Author: News Desk

Unites States: The United States has accused North Korea of supplying weapons to Russia for its war against Ukraine. “Pyongyang has supplied up to 1,000 containers of equipment and munitions in “recent weeks,” US National Security Council Spokesperson Mr. John Kirby stated. Officials released photos of 300 containers assembled for transport in Najin, North Korea. In September, North Korean leader Mr. Kim Jong Un visited Russia and discussed potential military cooperation. Mr. Kirby said the equipment was exported via sea and rail to a supply depot in southwestern Russia, near Tikhoretsk, about 290 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. The US…

Palestine: The United Nations has sharply criticized Israel’s evacuation order in Gaza and noted that evacuating residents is “not possible.” “After days of airstrikes, the Israeli Defense Forces have ordered the Palestinians in Gaza City and its surroundings to move to the south of the territory,” UN Secretary General Mr. Antonio Guterres said ahead of a Security Council meeting about the conflict. According to the UN Secretary General, moving more than one million people across a densely populated warzone to a place with no food, water, or accommodation when the entire territory is under siege is extremely dangerous—and in some…

London, UK: UK regulators have approved Microsoft’s revised offer to purchase Activision Blizzard, the creator of Call of Duty. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stated that the concerns have been addressed in the revised deal, following the rejection of the initial $69 billion bid in April 2023. The approval came at the end of a nearly two-year battle to finalize the largest takeover in the gaming industry’s history. Even though they approved the acquisition, the CMA had some criticism for Microsoft’s conduct. Following the competition watchdog’s rejection earlier this year, Microsoft’s president, Mr. Brad Smith, criticized the CMA, stating…

United States: A new trial has found that genetically modified kidneys keep monkeys alive for more than two years. In the largest of its kind trial, researchers transplanted kidneys from genetically edited pigs into monkeys that lived for a record amount of time. According to reports, about 13 people die every day due to a lack of kidney donors. The scientists hope that the study, published in the journal Nature this week, could soon lead to human trials. Previous studies show that about 8 percent to 16 percent of people globally have kidney problems, and more than 250,000 people died…

France: The French government has announced a ban on pro-Palestinian protests. The police have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters supporting the Palestinians, right after the ban. The Interior Minister, Mr. Gerald Darmanin, has ordered to ban all pro-Palestine demonstrations in the name of “public order.” Israel has been bombing the Gaza Strip for six days, resulting in over 1,400 casualties, thousands of injuries, and extensive destruction of neighborhoods in the already-besieged territory, which is now completely cut off. The bombing started on October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian group Hamas made an unusual attack inside Israeli…

United States: The European Union has opened an investigation into social media platform X, owned by Mr. Elon Musk, over the possible spread of disinformation. This includes terrorist and violent content as well as hate speech regarding the war between Hamas and Israel. The EU investigation will also look at the way complaints are handled. X, formerly known as Twitter, announced that it had removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts from the platform. The EU has also warned TikTok and Meta for not doing enough to deal with disinformation. According to reports, social media firms have witnessed a lot of misinformation about…

Antarctica: A new report has found that the ice shelves in Antarctica have shrunk by more than 40 percent since 1997, and almost half show “no sign of recovery.” Scientists from the University of Leeds have concluded that 67 trillion tonnes of ice were lost in the west and 59 trillion tonnes were added to the east between 1997 and 2021. As a result, a net total of 7.5 trillion tonnes have been lost in this period. According to the findings published in the journal Scientific Advances, the ice loss is a result of the climate crisis because there would…

Israel: The US Secretary of State Mr. Antony Blinken has landed in Israel to support the country after Hamas attacks. Mr. Blinken is expected to seek the release of hostages, including Americans, kidnapped by Hamas. Additionally, the US Secretary of State will demand safe passage for Gaza’s civilians ahead of a possible Israeli ground offensive. At least 1,200 Israelis died in the attack, and over 1,100 Palestinians have died in air strikes on Gaza. According to reports, about 22 US citizens are also known to have died in Israel. Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization by the US, took…

United States: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has suspended negotiations with SAG-AFTRA, the union representing approximately 160,000 actors. “After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction,” the AMPTP said in a statement. According to the statement, the suspension came after the actors’ union presented its latest proposal to the AMPTP. SAG-AFTRA started their strike in July 2023. Last week, after the Writers Guild of America (WGA) concluded its work stoppage, the union resumed negotiations with the…

Berlin: A new study has found that frogs appear to feign death as a drastic action to avoid unwanted male attention. According to the findings, female European common frogs do not simply put up with the male scramble for mates—a situation in which several males can end up clinging to a female. “It was previously thought that females were unable to choose or defend themselves against this male coercion,” Dr. Carolin Dittrich, the first author of the study from the Natural History Museum of Berli, said. “Females in these dense breeding aggregations are not passive, as previously thought,” the researcher…