The number of Rohingya drowning at sea is ‘alarmingly increasing,’ according to the UN. Roman DialoJanuary 17, 2023012 views More than 3,500 Rohingya attempted to flee Burma in 2022, where the ruling junta persecutes this Muslim minority. On December 31, 2021, the Indonesian Navy rescued Rohingya refugees in Bireuen… Read more
The trial in absentia of the opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaia will open in Belarus Roman DialoJanuary 16, 2023015 views The totalitarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Moscow, is stepping up the repression against opponents with the opening of this emblematic trial. Svetlana Tikhanovskaia on a visit to… Read more
China: “zero Covid”, street pressure, surge in contamination … The all-powerful Xi Jinping weakened by three years of pandemic Roman DialoJanuary 14, 2023014 views The sudden abandonment of the “zero Covid” policy by the Chinese government in December has frightened the country’s citizens, as infections soar and health services are overstretched. What to rock… Read more
Japan: Man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been charged Roman DialoJanuary 13, 2023010 views Tetsuya Yamagami faces the death penalty if found guilty. Tetsuya Yamagami, suspected of killing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is carried to the police station, January 10, 2023, in… Read more
Space: South Korea’s first lunar probe transmits images of Earth and Moon Roman DialoJanuary 4, 2023011 views The photos and videos will be “used to select sites likely to host a moon landing in 2032”, explains the Korean Institute for Aerospace Research in a press release.An image… Read more
Burma: the military junta celebrates 75 years of independence by rewarding an extremist monk Roman DialoJanuary 4, 2023015 views The military junta in Burma is taking advantage of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the country’s independence to honor a radical monk, sometimes nicknamed the “Buddhist Bin Laden”.Buddhist… Read more
Covid-19 in China: hospitals are overwhelmed Roman DialoJanuary 4, 2023014 views China is still unable to control the explosion of Covid-19 cases and provide decent care for the sick. An independent British organization evokes 11,000 deaths per day. On stretchers, lie… Read more
China: Covid-19 overwhelms the country Roman DialoJanuary 3, 2023012 views Since Sunday January 1, all passengers on planes taking off from China bound for Paris have been tested, for fear of seeing thousands of patients and a new variant of… Read more
COP15 Biodiversity: Vers un projet d’accord? Roman DialoDecember 20, 2022014 views Crucial day in Quebec, where countries around the world have been meeting for 10 days to try to better protect the planet’s biodiversity. China’s COP15 presidency put a draft agreement… Read more
China: the government relaxes its health policy Roman DialoDecember 8, 2022013 views On Wednesday, December 7, the Chinese Ministry of Health announced the relaxation of the very strict zero covid. Images of Chinese people getting tested every day may soon be a… Read more