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Other news of the day: Marcos Jr. announced Beijing’s readiness to enter into negotiations on fishing zones in the South China Sea. A gas leak has killed 11 people in the Indian state of Punjab. Erdogan claimed responsibility for the death of the leader of the Islamic State in Syria in an intelligence service operation. The Israeli Parliament voted in favor of Iran’s separation from the Azeri-majority Tebriz region.
THAILAND
With two weeks to go until the elections in Thailand, the candidate who is leading the polls, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, today gave birth to a boy. Paetongtarn, 36, announced the birth of him on his official social media accounts with a photo of the newborn: “Hello, my name is Prutthasin Sooksawas, they call me Thasin,” the post says. In the May 14 elections, Paetongtarn intends to bring back to power the populist movement led by his father Thaksin and his aunt Yingluck, who was overthrown by coups.
PHILIPPINES-CHINA
Speaking to reporters before traveling to Washington, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said that China had agreed to discuss with Manila fishing rights in the South China Sea. He added that he has asked the Philippine Coast Guard and the Department of Foreign Affairs to draw up a map of fishing grounds for negotiations with Beijing. The Philippines – she explained – does not want to become the target of military action.
INDIA
Eleven people died yesterday morning due to a gas leak in Giaspura, in the industrial zone of Ludhiana, in the Indian state of Punjab, and four others were hospitalized. Air quality sensors detected high levels of hydrogen sulfide. In Giaspura there are several factories in a densely populated area. The causes are still being investigated, but they suspect that poisonous gas may have escaped from a partially open casket and spread to nearby businesses and homes.
SOUTH KOREA
An official of a South Korean construction workers union tried to self-immolate today, May 1, in front of a court in the eastern coastal city of Gangneung, hours before he was due to attend a remand hearing on charges of hindering business. The 50-year-old man suffered severe burns. The local prosecutor’s office had requested an arrest warrant against him and two other unionists for forcing the hiring of union members between May 2022 and February this year.
Türkiye-SYRIA
In an interview with state broadcaster TRT Turk, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkish security services They would have killed the “presumed leader” of the Islamic State in Syria on Saturday, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. Syrian security and local sources explained that the operation took place in the northern Syrian city of Jandaris, controlled by Turkish-backed rebel groups and one of the hardest hit by the February 6 earthquake.
ISRAELE-AZERBAIGIAN-IRAN
Members of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, approved a motion supporting the separation of South Azerbaijan, a northwestern region of Iran with a majority Azeri population and its capital in Tebriz. In these areas, claimed by Baku as “part of our people”, there have been widespread protests against Tehran’s supreme guides for years.
RUSSIA
According to data from the Russian Public Sociology Laboratory, the number of requests for help for depression has increased enormously in the past year. Those who experience increasing anxiety, apathy and fear of various kinds are mainly the wives of soldiers. At the same time, there is a continuous growth in domestic violence and in public places.
