Regions – Page 3483 – Prologue Journal

‘Palestinians recorded great victory by forcing Israel to retreat’

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Islamic Jihad chief says Palestinians recorded a great victory in the face of the Israeli military’s incursions into the Jenin refugee camp over the last two days. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/05/706496/Palestinians-recorded-great-victory-be-ending-Jenin-offensive,-proved-could-defeat-enemy–Islamic-Jihad-chief

China Reels From Floods and a Bruising Heat Wave

New York Times Heavy rains and heat waves have affected parts of China and the Asia Pacific region this week. More of the same was in the forecast. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/asia/china-asia-flooding-building-collapse.html

‘Don’t Be Sad, Father’: Farewells Reflect Deadly Period in West Bank

New York Times In one of the deadliest periods in years in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, young Palestinians drawn into the struggle against Israel are writing farewell messages to their loved ones. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/middleeast/young-palestinians-west-bank.html

Exploring a Volcanic Island in Portugal’s Azores Archipelago.

New York Times Volcanic São Miguel, one of the nine islands in this Portuguese archipelago in the Mid-Atlantic, offers landscapes and experiences that are at once wild and serene. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/travel/azores-sao-miguel-island.html

A Captured Russian Soldier’s Story: ‘They Just Sent Us to Die’

New York Times An inmate hoped to start over with a clean slate by fighting in Ukraine. Instead, he was confronted by the drudgery of trench work and the terror of battle. “You’re going in as meat,” he said he was told. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/europe/russia-ukraine-prisoner-interview.html

Malaysia to hold state polls in August in crucial test for PM Anwar

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The regional polls will not directly impact Anwar’s two-thirds majority in parliament, but any significant losses for his coalition could lead to questions about his leadership and destabilise his ruling bloc. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3226631/malaysia-hold-state-polls-august-crucial-test-pm-anwar?utm_source=rss_feed

Philippine lawmaker urges ban on ‘Barbie’ film over disputed South China Sea map

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. It follows a similar move by Vietnam over a scene showing a map of the ‘invalidated nine-dash line’ that China uses to assert claims in the South China Sea. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3226623/philippine-lawmaker-urges-ban-barbie-film-over-disputed-south-china-sea-map?utm_source=rss_feed

South China Sea: Philippines coastguard accuses Chinese ship of cutting off patrol boat in ‘very dangerous’ manoeuvre

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The latest near miss in the South China Sea follows a tense face-off in April when a Chinese coastguard ship was witnessed blocking a Philippine vessel as it carried journalists near a Manila-claimed atoll.…

Israel strikes Gaza after retaliatory rockets following Jenin offensive

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Israeli warplanes have targeted sites in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, following a salvo of retaliatory rockets fired from the Palestinian coastal enclave toward the occupied territories. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/07/05/706483/Israel-strikes-Gaza-after-retaliatory-rockets-following-Jenin-offensive

India’s last tribe of literal headhunters mourn the passing of ‘simpler times’, call today’s generation ‘too privileged’

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The last survivors of a bygone age lament the passing of ‘simpler times’, when Konyak warriors in the Myanmar borderlands severed the heads of their enemies to keep as trophies. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3226608/indias-last-tribe-literal-headhunters-mourn-passing-simpler-times-call-todays-generation-too?utm_source=rss_feed