Russia has taken full control of Mariupol, except the final part of the Southern city. Around one thousand civilians, along with several hundred Ukrainian soldiers, are trapped in the Azvostal steel plant in Mariupol, an important port city of Ukraine and the biggest port city on the Sea of Azov, facing attack by Russian forces. According to available sources, around twenty five civilians managed to leave, but others remained inside the plant, which was blocked off after the capture of the city by the Russian force a week ago. But there is little progress on this, though Russia has ordered…
Author: The Chief Editor
Sri Lanka has been in crisis for the past few weeks. Prices of fuel and other commodities have risen and the supply of various commodities has declined which has led to the rising cost of living. Moreover, the central bank’s reserve currency is the lowest. The country’s economy is on the verge of collapse due to different reasons including economic mismanagement, the impact of the pandemic, wrong decisions in mega-development projects and ill strategies to address geopolitical challenges. People of different classes and professions started protesting against the economic downturn across the country. By this time, anti-government protests erupted in…
Of course, people’s expenditure is enormously affected because of the increase in the price of different goods driven by the Russia-Ukraine war. In the meantime, the price of different goods has increased in different countries around the world, leading to an abnormal increase in expenditure of people at different tiers. People protested against the rising
The politics of Pakistan is in stalemate, no doubt. In the face of the possible vote of no confidence, the Prime minister sent advice to the President to dissolve the National Assembly of Pakistan. But the opposition, led by the Pakistan Muslim League, did not accept it and went to the Supreme Court. It is
The worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka led to huge protests among the masses. Along with the short supply and rise in the price of fuel, cooking gas and essentials, long hours of power cuts have forced the people to protest against the government. Amidst the protest, a nationwide state of emergency was declared for
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The Russia-Ukraine war has led to intense measures and counter measures by Russia and the West. While Russia invaded Ukraine, the West provided weapons to Ukraine to fight against Russia. While Russia was sanctioned by the West, the latter was sanctioned by Russia. Earlier, Russia ordered to keep its nuclear deterrence force ready and threatened
By this time, the Russia-Ukraine war has reached around one month. Of course, many efforts including economic sanctions against Russia, diplomatic talks of the United States, France, Germany and some other countries and bilateral talks directly between Russian and Ukrainian delegates were made. But no efforts got any light of hope in resolving the crisis and there is no sign of ending the war. War is going on in different cities of Ukraine including Kyiv, Mariupol and Kherson. Thus, it remains unclear whether the existing efforts can help to resolve the ongoing war without further destruction of residential buildings, industries…
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