The US president's decision to impose such a high tariff is causing economic and diplomatic upheaval in New Delhi. The measure includes sanctions over India's relations with Russia and its membership in the BRICS group. While the opposition calls it a “catastrophic failure of foreign policy”, the Modi government says it wants to negotiate a "fair deal" again in August. But US aggressiveness is pushing New Delhi to consider a tactical rapprochement with Beijing, while Washington is boosting ties with Islamabad, fuelling tensions in an already fragile regional context.

The authorities in the former Portuguese colony have arrested Au Kam San on charges of collusion with foreign entities under Article 13 of Macau’s national security law. According to police, the former lawmaker provided “false and seditious information” to anti-China groups after 2022. The arrest comes amid growing repression in the territory. In May 2023, the local security law was toughened, while 12 candidates, including an incumbent lawmaker, were disqualified for the upcoming September legislative elections.

On August 4, parliament will vote on the Yellow Envelope Law, a measure that blocks companies from seeking compensation from workers for “illegitimate” protests and extends liability to subcontractors. Already approved last year, the bill was blocked by a veto from then-conservative President Yoon. The chaebol, Korea's large industrial conglomerates, are opposed to the bill, fearing they will lose further ground.

The five countries in the region are increasing their purchases of these devices, which are increasingly used in conflicts, from Turkey, China, Russia, and Iran, and are opening their own production lines in agreement with foreign partners. Suspicions of triangulation that would allow Russia to be supplied while circumventing sanctions.

Today's headlines: Myanmar's junta has set up an interim government ahead of elections, but with General Min Aung Hlaing as head of government. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has pardoned two political opponents. In China, more deaths from extreme rainfall, 31 in a nursing home. Israel has launched a massive air strike in Lebanon against Hezbollah sites.

From Piazza Madonna dei Monti to the streets of the city, young Ukrainians bring to the Jubilee the wounded and tenacious heart of their country, as well as flags, songs, meetings, and the word “Volya”: freedom and the will to resist. A 20-year-old man told AsiaNews that he came “to rest spiritually." For the Brand Ukraine NGO, “We are fighting for a European future.”