in the midst of the conflict, a new Chinese power plant is inaugurated

Other news of the day: at least 8 children dead as a result of the sinking of a boat in Cambodia; protests in Kazakhstan over Putin’s visit; rice and wheat reserves fall in India; The yen price registers a historical low against the US dollar. In Iran, Khamenei pardoned nearly 1,900 prisoners, but the crackdown on protests continues.

MYANMAR

This week a power plant was opened in Rakhine state as part of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative. The project was developed by Kyauk Phyu Electric Power, a joint venture between the Chinese state-owned company Power China Resources and Myanmar’s Supreme Group. Beijing is one of the largest investors in Myanmar and the main supplier of electricity.

CAMBODIA

Eight children dead and three missing It is the balance of the sinking of a boat that transported students from school to their home. It happened in the Mekong River: the ship sank yesterday about 50 meters from its destination. The students were between 12 and 15 years old.

JAPAN

The Japanese yen hit its lowest level in 32 years against the US dollar. Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said the government will take “appropriate measures” to combat currency volatility. Last month, Japan liquidated nearly $20 billion to support the yen.

INDIA

Indian government data shows that rice and wheat stocks have fallen to their lowest level in five years. Meanwhile, inflation shot up for the fifth consecutive month: last month it exceeded 7%. To control prices on the domestic market, India has banned the export of several grains this year. However, heIndian consumers spend almost twice as much as in 2019 and 25% more than last year.

IRAN

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “granted pardons and commuted the sentences of 1,862 detainees” on the anniversaries of the birth of Islam’s prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq, the sixth of the 12 Imams of Shia Islam. The judiciary’s website, Mizan Online, says that the beneficiaries include 95 women and 123 detainees. Meanwhile, the crackdown on anti-government protests continues: the head of the Iranian judiciary, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, said judges to avoid leniency and “unnecessary compassion” when trying “the main elements of the riots.”

KAZAKHSTAN

Protest actions are multiplying in Kazakhstan against Putin’s upcoming visit to Astana. There were several arrests in front of the Russian consulate in Almaty and comments exploded on social networks, with interventions by activists, political scientists and ordinary citizens, but the country’s authorities insist on the great importance of this visit.

RUSSIA

News spreads about the biography of the new head of the Russian air force, General Surovikin, organizer of the Russian bombings of the last days. The military man would have begun his career on the night of August 20-21, 1991, in the days of the attempted coup against Gorbachev, when he allegedly punched some defenders of Yeltsin’s “White House” to death, and then on the run