Tag: Asia Pacific
China backs Russia’s ‘reasonable concerns’
During a telephone exchange with his American counterpart Antony Blinken, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, expressed his support for Moscow, while the two capitals have multiplied the…
in Beijing, the Olympic Games 100% artificial snow
According to a report published by researchers from the English University of Loughborough, the Olympic Games and winter sports in general would be threatened by global warming. The lack of…
In India, the gap between rich and poor is widening
A study reveals that in India, in 5 years, the income of the most modest majority has experienced a vertiginous fall, while the income of the richest has increased sharply.…
fighting between army and rebel groups intensifies in Kayah State
Almost a year from the military coup in Burma, fighting between the army and anti-junta rebel groups has been intensifying for ten days in the east of the country. According…
Omicron doesn’t hold back millions of pilgrims expected at Hindu festival
In India, a gigantic Hindu festival is taking place these days in the region of Bengal, in the east of the country, called Ganga Sagar Mela. Millions of pilgrims must…
North Korea fires third missile in 10 days
While the two previous launches were “hypersonic missiles” according to North Korean state media, they would be two short-range ballistic missiles. The multiplication of these tests, unusual at this time…
the ex-president’s clan to maneuver during the riots to keep power
Kazakhstan has just experienced the most important events since its independence in 1991, according to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, referring to the riots that killed at least 164 people. He’s talking…
Massive screening in Tianjin after discovery of two Omicron cases
The port megalopolis of Tianjin, east of Beijing, launched a Covid screening campaign on Sunday among its 14 million inhabitants. Twenty infections have been reported since Saturday, including two Omicron…
a critical professor of the Taliban arrested
A respected Afghan university professor, known for his criticism of the Taliban, was arrested on Saturday (January 8) in Kabul, a spokesman for the Taliban government said on Sunday, accusing…
Women auctioned off, new Islamophobic scandal in India
India was rocked this week by an Islamophobic internet campaign: people created an app where they posted photos of famous Muslim women in order, they said, to auction them off.…