Other news of the day: protests in Pakistan against the Indian summit in Kashmir. Agricultural production in Singapore fell 20%. Japan may soon have a new law on permanent residence of foreigners. Tajikistan has repatriated women and children from Syria, relatives of former ISIS fighters.
CHINA
beijing has Suspended social profiles of comedian Nigel Ng due to some jokes that made fun of the authoritarian government. Nigel Ng, originally from Malaysia, had already had to apologize before due to a collaboration with a youtuber critical of China. Arrested Last Week Chinese comedian Li Haoshi was arrested last week and could face up to three years in prison. The company that hired him must pay a $2.1 million fine, and many fear they will suppress cabaret shows.
JAPAN
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal that would allow skilled foreign workers remain in the country indefinitely. This is an important reform for the Japanese archipelago, which has always been against the permanence of citizens from other countries. The law, approved at the request of companies looking for labor, would expand the sectors for which a visa can be granted permanent.
SINGAPORE
The extreme heat of the last month has caused severe losses to crops and livestock from Singapore. Some agricultural companies reckon production has fallen by at least 20% this year. According to experts, climate change threatens to prevent Singapore from reaching the “30 by 30” target, which refers to the ability to produce 30% of the food needed locally by 2030.
PAKISTAN – INDIA
Hundreds of Pakistanis demonstrated yesterday against India’s decision to hold a Kashmir Tourism Conference ahead of the G20 summit in September. In Muzaffarabad, the capital of the Pakistani-administered area, protesters chanted anti-Delhi slogans and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who was visiting the region, called the Indian move “illegal”.
YEMEN
A 19 year old pregnant woman she traveled 40 km on a camel to give birth in a hospital. Mona and her husband took 7 hours on narrow and rocky roads. In Mahweet province in northwestern Yemen, only one health center was spared from the war. According to United Nations data, in Yemen a woman dies every two hours during childbirth from causes that could be avoided.
TAJIKISTAN – SYRIA
Tajikistan announced that, thanks to the work of the Tajikistan ambassador to Kuwait and Syria, Zubajdullo Zubajdzoda, it has repatriated from Syria 32 women and 79 children, relatives of ISIS terrorists of Tajik citizenship and some Kazakhs, who since 2019 had been staying in refugee camps in Syria, after the defeat of Isis.
GEORGIA
A permanent protest demonstration has started in front of the Tbilisi parliament, under the slogan “Georgia will not become a governorate of Russia”. The organizers call for “unity between adults and youth, women and men, to continue the work of the heroes who gave their blood for the independence of our country.”
