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Jacques Delors is a former European Commission President and was the founding father of the European Union’s historic single currency project, which eventually gave birth to the currency ‘Euro.’, He died on Wednesday, at the age of 98. His daughter, Martine Aubry, the socialist mayor of Lille, confirmed to the media that her father died in his sleep at his home in Paris.Post-war, when the continent of Europe was undergoing several economic challenges, Delors emerged as an ardent advocate of post-war European integration. He saw European integration as a solution to lighten the burden on the struggling European economies. Along…

On December 26, Ukraine attacked a major Russian warship, Novocherkassk, using its weaponry in the Black Sea. This attack comes as a major gain for Ukraine, which is struggling to defend its territorial lines on the ground against Russia’s invasion. Both countries have acknowledged this attack.However, even in this attack, both countries have their own different versions of the story to tell the world. This comes as no surprise, as in this ongoing 22-month-long conflict, both Russia and Ukraine have often exaggerated the gains and losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other. Ukraine’s side of the story on…

Kashmir’s Poonch district is experiencing unrest at the moment after a video of villagers belonging to the Gujjar-Bakarwal community being brutally beaten and tortured by some unidentified soldiers from the Indian Army went viral. The Sarpanch of that village has confirmed that of the 8 villagers who were taken away by the Army for questioning on the basis of suspicion of involvement in the deaths of 4 soilders that happened last Thursday, 3 have been killed due to custodial torture. Background to the attacks that took place on the Army last week in Poonch: The Poonch District of Kashmir is…

A search operation with a huge cordon has been going on in Poonch after an ambushed terrorist attack on Indian soldiers this Thursday. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, along with the General Officer Commanding (GoC), XVI Corps, went to the concerned site on Friday. They are trying to analyse the whole situation and review it to track down the terrorists. Details of the search operation being carried out in Poonch: The search operation that is being carried out on multiple fronts includes not only a large number of security personnel but also involves aerial monitoring of the concerned area…

This Thursday, Thailand took a step further in legalizing same-sex marriage’ in the country when four draft bills concerning this subject were submitted to Parliament. The news came in after Thailand’s cabinet approved parliamentary discussions concerning the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the country this Tuesday. This decision marks a significant achievement for Thailand towards achieving marriage equality in the country. The bills need to go through multiple readings and stages of approval before the points mentioned in them can become law. However, if the bill is legalised, enacted, and receives royal assent, it would make Thailand the third country…

On Wednesday, the bodies of 87 victims who had been killed in ethnic clashes in the state of Manipur were laid to rest in a mass burial ceremony that had been held in the Churachandpur district. These bodies were of people from the Kuki-Zo tribe, one of the tribes from Manipur that has been engaged in an ongoing ethnic war in the state. It has been reported that the oldest of the victims buried was a 70-year-old woman, while the youngest was a one-month-old baby. The ceremony was held at a location named the “Kuki-Zo martyrs cemetery” in Sekhen. The…

On Monday, the United States announced that it would launch a multinational coalition force to safeguard trade in the Red Sea after about a dozen shipping lines were forced to suspend their operations due to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that they will design a “multinational security initiative” in which countries like Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Seychelles, and the United Kingdom would be a part. He added that the threat posed by this “non-state actor” can be addressed only by the collective action of many states that want to uphold…

On Monday, the Egyptian National Elections Authority announced that Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has secured a third term as leader of the country after the counting of votes in the election held between December 10 and 12 was finalised. It was announced that Sisi took 89.6 percent of the vote to secure a third term, with turnout at 66.8 percent in public voting. However, many are sceptical of the elections that have just taken place in the country, with the country facing its worst-ever economic crisis along with the wars going on in its neighbouring countries. Who is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ? Egyptian…

Kuwait recently named its oldest Crown Prince, Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, as its new emir, i.e., ruler, after the death of their former ruler, Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on December 16. Sheikh Meshal is the half-brother of the late Emir Sheikh Nawaf. He was named as the present Emir of Kuwait which was announced by the deputy prime minister and minister of state for cabinet affairs. Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber, the New Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber, 83, the recently appointed Emir, was the crown prince of Kuwait before he was named as the de…

This Thursday, at the Brussels summit of the EU’s 27 leaders, the European Union decided to start its membership talks with Ukraine. This news came in as a sign of hope for Ukraine, as the country has been at war for over a year and was struggling to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations due to opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Although it is believed that the process between opening negotiations and Ukraine finally becoming a member could take many years, people are hailing this move as a first step towards victory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…