400 tons of oil in the sea

Today’s news: the hourly interruptions of the bombings in Gaza announced by the Israeli army have been denied by Netanyahu. Chinese Premier Li Qiang visiting Australia. In West Bengal a collision between two trains claims many lives. Thailand moves towards legalizing same-sex marriages. Seoul wants to issue a training visa for “K culture.”

SINGAPORE

Singapore authorities are trying to clean up a major oil spill that has blackened the southern coast of the city-state, a few days after a maritime accident. Last Friday, a Dutch-flagged ship collided with a Singapore coal ship off the country’s coast. After drilling the tank, at least half of the oil contained, about 400 tons, leaked. Visitors to some beach clubs on the popular Sentosa island have reported that the water remains dark and oily.

ISRAEL

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu opposes the announced plans by the Israeli army to carry out daily tactical pauses in attacks along one of the main access roads to the Gaza Strip to facilitate the delivery of aid to the Palestinian enclave. The daily truces would last from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the area between the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) junction and the Salah al-Din road, and then northwards. This is a new disagreement between the head of the government and the military leadership over the war in Gaza.

INDIA

Several people are feared dead and others injured after at least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed at around 8.45am today. after colliding with a train goods near New Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a message on

THAILAND

It is expected that the marriage equality bill – which will allow same-sex marriages – will pass its final reading tomorrow in the upper house of the Thai parliament. It will then be sent to the King for approval and will come into force 120 days after publication in the Royal Gazette. Thailand would become the third Asian country, after Taiwan and Nepal, to legalize this type of union. The nation has long been a popular destination for LGBTQ+ travelers.

CHINA – AUSTRALIA

Beijing will include Australia on the list of visa-free countries, as stated by Premier Li Qiang on an official visit to Australia. During talks at Parliament House, the two leaders congratulated each other on the new increase in people-to-people exchanges. They also praised the establishment of new agreements to facilitate relations, including mutual access to multi-entry visas of up to three or five years for business, tourism and family reasons.

SOUTH KOREA

Korea will begin issuing a test this year “K culture” training visa for foreigners and will study the introduction of a new work visa, with the aim of attracting more tourists from abroad. According to the plan, the new visa will be available to those who wish to visit the country to participate in training programs on K-pop, choreography and other cultural fields.

RUSSIA

Russian opponents abroad Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Garry Kasparov called on all pro-Western Russians for “the creation of a united, harmonious and effective community”, signing the Berlin Declaration for a “free, fair and federative Russia”, for which will grant a passport with the “citizenship of Free Russia” and with which it will be possible to travel to any country in the world that supports the “resistance to Putinism.”

ARMENIA

The leader of the Armenian opposition, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, called for reorganizing the street demonstrations, removing the tents set up on the streets and reconvening on the night of June 17 on Bagramyan prospekt in Yerevan, explaining that “the movement must be broader and more determined to achieve victory and regime change.”