Author: synergia
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1/3 of UN workers sexually harassed: Survey
Based on a recent report published by the United Nations, one-third of U.N. staff and contractors have experienced sexual harassment in the past two years. The United Nations is an international organisation founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States..
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India’s E-Commerce crackdown
Amazon and Flipkart have been given until the end of January 2019 to comply with new restrictions, announced in late December, that sharply restrict the use of their hefty balance sheets to boost sales on their virtual marketplaces. India has an internet users base of about 475 million as of July 2018, about 40 per…
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Etihad raises stake in Jet Airways
Etihad Airways PJSC has agreed to lead a rescue of cash-strapped Jet Airways India Ltd. in a move that will see the Abu Dhabi-based carrier double its stake to 49 per cent. Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal has agreed to reduce his stake to 20% and step down from the post of Chairman. Jet Airways…
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Turkey to set up ‘security zone’ in Syria
In accordance with President Trump’s suggestion, Turkey will set up a 32km safe zone in northeastern Syria amid a row over Turkey’s threat to attack the US-backed Kurdish militia when US troops withdraw from Syria. The Kurds or the Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group of the Middle…
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Parliament rejects May’s plan
Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating defeat over her plan to withdraw Britain from the European Union. Her latest failure thrusts the country further into political chaos with only 10 weeks to go until it is scheduled to leave the bloc. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning…
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Theresa May’s plan is failing
Theresa May’s last-ditch attempt to shore up her Brexit deal appeared doomed, as Conservative Eurosceptic MPs threatened to humiliate the UK prime minister and plunge Britain’s future relationship with Europe into doubt. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union…
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Zimbabwe erupts in chaos
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa skipped the carnage by travelling to Moscow as protests erupted across his country on January 14, leaving 24 people injured and five possibly dead. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered…
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India’s e-Scooter revolution
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has set a target of electric vehicles making up 30 per cent of new sales of cars and two-wheelers by 2030 from less than 1 per cent today. Despite incentives for electric cars, India’s EV manufacturers are choosing to produce e-Scooters instead which have fewer regulations…
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China awards death penalty to Canadian
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial of his drug smuggling case, while another Canadian man has been denied diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up the tensions following Canada’s arrest of a top Chinese technology executive in December 2018. Canada–China relations…
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Huawei employee fired
Huawei Technologies Co. recently fired its sales director on charges of espionage conducted on behalf of China. He was reported to have been arrested in Poland. Poland is Huawei’s headquarters for Central and Eastern Europe. Huawei is a Chinese technology company based in Shenzhen that manufactures…