On Monday, a report from The Times said, Germany will attempt to ban British travellers from the European Union regardless of their COVID-19 vaccine status. Given that the Delta variant of the Coronavirus-induced COVID-19 is widespread in Britain, German chancellor… Read More ›
Geopolitics
Poor Countries Have No Vaccines, WHO Pleads For Doses
There are no doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the poorest of the countries even while the rich ones are opening up societies and are vaccinating the young population who are not at any great risk from the disease said the… Read More ›
Formats other than EU-Russia summit will be explored: German Chancellor Angela Merkel
Leaders from the European Union failed to agree on a proposal led by France and Germany to hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Baltic countries along with Poland opposed the move saying it would send the wrong message…. Read More ›
EU aims for summit with Russia, exit negative spiral in relations
On Thursday, leaders from the European Union said, they are weighing options which include seeking a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a strategy to manage relations with Moscow and exit the current “negative spiral”. On Wednesday,… Read More ›
Apple Daily, Pro-Democracy Newspaper Of Hong Kong, To Shut Down Under Government Pressure
Within hours of the Hong Kong police arresting another of its employee for allegedly breaching the controversial national security law, the embattled Hong Kong based pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily said that it will stop all its operations starting on Wednesday… Read More ›
UNESCO Recommends Putting Great Barrier Reef On The ‘In Danger’ List
According to a recommendation from officials of the United Nations, it is imperative that the Great Barrier Reef needs to put on to a list of world heritage sites that are classified as to be “in danger”, while also prodding… Read More ›
Britain Starts Talks To Potentially Join The Trans-Pacific Trade Deal CPTPP
Negotiations for joining a trans-Pacific trade deal was started by Britain as it views the deal as crucial for its to end its dependence on the European Union in the post-Brexit era and shift towards markets that are geographically more… Read More ›
Australia drags China to WTO over economic coercions
In a statement, Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne said, with Canberra dragging Beijing to the World Trade Organisation over the latter imposing anti-dumping duties on wine exports, bilateral negotiations is expected to commence. Last week, the Australian government filed a… Read More ›
Ireland Seeks A ‘Compromise’ On The 15% Global Tax Plan Of The G-7
While recognizing “the role of legitimate tax competition”, Ireland, which is the European headquarter of tech giants like Apple and Google, is trying to come to a compromise over global taxation, said the country’s finance minister in an interview to… Read More ›
Foundational technologies should be under export control ban for China: Group of US Senators
In a significant development, a group of U.S. Senators urged Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to direct her department to move faster and identify American technologies, including emerging ones, that could be misused by China, if it is exported to that… Read More ›