Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish soccer federation that got suspended after kissing a player at the Women’s World Cup Final, just resigned after three weeks of immense pressure, reports the Associated Press. Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso during the awards ceremony of the World Cup after Spain won the[Read More…]
This week, India sent invitations to G20 leaders which described Droupadi Murmu as “President of Bharat” instead of “President of India.” Does this mean that India has changed its name? The decision was cheered by many Hindu nationalist leaders from the Prime Minister’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. They said the[Read More…]
Chinese President Xi Jinping will apparently skip this week’s G20 summit in India as friction grows between two of the most populated countries in the world. Chinese Premier Li Qiang will represent China in the September 9-10 summit instead, reports the Associated Press. “Premier Li Qiang will elaborate on China’s[Read More…]
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, alongside three Cabinet ministers ate sashimi prepared with fish caught off the Fukushima coast after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. This is part of an effort to show that fish is safe to eat. The ministers had sashimi of[Read More…]
Climate activists are targeting private jets, superyachts, and golf camps in Europe as a part of global protests against luxury, reports the Associated Press. Spanish climate activist group Futuro Vegetal –or Vegetable Future—was responsible for spray-painting a $300 million superyacht belonging to Walmart heir Nancy Walton Laurie. The group held[Read More…]
India became the first country to land an uncrewed probe near the moon’s south pole and the fourth country to reach the moon, after the U.S., the Soviet Union and China, reports the Associated Press. On Wednesday, India managed to land the $75 million Chandrayaan-3 mission. The lander with a[Read More…]
In three days, Cyprus police have rescued 115 Syrian migrants aboard 3 separate boats, reported the Associated Press. The first boat police rescued was a small boat with 11 people aboard. Officers found this boat on Saturday. All ten men and one minor had departed from Lebanon. Three men were[Read More…]
Russian drone attacks targeted Ukrainian grain storage facilities and ports along the Danube. The Associated Press reports that Ukraine has relied on this River as an alternative route to transport grain to Europe, after Russia broke a safe shipping agreement in the Black Sea. Since Russia exited the agreement, Ukraine[Read More…]
Allies of Niger’s overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum have been appealing to the United States and other allies for three weeks for help to restore the country’s president to power. According to a report by the Associated Press, friends and family of the democratically elected president are pleading with his allies[Read More…]
Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party of Germany, said that the European Union was a “failed project” at its party convention in Magdeburg last Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The party also rejected the Euro as a currency and stated that the EU “completely failed” in everything, including migration[Read More…]
