Russia’s war on Ukraine rages with its economy continuing to topple. This is due to several sanctions imposed by the NATO members, such as a ban on coal, transport, finance, and broadcast. NATO moved to stop feeding the Russian war machine, including oil and gas exports which are Russia’s economic artery, making up to 59%. Even after restrictions and measures under the sixth package of sanctions announced on 3rd June that the EU put in place to decrease import restrictions and transport services of oil, countries continue to import oil from Russia. This is especially true for Germany. Germany’s Resource Mismanagement Germany relies on 32% of Russian oil. With oil coming from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. In the light of the armed conflict, Germany stopped using Norm Stream 2 by
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Sinno-Indian Relation In Tatters: China Following Russia’s Footsteps?
India and China have been arch-nemesis due to border clashes. It is the world's largest territorial dispute, with each side claiming parts of Sikkim, Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh. The portion that China governs is called the Line of Actual Control ( L.A.C. ). This L.A.C is dynamic and has changed due to multiple border skirmishes since Indian independence in 1947. The latest skirmish involved 20 Indian soldiers dying fighting against the Chinese ones in Ladakh on 15th June 2020. Since then, 120,000 Indian troops have been stationed in Ladakh's region on the L.A.C. But China's expansionist ambition goes further as it claims the entirety of Arunachal Pradesh. They claim the region as their own and call it 'South Tibet'. According to military expert Sushant Singh, this region is essential...
Read MoreToday the media is fixated on the protests. Opinions and, from a conservative point of view, question the idea of abortion ever since the ‘Roe V Wade’ was overturned in the US. This overturning has led to a complete total ban on abortion in 15 out of 50 states in the US except for risk to a mother’s life. However, this same strictness could also be found in Polish abortion laws, which went one step further on 22nd October 2020 almost to ban abortion in its entirety. After ending its communist rule 30 years ago, Poland has had quite staunch Catholic beliefs. Due to this, it had the strictest abortion laws in all of Europe. The only three conditions under which could legally abort included: foetal abnormality, a risk to the mother’s life and cases of incest and rape. There was an a...
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