Month: March 2021

      On Thursday, the United States launched airstrikes in Syria, targeting the facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said that the strikes were retaliation for the rocket attack that happened earlier this month in Iraq that left one civilian contractor killed and wounded a U.S. service member, and also other coalition troops. The airstrike was the first military action that was undertaken by the Biden administration, which in its initial weeks had emphasized its intent to put more focus on the challenges…

    In a recent divorce cake, a Chinese court has ruled that a wife should get about 50,000 Chinese yuan ($7,700) from her husband in compensation for five years of housework. The ruling has sparked many debates online who are questioning whether the amount is a fair price. That’s about $128 a month, or a little more than $1,500 a year. In Chinese currency terms, the payout is about 10,000 yuan a year. China said in 2019 that its poorest earned an average of 9,808 yuan per person a…