Today’s news: Nasrallah: “Israel has crossed all the red lines,” Gaza raids continue. Taiwan opens same-sex marriage to Taiwanese and Chinese citizens. Asian Development Bank grants Indonesia $500 million loan to help with ecological transition. Sri Lankan economic crisis weighs on eve of vote.
VIETNAM
A A new tropical storm – Typhoon Soulik – hit Vietnam yesterdayprompting the evacuation of about 1,000 people as authorities warned of further landslides and flooding, a week after the biggest typhoon of the year to hit Southeast Asia. It follows Typhoon Yagi, which hit Vietnam’s northern coast on Sept. 7. By Wednesday, flooding and landslides caused by that storm had left at least 329 people dead and several others missing.
ISRAEL – LEBANON
Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah said the attacks with trackers and walkie-talkies had crossed “all red lines” and that the group would retaliate and not be discouraged in its fight against Israel in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. These unprecedented attacks, carried out over two days, caused the deaths of at least 37 people. Meanwhile, others 12 Palestinians killed in two Israeli attacks in Gaza Cityafter Israeli raids on Thursday left at least 28 dead across the Strip.
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka has been in recess since WednesdayMore than 17 million Sri Lankans will vote on Monday to elect a new president for a five-year term, the first election since a severe shortage of dollar reserves pushed the South Asian island into its worst financial crisis.
TAIWAN
Even the Same-sex couples between Taiwanese and Chinese citizens can now legally register their marriages in TaiwanIn 2019, Taiwan will become the first country in the region to legalise marriages between LGBTQ+ people. However, tensions between Taiwan and China – which claims the self-governing island as part of its territory and maintains daily military movements around it – have so far meant that same-sex couples across the Strait have not been covered by this law.
INDONESIA
He The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million loan to Indonesia to fund a programme to help the country’s energy transition. Resource-rich Indonesia, which aims to be carbon-neutral by 2060, is seeking to reduce its reliance on coal with financial support from the G7 Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP). The ADB said the programme is committed “to the clean energy transition, strengthening sector governance and financial sustainability.”
ARMENIA
Armenian authorities announced that they had prevented a coup attempt with an armed uprising, which was being prepared by some Armenian citizens and refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, 7 of whom were identified and who were to participate in a 3-month training in Russia paying a sum of 220,000 rubles per month, in order to then attack the government.
RUSSIA
Russian courts receive dozens of legal applications every day from mothers and relatives of Russian soldiers who have disappeared in Ukraine with no news of their fate, also because the only way to obtain the promised compensation for their death is for it to be recognised by the court, and often the bodies of other people are recognised and buried.
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