Today’s news: An American foundation has withdrawn the award given to Palestinian journalist Maha Hussaini, whose reports were used as a source by South Africa before the International Court of Justice. The locust invasion is putting Vietnam’s farmers to the test. In Tamil Nadu, 34 deaths occurred due to consumption of toxic alcohol. New waves of Rohingya would have entered Bangladesh due to the clashes in recent months.
RUSSIA – NORTH KOREA – SOUTH KOREA
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned South Korea that sending weapons to Ukraine would be a “very big mistake.” Seoul stated that it would consider doing so in response to the new pact between Russia and North Korea to help each other in case of attack. “As for the supply of lethal weapons to the combat zone in Ukraine, it would be a serious mistake. I hope it does not happen,” Putin said Thursday at a press conference during his visit to Vietnam.
PALESTINE – UNITED STATES
The Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) has been condemned for withdraw the award for journalistic courage to the Palestinian Maha Hussaini. Hussaini’s reports, showing Israel’s executions of Palestinians, were used as evidence by South Africa before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case accusing Israel of genocide.
VIETNAM
Hundreds of farmers in Vietnam face tough challenges to save their crops and corn from a locust invasion which began on June 6, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. It affects 11 provinces, including Nghe An, with 1,031 hectares of forests and crops. In the northern provinces the affected area recently increased by nearly 400 hectares. The density of locusts has reached between 7,000 and 8,000 units per square meter.
INDIA
At least 34 people died from consuming toxic alcohol smuggled into the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred in Kallakuruchi district, where many people fell ill after consuming liquor on Tuesday night. About 80 are hospitalized with symptoms and the death toll could continue to rise. Two people were arrested during the investigation.
MYANMAR – BANGLADESH
The escalation of violence in the western state of Rakhine – in Myanmar – in recent months may have pushed Muslims Rohingya to cross the border towards Bangladesh, although Dhaka insists that it cannot accept more refugees from its neighbor. The Rohingya have been persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades and currently number more than 1 million housed in 32 camps in Cox’s Bazar.
CHINA
The first project of steam generation with nuclear energy for industrial use, as Beijing accelerates the diversification of nuclear energy and promotes a low-carbon energy transformation. It has been called Heqi No 1 and officially came into operation on Wednesday: it uses the steam generated by two of the turbines at the Tianwan plant as a heat source.
KAZAKHSTAN – UKRAINE
In kyiv, they attacked a dissident journalist from Kazakhstan, Aydos Sadykov, author of the YouTube channel, Bese, reproduced on Telegram, in which he reports on Kazakh events with strong criticism of the government. Wounded in the head by a bullet, his condition is very serious and his wife speaks of “professional killers sent to Ukraine by the Kazakh government.”
ARMENIA – Türkiye
The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinán, greeted the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyp Erdogan, by telephone on the Muslim holiday of Kurban-Bayram, and in turn received greetings on the holiday of Vardavar, the Transfiguration of Christ, expressing the desire to “normalize relations” between the two countries without preconditions.
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