On March 21, a Boeing 737-800 flight carrying 132 people crashed into a hill in China. The plane was travelling from Kunming city to Guangzhou. It belonged to the China Eastern Airlines company. The crash is significant for the country as it has halted China’s record of 100 million continuous hours of safe flight. The […]
A series of oil pipelines cross Ukraine, bringing Russian gas into Europe. However, with the ongoing war and sanctions against Russia, the oil supply has reduced. With the European Union depending on Russia for 40% of its energy needs, the region learns its lessons the hard way. On Monday, the Euro fell to a 15-month […]
In February, the consumer price index in the U.S. recorded its largest annual increase in 40 years. It is expected to rise even further in the coming weeks, given the prolonged war between Russia and Ukraine. In addition, Covid-19 has started to rise again in Europe. China is also tightening their rules, given that infections […]
As the West is trying to sanction Russia and individuals close to its President Vladimir Putin, increasingly Russians are smuggling their money out by taking the digital route. As most of the Russian oligarch’s bank assets are frozen, reports show that Bitcoin and Ethereum have come to their rescue. The West is now trying to […]
‘Anonymous,’ a hacker group, has announced that they will be launching a cyber attack on Russia’s digital infrastructure. The move has come after Russia invaded its neighbor Ukraine last week in an “all-out war,” resulting in hundreds of civilian and military casualties. The group plans to attack Russian websites, banks, government organizations, and other sensitive […]
Russia launched an attack on Ukraine on February 24 by hitting the cities with airstrikes or shelling. As a result, people of Ukraine have fled their homes seeking refuge in train stations and public parks and have lined up outside shops for food and water. At least dozens of Ukrainian civilians died in the conflict […]
Imagine losing an iPhone at a cafe or an apple mac inside a taxi in a busy city and getting it back without a scratch the very next day. Hard to fathom? It’s a reality in Japan. The public known return rate is as high as 80% to 90% in most cases. So how does […]
All hell broke loose last week in Downing Street. A damning report by U.K.’s senior civil servant Sue Gray into British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “parties” during lockdown has rocked the government. Johnson has apologized in public for flouting Covid norms, but his fate is still hanging in the balance. The report, which has not […]
On January 15, Canada imposed a vaccine mandate for truckers who crossed into the country from the U.S. The government decided to send back unvaccinated American truckers. These measures have landed the Canadian capital in trouble. Hundreds of truckers with their rigs and thousands of supporters have gathered in Ottawa, blocking vital roads. It started […]
A new kind of fight is brewing between China and American entrepreneur Elon Musk. A battle to capture the “space,” literally. The winner will get to decide the future of the internet. Musk’s company Starlink, owned by his firm SpaceX, has a group of 1,700 satellites in the Low Earth Orbit. The firm provides internet […]
