Author: News Desk

Mexico: The opposition party in Mexico has chosen a female senator as their candidate for the 2024 presidential race. Ms. Xóchitl Gálvez, aged 60, is a computer engineer and entrepreneur. Her nomination increases the possibility of Mexico having its first female president. Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City, is seen as the leading candidate for the Morena party, which is led by leftist President Mr. Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Ms. Gálvez receives support from a three-party coalition that includes the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which held significant political power in Mexico until 2000. As a child, she…

United Kingdom: A new health review has found that teenagers, young adults, pregnant women, drivers, and mentally ill people should avoid cannabis. The findings were based on an umbrella review conducted by an international expert team over the last two decades. The in-depth evidence review of ‘cannabis and health’ was published in the medical journal BMJ. The study noted that even though cannabis compounds could help people with certain medical conditions, taking the drug could have an adverse effect on some other groups of people. The researchers analysed data from 101 meta-analyses on cannabis use. The studies were published from…

Russia: Russia used its veto power to block the continuation of a United Nations expert team in Mali. This team had implicated foreign fighters, hinting at Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, in various abuses within the military-controlled West African nation. 13 out of the 15 UN Security Council members supported a proposal to extend sanctions on Mali for one year and maintain the presence of experts in the region. During the UN meeting, Russia used its veto power to oppose the extension proposal, which was led by France and the United Arab Emirates. China chose to Refrain from the vote. Russia’s…

United States: The United States has warned North Korea over the sale of munitions to Russia for its war in Ukraine as tensions between Pyongyang and Washington continue to rise. White House national security spokesperson Mr. John Kirby stated that the US is concerned about potential arms deals between Russia and North Korea. “We urge the DPRK to cease its arms negotiations with Russia and abide by the public commitments that Pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to Russia,” Mr. Kirby commented, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The…

Pakistan: Mr. Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, has been placed on judicial remand for two weeks on allegations of disclosing state secrets, according to his attorney. Mr. Khan’s detention has been prolonged until September 13 as part of the investigation into the “cypher” case. This decision came after a special court conducted proceedings at the Attock city jail. former judicial remand occurred one day after the Islamabad High Court suspended his conviction and three-year prison sentence for corruption charges. The former prime minister is charged with making public the contents of a confidential cable sent by Pakistan’s…

India: India’s space agency has stated that its moon rover has confirmed the presence of sulphur and detected several other elements on the lunar south pole. Recently, India became the first country to land a craft near the largely unexplored south pole and the fourth nation to land on the moon. “The Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) instrument onboard Chandrayaan-3 Rover has made the first-ever in-situ measurements on the elemental composition of the lunar surface near the south pole,” the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement. “These in-situ measurements confirm the presence of sulphur in the region unambiguously,…

United Kingdom: A new report has shown that the 27 European Union member states burned 17 percent less fossil fuel to make electricity between January and June 2023 than over the same period the year before. A study from the clean energy thinktank Ember found that the EU made 410 terawatt-hours of electricity from sources that release planet-heating gases, which analysts say is the lowest level since 2015, the first year for which they have monthly data, and “very likely” since 2000. According to the report, the drop in fossil fuel generation was due to a fall in demand for…

Gabon: Gabonese army officers have reportedly taken power over the nation. They have appeared on national television to announce it. It comes after the state election body announced that President Mr. Ali Bongo had won a third term. But the opposition argued it was fraudulent. These officers claimed to represent all security and defence forces in the Central African nation during the announcement. They declared the cancellation of election results, the immediate closure of all borders, and the dissolution of state institutions. “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime,” one of the soldiers…

United States: The social media platform ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter, said it would now allow political advertising in the US from candidates and political parties. It will still prohibit the promotion of false information, as per the report. In a recent blog post, X detailed its strategy for handling “political discussions” as the election approaches. Prior to billionaire Mr. Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company in October 2022, X had enforced a global ban on all political advertisements since 2019. However, in January 2023, the platform lifted this ban and started permitting “cause-related ads” in the US, particularly those…

United Kingdom: The United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Mr. James Cleverly will visit Beijing amid criticism from some of the MPs regarding the government’s approach to China. Mr. Cleverly, the first senior UK minister to travel to China since 2018, commented that China’s global significance meant it could not be ignored. But MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee stated that the government’s strategy on China was incoherent. During the visit, Mr. Cleverly will hold talks with China’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mr. Wang Yi and Vice-President Mr. Han Zheng. The Foreign Secretary has promised to raise concerns over human rights issues, including…