Russia and China won seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council on October 13, causing outrage among human rights activists, while Saudi Arabia failed to secure a seat. While Russia and Cuba ran unopposed, Saudi Arabia and China were in a five-way race, with Pakistan receiving 169 votes, Uzbekistan 164, Nepal 150, China 139, and Saudi Arabia just 90 votes.
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A total of nine people in France were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the brutal beheading of a teacher on Friday, October 16. The victim was 47-year-old Samuel Paty, a geography and history teacher at a school in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a suburb of Paris. According to the Washington Post, the assailant was shot dead by French police and later identified as Abdoulakh A., an 18-year-old Moscow-born immigrant of Chechen descent.
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China’s trans-national Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has hit a roadblock as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to flare. Al Jazeera reports that most construction has been halted to stop the spread of the virus, with 20 percent of projects being seriously impacted. Now, many countries fear they may not be able to pay back their loans to China or meet their deadline obligations.
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Airbus recently introduced their new program ZEROe, which allows for zero-emission commercial planes. The concept outlines that the planes will be fueled with hydrogen to eliminate their carbon footprint. CNN explains that hydrogen can be used in different ways to power airplanes: it can be combusted directly through modified gas turbines, converted into electric energy, using fuel cells, and even combined with CO2 can be used to produce synthetic kerosene.
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The governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia have approved a new temporary ceasefire agreement beginning on Saturday amid heightened tensions following weeks of shelling and bombing of civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Aljazeera reports.
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Much as it has dominated headlines throughout 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was the most highlighted issue at the annual United Nations General Assembly, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this year.
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Since March 2020, the world has been plagued with the Coronavirus. Although this has the world’s focus for more than half of this year, some leaders have been focused on climate change.
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[Featured Image Credit to Sadiq Khedar] Stephanie Miller Editor in Chief Almost six years after the so-called Islamic State (IS)
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As countries and cities around the world begin to take measures to contain and prevent the spread of COVID-19, the environmental impact from the virus has become apparent.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other involved nations, collectively known as OPEC+, have come to an agreement where every oil-producing nation will cut production.
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