Author: synergia
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Syrian sanctions blocked over shutdown
The US Senate Democrats have blocked the action on the new Syrian sanctions bill. They said they would not vote to consider the penalties until the chamber takes up legislation to open the closed government agencies. The US government has imposed a series of sanctions on Syria. Many of these…
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The Rohingya deportation
After India, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has deported illegal Rohingyas immigrants to Bangladesh where they will become refugees. KSA is reversing their historic stance of standing by the persecuted Muslim Rohingyas for years at International level. The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority group from Myanmar’s western Rakhine…
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Musk unveils new China Gigafactory
After four years of planning, Tesla Inc. finally broke ground on its planned $5 billion factory in the world’s biggest auto market. Tesla, Inc. founded in 2003, is an American multinational corporation based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in electric vehicles, lithium-ion battery energy…
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Gabon under control: Government
The political situation in Gabon is “under control” following an attempted military coup, a spokesman for the government has said. Five rebels had announced a coup to take over the country which has been ruled by the Bongo family for more than half a century. Gabon is a country on the west coast of Central…
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2018 was fourth-warmest year
The year 2018 was the fourth-warmest on record, extending a scorching streak driven by a build-up of man-made greenhouse gases, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said. Climate change is a variation in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that variation lasts for an extended period…
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US-China trade talks begin
U.S. and Chinese negotiators held their first face-to-face talks since the world’s two largest economies agreed to a truce aimed at resolving their trade dispute. China’s most senior economic official made an unexpected appearance at talks with the US signalling Beijing’s eagerness to end a bruising…
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Jim Yong Kim resigns
The World Bank president, Jim Yong has announced that he would step down in February and join a private infrastructure investment firm. His resignation has caused some uncertainty over the World Bank’s leadership. The World Bank primarily is an international financial institution that provides loans…
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Hungarians march against Victor Orban
Many thousands of Hungarians marched through central Budapest, voicing anger at their right-wing government and its recent controversial policies. Hungary, a country located in Central Europe became a democratic parliamentary republic on October 23rd 1989. This marked the…
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Burkina Faso and China grow closer
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has pledged to further the development of ties with China. Kabore made the remarks while meeting with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the capital, Ouagadougou who is on an official visit to the country…
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Philippines criticizes Trump Policymaking
The finance minister of the Philippines has said that uncertainty in US economic policy was “making people nervous everywhere” and could harm global growth. The relationship between the United States and the Philippines has historically been strong and has been described as a…