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The tariff war has raised concerns. According to multiple sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, imposed tariffs on Chinese goods in the US including a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum led to retaliatory tariffs on the US goods in China including US coal and liquefied natural gas products. Additionally, increased tariffs were imposed by the United States — with the aim to increase revenue — on several goods of several other countries including Mexico and Canada, though they were later halted for a while, and there is the possibility of imposing tariffs on Europe, a crucial ally…

The effort to eliminate the Bangladesh Awami League led to criticisms. According to multiple sources including the BBC and CNN, the uprising masses who led the ouster of the Hasina government in 2024, carried out the “Bulldozer Programs” that destroyed the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum — a historic building that carries the significance of the independence of Bangladesh — and many residential homes of the BAL leaders and its party offices across the country. They carried out the programs that aim to eliminate every sign of the ousted government saying it is a response to Sheikh Hasina’s repeated social media-based political…

Conflicts have been going on in DR Congo for several days, leading to concerns. According to multiple sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, hundreds of people have been killed, along with the displacement of thousands, in several days of intense fighting in Goma, an eastern city of the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly between the government force and the rebel group named the March 23 Movement (M23), made up of ethnic Tutsis. The rebel group M23, which has by this time captured northern Kivu, is moving south towards Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, while the military has…

The Ukraine war is hopefully going to be ended amidst the change in the US administration. According to multiple sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, the present President of the United States, Donald Trump who took oath on January 20, 2025, is in favor of the resolution of the war — started with the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 — and has indicated it several times. Additionally, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, and Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, have in the meantime expressed the intention of ending the Ukraine war. But it remains unclear…

A rise in murders in Trinidad and Tobago has led to concerns. The President of Trinidad and Tobago Christine Carla Kangaloo issued the declaration of a state of emergency in December 2024 amidst a record murder of more than 620 last year, the highest since 2013. Five men were shot dead in poverty-stricken Laventille of Trinidad and Tobago — which has one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean — last month. But this is not the only declaration of the state of emergency. A limited state of emergency was also in force in several areas of Trinidad…

Israel and Hamas may strike a ceasefire deal soon. As per the reports of the BBC and CNN, ceasefire talks have progressed on the Gaza war. A ceasefire agreement has in the meantime been reached in principle and will — probably — be finalized by Israel and Hamas this week. The potential three-stage ceasefire deal that includes the release of Hamas-held hostages (around 90 remaining hostages who were taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023), exchanges of prisoners (around 1000 Palestinian prisoners some of whom are in jail for years) and withdrawal of Israeli forces is a promising and praiseworthy step and…

Tensions have grown over the cutting of the Russian gas supplies through the Ukrainian pipeline. According to multiple sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, Russian gas has stopped flowing to European countries via Ukraine after the latter’s refusal to extend a five-year deal that expired on January 1 — marking the end of a decades-long arrangement for gas supplies — leading to growing tensions as gas supplies reduced in several countries including Slovakia and Austria. Slovakia, the main entry point of Russian gas into Europe, has by this time threatened to cut aid and stop supplying…

There were many desired and undesired happenings across the world in 2024, bringing both positive and negative impacts. According to multiple sources including the BBC and CNN, there were reduced economic impacts of the Ukraine war in 2024 — compared to that of 2023 — and diverse notable happenings including the Paris Olympics and a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. But the Gaza war, the Ukraine war and other conflicts (including the civil war in Myanmar) continued and there were economic, political and other problems in many countries, leading to concerns and protests. Among others, millions of people remained in the food…

Regime change in Syria can lead to changes on many grounds. According to multiple sources including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network, the Syrian regime change occurred due to an astonishing offensive of twelve days, toppling Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. The transitional government has the opportunity to make Syria, which is badly affected economically, politically and in other terms and has been suffering from the humanitarian crisis of the decade-long civil war, more peaceful, inclusive, democratic and prosperous for all by addressing economic, political and other challenges and concerns. But it remains unclear whether there will be…

Mass shootings and killings are a concern in France. According to multiple sources including the BBC and CNN, mass shootings occur in France many times, resulting in numerous casualties every year. There have been several mass shooting events in 2024 including the Birthday Party Shooting in July in France. Among others, the 2022 Paris Mass Shootings, which led to the death of three people, and the 2015 Bataclan Theatre Shootings, where 130 people were killed, are some of the notable events of mass shootings. But — optimistically saying — the events of mass shootings and their severity have declined over the last few…