Yesterday, in the final of the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, India beat New Zealand. Indian player Sanju Samson attributed his success to God. A key athlete and the player of the match, the Kerala wicket-keeper-batter was seen praying on his knees. Simple gestures can have profound meaning for the country's Christian minority.
After a lengthy investigation, Italy expelled eight Chinese nationals accused of monitoring and intimidating Chinese dissidents. The case puts the spotlight on so-called overseas police stations, part of China’s network of active repression in several countries.
Yesterday, long queues of vehicles formed at petrol stations; the panicked population fears that stocks will run out and prices will escalate. Arguments and tensions among motorists in the queues. Power cuts also reported by large industrial groups. In Saudi Arabia, another Bangladeshi migrant worker killed by an Iranian missile strike on a residential complex.
A group of well-known Pakistani women's rights activists were stopped by police, who did not exempt the march from the ban on gatherings imposed because of the war. Meanwhile, the NGO Minority Concern recalls the tragedy of double discrimination against girls from minority groups, who are victims of forced conversions, abductions and lack of access to education and work.
Today's headlines: the mayor of Istanbul in court today in the maxi-trial for corruption, with over 400 defendants in the dock; A Taiwanese prime minister makes a (personal) trip to Japan after more than 50 years; Dhaka imposes fuel rationing for the war in the Middle East; Two hundred Shiites in Thailand gathered yesterday to “honour” the memory of Khamenei.
Burdened by debt following privatisation, the Uzbek company is undergoing a tough restructuring programme aimed at simultaneously increasing production and reducing costs. A warning from a Kazakh industry operator: without transparency and prudent use of resources, others risk suffering the same fate.
