News of the day: protests and riots in Pakistan after the terrorist attack in recent days. South Korea accuses Russia of sending air defense material to North Korea. In Japan, public libraries will sell books to those who do not use online stores. Increasingly intense verbal confrontations between the Marcos and Duterte families in the Philippines.
COP29
COP29 climate conference negotiations spilled over after developing countries they will reject an offer of countries with advanced economies to provide $250 billion a year in climate finance by 2035. The figure was considered too modest: negotiators from the most vulnerable countries were seeking more than $1 trillion a year in finance, and the debates will continue today.
PAKISTAN
In Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where an armed attack on a convoy of vehicles killed dozens of people in recent days, authorities imposed the curfew and connections suspended after protests of the population against the government, accused of not guaranteeing a sufficient level of security. Thousands of people took part in a sit-in in Parachinar, while riots were reported in other areas.
MIDDLE EAST
Around 4 in the morning, An Israeli attack devastated a residential building in the Basra neighborhood of Beirut, capital of Lebanon. Four people were killed and dozens injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. This is Israel’s fourth attack on central Beirut in the last seven days. US President Joe Biden called his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to discuss the ceasefire proposal along the “Blue Line.”
KAZAKHSTAN
Activists from the Alga party, Kazakhstan!, which requests its registration starting in May 2022, are trying for the twenty-fifth time to request its approval at the Ministry of Justice in Astana, presenting more than three thousand signatures after passing through the police cordons, which They did not want to let them enter the building because “they disturb the work of the officials.”
KOREAN PENINSULA
Shin Won-sik, South Korea’s national security advisor, stated that Russia, in exchange for sending troops to support Moscow in the war against Ukraine, had provided North Korea with anti-aircraft missiles and air defense equipment. Meanwhile, South Korean residents living along the border between the two countries have denounced serious mental health problems due to the annoying sounds of North Korean speakers. An action in response to propaganda messages, also broadcast by loudspeakers, from the South.
JAPAN
Some public libraries will also start selling books starting next year, to fill the gap left by physical libraries. The initiative is mainly aimed at older people, who may not be familiar with buying books onlineand some libraries will also sell stationery and locally grown vegetables to create interaction hubs. From August of last year to March of this year, 145 bookstores have closed.
PHILIPPINES
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte stated that would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assassinated. if she herself died. In a press conference this morning, she explained that she had spoken to an assassin and instructed him to kill Marcos, his wife and the speaker of the House of Representatives if she died. Marcos’ office responded with a statement informing the Presidential Security Command of the “threat.”
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