agreement between Malaysia and Singapore for a shared Special Economic Zone in Johor. The Lebanese army in Naqoura with the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers. In Indonesia, the free meal plan desired by President Prabowo is launched. Kirill addresses Ukrainian Orthodox in his Christmas message.
TIBET-CHINA
a strong earthquake This morning, it shook the mountainous region of Tibet, at the foot of the Himalayas. Official Chinese sources speak of at least 95 confirmed deaths and more than 100 injured. The earthquake shook the holy city of Tibet, Shigatse, around 9:00 a.m. local time with a magnitude of 7.1 and a depth of 10 kilometers, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The tremors were also felt in neighboring Nepal and in some areas of India.
MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE
The governments of Malaysia and Singapore announced the creation in Johor of a Special Economic Zone jointly managed, which will be allocated to global investment. Both countries aim to create 20,000 qualified jobs in the first five years. The announcement was made by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at a bilateral summit in Putrajaya today. In the new Special Economic Zone, investments related to 11 sectors will be promoted: manufacturing, logistics, food security, tourism, energy, digital economy, green economy, financial services, business services, education and health.
LEBANON
He lebanese army announced that its units have positioned themselves around the town of Naqoura and have begun to deploy at the Unifil command site, in parallel with the withdrawal of the Israeli army, as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement. The army deployment coincided with the third meeting of the committee in charge of overseeing the understanding between Hezbollah and Israel, chaired by US envoy Amos Hochstein.
INDONESIA
In Indonesia, the ambitious plan by President Prabowo Subianto to provide free meals to more than a quarter of the population officially began yesterday. On the first day, 570,000 meals were distributed to schoolchildren and pregnant women in more than 20 provinces. When fully implemented, the plan – on which Prabowo has focused his electoral campaign – aims to reach 82.9 million of the country’s 280 million inhabitants in 2029.
BANGLADESH-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
At least 461 Bangladeshis own 929 properties in Dubai worth at least 50 billion taka (about 400 million euros). This is revealed by an investigation by the Dhaka newspaper The Daily Star into the wealth parked abroad by their compatriots.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE
In his Christmas message, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow declared that he was “in full unity with all the faithful of the Upz Church of Ukraine,” despite all declarations of autonomy, asking Ukrainian Orthodox to have the courage to profess their faith even in the face of threats from the kyiv government and parliament, “suffering for Christ and for the truth.”
KAZAKHSTAN-UZBEKISTAN
In recent days, the construction of a new Darvaza-Maktaaral railway line between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was inaugurated, which will be completed in 2027 as “an important element for the entire regional transport infrastructure, as an alternative to the Saryagaš-Tashkent route, with an investment of more than 500 million dollars.
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