Tag: Asia Pacific
two years after the coup, the junta in search of legitimacy
This February 1 marks two years since the military seized power in Burma, imprisoning democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and sparking a brutal civil war that has left more…
for the police, the attack in Peshawar was carried out in retaliation for his actions
Distressed families roamed the halls of hospitals in Peshawar on Tuesday, the day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in police headquarters left at least 100 people dead, almost…
Adani scandal: TotalEnergies splashed by the “biggest scam in history”
“It’s FTX to the power of 10, worse than Enron in 2001”, blows a slightly worried banker. Among the biggest frauds in history, the Adani affair could well rise to…
Paris and Canberra proclaim reconciliation and announce joint aid to Ukraine
The French and Australian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs attempted Monday (January 30th) in Paris to mend ties broken after the submarine crisis, also announcing the delivery to Ukraine…
“We risk our lives to go to school”: in Afghanistan, the resistance goes through women
For Mahjub Habibi, 31, going out alone is an ordeal. Pride too. Because in the Afghanistan of the Taliban, who came to power on August 15, 2021, it is prohibited.…
United States, Netherlands, Japan… These countries which limit exports of semiconductors to China
It’s an additional blow for China, as it may not end 2022 as the United States’ top trading partner for only the second time since 2008, according to early foreign…
ongoing research to find a radioactive capsule
Research was underway on Saturday January 28 in the state of Western Australia to find as quickly as possible a tiny radioactive capsule that disappeared during its transport from a…
More and more Japanese are dying without heirs, and this is not trivial
An additional sign of Japan’s demographic decline (and of the marriage crisis in this country), the state coffers recovered during the fiscal year ending at the end of March 2022…
According to Seoul, a Chinese cyberattack was launched against South Korean sites
According to South Korean authorities, a group of hackers Chinese launched an offensive on the sites of twelve South Korean institutions in the field of education during the period of…
electricity gradually back in cities after giant blackout
In Pakistan, electricity is back on Tuesday, January 24, in most cities, a day after a huge blackout that occurred in a large part of this country of 220 million…