Today’s news: UAE also imposes harsh prison sentences on Bangladeshi protesters. Netanyahu in Washington, families of American hostages: any talks without an announcement of an agreement on release are a failure. Russia and China will open a new border crossing. Singapore is the safest city in the world for tourists.
PHILIPPINES
More than a thousand villages in northern Mindanao run the risk of landslides and flooding in case of heavy rains. This is according to data from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of Northern Mindanao, according to which 1,390 barangays in the region (69 percent of the total) are exposed to geological hazards. The map identifies areas susceptible to earthquakes, floods, landslides and other geological processes that can compromise the safety of people and the environment.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES-BANGLADESH
A court in the United Arab Emirates imposed long prison sentences 57 Bangladeshis were sentenced for protesting in the Gulf state on Friday, July 19, against their country’s government. Three of the defendants were sentenced to life in prison for “instigating riots on several streets in the UAE,” while 53 others were jailed for 10 years and one for 11 years, state news agency Wam reported. Amnesty International condemned what it called “the UAE’s extreme reaction to the mere existence of a public protest” on its territory.
ISRAEL-UNITED STATES-GAZA
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahuhas arrived in Washington, where he is scheduled to meet with President Joe Biden and address Congress tomorrow. The Israeli delegation is not expected to be at the ceasefire negotiating table until Thursday – after these meetings. At a press conference, the families of some of the hostages with US citizenship held in Gaza opposed this exploration, arguing that any speech by Netanyahu in the United States without the announcement of an agreement to release the hostages would represent a failure.
RUSSIA-CHINA
Funds have been allocated to open a border crossing between Russia and China on Bolshoi Ussurijskij Island, which in Chinese means Heixiazi Island, a sedimentary river island at the confluence of the Ussuri River into the Amur, whose sovereignty has been divided between Moscow and Beijing since 2008, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mišustin announced this during a visit to Khabarovsk.
SINGAPORE
Singapore is the safest city in the world for touristsaccording to a study by Forbes Advisor. The study looked at factors such as crime, quality of healthcare and the risk of natural disasters. Tokyo is ranked second in the ranking, based on data from 60 destinations around the world. Among Asian cities, the most unsafe is Yangon, which is ranked third from last. Slightly higher in the ranking are Manila and Dhaka.
CHINA-SOUTH KOREA
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to launch next month a new online platform business-to-business (B2B) platform for Korean small and medium-sized enterprises, with the aim of supporting their businesses and increasing sales to consumers around the world. The new platform, called South Korea Pavilion, will debut on August 8.
RUSSIA-CENTRAL ASIA
According to data from the Russian statistical institute Rosstat, the average migrant in Russia is a married man of working age from Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan. In 2023, the total number of migrants was 560,000 out of 15 million foreigners who entered, 23% less than the previous year and the lowest in the past 10 years, down from 482,000 in 2013.
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