Palestinian rockets and Israeli raid on Gaza follow Biden’s departure
The news of the day: Xi Jinping visits Xinjiang and praises the iron fist policy against the Uyghurs. India asked the WTO to let it export grains from its public stocks to countries facing food crisis. Demining has begun on the Turkish-Armenian border. Kazakhstan wants to attract foreign businesses that left the Russian market.
ISRAEL – GAZA
Just as US President Joe Biden was leaving Israel and Palestine to travel to Saudi Arabia, the skies over Gaza heated up once again. Overnight two rockets launched from the Strip towards Ashkelon were intercepted. No damage was reported. Israel’s Air Force responded at dawn with a raid against Hamas positions, which was followed by more rockets fired from Gaza.
CHINA
Chinese President Xi Jinping this week visited Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, state media reported. The city was the scene of a harsh crackdown against Uyghurs. This is Xi’s second visit in eight years to Xinjiang. According to the Xinhua news agency, the Chinese leader praised the Communist Party's rule in the province, “highlighting social stability and lasting security as the overarching goal.”
INDIA
India has officially asked the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to be allowed to export grains from its public stocks to countries facing a food crisis. Under WTO rules, countries cannot export food grains from their public stocks because they are purchased at subsidised prices.
JAPAN
The investigation into the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues to reveal details about the huge amount of money the mother of the killer, Tetsuya Yamagami, turned over to Unification Church, founded by the late Rev Sun Myung Moon. The man’s uncle said that the mother gave the Church insurance money following her husband’s death in 1984 and sold off land she inherited after her father’s death in 1998 and donated the proceeds. Donations continued even after she filed for personal bankruptcy in 2002.
TURKEY – ARMENIA
According to Turkish newspaper GazeteKars, Turkey and Armenia have agreed to demine the border between the two countries. The operation is being carried out by an Israeli firm. Meanwhile, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recep Erdoğan spoke on the phone last Monday exchanging greetings for their respective religious holidays: Vardavar (Feast of the Transfiguration) and Kurban-Bayram (Eid al-Adha).
KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed his government to prepare favourable conditions for foreign businesses to relocate to Kazakhstan after they left Russia following the war in Ukraine. “We’re witnessing a global struggle for investment capital,” he said referring to nearly 1,500 businesses that left the Russian market.
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