new appointment of pro-American president Surangel Whipps Jr.

News of the day: Houthi attacks on US warships off Yemen. Several flights between Bali and Australia canceled due to volcanic ash. Several centers that stole energy to illegally produce bitcoin were dismantled in Thailand. Accident in Pakistan, a bus ends up in the river. The Chechens do not want their land to go to war veterans in Ukraine.

PALAU

Surangel Whipps Jr. was re-elected president of Palau for a second term, defeating his brother-in-law Tommy Remengesau in the November 5 election. The archipelago, one of Taiwan’s few allies, has 18,000 inhabitants and stretches between the Philippines and the US military base in Guam. This year it renewed an agreement with Washington by which it cedes its air and maritime space to the United States in exchange for 890 million dollars in economic aid to be received over 20 years.

YEMEN

The Pentagon confirmed that several US warships were hit by Houthi attacks while sailing through the Strait of Bab al-Mandeb, off the coast of Yemen. The pro-Iran group claimed to have attacked the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and two destroyers. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces reported that they had “successfully” shot down all drones and missiles launched by the Houthis.

INDONESIA

Several airlines have Canceled flights between Australia and the Indonesian island of Bali due to dangerous ash clouds from a Lewotaobi Laki-laki volcano that could reach the northern coasts of Australia today and in the coming days. Last week, a large eruption caused 10 deaths.

THAILAND

Thai authorities They dismantled nine centers involved in the illegal creation of bitcoin. Two suspects were accused of stealing $280,000 worth of electricity using modified meters. Large amounts of energy are needed to produce bitcoins. The value of the digital currency rose to $80,000 with Trump’s election.

PAKISTAN

A bus with 27 passengers heading to a wedding party fell into the Indus Riverin northern Pakistan, causing the death of 14 people, reported local authorities in the Gilgit Baltistan region. Another 12 passengers are reported missing and one survivor.

JAPAN

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has ruled that a reactor in the central area of ​​the country has not passed the review tests necessary to restart it. It is the first case of this type since the authority was created after the Fukushima disaster in 2011. In the case of the rector in question, the supervisory authority has not ruled out that the reactor is located on a seismic fault.

RUSSIA

Chechen elders from the Dagestan town of Leninaul, called Aktaš-Aukh in Chechen, have appealed to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov not to allow their lands, disputed since the time of Stalin, to be allocated to Ukrainian war veterans for construction purposes, according to opposition Tumso Abdurajmanov’s blog.