seven dead and 10 wounded in the attack on a synagogue

Other news of the day: China’s internal travel boom for Lunar New Year. Tokyo joins Washington in banning the sale of microchips to Beijing. Thailand: the campaign for the general elections takes shape. Stock market crash of the Indian group Adani. Russia: new sentence for controversial former Orthodox priest.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE

Seven people died and 10 were injured in the attack yesterday against a synagogue on the outskirts of East Jerusalem. An armed Palestinian opened fire on the worshipers before being shot down by the police. The event occurred after the Israeli army’s operation in Jenin, in which 10 Palestinians died, including several suspected terrorists, and on the day that Holocaust victims are remembered.

CHINA

Travel within the country on the occasion of the lunar new year They increased by 74% compared to the same period last year as a result of the reopenings that the government decided after abandoning the Covid-19 zero policy, which had been in force for three years.

JAPAN

Responding to the American request, Tokyo decided yesterday to impose restrictions on the sale of microchips highly sophisticated to China. According to various media, the Netherlands has also joined the embargo.

THAILAND

The ruling Palang Pracharat party has elected the former army chief Prawit Wongsuwon as a candidate for the next general elections. Most likely, he will clash with current Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who has joined the United Thai National Party, and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin, currently in exile.

INDIA

Seven publicly traded companies belonging to the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani they have lost $48 billion in stock value since January 25. The collapse came after a report the previous day questioned the group’s debt situation, also expressing concern about its use of tax havens.

RUSSIA

A court imposed an additional sentence of five and a half years in prison on the former Orthodox priest Nikolai Romanov (P. Sergiy). The ultra-conservative, known for denying the existence of Covid-19, was accused of inciting hatred against Catholics, Muslims and Jews.

UZBEKISTAN-KYRGYZSTAN

The presidents of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan signed 20 bilateral agreements yesterday, including the ratification of an agreement last November to delimit the common borderscene of repeated armed confrontations between both parties.