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
Today's headlines: Manila and Washington revive anti-Chinese alliance; Disgraced Chinese billionaire Jack Ma named visiting professor at Tokyo University; India on U.S. blacklist on religious freedom over persecuted minorities; Damascus promises to stop drug trafficking to re-enter Arab world; South Korean art student eats a Cattellan installation in Seoul.
Other news of the day: Marcos Jr. announces Beijing's readiness to negotiate fishing grounds in the South China Sea. Gas leak kills 11 people in the Indian state of Punjab. Turkey’s Erdogan claims that the head of the Islamic State in Syria was killed in a Turkish operation. Israeli Parliament votes in favour of the separation of Azeri-majority Iranian Azerbaijan.
Today's headlines: Two Beijing drones fly over Taiwan; Japan gives green light to abortion pill also in Japan; Economist Sinelnikov-Murilev arrested in Russia for embezzlement; Three Roman fortified camps discovered in the Arabian desert.
Today's headlines: China's defence minister arrives in India for the first time since the 2020 clashes; In April the Burmese coup junta conducted 47 bombings in Chin State; In Japan thousands of chickens were culled for bird flu; Trade agreements between the Arab Emirates and Cambodia. Reduced extraction of Russian oil.
Today's headlines: in Myanmar the junta burns 450 houses in five days; Albert Augustine's widow and daughter return to India from Sudan; In Thailand, parties challenge each other for elections by promising cash payments to the population; Turkey has expelled 9,000 Afghans since the beginning of the year.
Today's headlines: Japanese company fail at first attempt at moon landing; The Taliban kill Isis leader responsible for the Kabul airport bombing almost two years ago; The WHO issues a new warning about Indian syrups; In Myanmar and Thailand, Karen language schools are back; Turkmenistan bans the mother of an activist from making a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Today's headlines: A man is sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Singapore; Money raising Apps go viral in South Korea; One of 12 cheetahs brought from South Africa dies in India; Tensions flare up again in Nagorno Krabakh; The European Union has imposed new sanctions for captagon trafficking.
Today's headlines: A French court imprisons four Afghans for human trafficking; In India, Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, on the run for over a month, was arrested; Heatwave in the Philippines could move classes online; Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon landed in Myanmar; Russian expatriates in Georgia try to avoid new mobilisations.
The other news of the day: Schools funded by foreign organisations are shut down in Afghanistan while women are banned from participating in Eid celebrations. In Myanmar, more than 200 civilians have been killed in recent months. India wants to ink an agreement with Ghana for the development of a new malaria vaccine. Armenia will allow women to enlist in the military. One in four Siberians wants to learn Chinese.
Today's headlines: Sagaing, over 20,000 fleeing Burmese army offensive; Hong Kong's national anthem, protest song overtakes Chinese anthem on Google; In Iraq over 200 arrests for gambling and alcohol consumption; a court rejects Rahul Gandhi's appeal; Thailand postpones introduction of entry tax for foreign tourists; in Bali, locals' impatience with Russian tourists grows.
Today's headlines: South Asia has the highest number of child brides, accounting for 45% of the total; In Japan, one of the world's oldest populations, a football championship for the over 80s kicks off; Jakarta confirms the death of three soldiers ambushed by separatists in Papua; Two protesters arreseted over lockdown for Covid-19 in Beijing released after four months; In Lebanon free museums and archaeological sites until 25 April.
Today's news: the death toll in China has risen to 29 from a fire in a hospital in the capital; The Afghan economy at risk if international aid is cut; Indian authorities have imposed school closures in parts of the country hit by an exceptional heat wave; Kuala Lumpur is considering restrictions on the use of water for "non-essential" purposes; "bad weather" forces Pyongyang to cancel the "Day of the Sun", celebrating founder Kim Il-Sung.
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