06/11/2022, 09.45
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Covid-19: New mass test in Shanghai, cases rise in Beijing

Today's headlines: Asian commodity producers' fears rise in Asia over protectionist policies in response to Ukraine war; Catholic village in Myanmar hit by military for second time in a month, houses set on fire; an Indian cardinal expresses 'great concern' over expropriations of 150,000 families; Syria blocks flights from Damascus airport following Israeli attack. 

CHINA

Shanghai has begun a new mass test for almost all of the 25 million inhabitants of the economic and commercial metropolis, following the discovery of new cases (symptomatic and otherwise) of Covid-19. A measure that comes just 10 days after the easing of restrictions, after more than two months of a very harsh lockdown. Beijing is also on the alert for an increase in contagions

SYRIA - ISRAEL

Syria has halted all flights to and from Damascus International Airport "until further notice". The measure is linked to yesterday's air raids by the Israeli Air Force, which damaged the runway and a terminal. The attack, the latest in a long series on Syrian territory, was condemned by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. 

ASIA

Some Asian governments are considering protectionist policies to guarantee domestic needs amid the global increases in food commodity prices linked to the war in Ukraine. Oil in Indonesia, wheat in India, poultry in Malaysia. However, the fear is that restrictions will be extended to other export products, such as rice, drying up trade and revenues. 

MYANMAR

For the second time in a month, houses in a historic Catholic village in Myanmar were attacked and set on fire by the military of the coup junta. Local sources report that two thirds of the 500 houses in Char Than, in the Sagaing region, were destroyed. On 20 May, the village had been the scene of a similar offensive, with at least 20 houses set on fire. 

INDIA

The head of the Syro-Malabar Church Card. George Alencherry expressed "great concern" over the probable expropriation of about 150,000 families, who live in natural parks and protected areas in Kerala. The Supreme Court has ruled that all places within one kilometre of protected areas are 'eco-sensitive zones' (ESZs), within which permanent constructions such as houses are prohibited. 

RUSSIA

The Kremlin is planning the formation of a new Russian federal district of Donbass, comprising the provinces of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporožets. Annexation referendums will be held in mid-July or September, at the same time as local elections in Russia, and governors and officials will be sent from Moscow to administer federal funds.

TAJIKISTAN

The public association 'Iroda' from Tajikistan, which has been helping children with autism for years, received the Juliette Gimon Courmayeur Awards 2022. Director Lola Nasriddinova said she approached the Fund a year ago, but did not expect awards. In Dušanbe, autism is not officially recognised as a disease. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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