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Jun 04, 2020

WEF to Hold 'Twin Summit' in January 2021

The World Economic Forum announced that its next summit in Davos will be "a unique twin summit" in January 2021, with the theme "the Great Reset", with a wider participation through virtual link-ups in 400 cities to the main event.
The WEF said the political, economic and social disruptions caused by the crisis had exposed the inadequacies of health, financial and energy systems, leaving leaders at a crossroads.

China to Construct 1,124-Megawatt Power Project in Pok Under CPEC

China under the multi-billion-dollar CPEC will set up a 1,124-megawatt power project in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir despite India's objection to it.
The details of the Kohala hydropower project was presented in the 127th meeting of the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) chaired by Energy Minister Omar Ayub.
The meeting was informed that a tripartite agreement has been finalised among China's Three Gorges Corporation, the authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the PPIB to implement the 1,124-megawatt Kohala hydroelectric power project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework.

Jun 03, 2020

Trump Seeks to Add India, Russia to G7 Invitation List

US President Donald Trump has postponed the G7 Summit till September 2020 and expressed his desire to expand the "outdated" bloc to G10 or G11, including India and three other nations to the grouping of the world's top economies.
The president, in an interaction with reporters travelling with him aboard the Air Force One from Florida to Washington DC said that he is "postponing it (the summit) until September" and plans to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India.

India to be Re-Elected as Non-Permanent Member of UNSC

India is set to be re-elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council during the elections in June 2020. India is assured to win from the Asia Pacific seat, as it will be the sole contender.
India's candidature for the Asia Pacific seat in the non-permanent category was unanimously endorsed by the 55-member Asia Pacific grouping including Pakistan and China in 2019.
India's name for non-permanent UNSC seat was proposed by the Asia Pacific countries for a two-year period, from 2021-2022.

Jun 02, 2020

Hong Kong Bans Tiananmen Vigil for First Time in 30 Years

Hong Kong police banned an upcoming vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the first time the gathering has been halted in three decades.
The candlelight June 4 vigil usually attracts huge crowds and is the only place on Chinese soil where such a major commemoration of the anniversary is still allowed.
The Tiananmen Square protests or the Tiananmen Square Incident, commonly known as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during 1989. The popular national movement inspired by the Beijing protests is sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement.

Jun 01, 2020

George Floyd Death: Violence Erupts on Sixth Day of Protests

Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs.
Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse the crowds.
The Floyd case has reignited anger over police killings of black Americans. For many, the outrage also reflects years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and segregation, not least in Minneapolis itself, where George Floyd died.

May 30, 2020

Top Indian-Americans Endorse Joe Biden for President in 2020 US Polls

Over half a dozen Indian-American former senior Obama administration officials announced their endorsement of Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Top among those include former US Ambassador to India Richard Verma; former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal; former US Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and former Deputy White House Cabinet Secretary Gaurav Bansal.
- Biden, 77, is the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. He is likely to be formally nominated by the Democratic National Convention in Wisconsin in August.
- He has already been endorsed by several leaders, including his one-time rivals for the Democratic nomination Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, former president Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Trump Terminates US Relationship with WHO

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is terminating the country's relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The president has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic.
"China has total control over the World Health Organization," the president said while announcing measures aimed at punishing Beijing.
Washington will redirect funds to other bodies.
The US is the global health agency's largest single contributor, providing more than $400m (£324m; €360m) in 2019.

U.S. Joins G7 Artificial Intelligence Group to Counter China

The US has joined an international panel for setting ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence.
The Trump administration had earlier dismissed the idea.
The Trump administration had been the lone holdout among leaders of the Group of Seven — the world's wealthiest democracies — in setting up the Global Partnership on AI.
White House's chief technology officer, Michael Kratsios, told it is important to establish shared democratic principles as a counter to China's record of "twisting technology" in ways that threaten civil liberties.

Australian Court Grants Access to Queen's Letters

Letters written by the Queen before the 1975 dismissal of then Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam can be made public, an Australian court has ruled.
Mr Whitlam's government was removed by her representative at the time, Governor-General Sir John Kerr, and replaced with an opposition party.
The dismissal is often described as the most controversial episode in Australian political history.
It is not known what the letters between the Queen and Sir John contain.
Historians have long questioned what Buckingham Palace knew about the removal of Mr Whitlam, a progressive whose reforms divided Australia after two decades of conservative rule.
More than 200 letters have been kept sealed in the National Archives since 1978, but in 2020 the High Court of Australia ruled they could be accessed in the national interest.

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