The Catholic Bishops' Conference has called for a fair trial against the vice president, in compliance with the constitution, a necessary step “to restore our people’s faith and confidence in our public institutions”. Meanwhile, dela Rosa, former President Duterte's ally and right-hand man in the war on drugs, fled the Senate after a standoff to avoid arrest.
Concerns are growing over the effects of deforestation on the climate and public health. Activists are speaking out against the loss of green spaces and urban sprawl, which are exacerbating heatwaves, pollution and drought. New regulations to protect trees have been introduced in Sindh and Punjab. Environmentalists: tree planting cannot replace the ecological value of mature forests.
Whilst the third round of talks between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors is underway in Washington, people continue to die in the south. Reflections from the AsiaNews correspondent: “Faced with threats and provocations that seek to normalise war, today we need responses rooted in our deepest culture and ethical principles”.
Today’s headlines: Trump leaves Beijing hailing “fantastic trade deals”; Xi: “Constructive strategic stability”; Iran and the United Arab Emirates clash at the BRICS summit preventing common position in New Delhi; Thousands of ultra-nationalists with anti-Arab slogans in Jerusalem for the ‘Flag March’; Data analysis using artificial intelligence prevents suicides on Seoul’s bridges.
The death and retirement of two politicians who, for almost thirty years, led the local parliaments of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan offer a glimpse into their loyalty to every form of power during Russia’s transition of regimes. Icons of the process that, with the war, has now reduced the entire country to global isolation
The pope visited Europe's largest university. He told students: "We are a desire, not an algorithm.” He told professors that “Teaching is a form of charity just like rescuing a migrant at sea.” He lamented “A world unfortunately distorted by wars”, and said not to call “‘defence’ rearmament, defence that increases tensions”. He slammed the “inhuman evolution of the relationship between war and new technologies”. Knowledge should help “discerning who one is.”
