Tag: Asia Pacific
North Korea sends new ‘garbage’ balloons to the South – L’Express
Pyongyang continues its provocations. North Korea has sent new balloons suspected of being loaded with waste towards the South, the South Korean army announced on Saturday, August 10, the latest…
Samsung smartphone that rekindles tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul – L’Express
It only took one selfie to rekindle tensions between the two Koreas, in the middle of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. On Wednesday, July 31, a selfie of the…
Pressures, altercations… Tensions between China and Taiwan are invited to the Paris Olympics – L’Express
“Go Taiwan!” A sign written in Mandarin that seemed innocent at first glance. But on August 2, during the badminton semi-final at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle, the photo…
Nobel laureate Yunus on course to lead interim government – L’Express
“I am looking forward to coming home, seeing what is happening and how we can organize ourselves to get out of the problems we are in,” Nobel Peace Prize winner…
China conducts military exercise near disputed Scarborough Reef with Philippines
China announced on Wednesday, August 7, that it would conduct a military exercise in the South China Sea near Scarborough Reef. This islet controlled by Beijing is claimed by Manila,…
What role do the army and General Waker-Uz-Zaman play?
The day after the military took control of Bangladesh, President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament. Who is General Waker-Uz-Zaman, its leader? What role could the military play in this country of…
Muhammad Yunus willing to lead ‘interim government’
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus said Tuesday he was ready to lead an interim government in Bangladesh after the dissolution of parliament, meeting the demands of students who led…
China to focus on tourism to develop its service sector
China’s State Council has issued guidelines to boost the development of service sectors, including tourism, to increase consumption. Beijing wants to give the economy a boost and is working to…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Venezuela, or the shipwreck of a certain idea of the left – L’Express
“The advantage of being poor is that you can always get rich,” wrote Venezuelan novelist Miguel Bonnefoy in Black sugar (Rivages, 2017), a book that looks like a treasure hunt…
The east of the country is sweltering under unseasonably high temperatures
Eastern China is baking under unseasonably high temperatures, with excessive heat expected to persist in major coastal cities in the highly industrialized provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Authorities are urging…