Author: synergia
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China willing to talk on terrorism
China said it was willing to have more discussions with all parties concerned including India on blacklisting the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which claimed responsibility for the attack on an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir in February. Jaish-e-Mohammed is a Pakistan-based…
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China appeases US trade concerns
China is to implement a new Foreign Investment Law in 2020, seeking to assuage US concerns over technology and intellectual property rights. The law embodies a watered-down version of a 2015 draft by China’s Ministry of Commerce. The United States and China are two of the…
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Israel launches Gaza strikes
Israeli military aircraft bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early, hours after two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv in the first such attack since the 2014 war. Israel is a country in Western Asia, located on the south-eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has…
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Global Internet Outage
Facebook, its family of apps and Google services have been affected by global outage triggering disruption to the online business. Outage duration is the period of time that a system fails to provide or perform its primary function. The system could fail due to an unplanned event or because of routine maintenance. Outages caused by…
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US ends Yemen war involvement
The Republican-controlled Senate has passed a resolution that would end US involvement in the Saudi-led coalition’s brutal war in Yemen, countering President Donald Trump’s support for the controversial conflict. The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in 2015 between two factions: the internationally…
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UK Parliament rejects no-deal Brexit
The U.K. is on course to delay Brexit and open the door to a radical re-write of the terms of its divorce from the European Union after recoiling from an economically disastrous no-deal split. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world ….
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Turkey EU-entry deal suspended
The European Parliament urged the EU to suspend membership negotiations with Turkey as a result of democratic backsliding in the country. Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Relations between the European Union (EU)….
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Preparations for EU-China Summit Begins
The European Commission will present a series of action points to stop unfair trade practices by China ahead of a crucial EU-China summit in April 2019. The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 28-member states. The EU has developed an internal single market through….
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India grounds the 737 MAX
India will not allow U.S. planemaker Boeing Co’s 737 MAX aircraft to enter or transit its airspace after 1030 GMT, the ministry of civil aviation said, following the fatal crash of a plane of the same type in Ethiopia. The US remains the only major market in which the 737 MAX is still flying on…
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Macron’s East-Africa charm tour
President Emmanuel Macron visited former French colony Djibouti with promises of a “respectful” partnership in the face of growing African indebtedness to China, which is fast expanding its foothold on the continent. Emmanuel Macron is a French politician serving as President of France since 2017. He previously was Minister….