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 …
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The trial in absentia of the opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaia will open in Belarus
by Roman Dialoby Roman DialoThe 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 …
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China: “zero Covid”, street pressure, surge in contamination … The all-powerful Xi Jinping weakened by three years of pandemic
by Roman Dialoby Roman DialoThe 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 …
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Japan: Man suspected of killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been charged
by Roman Dialoby Roman DialoTetsuya 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 …
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Space: South Korea’s first lunar probe transmits images of Earth and Moon
by Roman Dialoby Roman DialoThe 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 …
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Burma: the military junta celebrates 75 years of independence by rewarding an extremist monk
by Roman Dialoby Roman DialoThe 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …