Today’s news: Ko Wen-je, the former opposition mayor of Taipei, was arrested this morning in an investigation into a property deal. A police report claims that 40,000 people died alone at home in Japan in the first half of 2024. Controversy in East Timor over the demolition of some illegal houses on the eve of the arrival of Pope Francis. At least five employees of the American NGO Anera are killed in an attack by Israeli forces in Gaza.
PAKISTAN
Pakistani military launched intelligence operations in southwestern Baluchistan province in response to attacks of insurgents who killed more than 70 people this week. In a statement, the army said five insurgents were killed and three others wounded in the three operations launched in the province. “The operations will continue until all the perpetrators, facilitators and instigators of these heinous acts are brought to justice,” the statement said.
TAIWAN
Ko Wen-je, mayor between 2014 and 2022 and third candidate in the January presidential election, and leader of a small opposition party, He was arrested early in the morning as part of an investigation into a major real estate deal in the Taiwanese capital.The arrest comes after investigators raided his home and party on Friday and questioned him for hours. Ko has denied wrongdoing in the case, which concerns the approval of a real estate project when he was mayor.
JAPAN
According to a report published by the country’s police, 40,000 people died alone at home in Japan in the first half of 2024Of these, nearly 4,000 people were discovered more than a month after their deaths and 130 bodies remained missing for a year before being found. According to the United Nations, Japan currently has the oldest population in the world. The agency hopes its report will shed light on the growing problem of ageing.
EAST TIMOR
In East Timor, some houses were demolished in the area of Tasi Tolu, the national park where Pope Francis will celebrate the great mass of his apostolic trip in a few days. According to the evacuated residents who spoke to the BBCNearly 90 people have been ordered by the government to find a new home with compensation of between seven and ten thousand dollars, which they consider insufficient. The East Timorese government denies that the evictions are linked to the Pope’s visit, insisting that the residents are living there illegally.
ISRAEL – GAZA
Anera (American Near East Refugee Aid) stated that Several employees of the transport company he worked for had been killed in an attack by Israeli forces.Israeli forces said the attack targeted “armed assailants” who were trying to hijack the convoy they were travelling in, organised by the charity. All of the victims were travelling in the vehicle that was driving the convoy targeted by the attack. According to unconfirmed reports, five people are the victims.
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan’s Information Ministry has issued new rules for accreditation of journalists, who will be required to strictly adhere to the regulations, refraining from asking uncomfortable questions to state officials at public events, freely wandering around state buildings and sharing photos and material with colleagues.
UKRAINE – MOLDOVA
The Moldovan authorities, like those in Ukraine, also intend to ban the activities of the Orthodox metropolis of Chişinău, which is dependent on the Moscow Patriarchate, as stated on television by the deputy of the ruling party “Action and Solidarity”, Vasil Šojmaru, whom the opposition accuses of wanting to subjugate the local Church to the Romanian one.
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