CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY 2017
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MARKEL
VISITS US:
German chancellor Angela Merkel was
on a state visit to US in March 2017. In
Washington, she met US president Donald Trump [see photo on cover] and
discussed bilateral and global issues.
During their meetings German leader defended stance on refuges and
globalization while US president again used the phrase ‘in first face-to-face
meeting. Both leaders struck a
conciliatory tone at their first meeting, but there was little disguising their
fundamental differences in policy
and style. Merkel said she was gratified
that the US president pledged support for NATO and the Minsk peace process in
Ukraine. Trump insisted that he is believer
in free trade. Merkel had been
accompanied to Washington by German business leaders, and trade was a clear
point of potential disagreement. Trump
has previously warned German car companies he would impose a border tax of 35%
on vehicles imported to the US market.
Trump told merkel he supports a strong NATO but added that her country
and other European national must pay their fair share of the costs of the
alliance. Many nations owe vast sums of
money from past years and it is very unfair to the United States. Merkel said German is increasing its NATO
contributions, seeking to meet the organizations goal of 2% of gross domestic
product; she also said there are different assets and facets of contributing to
defense security and stressed the importance of NATO missions in Afghanistan
and
eise where.
BARACK,
MICHELLE OBAMMA SIGN RECCORD BOOK DEAL: Barack and
Michelle obama have signed adeal to publish their memories with New Yark-based
penguin Random House, in a coveted contract reportedly worth tends of millions
of dollars, obama administration is already the author of two memoirs and
children’s book.
DON
GIVES CIA NOD TO CARRYOUT DRONE STRIKES:
US President
Donald Trump has reportedly given CIA necessary authorization to carry out
drone strikes against terror groups, a move that could have implications for
Pakistan. This is a change from the policies
of the previous Obama administration, under which the department of defence was
authorized to carry out such strikes and the CIA used drones to gather
intelligence information.
BANS
LARGE GADGETS ON FLYERS FROM 8 COUNTRIES:
The US has
banned laptops, iPads, cameras and electronic goods larger than a cell phone
from Bain baggage on direct flights to it originating from 20 airports in eight
Muslim-majority Gulf, west Asia and North Africa nations. The ban, which the Department of Homeland
Security said was because of terror threats, the department of Homeland security
said was because to terror threats, covers all direct flight to the US from
Cairo, Amman, Kuwait City, Casablanca, Doha, Riyadh, Jeddah, Istanbul, Abu
Bhabi and Dubai.
TRUMP
PLANS MAN ON MARS BY 2023S: US
President Donald Trump has signed a new bill authorizing nearly $20 billion for
NASA programmers that include human exploration of the red planet. The NASA transition Authorisation Act gives
the agency $19.5 billion for 2018. The
legislation also asks it to chalk out a plan to send a crewed mission to Mars
in the 2023s.
Rolls back obama’s green plans: US
present Donald Trump on March 29, signed another controversial executive order
to radically change his predecessor Barack Obama’s climate policies, dealing a
body blow to the international efforts to combat global warming. Trump signed
the order at the envieronmental Protection Agency [EPA] keeping his campaign
promise to support the coal industry.
The order will eliminate federal overreach and start a new era of
production and jonb creation. The order
represents a clear difference between how Trump and former President Obama view
the role the US plays in combating climate change, and dramatically alters the
government’s approach to rising sea levels and temperatures.
