Author: News Desk

France: An international study has found that COVID-19 has not affected humankind’s happiness, even though it has claimed 6.7 million lives and led to a global economic slump. The study, conducted on more than 100,000 people across 137 countries, found significantly higher levels of benevolence in all global regions than before the pandemic. On a scale of one to 10, people on average gave scores just as high in the 2020–22 COVID years as in the 2017–19 years. “Things were slightly worse in western countries and slightly better in the rest of the world, but overall, the undoubted pains were…

Egypt: Officials from the Israeli and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are holding negotiations in Egypt despite criticism and demands for a boycott from Palestinian political parties. The one-day conference began in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, where officials from Jordan, the US, and Egypt are also present. The negotiations take place before Ramadan, which is about to start, in an effort to keep things “calm” during the Muslim holy month, when tensions between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories frequently rise. The situation has been heated on the ground for more than a year, with…

Turki: According to Turkish President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the United Nations, a pact that had been set to expire 18th March 2023 and permitted the shipping of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea has been extended. Mr. Erdogan stated in a speech that in the western city of Canakkale that the agreement had been reached after discussions with Russia and Ukraine, although he did not say how long the extension had been for. While the Ukrainian ministry of infrastructure claimed that the agreement had been extended for 120 days, Russia said that it had only consented to a…

United States: Former US President Mr. Donald Trump stated that he anticipates being arrested in relation to the lengthy investigation into a hush money plot involving adult film actress Ms. Stormy Daniels. Mr. Trump also urged his fans to protest any such action. The “leading Republican candidate and former president of the United States will be arrested on Tuesday of next week,” Trump wrote on social media, referring to himself. He did not, however, elaborate on the circumstances behind his anticipated arrest. After Trump’s post, his staff claimed that it had not heard from the prosecution. Although his lawyer said…

North Korea: The state media announced that more than 800,000 young North Koreans have volunteered to join the army to combat “US imperialists.” The announcement came days after Pyongyang test-fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. Seoul and Washington have increased security cooperation following a record-breaking year of missile testing and rising nuclear threats from Pyongyang. This week, they began their largest joint military exercises in five years. All of these training sessions are seen as invasion drills by North Korea, which has frequently threatened to respond with “overwhelming” force. According to the official Korean Central News Agency, the United…

Netherlands: The intergovernmental organization International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin for being the source of the War. The court has focused its allegations against him on the forcible deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia. It claims that beginning on February 24, 2022, when Russia began its full-scale invasion, atrocities were committed in Ukraine. The charges have been refuted by Russia, which has called the warrants “outrageous.” It is quite doubtful that the measure will have a significant impact because Russia is not a member of the ICC, which does not…

United States: Actor Lance Reddick passed away At the age of 60. The actor was well-known for his work on The Wire and the John Wick series. Reddick’s representative reportedly told numerous media sites that he passed away at his Los Angeles home from natural causes. For his part in John Wick: Chapter 4, which will be released next week, the actor recently participated in interviews. The actor decided not to go to the movie’s New York premiere earlier this week. In the action-thriller movie series John Wick, Reddick played the role of Charon. The singer and actor died suddenly…

France: A new report has stated that the world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40 percent by the end of this decade. According to the report published by the Global Commision on the Economics of Water, governments must put an end to subsidising the extraction and overuse of water through misdirected agricultural subsidies, and industries from mining to manufacturing must overhaul their wasteful practices. The authors of the report further remarked that countries must start to manage water as a “global commons”, since most countries are highly dependent…

United Kingdom: The United Kingdom has banned TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that comes after other Western countries banned the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns. TikTok is going through increased scrutiny amid concerns that user data from the app, owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance, could be accessed by the Chinese government. “The security of sensitive government information must come first, so today we are banning this app on government devices. The use of other data-extracting apps will be kept under review,” Cabinet Office Minister Mr. Oliver Dowden remarked in a statement. The British government had asked…

France: The French government has used controversial special constitutional powers to force through pension reforms, including a rise in retirement age. The parliament witnessed several chaotic scenes in which radical left MPs sang La Marseillaise in top voices to stop the Prime Minister Ms. Elisabeth Borne from speaking. The country’s President Mr. Emmanuel Macron took a last-minute decision to avoid a parliamentary vote and instead push through his controversial plan to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. Mr. Macron opted to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which gives the government the power to bypass parliament. Ms. Borne…