Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 NATO chief welcomes the US decision to send 5,000 troops to PolandPresident Donald Trump announced that the United States will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, shortly after the Pentagon canceled a previously planned 4,000-troop deployment. Trump said the move reflects Washington’s relationship with...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 The US charges Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of two planesThe United States has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others over the 1996 downing of two Brothers to the Rescue planes, which killed four people, including three Americans. The...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome and delivers a veiled jab at the United StatesChinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin in Beijing with strong symbolism, presenting China-Russia ties as a stabilizing force amid rising global disorder while implicitly criticizing US dominance. The two leaders...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: 📌 Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choicesAfghanistan’s hunger crisis is worsening as unemployment, drought, and major aid cuts leave millions unable to meet their basic needs. In Ghor province, some fathers say they are considering, or have already arranged, the sale of their daughters in order...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 WHO declares the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergencyThe World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency of international concern after around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths were recorded. The outbreak...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: 📌 WHO declares the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo an international emergencyThe World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency of international concern after around 246 suspected cases and 80 deaths were recorded. The outbreak is centered in Ituri province,...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: 📌 Trump warns Taiwan against declaring independence hours after summit with XiUS President Donald Trump warned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China following his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump said US policy remains unchanged and urged both Taiwan and China to “cool down,” while avoiding any...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 Leading challenger to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer quits governmentWes Streeting resigned as Britain’s health secretary after declaring that he had lost confidence in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership and could no longer remain in government with credibility. His departure followed Labour’s poor local and...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: Global News & Digital Trends 📌 Trump arrives in China ahead of a crucial meeting with Xi JinpingUS President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing to a ceremonial welcome, opening a high-stakes visit with major implications for relations between the world’s two largest economies. He is set to meet President Xi Jinping...
Makana 360 Daily Insights: 📌 US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump’s dispute with MerzThe US Defense Department plans to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany over the next six to twelve months, amid tensions between President Donald Trump and Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the Iran war. The Pentagon said the decision...