Regions – Page 3383 – Prologue Journal

As talks with Indonesia stall, Singapore seeks other green energy sources: ‘the clock is ticking’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Despite signing agreements and a US$37 billion ‘Green Corridor’ in Indonesia, a history of turbulence clouds Singapore-Jakarta energy relations. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3229461/talks-indonesia-stall-singapore-seeks-other-green-energy-sources-clock-ticking?utm_source=rss_feed

Israel’s Justice Minister Is the Brains Behind Netanyahu’s Judicial Overhaul

New York Times Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is the face of his government’s effort to reduce judicial power. His justice minister, Yariv Levin, is the main architect. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/world/middleeast/yariv-levin-israel-judicial-law-netanyahu.html

Russia’s Wartime Spending Raises Fears of an Economic Bubble

New York Times The economic strength has helped to maintain popular support for Vladimir Putin’s war, but some have warned the state-led spending is threatening the country’s financial stability. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/world/europe/russia-war-economy.html

Dancing Till Dawn at a Music Festival in Albania

New York Times A weeklong music-and-wellness festival on the beach is just one reason visitors are now flocking to a country that was sealed off to the world for decades. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/travel/albania-kala-music-festival.html

Mauricio Diazgranados Is a Botanist in a Hurry

New York Times For the first time, the New York Botanical Garden has a chief scientist who hails from the same region as so much of its collections. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/science/new-york-botanical-garden-diazgranados.html

South China Sea: US Coast guard to search, board for PNG, in stepped up role in waters China operates fish fleets

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The PNG agreement is the first with the ship boarding provision for a nation with which the US does not have full defence responsibility. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3229488/south-china-sea-us-coast-guard-search-board-png-stepped-pacific-role-china-operates-fishing-fleets?utm_source=rss_feed

UAE to hold first aerial drills with China, ending sole US reliance

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. China says it will conduct joint air force training with the UAE next month, aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries’ armed forces. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/31/708051/China-UAE-air-force-training-military-cooperation-Defense-Minsitry-agreements-L-15-advanced-trainer-jets

Israeli minister ends policy allowing early release of Palestinian inmates

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Far-right Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir ends a policy that allowed the administrative release of Palestinians held in overcrowded prisons. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/31/708056/Isreal-Ben-Gvir-Palestinian-inmates

Australia calls off search for 4 crewmen of crashed helicopter: ‘any hope of finding them alive has been lost’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. ‘It is now clear that any hope of finding them alive has been lost,’ said Australia’s defence minister, who called the crash ‘catastrophic’. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3229474/australia-calls-search-4-crewmen-crashed-helicopter-any-hope-finding-them-alive-has-been-lost?utm_source=rss_feed

US military smuggles new batch of Syrian oil, crops to bases in Iraq

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Two separate convoys of US military trucks and tankers smuggled crude oil and agricultural crops from fields in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah to bases in Iraq. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/31/708050/US-military-tankers-continue-to-smuggle-Syrian-crude-oil,-crops-from-Hasakah-to-bases-in-northern-Iraq