Category: General Interest

The social media company is gearing up for the upcoming US Mid-term elections by opening a “war-room” to fight disinformation campaigns. Facebook has been heavily criticised for its inaction during the 2016 Presidential Elections when alleged foreign actors manipulated users by spreading…

Trident Juncture 18 is a NATO-led military exercise to be held in Norway from the 13th of October to the 24rth of November 2018. The main goals of Trident Juncture are to train the NATO Response Force and to test the alliance’s defence capability. The North Atlantic Treaty also called the North…

The United States has decided to merge the US Consulate General in Jerusalem with its newly opened Embassy. This is the second instance of the US concentrating its diplomatic presence in the disputed city of Jerusalem. As a long-standing tradition by US administrations, neutrality has…

Voters in the southern German heartland of Bavaria dealt a stinging blow to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative allies by voting in favour of the Greens, and the anti-immigration AfD party. Angela Merkel became the 34th Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and has since been in power. She is also the leader of the Christian..

Bob Prince, the co-Chief investment officer of the world’s largest hedge fund expects more market turbulence as the US economy begins to cool. The United States is the largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP. The U.S. GDP was estimated to be $18.46 trillion in 2016. The U.S. dollar..

The United States temporarily suspended operations for its fleet of F-35 fighter jets for 24 to 48 hours to check for possible faulty fuel tubes in the engines of the planes. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters. The fifth-generation combat aircraft is designed…

Progress in genetic genealogy seen soon able to ID most Americans via a family member’s DNA. Scientists issue a soft warning about the potential misuse of the tool by hackers for a Facebook-type scandal but with graver implications for privacy. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule composed of two chains (made of nucleotides) that coil…

The Indian Supreme Court asked for clarification on the Rafale Deal. The details so sought would not cover the pricing or the suitability of the equipment for the Indian Airforce. In 2007, the Indian Air Force advanced a proposal to buy 126 fighter aircraft. The IAF has a strength of 34 squadrons in total but…

The White House has issued a new counterterrorism policy for the first time since 2011 which promises to fight “radical Islamist” extremists and Iran to end the terrorist threat to the U.S. Counterterrorism incorporates the practice, military tactics, techniques, and strategy that government, military, law enforcement..

Ending the global borrowing index poses a potential threat to financial stability. LIBOR, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, has been called the most important number in the world. It is derived from a daily survey of about 20 large banks that estimate how much it would cost to borrow from each other…