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The German defense chief said that the country intends to increase its military presence in the Indo-Pacific by deploying more warships and participating in drills with its allies. Along with other Western nations, Germany is flexing its muscles in the region. At the risk of irking its top trade partner, Berlin sent its first warship to the disputed waters of the South China Sea last year. The country sent 13 aircraft to joint exercises in Australia this month. According to Reuters, General Eberhard Zorn, the head of the Bundeswehr, said that the army plans to send troops to participate in…

Jeju, a southern resort island, may be directly affected by a super-strong typhoon approaching the Korean Peninsula early next week, the state weather agency said Thursday. At 3 a.m. Friday, Typhoon Hinnamnor, the 11th tropical storm of this year, is expected to move southwest into the sea 610 km south-southwest of Japan’s Okinawa Island Friday before turning northward, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said, according to Yonhap News Agency. The KMA forecasts Hinnamnor will reach the sea 70 km south of Jeju’s southern port city of Seogwipo next Tuesday after moving quickly northward. With an atmospheric pressure of 915 hectopascals…

An oil tanker stranded in Egypt’s Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical problem with its rudder was re-floated by tug boats, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said. Two navigational sources reported that Affinity V had been blocking the southern section of the canal, but SCA sources reported that traffic had resumed shortly after midnight local time. This incident occurred on the same stretch of canal where a giant cargo ship, the Ever Given, ran aground for six days in March 2021, disrupting global trade. Aframax tanker Affinity V lost control in the Suez Canal on Wednesday evening,…

A series of fires swept through Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in August, the most since 2010, according to government data released Wednesday. It was the highest number of fires since 2010, surpassing the fires that drew international attention shortly after President Jair Bolsonaro took office. In the first 30 days of August, INPE registered 31,513 fire alerts in the Amazon via satellite. This made it the most infernal August since 2010, when 45,018 fires were reported for the entire month. In an average year, INPE issues the majority of Amazon fire alerts in August and September, when rains often subside and…

At the age of 91, Mikhail Gorbachev, the man who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, has passed away, according to hospital officials in Moscow. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, removed the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and brought about the reunification of Germany through arms reduction deals with the United States. The Soviet Union fell apart as a result of his internal reforms, a moment President Vladimir Putin called the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the twentieth century. “Mikhail Gorbachev passed away tonight after a…

Earlier on Tuesday morning, the northern section of the grain silos at the Beirut port that were damaged two years ago when a blast occurred collapsed. This was after warnings were given that the structure was leaning too far for it to stand. LBCI television reported a cloud of brown-gray dust billowing over the waterfront following the crash. Currently, there are no reports of injuries. In a huge explosion at the port on Aug. 4, 2020, more than 220 people were killed and the northern section of the grain silos was gutted. This left wheat and corn spilling out in…

Following the landfall of Tropical Storm Ma-On, bringing heavy rains and torrential downpours, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr announced Tuesday that government offices and public schools would be closed for two days in the capital region and several other provinces. It is estimated that the wind speed of the storm was 110 kilometers per hour (68.35 miles per hour) when it hit land on Tuesday morning and barreled through the northern Philippine provinces, according to the state weather bureau. Trixie Angeles, the president’s press secretary, told Reuters that the order covers Metro Manila, an urban sprawl made up of 16…

It has been reported that more than half of Europe is threatened by drought, according to a report published on Monday by the European Commission’s science and knowledge service (JRC). According to the German Press Agency (dpa), as of 10th August, 47% of Europe’s territory had reached a level of drought warning, while 17% of surveyed regions were on full alert, refering to the report mentioned above. Researchers have found a link between dry conditions in Europe and a lack of rain. In addition, they have also found a number of heatwaves from May onwards that have adversely affected the…

After a flood disaster hit six different states in the north and south in Sudan on Sunday, the Sudanese Council of Ministers declared a state of alert and an emergency. These states are River Nile, Gezira, White Nile, West Kordofan, South Darfur, as well as Kassala province, all of which were affected by the flood disaster. It was reported by the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), that the Council stressed the importance of mobilizing popular efforts to attract both internal and external humanitarian support from official bodies as well as more grassroots organizations in order to provide assistance to those affected…

It was reported on Thursday by the Algerian Civil Protection Directorate that 37 people had died in wildfires throughout Algeria, according to Algerian TV station Ennahar, which has reported the findings. There were also 183 people who were injured as a result of the incident, according to the report. In the eastern part of Africa’s largest arid and semi-arid country, the wildfires are burning in mountainous areas and claiming the lives of people from Al Taref and Setif provinces. Many of the wildfires have been put out or brought under control in most provinces. However, firefighters and helicopters are still…