street protests over fuel price hike

Other news: Xi Jinping will travel to Kazakhstan on September 14. Torrential rains flooded India’s high-tech capital. An Israeli bullet killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Russia buys shells and rockets from North Korea. Russian computer scientists flee their country. Azerbaijan approaches the EU.

INDONESIA

Demonstrations with thousands of people are expected today in Indonesia after the government’s decision to apply a 30% increase to the regulated price of fuel. Since 2014, increases have not been applied in this sector, but budgetary problems have led the executive to take this measure,

CHINA

Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan on September 14, on his first foreign visit since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. After the stopover in Kazakhstan, the Chinese president will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan. From September 13 to 15, the Pope will also be in Kazakhstan for an apostolic trip.

INDIA

The Torrential rains they left Bengaluru (Karnataka), home of the Indian “Silicon Valley”, under water. Many parts of the city are flooded and without electricity. There is also a red alert for bad weather in Kerala, where heavy rainfall is expected in the next 24 hours.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE

An Israeli soldier mistakenly killed the journalist from Al Jazeera Shireen Abu Akleh. This was admitted yesterday by the Israeli military authorities at the end of an internal investigation. The reporter, of Palestinian origin, received a fatal gunshot wound during an Israeli raid in the West Bank last May.

RUSSIA-NORTH KOREA

According to US intelligence, the russians are buying from the north koreans millions of artillery shells and rockets for use in the invasion of Ukraine. US and EU sanctions and export controls have curtailed Russia’s ability to obtain ammunition and spare parts for its weapons systems.

RUSSIA

The government tries to stop the exodus of IT specialists. Opportunities in the Russian job market are plummeting due to the closure of many technology companies, both foreign and local. In January, 144,600 jobs were registered in the area; in August, 85,200. Professionals in the sector depend on new software imports from other non-hostile countries.

AZERBAIJAN

Baku approaches Europe. He was invited to the informal summit of EU leaders to be held in Prague in October, together with Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and other non-member countries. For their part, Greece and Cyprus oppose Turkey’s participation.