Today’s news: At least 32 dead in a student protest in Bangladesh, state television set on fire. Police investigate cyanide used in the murder-suicide of six Vietnamese in a Bangkok hotel. Tokyo and Pacific island leaders reach consensus on the release of Fukushima water into the ocean. Monsoons in Nepal cause 125 deaths in just over a month.
ISRAEL – PALESTINE
A probable drone attack, claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias, has struck in central Tel Aviv early today, killing one man and lightly wounding four others. The explosion, which did not trigger air raid warnings, came hours after the Israeli army killed a senior commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.
BANGLADESH
Students in the streets They set fire yesterday on state television, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appeared on the channel trying to quell clashes and violence that have killed at least 32 people. Hundreds of young people have been demonstrating for days to change the controversial quota system. The government has ordered the closure of schools and universities.
THAILAND
Police are investigating the origin of the cyanide used in the murder-suicide of six people of Vietnamese origin at a hotel in Ratchaprasong, Bangkok, earlier this week. Sherine Chong, one of the victims, allegedly poisoned the others and then killed herself over money problems. Police are trying to contact the younger sister of one of the victims, who left for Vietnam on July 10.
JAPAN – PACIFIC
Tokyo and some Pacific island leaders reach a consensus on the controversial discharge into the ocean of treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the scene of the atomic accident in March 2011. The agreement was reached at the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders’ Meeting (Palm10) organised yesterday by the Japanese in the capital, which was attended by most representatives of the Pacific Islands Forum.
NEPAL
The disasters caused by the monsoonsuch as floods and landslides, have killed 125 people in different parts of Nepal in the past 38 days, with 143 others injured, some seriously. A total of 222 houses, 80 sheds, 43 bridges, a school and two government offices were damaged during the same period, displacing 3,721 families and killing 585 livestock.
KOREA
The former North Korean diplomat Tae Yong-ho He was appointed head of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Unification of South Korea. He thus became the highest-ranking defector among the thousands of exiles who fled the North’s regime and resettled in the South, with a vice-ministerial position. Pyongyang branded him “human scum” and accused him of embezzlement.
RUSSIA – AFRICA – PAKISTAN
In the first half of 2024, Russian companies have significantly increased their recruitment of workers from Africa, who account for 70% of foreigners, according to analysts at the recruitment site hh.ru. In particular, they come from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Algeria and Cameroon, as well as from Albania and Pakistan, compared to a drop in the number of workers from European countries and the United States.
AZERBAIJAN – CHINA
Chinese citizens will be able to visit Azerbaijan three times a year without a visa, according to the State Migration Service in Baku, for 30 days at a time, registering within 30 days of entry. However, if they intend to stay for more than a month, they will have to apply for a residence permit, according to agreements reached by the two countries on July 3.
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