Tag: Asia Pacific
a senior regional ISIS figure killed by the Taliban
In Afghanistan, the fight against EI-K, the Islamic State-Khorasan group, the regional branch of the terrorist group, has been one of the security priorities of the Taliban regime since it…
corruption scandals linked to the 2020 Olympics are coming to the surface
Dentsu, Japan’s largest advertising agency at the heart of a series of corruption scandals linked to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is being sued by Japanese prosecutors. Five other companies suspected…
China: how “zero Covid” emptied the coffers of local governments
On a cold and wet afternoon in February, hundreds of retirees, wearing down jackets, caps and often surgical masks, demonstrate in the cities of Wuhan and Dalian. On videos, we…
Beijing, new theater of an intense diplomatic ballet
Beijing is the fashionable diplomatic destination these days. According to the Chinese press, the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council could go there in…
ANI, India’s main news agency accused of disinformation by NGO
New controversy over freedom of the press in India. The country’s main news agency, Asian News International (ANI), is accused of disinformation by a report by the NGO EU DisinfoLab.…
“I love cats so much that I am ready to deprive myself of clothes”
In China this weekend, owners of dogs, cats and goldfish are meeting at the 10th Pet Show in Beijing: more than 800 exhibitors and 5,000 companies represented in a booming…
International Crisis Group report calls for not turning our backs on Afghanistan
In a report released Thursday, February 23, the International Crisis Group points to the danger that would represent a withdrawal of NGOs and international aid, of which Afghan women would…
In Burma, the number of mine victims increases with the civil war
Landmines and unexploded ordnance injured or killed more than one person a day in Burma in 2022, according to the United Nations, an increase of almost 40% compared to 2021.…
Jancovici, pension reform, fasting: letters from the readers of L’Express
Where did the points retirement go? Didier Fuzellier, Maisons-Alfort (Val-de-Marne) The debate on pensions seems to me too centered on the retirement age, whereas the subject is much more complex.…
several arrests after attacks on journalists
Kazakhstan announced, on the evening of Tuesday February 21, the arrest of eighteen people suspected of being involved in several attacks that have targeted journalists in recent months in this…