Year Ender 2023- Top 5 Most Impactful Events of the Year
As the New Year approaches, themiddleland.com looks at some of the most important and impactful events of 2023 Israel-Hamas War Starting with the event that happened much later in the but still made the most important headline of 2023: The Israel-Hamas conflict, which snowballed into a full-blown war. Day 85 and the fighting is still […]
Covid Makes a Comeback in Holiday Season, All You Need to Know About JN.1 Variant
Just when we thought that Coronavirus was gone for good, it has returned to haunt the globe. One of the first Asian countries to witness a rapid resurgence in COVID cases is Singapore, reporting above 56,000 cases in the week of December 3 to 9. The Ministry of Health said on December 15 that the […]
Communist Party of China’s Mounting Foreign Policy Failures
The future of the central pillar of China’s foreign policy, the Belt and Road initiative, seems dim as Italy decides to leave the project after being a part of it for four years. In a signal of leaders maintaining diplomatic distance with China, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni communicated its decision to China on December […]
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: The Oily Gears of War
Unraveling the European chessboard of war and oil Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sent shockwaves through the global energy market, placing the spotlight on the country’s immense oil reserves and their critical role in funding the war. The conflict has sparked intense scrutiny on Russia’s oil exports, with the West struggling to navigate […]
‘Walking Pneumonia’ vs. Covid-19, Uncannily Similar But Different At Core
As frigid temperatures hit China after the removal of all COVID-19 restrictions, a mysterious Pneumonia outbreak among children is spreading like wildfire in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai. With hospitals and clinics overwhelmed with thousands of children admitted and parents stuck in queues, the disease is causing people to panic all over the world, […]
What We Know So Far About the ‘Mysterious Pneumonia’ Outbreak in China
China has been hit by a contagion yet again, with pneumonia cases wreaking havoc in Northern and Southern China sparking fears of the start of a new global outbreak. According to the state-owned China National Radio earlier this week, Beijing Children’s Hospital is seeing an average of 7,000 patients per day – exceeding the hospital’s […]
France Tests Unarmed M51.3 Nuclear Missile Amid Ongoing Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Israel-Hamas War
In a move to bolster its nuclear deterrence capabilities, France test-fired its long-range ballistic missile M51.3 on November 18. After the launch of the missile, which was not carrying a nuclear weapon, the Defence Ministry said in a statement, “The flight has allowed to confirm a major improvement of the missile which will contribute to […]
Biden-Xi Engage in Bridge Building, Agree to Resume Military Communications
In a significant development, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the outskirts of San Francisco on November 16, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face encounter in a year. The talks yielded the resumption of military contact and a direct line of communication between both countries, which China severed after […]
Major News Outlets Fired the Photographers who Live-Filmed the October 7th Massacre
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, a fresh revelation about the conflict has come forward, paving the way for international uproar. Explosive claims have surfaced that the biggest media organizations like The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, and CNN might have had prior knowledge about the security breach and the October 7 Hamas attack on […]
$106 Billion War Aid In Question; New Speaker Asks For End Game
The newly elected the U.S. House Speaker, Louisiana Republican told Fox News on October 29, “We’re going to move a stand-alone Israel funding bill this week in the House, and I think we’ve got to separate that and get it through,” adding that he believes there will be bipartisan support for the measure. Johnson believes […]