Other news of the day: rice crops are at risk due to abnormal rains in India, Sri Lanka has signed an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, Vietnam will grant amnesty to about 2,500 prisoners but not to activists, savers Russians have lost almost everything since the invasion of Ukraine.
CHINA
an expected report The UN accuses Beijing of “serious human rights violations” in the Xinjinag region against the Uyghur population. According to the investigation, there is “reliable evidence” of torture that can be classified as “crimes against humanity.” Meanwhile, the “covid zero” policy continues: the city of Chengdu has announced a new confinement and massive tests for its 21.2 million inhabitants.
JAPAN
Hironori Aoki, former chairman of Aoki Holdings, a clothing company that sponsors the Tokyo Olympics, said he had donated 2 million yen ($14,300) to the head of the Games organizing committee, former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori. Last month Aoki was arrested along with other Olympics officials on suspicion of corruption.
INDIA
Not only Pakistan but also the India has experienced abnormal rainfall. Last August there was an increase of 3.4%. It rained more in the soybean and cotton-producing regions of the center and south, while rice crops in the northeast saw lower rainfall. The monsoon season, which provides 75% of the year’s water, is vital for crops because about half of agricultural land lacks irrigation.
SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a loan of approximately 2,900 million dollars, the credit institution announced today. “The objectives of the new Sri Lanka program supported by the Fund are to restore macroeconomic stability and debt sustainability,” the statement explained. Meanwhile, inflation has reached approximately 65% per year.
VIETNAM
Vietnam announced yesterday that it will release just under 2,500 prisoners before the independence anniversary on Friday. Nevertheless, activists will not receive this benefit, that is, those who have been convicted of “propaganda” against the state or for trying to overthrow the communist regime. Many more prisoners were granted amnesty in previous years: 18,000 in 2015 and 3,000 last year.
MYANMAR
More than 5,000 civilians fled more than 10 villages in Rakhine state when fighting will break out on tuesday night between the junta troops and the Arakan Army, the ethnic militia that controls the region. The clashes resumed in July after a year and a half of truce. Many people left the villages in Rathedaung and Mrauk U townships.
RUSSIA
An AlfasStrakhovanja survey revealed that Russian savers have almost completely lost their savings since the war in Ukraine began. Only 19% responded that they had not lost anything and of the remaining 81%, a quarter said they had lost everything; on average they have lost close to 30%, especially due to the inability to use the cards due to sanctions.
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