GLOBAL DIARY

“I am confident over France’s energy supply this winter, as we are less dependent on Russian gas than other EU countries” – EMMANUEL

MACRON, PRESIDENT OF FRANCE

IRAN RECEIVES US ANSWER TO THE NUCLEAR PROPOSAL

According to the Iranian foreign ministry, Iran received the US answer to its nuclear deal on 24th August 2022. The ministry also reported that Tehran will respond to US and EU soon. Iran responded on 16th August 2022 officially to the top European Union proposal aimed at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and was waiting for US and EU response. Iran is facing an economic crisis over sanctions by US and EU.

EURO AT 20-YEAR LOW, WORTH LESS THAN DOLLAR

The euro hit a two-decade low against the dollar at $0.9930, stoking fears that the energy shock will keep inflation high and make a recession in Europe all but certain. The reasons for the drop are the fact that Russia will suspend natural gas deliveries to Europe via Nord Stream 1 for three days at the end of this month, which reminded market players of the uncertainty of the situation regarding the continent’s energy supply. Also, the heat wave in Europe has already burdened the energy supply, and there is an increasingly pronounced fear of potential supply interruptions during the winter months, which could be disastrous for business activity.

FINLAND’S PM SANNA MARIN APOLOGISES FOR ‘INAPPROPRIATE’ PICTURES AT RESIDENCE

Sanna Marin has apologised for the second time in a week after a photograph of two topless women taken at a party inside the Finnish prime minister’s official residence last month was published on social media. The picture, which has since been deleted, first appeared on the TikTok account of the model and influencer Sabina Särkkä. It shows her and another woman – not Marin – kissing while lifting up their tops, with a “Finland” sign covering their breasts. “I think the picture is not appropriate, I apologise for it. Such a picture should not have been taken,” Marin said. She said it was taken at the residence, Kesäranta, when she invited friends round after the Ruisrock music festival on 8 July.

“What worries me is that there is no ready answer to the question of what happens when the gas runs out”- OLAF SCHOLZ,

CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY

IVANA VULETA THE EUROPEAN CHAMPION

PAKISTAN FLOODS

Ivana Vuleta became the European champion in the long jump at the Old Continent Championships in Munich, with her jump from the first series of 7.06 meters. Serbian athlete won with her jump which reached her fifth continental champion title in total, and her second in the open air. German Malaika Mihambo, the current world and Olympic champion (7.03), won the silver, while the bronze was won by Britain’s Sawyers with 6.80 meters. The second Serbian representative in the final, Milica Gardašević, finished in seventh place with 6.52.

SOUTH KOREAN LAUNCHES 1ST SPACECRAFT TO THE MOON

South Korea has launched a lunar orbiter that will scout out future landing spots. The satellite launched by SpaceX is taking a long, roundabout path to conserving fuel and will arrive back in December. If successful, it will join spacecraft from the U.S. and India already operating around the moon, and a Chinese rover exploring the moon’s far side. India, Russia and Japan have new moon missions launching later this year or next, as do a slew of private companies in the U.S. and elsewhere. And NASA is next up with the debut of its mega moon rocket in late August.

People carrying children wade through a flooded area following heavy rains in Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, 29th August 2022. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on 27th August, flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed over 1,000 people across Pakistan since mid-June 2022. More than 33 million people have been affected by floods, the country’s climate change minister said.