Author: synergia
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India-US trade war next?
India is still hurting from the Trump administration’s imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs and its move to tighten the rules for H-1B visas, which are granted primarily to Indian technology workers. In the 21st century, Indian foreign policy has sought to leverage India’s strategic autonomy in order to safeguard sovereign rights and..
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Trump may avoid second shut down
President Donald Trump is eyeing a path to avoid another government shutdown where he would reluctantly accept the congressional border-security deal and attempt to tap other funds for his wall. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass or the President fails to sign..
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Airbus scraps the A380
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has pulled the plug on its struggling A380 superjumbo, which entered service just 12 years ago. Airbus said last deliveries of the world’s largest passenger aircraft, which cost about $25bn (£19.4bn) to develop, would be made in 2021. Airbus is …
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UAE to boost African start ups
Startups from the UAE and Africa will participate in the first-ever Chamberthon event organised and hosted by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the Africa Tech Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, on February 13-15 2019. United Arab Emirates is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian…
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MBS to visit India and Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected to announce investments in energy and infrastructure during a visit to India and Pakistan in coming days as part of his efforts to wean the Saudi economy off oil exports.Mohammad Bin Salman is the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He is currently serving as the country’s..
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Apple and Google to review Saudi App
Apple and Google have been accused of aiding the enforcement of ‘gender apartheid’ in Saudi Arabia. They are hosting a controversial app called Absher that allows men to track women under their guardianship. Saudi women are subject to guardianship laws (wilaya or wisaya), based on a strict…
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Trump unhappy with border wall deal
Unfazed by a congressional deal giving him only $1.3 billion for a barrier on the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump is saying that he has found twenty times as much for overall border security “from other sources.” The Mexico–United States barrier, sometimes colloquially called the ….
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13th IMF bailout for Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met IMF chief Christine Lagarde to discuss conditions of a bailout package for Pakistan. It has to deal with current account deficit and IMF reform demands which can hurt its growth prospects. The IMF is an international organisation of 189 countries working on monetary cooperation and international…
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Russia to disconnect from Internet
Russia is considering a plan to temporarily disconnect from the Internet. The exercise follows aspiration of building an autonomous Internet infrastructure and to see how the country’s cyber defense would fare in case of retaliation from the West. Russia is known to launch cyber- attacks against targets across the world, including the US electronic voting…
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Ethics inquiry against Trudeau
Canada’s parliamentary ethics commissioner said that he would look into allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured his former attorney general to call off a criminal case against a major engineering company based in Montreal. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional…