Three Indian nationals died in a US attack on a tanker carrying Iranian oil. Despite the public outrage, New Delhi is keeping a low profile to avoid angering Washington: in the background, a possible meeting between Trump and Modi on the sidelines of the G7. Meanwhile, the White House announced a deal with Tehran. Saudi Arabia reboots trade with Lebanon.
Among the ASEAN countries, Thailand is the most reluctant to impose sanctions on Myanmar, where the general who led the coup five years ago has become president. This ambiguity also brings with it many uncertainties regarding the plight of the tens of thousands of Burmese refugees currently in the country. Meanwhile, Beijing has invited Min for a “state visit” next week.
Services have been cut by 50% due to protests within the sector. The discontent is fuelled by rising costs and the government’s failure to grant fare concessions. 25% of vehicles had already voluntarily ceased operations earlier due to financial difficulties. The crisis for commuters, who describe the operators’ decision as “a severe blow”.
The website Idel.Realii has reported on a complaint from the family of a 30-year-old man from Ulyanovsk who – despite having been under the care of local psychiatric services since childhood – was nevertheless conscripted into the Russian army to fight in Ukraine. Similar cases had already been reported in Tatarstan, the Perm region and Udmurtia.
In the port of Arguineguín, Leo XIV mentioned ‘the fragility of a boat", carrying people “stripped of almost everything, but never of their dignity.” Speaking to women victims of trafficking and exploitation, he said: “Your life belongs to God”. Slamming the “monsters” of the sea, mafias, traffickers and indifference, he stressed that in the Church, “Welcoming migrants cannot be a secondary matter”.
Once classified by the Communist Party as “spiritual pollution”, this genre now generates billions of yuan in revenue and has become part of the state's cultural promotion strategy, within a clear geopolitical vision. "The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem" are the most striking examples of Netflix phenomena. But in the background, tensions have also emerged between artistic forms and the new computing power deployed by propaganda.
