Current Global Issues.docx

Current Affairs Global Issues

U.S Hegemony: - Trumps nominates David Malpass , U.S Treasury official (critic of multilateral institutions especially because of lending to China instead of poverty stricken countries)

Climate Change: -Protests by thousands of students in Netherlands and Belgium to force governments to tackle climate change with better policies.

U.S and Russia Relations: - US and Russia withdrawal from INF treaty, 1987 and expiry of START treaty in 2021 near

Migration: - Council of Europe alarmed at handling of migrants by Italy on land (Move to empty big migrant welcome centres) and sea

France and Germany’s relations: -France calling envoy from Italy (Salvini and Maio show support for yellow vests, previously Italy criticized France for supporting migration to Europe to compensate for it’s colonization of dozens of African countries) France criticized Italy for mishandling migrants earlier

Palestine: -Kuwait and Indonesia in support of international observer mission of U.N in Hebron (200,000 Palestinians and hundreds of hard-line Jewish settlers) . U.S opposes

Indian Elections: Congress of India to scrap law punishing Muslim men for instant divorce-> BJP ended Triple Talaq concept -> Offence punishable upto 3 years

Cyber Crime: Federal Cartel Office Germany asks Facebook to curb data gathering activities (FB market share 95% in Germany)