Will Israel’s protests shake Netanyahu’s hold on power?
The protests and Israel’s first national strike since October 7 represent the latest challenge to the Israeli prime minister. What matters is what he does next, say analysts.
Israel has erupted in rage over the deaths of six captives in Gaza, after the country’s military recovered their bodies on Sunday, nearly 11 months after they were taken by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the October 7 attacks.
The military said the captives had been killed shortly before their bodies were recovered. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Hamas for the deaths, saying, “Whoever murders hostages doesn’t want a deal.”
If China wants Taiwan it should also reclaim land from Russia, says president
Lai Ching-te highlights Beijing’s contrasting approach to territorial loss during ‘century of humiliation
Mon 2 Sep 2024 09.45 BST
Lai made the remark in an interview to local media on Sunday, noting Beijing’s very different approach to two similar historical moments of territorial loss.
Under the rule of Xi Jinping, the CCP claims Taiwan is a Chinese province run by illegal separatists, and he has vowed to annex Taiwan under what it calls “reunification”.
German businesses worried about far-right gains in the east
The success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the states of Saxony and Thuringia has raised concerns among business leaders about the economic future of eastern Germany. Will it hit jobs and investment?
The AfD emerged as the strongest force in Thuringia and nearly tied with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Saxony, substantiating fears of a political shift to the right in parts of former Communist East Germany.
Following the results, AfD leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla demanded a role in the regional governments, claiming a mandate for a center-right coalition including their party and the conservative CDU. The CDU has rejected any collaboration with the AfD though, maintaining a so-called political firewall against the far-right which rules out any ties to that party.
Tunisia's electoral body dismisses court ruling that reinstated presidential candidates
Tunisia's electoral commission rejected on Monday an administrative court ruling that had reinstated three presidential election candidates, leaving just two challengers to face incumbent leader Kais Saied in next month's vote.
Tunisia's electoral authority on Monday announced it had approved three presidential candidates for the October 6 election, including incumbemt President Kais Saied, dismissing three other would-be candidates despite court rulings allowing them to run.
The three dismissed candidates had last week won appeals at the Administrative Court against a decision from the High Independent Authority for Elections (ISIE) disqualifying them from running.
The authority had said they had not obtained enough of the endorsements required to run for the top post. They were among 14 hopefuls whose bids for the race were rejected.
Tokyo lacks ‘temporary stay facilities’ for a major disaster
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 2, 2024 at 18:01 JST
On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Tokyo with an intensity of 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, causing widespread train and bus cancellations.
The disruption left 3.52 million people in Tokyo unable to return home.
If an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 centered in the southern portion Tokyo’s 23 wards occurs, it is expected that approximately 4.53 million people will have difficulty returning home.
It’s Texas 60 miles from North Korea: the US military’s largest overseas base
Rock stars get to see more of the world than most of us, but when members of the quintessential 2000s’ rock band Hoobastank jetted into the US military base of Camp Humphreys in South Korea, they were struck by the familiarity.
“When we came in through the gates, I was like ‘dude, this is, this looks like Texas somewhere,’” lead singer Doug Robb told CNN before the band headlined the Fourth of July celebrations for service members and their families.
“It’s like we’re in a different part of the world, and then, all of a sudden, we’re back in the States,” Robb said of the sprawling US base, home to 41,000 people, south of the capital Seoul.
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