On July 25-26, the United States Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman will head to meet Chinese Officials. Wendy will travel to China this weekend on a visit that comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing on multiple fronts. According to Asia One News, Deputy Secretary will travel to Tianjin and hold the meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councillor. The State Department said the discussions are part of ongoing US efforts to hold candid exchanges with People’s Republic of China officials to advance their relationship. The statement future includes that they
Washington- The U.S. and Germany signed an agreement to enable a long-lasting, knotty battle between other maverick allies to complete the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Confirmed on Wednesday, the Washington-Berlin agreement aims to invest well over €200 million both in energy security and in sustainable energy throughout Europe, in Ukraine. “Should Russia attempt to use energy as a weapon or commit further aggressive acts against Ukraine, Germany will take action at the national level and press for effective measures at the European level, including sanctions to limit Russian
The new prime minister of Haiti who is supported by key international diplomats will take over following the assassination of President Jovenal Moise. This move is aimed at averting the leadership struggle. Ariel Henry will replace the country’s interim prime minister. He was designated prime minister by Moise before he was slain but never swore in. The neurosurgeon was the minister of social affairs and interior minister previously. He was a member of several political parties including Inite, which was formed by former President Rene Preval. It is unclear how Claude Joseph was quick
Women have proven their mettle in various fields, including politics. The world has seen numerous powerful women lead their countries, including India's Indira Gandhi, Germany's Angela Dorothea Merkel who is serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005, and New Zealand's current Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Moreover, in January 2021, Kamala Harris, by taking the oath to hold the USA's second-highest office, broke all barriers of male dominance and an American tradition that kept men at the top ranks of power for over two centuries. While women have made significant progress in leadership
The outcome of Sunday’s trust vote paves way for Sher Bahadur Deuba to become the next Prime Minister of Nepal. Nepalese media reported Mr. Deuba to remain in office for the next one and a half years until fresh parliamentary elections are carried out. By averting the general election in the Himalayan nation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Deuba sprang out as a surprise by winning the vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Representatives. 75-year-old President of the Nepali Congress Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed as prime minister as per Article 76(5) of the constitutio
Lebanon Prime minister-designate Saad Hariri abandoned his nine-month-long deadlock of trying to form a new government, on Thursday. It has put the country into a deeper crisis. Experts suggest this act will lead to severe economic depression. Mr. Harir states that this resignation was the result of a clash between him and President Michel Aoun. they were not able to agree on the same ground in order to form the government. In October Mr. Hariri was appointed by the president to form a new government after the last one collapsed in the aftermath of the deadly Beirut explosion. Mr. Hariri g
Geneva, Switzerland: On Thursday, the head of the World Health Organisation Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged China to be more transparent with the investigations which are being carried out in China. The World health Organisation also blames China for hindering the raw data on the first days of the spread of COVID-19 virus. In February the first phase of investigation came to an end which was being carried out by WHO team. The team spent four weeks in and around the city of Wuhan with the Chinese researchers. In March they published a joint report stating that the virus had probably be
The British government once again gains headlines as it has rejected the claims that it owes the European Union a bill of £41 billion for a Brexit “divorce bill”. This came to light after the first payment which had already been made in June this year. The EU’s 2020 accounts reopened in a dispute about the size of the bill which reveals the European Commission expected €47.5bn (£40.8bn) from the UK. This amount came out to be much higher than what the British government had considered. A spokesperson of prime minister Borris Johnson stated that they don't recognize that figure
Nearly 76 countries have shown interest in having a CoWIN like system to run their vaccination drive. According to Dr. R.S. Sharma, Chairperson of the Empowered Committee for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, PM Modi has directed officials to create an open source version of the platform and give it free of cost to any country that wants it. Countries like Canada, Mexico, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Uganda & nations from Asian continent have showed interest in having a system CoWIN like system Dr. Sharma said at the second Public Health Summit 2021 organ
The Democratic candidate Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected as 46th President of the United States on November 7th ’20. He secured 306 Electoral College votes out of a total of 538 thereby beating the incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump. He became the first US Presidential candidate to win over 80 million votes. He won 80,011,000 votes as compared to outgoing President Donald Trump who secured 73,800,000 votes. His victory came after 3 days of commotion as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes. The development brings an end to the legal battle led by Donald Trump