Other news of the day: Kabul suspends the delivery of passports; in Myanmar children are becoming the main victims of the conflict; high approval ratings for Ferdinand Marcos, except when it comes to fighting poverty; Chinese families prefer their children to study in Southeast Asia; in Russia, those mobilized will receive vacation credits.
PAKISTAN
Between six and nine million Pakistanis will fall into poverty as a consequence of the violent floods that left a third of the country under water. The poverty rate will grow between 2.5 and 4 percentage points, according to World Bank forecasts. More than 8 million people remain displaced.
AFGHANISTAN
The Taliban suspend delivery of passports until new notice. This is not the first time this has happened: after 14 months of government, the former students of the Koran cannot cope with the high number of requests. Thousands of people want to leave the country.
MYANMAR
Children have become the main victims of the conflict in Myanmar: in the last two months, mine and artillery attacks have left at least 51 dead and 122 injured, including 20 minors.. Between August 1 and September 30, fighting took place in Magway, Sagaing and Bago regions and in Kayin, Kayah, Chin and Rakhine states.
PHILIPPINES
After 100 days in the presidency, the government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has a high approval rating among Filipinos, according to a survey conducted by Manila Pulse Asia Research. The public only expressed negative views on two issues: poverty and rising consumer prices.
CHINA – SOUTHEAST ASIA
More and more Chinese parents send their children to schools in Southeast Asia to avoid the ruthless competition of the “gaokao”, the Chinese university entrance exam. In this way, families try to ensure that their children can later graduate from Western universities. Southeast Asian institutes offer quality education and tuition for international students is cheap.
IRAN
According to the Iranian Forensic Organization, “Mahsa Amini’s death was not caused by blows to the headin the vital organs or in the extremities”, but due to cerebral hypoxia (lack of oxygen in the brain). The Amini family’s lawyer declared that “accredited doctors” consider that the 22-year-old girl was beaten to death while she was in police custody.
RUSSIA
President Putin signed a law allocating vacation credits to mobilized soldiers, volunteers and their families. In this way, and following the contract that establishes their commitment to the war, the soldiers will be able to add a full month of paid vacation, a period that can be extended for injuries suffered by the traumas of war. This makes recruitment more economically attractive.
TAJIKISTAN
A senior member of the Muslim clergy in Tajikistan, the Imám-khatib of the city of Kulab, was attacked with electric shocks during a funeral service. Some local police collaborators declared that the attackers were “people suffering from mental illness”, allaying fears of clashes caused by religious fanaticism.
