North Asia

They live in the north of the country and number a total of 12,000. Few still speak their native language. The greatest threat comes from damage to forests and woodlands. For them, the land must be respected and exploited as needed.

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.

The opponent considered a foreign agent, therefore a traitor to the state. A "Stalinist" trial. The judge was already sanctioned by the US. In the past Kara-Murza has escaped two poisoning attempts. Fears that the regime wants to eliminate him in prison.

Today's headlines: at least 133,000 people in earthquake-hit areas in Turkey will vote out of province, 600,000 have changed polling station; Vietnamese blogger who disappeared in Thailand is in the hands of Hanoi police; Taiwan ready to buy 400 missiles from the USA in an anti-Chinese bid; In India, murders and suicides in the army are on the rise; Highs and lows in the estimates of the Russian economy at the time of war (and sanctions).

Today's headlines: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to three months in prison; controversial former Indian MP murdered, assailants shouted Hindu slogans; South Korean navy warning shots fired at North's trespassing fishing vessel;at least 41 people killed in Syria in Islamic State attacks; Malaysia wants to introduce a second 5G network.

The first aim is to circumvent Western sanctions over Ukraine war. The synergy is to keep oil prices high. For the countries in the region, 'Russia also has the right to assert its zone of influence'. Europe and the US seem resigned to this redefinition of the balance.

Today's headlines: thousands take to the streetsin Iran and the Arab world for al-Quds day; Hong Kong police arrest two youths for firing water guns during a festival; Indonesian President Widodo pardons a woman on death row for more than 20 years for drug offenses; Delhi government claims unit that "monitors" news has no censorship role; Chinese exports to Russia soar to +136% year-on-year in March.

As was the case in the 1990s, food becomes the dimension of identity lost and identity to be found. Average salaries drop and then the only food remains the "spirituality" of traditional moral values, relying on the miracles invoked by metropolitans and patriarchs, but entrusted to the hands of cooks left without ingredients.

A survey of web searches reveals that the population of the region is less afraid of military mobilisation. Anticipation grows for Vladimir Putin's exit from the scene. there is no longer any hesitation in using the term 'war' for the special operation. Irony criticism of the Moscow regime rony.

As war looms over Latin Easter and Orthodox Holy Week, the philosophers of the "rebirth of the Russian idea", like Florensky, Berdyaev and Bulgakov, come to mind; they contrasted the authenticity of the Church, which announces Christian redemption, to the false ideological truth of the intelligentsia.

This year for Muscovite Catholics the Easter Way of the Cross without being able to leave the area around the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Mgr Paolo Pezzi: "Our path is embedded in communion with Christ". The 'foreign' roots of the capital's Catholic community. "Christ did not choose the cross, it was given to him".

Today's headlines: Israel targets sites in Lebanon and Gaza in response to Hamas and Hezbollah rocket attacks; In China a new study on Covid-19 confirms animal origin; Military aircraft goes missing in Japan; South Korean man staging his own kidnapping arrested in Thailand; Papua separatists want to release the pilot taken hostage two months ago; Saudi Arabia will support Pakistan financially.