after a ship arrived off the coast to develop gas for Israel. Lebanon President Michel Aoun issued a stern warning that any activity in the disputed area would amount to an act of aggression and would be countered effectively. As per reports, London-based Energean sent a gas stroke and production ship in the disputed waters.  The Lebanese president discussed the situation with Prime minister Najib Mikati. Furthermore, the army was asked to provide more details to get a better view of the situation. Aoun conveyed those negotiations…

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Elon Musk to lay off 10% of Tesla workforce   - Asiana Times

Elon Musk CEO of Tesla has an intuition that the economy may crumble and that’s why he wants to cut 10% per cent Tesla staff.  It was mentioned in an email which was sent to his executives and where he told them to stop hiring. Also, another email which was sent two days back asked the staff to return to the workplace and put 40 hours every week at the workplace. Musk also said Tesla will reduce salaries by 10% because of its overstaff problem, however, it will increase its hourly headcount. Tesla employs almost 100,000 salaried and hourly workers.There…

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Croatia will become the 20th country to join Eurozone

EU countries to give formal approval next month for eurozone accession of next year.  On Wednesday EU officials conveyed that Croatia met the economic criteria to adopt the Euro next year. The European Central Bank reported that Croatia’s economy had remained largely in sync with the eurozone countries, although it is going through inflation and public debt. ECB has given green light to Croatia but the European Commission has not given its approval which is to be decided in January. Looking at the convergence, Croatia has shown, it is very likely that their bid is going to be approved. Croatia…

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Iran says IAEA nuclear report is ‘unfair’  - Asiana Times

The IAEA justified its report and conveyed that it had reprehensions regarding undeclared nuclear material previously found at three Iranian sites.  Iran called the IAEA report unfair which discussed the presence of nuclear materials at three sites. The U.N. watchdog has replied that Iran has not been able to give satisfying answers about the origin of nuclear material found at three undeclared sites. According to the IAEA Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to more than 18 times the limit laid down in the 2015 agreement.  An IAEA report suggests that on 15 May 2022, Iran possessed 3,809.3 kilograms…

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Spy claims Putin has only 3 years to live, will lose eyesight 

A spy has claimed that Putin is suffering from Cancer and slowly losing his eyesight, he may not live more than 3 years. Since the war started many people have pointed out that all may not be well with Mr. Putin. It was reported by some media agencies that Putin’s hand was ‘Shaking uncontrollably’ during a meeting with the Belarusian president. However, a careful watch of the video reveals that the visuals of his hand were not enough to reach a serious conclusion. Recently, reports also suggested that he went through a surgery, putting former FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev in…

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Erdogan still against Sweden and Finland joining NATO  - Asiana Times

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, conveyed that talks with Finland and Sweden were not at the “expected level” and Turkey cannot rally behind countries which support terrorism. Sweden and Finland have expressed their desire to join the collective security alliance NATO but only to face constant objections from Turkey which is a NATO member since 1952. Article 10 of the charter mentions that unanimous approval is required for any new country to accede to NATO. Therefore, Turkey’s objection to Sweden and Finland’s bid may halt the process indefinitely. “For as long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of the Republic of…

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G7 calls on OPEC to boost oil output  - Asiana Times

G7 Energy Ministers have asked OPEC members to boost oil supply to deal with the high oil prices on Friday during a two days Summit in Germany. Energy prices have continued to soar since the beginning of the Russia Ukraine war. “We call on oil and gas producing countries to act responsibly and to respond to tightening international markets, noting that OPEC has a key role to play” added the G7 ministers during the meeting.  Other G7 members argued that it is time for Europe to cut its energy ties with Russia. According to International Energy Agency Europe buys almost…

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Pakistan Police clash with the supporters of Ex-PM Imran Khan  - Asiana Times

Pakistan ex-PM Mr. Khan had asked his followers to march to the Capital and stay there until this government is dissolved and fresh elections are announced.  Police have fired tear gas and charged batons at Khan’s supporters to stop them from reaching Islamabad. Thousands of his supporters have planned to sit in protest in Islamabad until the government announces a fresh election date.  However, nobody got seriously injured and the police had rounded up many supporters. Furthermore, Police just not even fought with them, they were captured in the cameras breaking the windscreens of protestor’s vehicles.  Clashes were not limited…

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Russian and Chinese jets flew over the Sea of Japan   - Asiana Times

Japanese Defense Minister confirmed that two Chinese bombers along with two Russian bombers flew from the Sea of Japan to the East China sea while the Quad leaders met in the Japanese capital, Tokyo. In response, Japan scrambled fighter jets to defend its air defense identification zone. The Japanese defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, conveyed that the government has expressed “grave concerns” to Russia and China. Although the planes didn’t breach the territorial space of Japan but these flights during the Quad meet cannot be dismissed as coincidence.   It was also noted that a Russian intelligence-gathering aircraft also flew over central…

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