https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67061964 For context, the greusome civil war in Myanmar resurged in the early 2020’s due to a coup that took place in Feburary of 2021, since then the country has been through turmoil with protests and violence. In north-east Myanmar, a camp meant for disspalced persons as well as surrounding area, controlled by the Kachin Independance Orginization (KIO) has been… Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/11/borneo-orangutan-killings-likely-still-occurring-numbers-research Orangutans continue to be illegally killed on the island of Borneo even though it is frowned upon in the culture. When reaserching the number of orangutan killings per year, more than 400 villagers were surveyed and it was determined that 2,000 to 3,000 orangutans are directly killed per year. And studies have shown that there are only 100,000 Bornean… Read more »
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/11/business/china-oil-saudi-arabia-iran.html China has been active in the middle east, specifically Saudi Arabia and Iran primarily because of the abundance of oil in these regions. In March, China drafted a deal that would help Iran and Saudi Arabia foster new relations and potentially resolve unrecognized tensions between the two countries. Ever since the terrorist group, Hamas (which is primarily backed by… Read more »
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/india/kerala-nipah-virus-india-outbreak-intl-hnk/index.html https://abcnews.go.com/Health/nipah-virus-amid-outbreak-india/story?id=103275709 The southern state of Kerala is currently facing an outbreak of the Nipah Virus, the Virus has been known to have a fatality rate of 40 to 70% so far more than 700 people have been reported to come into contact with the virus while many others have been tested. Symptoms of the Nipah Virus start out relatively… Read more »
China increases its regional aggression against Taiwan, as well as towards other countries they claim they must have territory in. The United States has been supporting Taiwan in their fight against China, last month Biden gave $345 million in military assistance and now U.S. lawmakers are pushing to send more military as the United States intends to support Taiwan’s independence…. Read more »
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/kim-jong-un-putin-weapons-talk-russian-space-base-amur https://www.npr.org/2023/09/13/1199190066/russia-north-korea-putin-kim-jong-un-summit In early September, Putin invited Kim Jong Un to Russia’s Far East to show the country they intend to support their endeavors in space travel, in a possible exchange for military cooperation against the west. North Korea has attempted to put a spy satellite into space twice, neither have been successful however with this new exchange of intelligence… Read more »