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India’s new Vice President

Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India. He will assume the office when the current Vice President, Mohammad Hamid Ansari..

China’s trade war

As China continues to rise in global geopolitics, there are growing fears of it using trade to force other regions into supporting its foreign policy. China is the second..

Online terrorism

Amber Rudd, UK’s home secretary has said that internet and technology companies should be more aggressive in combating the spread of terrorism through online.

Three elections in Africa

The controversial President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has once again won the state election in a landslide victory. He has been in power for 17 years. The election..

Human trafficking on dark web

Italian state police have said that a British model was kidnapped to be reportedly auctioned off and sold on the dark web. The dark web is unindexed..

Family feud in Singapore

The attorney general’s chambers (AGC) of Singapore has announced that it will be taking legal action against the grandson of the leader Lee Kuan Yew over..

WannaCry hero arrested

Marcus Hutchins, British cyber-security researcher, who was credited for derailing the WannaCry attack that took place in May, has been arrested.

Israeli PM under investigation

Israeli police have confirmed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of having committed “fraud, breach of trust and bribes” in two corruption cases..

Grand jury against Trump?

Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 US elections, has impaneled a grand jury as part of his investigations.

Hyperloop – the present?

Hyperloop One, the company that is working on commercializing hyperloop travel, has successfully tested its prototype pod. The pod accelerated..

Another Cold War?

Russia has accused United States of continuing to peddle the “primitive ideology of the Cold War era”. Russia was responding to US Vice..

Trump sanctions a trade war

US President Donald Trump has signed has signed a bill that has legally put sanctions on Russia. At the same time, he accused the Congress..

Countering Russia

A bipartisan group of researchers from America have launched a new website aimed at tracking Russia-supported dis-information..

Temer stays

The Brazilian Congress has voted in favor of not to putting President Michel Temer on trial for corruption. This means he will not be impeached nor..

Iran’s “intelligent” response?

A high-ranking official from Iran has promised that the country will respond intelligently to the sanctions imposed on it by the United States. Deputy Foreign..

Qatar signs military deal

Qatar has announced that it has struck a $5.9 billion deal with Italy to buy naval vessels. The deal comes during a period of diplomatic crisis in the Gulf region. In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain…

Venezuela votes tampered

The voting company that assisted Venezuela in its recent election has said that final tally has been inflated. The government had called for an..

Dow on the rise?

For the first time in its 121-year history, Dow Jones Industrial Average broke the 22,000 barrier. The milestone was hit partly ..

Brazil to impeach Temer?

Michel Temer, the President of Brazil, is facing a vote by the Congress that might remove him from the presidency. He has been facing..

What Trump knew

The White House has confirmed that US President Donald Trump did in fact help his son draft a statement regarding Trump Jr’s..