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Recently, the home of Mahmoud Salhiya was demolished in Sheikh Jarrah by the Israeli forces. His house was located on the east part of the road which travels from north to south through Jerusalem and separates Israeli and Palestinian sectors. The demolition could be seen as a way to control the Palestinian and Israeli activists. The demolition happened in a very dramatic way as the authorities arrived at the site at the early hours of the day, on one the coldest night of the year. The Israeli police forcibly removed the 15 members of the Salhiya’s house and the house was bulldozed thereafter. Later, they arrested Mahmoud Salhiya and five members of his family, as well as some of their supporters, both Palestinian and Israeli activists. There is an ongoing attempt to displace the Palestinians from their homes. Recently, this has been done not just in Sheikh Jarrah but also in other places such as Silwan. Also, the outskirts of the Old City of Silwan have become a place for continu...

  The trade relations between India and South Africa have done exceedingly well recently. The target set by the leaders of both countries was USD 10 Billion. The actual numbers have exceeded to USD 11.6 billion. Consul General Anju Ranjan announced the results at the reception on the occasion to celebrate the 73rd Republic Day of India. "India-South Africa trade has crossed the landmark. We have achieved the 100 per cent target and now it has increased from USD 10 billion to USD 11.6 billion," Ranjan said. The exemplary results have been achieved despite the restriction posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in India and South-Africa. In midst of the Covid-19 pandemic many commercial activities were organised at both countries to promote the trade activities, like organizing the virtual exhibitions and buyer-seller meets. Business activities in ceramics, telecom, agriculture, printing and textiles sectors were promoted as a part of the agreement between both countries to improve bi...

  While the British are keen that the current PM Boris Johnson might resign, he isn’t budging from 10 Downing Street, sources have confirmed. The nudging comes when during a parliamentary session the opposition leader Keir Starmer said that it was time Johnson thought about resigning as the Scotland Yard would open its own investigation into parties held during COVID-19 lockdown at Downing Street. The session could be seen as unpleasant, full of shouts and allegations. Johnson defended his leadership and presented achievements. But in response, the party gate has accused him of ‘demeaning the office of the Prime Minister.’ It seems Johnson’s Conservative government continues to be not in the good books due to certain glitches that happened at the time of the lockdown. One major one was the surprise party for his 56th birthday in the midst of a peaked Covid-19 scare that was heavily criticized and showed recklessness on the part of the UK Prime Minister. It is believed that Bo...

The Libyan Health Minister Ali al-Zenati is under the scanner over charges of corruption. He and his second in command have now found themselves in custody over alleged corruption in the prices of oxygen cylinders with notoriety of scaled up prices. Covid 19 seems to have brought out the devil in many who have made a lot of money over PPE and related services, at the expense of people’s wellbeing.   In a statement made by the Attorney General it was said that, the government had “heard about the failure to comply with the regulations applied in administrative contracts ..., especially regarding the sale of oxygen production units, with a markup of up to 1000% of the purchase price.” The same source also cites "the signing of contracts directly with companies founded on August 10, 2021, which do not meet the requirements of solvency and expertise to carry out the work subject to the contracts." Both have now been placed under pre-trial custody before the case is heard in c...

The current situation arising at the Ukraine borders with Russia’s threating with troops build up has united the leaders in the west. Joe Biden declared a "total unanimity" with the leaders in Europe against the actions of Russia's to build-up troops on the Ukraine borders. Joe Biden also informed that the leaders in Europe have complete agreement with him on the common strategy against current actions of Russia, he shared this after a video call with the European allies on Monday. After the call with leaders from France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the EU, Biden shared with media “I had a very, very, very good meeting - total unanimity with all the European leaders." Additionally, UK has warned Russia, of "swift" and "unprecedented" sanctions if an incursion takes place.   Russia has not shown any indication of change in their stand to invade Ukraine yet.   The leaders from US and Europe agreed on international unity in face of growing Russi...

On January 23 rd , the locals of Senegal went out to the polling station to elect local representatives. These elections are a test for President Macky Sall and the opposition. Last year there were deadly riots in Senegal and later the opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was arrested. Senegal is located In the west part of Africa, with Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau on its borders. With a population of 16.7 million people, one third are eligible to vote now. The Poll takes place five months ahead of general elections. Senegal enjoys a dry tropical climate. There has been peace in Senegal with less impact from violence engulfing the region. Now, few terrorists the neighbouring countries are engaging in cross-border trafficking, with the intention to create instability. Amongst all other countries in the South African continent, Senegal has the reputation of being the is one of the most stable countries in terms of Political and other activities. After the independence i...

The Malaysian ghost of forced labor follows Canada too; so much so that the Maple country has now cancelled some contracts to prevent itself from being pulled into human rights issues. It is now confirmed that the Public Services and Procurement Canada has finally terminated two supply contracts with Supermax Healthcare Canada following allegations that the nitrile gloves it manufactured in Malaysia for use by Canadian health care workers were made with forced labour. A whooping $222 million were being invested into procuring these gloves that were to equip healthcare workers in Canada. This was a part of an $8billion push led by the former procurement minister Anita Anand. It is worth mentioning that the Canadian action has come after the US had initiated there’s in October led by the US Customs and Border Protection. In November, the department announced that deliveries from this company were being held until the government could review the results of an independe...