Tag: Asia Pacific
chaos at Deendayal port after wheat export ban
India banned the export of wheat on Saturday, in order to ensure local consumption and contain inflation. But the sudden decision caused chaos at a major port, where grain was…
Okinawa, fifty years after its restitution by the United States, remains a strategic forward base
The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa celebrates this Sunday, May 15, the fiftieth anniversary of its retrocession by the Americans to the Japanese. The festivities organized for the occasion, however, are…
21 new deaths in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic
Twenty-one additional deaths due to fever Occurred in North Korea, which reported more than half a million patients on Saturday, two days after the official announcement of the very first…
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister amid economic crisis
Saving the country from the Sri Lankan economic collapse will be the heavy task of the new Prime Minister whom President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has just appointed, after several days of…
the arrest of pro-democracy figures, including a cardinal, sparks outrage
Four prominent figures in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy camp, including former archbishop Cardinal Joseph Zen and Canto-pop star Denise Ho, have been arrested in the past 24 hours for ” collusion…
Pro-democracy cardinal arrested then released in Hong Kong
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, arrested on Wednesday May 11 under the national security law, was released on bail a few hours later by the pro-Beijing authorities in the territory. In a…
Supreme Court suspends colonial law prosecuting acts of sedition
In India, the Supreme Court suspended, on Wednesday May 11, all prosecutions for an act known as ” sedition ”, a colonial-era law defined by section 124 A of the…
Singapore censors Indian film stigmatizing Kashmiri Muslims
This is a movie Singaporeans won’t see: Kashmir Files, Indian drama about the flight of members of the Hindu elite from Kashmir. It has been massively promoted by the government…
In the Philippines, the return of the Marcos to power
The victory of Ferdinand Marcos junior, son of the late dictator, in the presidential election in the Philippines signals the return to grace of a family clan driven from power…
the political crisis worsens despite the resignation of the Prime Minister
The political crisis is worsening in Sri Lanka. This Monday, May 9, after deadly clashes between supporters of power and opponents, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned. For months, the island…