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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - May 2017

May 2017

Nov 01, 2018

Myanmar to Take Back Rohingya Refugees

According to Myanmar Foreign Secretary Myint Thu, his country would take back a first group of 2,000 Rohingya refugees from camps in Bangladesh in November. Myanmar had verified 5,000 names on a list of 8,032 Rohingya that the Bangladesh authorities had sent in February.

Oct 31, 2018

Troops Sent to Border

As per the Department of Defense, in what has been named 'Operation Faithful Patriot', more than 5,200 active duty troops will be sent by the end of this week to the U.S.'s southwest border to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection.

The move comes a week before the midterm elections and at a time when the Trump administration has been criticised for politicising the migrant caravan and using the Army to gain political points.

Oct 30, 2018

Angela Merkel to Step Down as Chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she would not seek re-election as party chairwoman and that her fourth term as chancellor would be her last, heralding the end of a 13-year era in which she has dominated European politics.

Merkel has been chairwoman of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) since 2000 and chancellor since 2005.

Bangladesh's Former PM Jailed

A special court in Bangladesh's capital has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to seven years in jail involving a charity fund (Zia Charitable Trust Fund) named after her late husband.

IBM to Acquire Red Hat

IBM Corp agreed to acquire US software company Red Hat Inc for $34 billion, including debt, as it seeks to diversify its technology hardware and consulting business into higher-margin products and services.

The transaction is by far IBM's biggest acquisition.

Oct 29, 2018

Indonesia Opens 'Little India Gate'

Hundreds of people gathered in Northern Indonesia to witness the inauguration of 'Little India Gate', the first-of-its-kind structure in the country which recognises the contribution of the Indian community in the development of Medan city.

Kampung Madras area is one of the city's significant ethnic enclaves comprising a large population of people of Indian descent whose ancestors had settled down in Medan in the mid-19th century.

Bolsonaro Elected to Presidency

Jair Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman who has waxed nostalgic for Brazil's old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation as voters looked past warnings that he would erode democracy and embraced a chance for radical change after years of turmoil.

Oct 28, 2018

Microsoft Overtakes Amazon

Microsoft Corp regained its spot as the second most valuable US company after a disappointing quarterly report from Amazon.com wiped $65 billion off the online retailer`s market capitalisation.

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe Sacked

Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new Prime Minister, in a shock move that plunged the island into an unprecedented constitutional crisis.

Sirisena's office announced the surprise decision after the president sacked incumbent premier Ranil Wickremesinghe, who insisted that he was still the legitimate prime minister and would fight his dismissal in court.

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