Author: Shreerang Mahesh Gaidhani

Death Sentence, International Backlash, MNC Condemnation Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, despite the widespread outcry and the possibility of financial sanctions, Museveni signed one of the strictest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world on Monday. Same-sex relationships have been outlawed in more than 30 African nations, including Uganda, but the new law targets explicitly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer persons. Death Penalty “Anti-LGBT” Law The Anti-Homosexuality Act stipulates a 20-year sentence for “promoting” homosexuality as well as the death penalty for so-called “aggravated homosexuality,” which includes engaging in gay intercourse when HIV-positive. Anita Among, the parliament speaker, was the first to…

Overnight Strikes in Ukrainian Cities, Russia Prepares for Ukraine counter-attack,  In nocturnal strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Dnipro, and eastern regions, Russia launched over 20 drones and ten missiles, which were all shot down by Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials on Friday. In a statement, the office of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, said that oil storage had been struck twice and that machinery for pumping oil products had been damaged. As a result, a fire started on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Kharkiv. Drone and Missile Attacks During the night attacks, Ukrainian air forces claimed to have…

Director arrested, Treason trials, Follows a String of Treason and spying The head of the Siberian Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM), one of the premiere science institutions in Russia has been arrested on suspicion of treason. Sources from Reuters claim that the director of the institute, Alexander Shiplyuk exchanged classified information with Chinese officials at a Chinese scientific conference in 2017. The director, along with two other officials who are experts on hypersonic missile technology have been accused of treason and have been arrested. The group has been accused of giving China state secrets and spying for…

Tenth Racial Complaint in Season, Ambassador Summoned, Christ The Redeemer Lights Switched Off Brazil on Monday denounced the “racist attacks” that Brazilian forward Vinicius Jr. has experienced regularly in La Liga and urged Spanish authorities to prosecute those responsible. This is the 10th time Real Madrid has filed for racial abuse against the Los Blancos star boy. Brazil’s Foreign Ministry Involved Following the most recent incident on Sunday, when racial epithets were flung at the Black top-scoring forward for Real Madrid, the ministry summoned Spain’s ambassador on Monday to explain the issue. The Ministry considered the gravity of the situation…

Trade Deal Amid Heavy Western Sanctions During the official visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the leaders of Indonesia and Iran inked a preferential trade agreement on Tuesday to strengthen their economic ties. Joko Widodo, the president of Indonesia, expressed his hopes that the pact “would increase trade between Indonesia and Iran” in a statement following a signing ceremony that was broadcast online by his cabinet secretariat. He did not disclose further information. In the wake of the harsh crackdown by Iranian security forces on demonstrations against the country’s clerical leadership following the murder of a Kurdish woman in morality…

Japan Ambassador summoned, Chinese Paper calls G7- “Anti China Workshop”, Chinese Embassy hits out at UK The Communist Party of China-backed mouthpiece, Global Times labelled the G7 summit as an “anti-China workshop” on Monday. In an editorial piece called “G7 has descended into an ‘anti-China workshop’”, Global Times went all out at the G7 summit, calling foul play by the G7 nations with regards to its talks on China. The editorial comes a day after Beijing summoned Japan’s ambassador to China in an act of protest against the G7 summit host, Japan. It also follows the Chinese Embassy in the…

Emergency Generators on, Safety Situation Vulnerable Due to the loss of its external power source, the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia is reliant on emergency generators to keep its nuclear fuel cool and avert a catastrophe. The power outage on Monday was blamed on both sides. Locals with ties to Russia claimed that Ukraine had severed a power line, and the state nuclear power company of Ukraine, Energoatom, claimed that Russian shelling was to blame. Safety Situation The director of the nuclear energy inspector for the UN confirmed the outage and stated that the “nuclear safety situation…

Georgia’s biggest airline, Georgian Airways imposed a ban on the country’s president, Salome Zourabichvili from using its services. This move comes after Russia’s announcement lifting its air travel ban on Georgia, leading Georgian Airways to resume direct flights with Russia. This move led to President Zourabichvili remarking that she would boycott the airline.

G7 to step up sanctions, Zelensky expected to arrive in person, Talks on China to be held The Leaders from the Group of Seven Nations (G7), assembled in the Hiroshima Prefecture in Hiroshima, Japan for the 49th G7 meeting agreed on 19th May to step up their sanctions against Russia, targeting anything that Russia could use to build its war machine and even making efforts to restrict Russian revenue from its metal and diamond exchanges. The move comes 15 months after Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. It also follows a series of promises by the United States of America, the United…