Press release says: “During the cordial discussions, both Parties expressed their satisfaction at the development of bilateral relations, further strengthened by the protocol of understanding signed today regarding the collaboration between the “Bambino Gesù” Paediatric Hospital and the paediatric hospitals of the Russian Federation.”

| 04/07/2019
| VATICAN

The compound has been a World Heritage site since 2012. An Italian company began the restoration work in September 2013. Thanks to scrupulous restoration work, the mosaics of the transepts shine again.

| 04/07/2019
| HOLY LAND

The Australian OceanaGold Corp. is "responsible for the displacement of hundreds of families". NGOs and civil committees denounce "polluted water and air, deforestation and damage to agriculture". The possibility of renewing the company license is being examined by the government. Activist: "Fighting foreign mining companies is a gigantic undertaking. We know this will be a struggle."

| 04/07/2019
| PHILIPPINES

Alek Sigley, who went missing a week ago, is now in China before travelling to Japan. Intervention by Swedish diplomats proved decisive. For Pyongyang, "Washington is obsessed with sanctions" and "undermines the peaceful atmosphere" on the Korean Peninsula.

| 04/07/2019
| NORTH KOREA – AUSTRALIA

The British government warns of a possible repression of the population of the Territory, and the Chinese ambassador reacts with fury. Called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The tension in the former colony is still high.

 

 

| 04/07/2019
| HONG KONG - CHINA - GB
by Nirmala Carvalho

More than 432 Hindus became Buddhist at a public ceremony. Anti-conversion laws exist in seven Indian states. For Sajan K George, anti-Christian propaganda continues.

 

| 04/07/2019
| INDIA
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| VIETNAM
 
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