Six killed in attack on a kindergarten, including three children. They arrested the attacker

Other news today: Tehran has publicly executed two Afghans “responsible” for the attack on a mausoleum in Shiraz. Jakarta and Singapore plan joint development of a floating solar park in Batam. The South Korean president defended at the NATO summit that the alliance be strengthened in an anti-Chinese and anti-Pyongyang key. Delhi has identified 30 strategic minerals for the development of “green” policies. The Russian Army is responsible for persecutions of a confessional nature.

CHINA

Six people, including three children, were stabbed to death this morning at a kindergarten in the southeastern province of Guangdong, China. So far the motives for the attack are unknown. Police have already arrested a 25-year-old man, identified by the surname Wu, who lives in the town of Lianjiang. The adult victims are a teacher and two parents.

IRAN – AFGHANISTAN

Tehran publicly executed two men this weekend at the same location where a deadly attack took place in October 2022. The procedure took place at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, where 13 people were killed and many more injured. The confessions of the two Afghans, Mohammad Ramez Rashidi and Naeem Hashem Qatali, among the 26 detainees, were obtained by force.

INDONESIA – SINGAPORE

Jakarta and Singapore will begin in 2024 the joint development of a floating solar park in Batam, in the Riau archipelago. The goal is to generate around two gigawatts of electricity, which will be transported via undersea cables. If the timing is respected, Batam will be the first Indonesian island to have a large-scale commercial photovoltaic (PV) plant.

SOUTH KOREA

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol travels to Lithuania today where he will attend a NATO summit to strengthen the collaboration between the Atlantic bloc and the alliances of the Far East. The leaders of Japan, Australia and New Zealand will also be present. The central axis will be issues related to security, amid growing threats from Pyongyang and tensions with China.

INDIA

In response to climate change, Delhi has identified a list of 30 minerals of strategic importance with a view to a gradual decoupling of fossil fuels. These include elements such as lithium and graphite, which are used in electric vehicle batteries, demand for which is expected to skyrocket by as much as 4,000% in the coming decades.

RUSSIA

According to the Verstka news agency, in a year and a half of the invasion, the Russian Army was guilty of more than 100 cases of persecution of believers and religious structures, including executions and destruction and confiscation of churches (Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant). Jewish mosques and temples were also targeted. There were 5 priests killed, 8 taken hostage, 12 deported and 18 forced to flee.

Türkiye – UKRAINE

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed a prisoner exchange plan between Ukraine and Russia to Zelensky, pledging to discuss it with Vladimir Putin during the Russian president’s visit to Ankara in August. The Turkish leader also lashed out at the “war lobby” that was supposedly blocking the deal on wheat that was reached thanks to his mediation.