Year: 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…

    The federal Fisheries Department shall continue to put in efforts this year o protect endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Canadian waters, but it is making slight changes to reduce the impact on the fishing industry. On Thursday, the government announced that it will close the fishing areas when the whales are present, but before prolonging such a closure, the authorities plan to step up the surveillance to determine whether the whales remain. When a right whale is detected in an area, it remains closed to lobster…

      Tiina Jauhiainen hadn’t heard from her beloved friend for a few exhausting months. She is thinking about what could trouble Princess Latifa now, after being confined in Dubai. According to the last few phone calls, Princess Latifa was punished for trying to escape and since then, she was kept hostage. She managed to share her whereabouts with her friend by using a secret phone. But, that has changed too. Suddenly, Tiina stopped getting calls from her friend. When Tiina last saw Princess Latifa, they were enjoying a…