EDITORIAL
BY DHIREN SHAH
Hello Readers,
Like Baseball, Cricket is my passion. The ICC (International Cricket Council) has organized a One Day Cricket International. The host country is Pakistan, but due to the conflict between India and Pakistan, India refused to play in Pakistan. So, all the Indian games are being played in Dubai. Four countries are in the semi-finals. India, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. All four teams are very strong teams. India is already in the finals after winning over Australia. By the time you read this, South Africa and New Zealand will have played for the second spot in the finals. A total of 108 countries participated in the ICC World Cup.
President Trump’s tariffs received lot of protest from China, Canada and Mexico. Many media outlets have said that due to the tariffs, products will be costlier, and the burden would go to the consumer. If this is so, then why are China, Canada and Mexico so concerned. Tariffs may increase the cost of the products to some extent. However, more industries will move to the country and ultimately it will be a winning situation.
Right now, the steel industry is getting hurt. Many products we buy nowadays are coming from China. The cost of Chinese products is cheaper than American products and most of the time other products are also coming in from other parts of the world. To improve the economy, tariffs might help local manufacturers in my opinion. That said, there will be trade war. Trump had a speech scheduled at the Joint Session of Congress, so we might have gotten an answer from there.
Last week’s clash between President Trump, Vice President Vance and Ukrainian President Zelensky. Everyone knows that Zelensky cannot properly fight Russia without the full support of the U.S. He knows that as well. So, Zelensky said on X, “Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be. It is regrettable that it happened this way. It is time to make things right.” As per the news, Zelensky will sign a mineral deal with the U.S.
Trump has promised to stop the war. He exaggerated and stated that he could stop the war in 24 hours. That statement came out wrong. However, he is trying to solve the problem with his way of handling things between Russia and Ukraine. There are two civil wars going on in the world as of today, which are with Yemen and Myanmar. Hopefully, both wars can be stopped as soon as possible.
Politics and politicians usually steer people’s minds and start wars for whatever reason is convenient for them. Power and money are the ultimate goal for some leaders. I hope someone can change that. Some of the religions are also guilty of this. In the name of religion, they make sure that the war continues. Their power of speech or oratorship can change people’s minds and they always look at one side of the incident or incidents.
Per CNN: “A plan for Gaza formulated by Egypt would exclude Hamas from governance of the enclave once the war ends, a draft of the plan obtained by CNN shows. The plan is being discussed by Arab leaders meeting in Cairo in an emergency summit on Tuesday, with Egypt’s president proposing a Palestinian committee to temporarily govern Gaza - taking over from Hamas and eventually handing power to the Palestinian Authority (PA).”
Have a wonderful week. I’ll talk to you next week.
