China’s drills near the Scarborough Shoal came as South Korea announced finding new Chinese buoys in the Yellow Sea.
In kitchens and courtyards, daily rituals - grinding beans, sieving wheat and baking bread - played out with grace.Social life and events
From weddings and blessings to public festivals and pilgrimages, communal life pulsed with joy and meaning, be it sharing lunch or walking in a bridal procession.Work in olive groves, workshops and coastal waters was both a necessity and an art. These photographs honour the makers, menders, and growers who shaped Palestine through skill and perseverance.These are the key events on day 1,192 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Here’s where things stand on Saturday, May 31:Eight people, including two teenagers, were injured in a Russian attack on the village of Vasyliv Khutir in Ukraine’s
northeastern Kharkiv
, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.In 2022, the Debt Justice Group
that African governments owed three times more to private financial groups than to China, charging double the interest in the process.“Developing country debt to China is less than what is owed to both private bondholders and multilateral development banks (MDBs),” says Kevin Gallagher, director of the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
“So, Lowy’s focus on China lacks context. The truth is, even if you remove China from the creditor picture, lots of poor countries would still be in debt distress,” Gallagher told Al Jazeera.Following the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,