News Update Biden, Johnson sign amended Atlantic Charter at G7 summit 13 Jun 202113 Jun 2021 US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a modified version of the Atlantic Charter on Thursday during the G7 conference in Cornwall, England. The original Atlantic…
News Update The ‘forever hostage’ at Guantanamo Bay has asked the United Nations to intervene 4 May 2021 Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who has been held without charge or trial for 19 years, filed a complaint with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (UNWGAD) on…
News Update US federal judge has given Amazon a setback over Safety Concerns 10 Apr 2021 A Federal Judge ruled against Amazon Inc in its defense of a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James alleging that the company prioritized profit over worker safety…
News Update Saudi Crown Prince-approved murder of Jamal Khashoggi: US intelligence report 27 Feb 202127 Feb 2021 Released on Friday, the US Intelligence report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi found that Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia had authorised an operation to capture or…
News Update The US is Enforcing Fresh Sanctions on Two Generals from Myanmar Involved in the Coup 25 Feb 2021 The US Treasury announced new sanctions on the two generals behind the recent Myanmar coup. Maung Maung Kyaw and Moe Myint Tun have been added to the Specially Named Nationals…
News Update Delhi High Court sets aside Future Retail’s plea against Amazon 21 Dec 2020 The very famous online retail company Amazon is in a state of locked-horns in a bitter legal dispute with Future Group, which in August sold its retail assets to Mukesh…
News Update Trump lawsuits unlikely to impact outcome of U.S. election 6 Nov 2020 President Donald Trump called in his lawyers to shore up his dimming re-election prospects, but legal experts said the flurry of lawsuits had little chance of changing the outcome but…
News Update China asks US to walk with it towards the same goal 30 Oct 2020 China’s defence spokesman Senior Colonel Wu Qian told an online media briefing that senior officials from China-US militaries have had a telephonic conversation and agreed to strengthen communication, properly manage…
News Update In 2020-21, Global GDP will shrink, unemployment rate to worsen 14 Oct 2020 WASHINGTON: The global economic crisis will not be quite as grim as feared this year, but GDP will still contract by 4.4 percent and the ongoing pandemic means the outlook…
News Update United States and China enter a new cold war: The List War 26 Jul 2020 The two superpowers are now engaged in conflict across multiple geographic theatres (South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and Latin America) and multiple vectors (trade, investment, technology, espionage, international…