AsiaNews morning roundup. Your daily snapshot of news across the continent: Monday to Saturday, everything people are talking about in Asia today, all in one glance
The other news of the day: COVID-19 cases are up on the Chinese island of Hainan. The row over the Chinese survey ship bound for Sri Lanka continues. Japan's trade surplus collapses. Ukrainian grain has not yet arrived in Lebanon. Armenia calls for international intervention on the future of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The other news of the day: In India Congress leaders are held in custody for six hours. In the Philippines an indigenous tribe is threatened by development. At least eight die in an explosion in Kabul claimed by the Islamic State. In Iraq Al-Sadr followers occupy the Green Zone. Uzbekistan is less and less democratic.
The other news of the day: Japan promises to work with the US for regional stability. ASEAN condemns the lack of progress for peace in Myanmar. Sri Lankan athlete goes missing at the Commonwealth Games. Tensions rise in Nagorno Karabakh. Zelensky wants to speak “directly” with Xi Jinping.
The other news of the day: Heavy floods hit Japan. In Thailand a hotel offers rooms for less than 30 cents US a night. Malaysia owes billions of dollars to the descendants of a sultan. Sanctions against Russia are starting to bite.
The other news of the day: Russia’s foreign minister arrives in Myanmar. Iran expels nearly 6,000 Afghan refugees. Crown prince dissolves Kuwait’s parliament. In Odessa petitioners want to replace the statue of Russian Tsarina Catherine II with that of a gay porn actor.
The other news of the day: Sources confirm Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan while Chinese warplanes flew over the Taiwan Strait. Beijing is expanding nuclear testing facilities in Xinjiang. In Pakistan, Imran Khan's party could be banned.
The other news of the day: Philippine clergy oppose mining. Asian factories show signs of weakness. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s approval rate plummets. Iranian and Afghan border forces clash.
The other news of the day: Israel revokes the permanent licence of six Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem. Papua New Guinea prime minister postpones the release of election results. Hong Kong loses civil servants. Uzbek president announces 30 days of intensive cotton harvesting to save crop from heat wave.
Today's headlines: In Japan again Covid-19 emergency in hospitals; A Syrian cargo ship carrying grain Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing from warehouses docks in Lebano; Vietnamese academic who had called for Party reforms under house arrest;. Azerbaijan wants to join the D8, the group of 'big Islamic countries'.
Today's headlines: lockdown returns for Covid in Wuhan; two Indian blue helmets killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Malaysia-Indonesia agreement on migrant workers; Erdogan wants full reopening of borders with Armenia.
Today's headlines: Pakistan Supreme Court confirms election of Imran Khan's ally as Punjab leader; in less than a month, 60 seminars in Hong Kong on Xi Jinping's speech; Family of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Washington to demand justice; Massive increase in military spending in Kazakhstan.
Today's headlines: Yes vote wins in Tunisian constitutional referendum; in India at least 21 people die from drinking bad liquor; China's population could decrease as early as this year; in Tajikistan the president gives house to the parents of a child, the country's ten millionth citizen.
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