What to see in Asia today
Aung San Suu Kyi: The first verdicts in the trial of Myanmar’s ousted leader are set to be announced after being adjourned from November 30.
Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin: The Prime Minister of India will welcome the Russian President to attend a 1-1 meeting on the sidelines of the annual India-Russia Summit, where 10 bilateral agreements will be signed.
Hang Seng Index: The Hong Kong benchmark index experienced a shakeup today as game company NetEase and e-commerce group JD.com joined in. Evergrande, the country’s indebted property developer, will be removed from the Hang Seng China Enterprises index.
Market: Asian shares look set to start the week lower with futures in Hong Kong and Japan both falling and Australian markets flat in early trading.
Raab firmly believes that Christmas will not be canceled by Covid
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has predicted Britons will enjoy “a wonderful Christmas” amid Downing Street’s hope that new Covid-19 restrictions in the UK will not be needed before the new year to deal with the pandemic. Omicron variant.
Ministers believe new and existing anti-Covid measures – including a plan to expand the vaccine booster scheme and a new requirement for travelers to the UK to take a coronavirus test before departure – will be enough for now.
Raab issued a bullish note on Sunday, saying this Christmas will be “totally different” from last Christmas and that people should confidently plan to spend time with family and friends. .
“I think it’s going to be a great Christmas,” the Justice Secretary told the BBC. “I think everyone should enjoy Christmas, have their loved ones by their side, celebrate it in a way that we haven’t been able to do in the past.”
When asked if companies should go ahead with plans to host large Christmas parties, he said that employers can “be trusted to take a conventional approach to business circumstances.” their profession”.
Johnson and his team were expected to review the latest data on Omicron around December 16, but an ally of the prime minister rejected the prospect of any additional restrictions before Christmas, saying : “Our ambition is to not need anything new in this respect for the new year.”
Eric Zemmour’s first major campaign rally ravaged by melee
A riot broke out at the first campaign rally organized by Eric Zemmour, the anti-immigration polemicist who is running for president of France, after activists from an anti-immigration group Racists sought to interrupt his speech.
Shortly after Zemmour began addressing a crowd of more than 10,000 in a conference room outside Paris, activists from SOS Racisme stood up to reveal black shirts bearing the slogan “No Racism”. They were set up by Zemmour supporters, and video taken by journalists showed men punching activists and throwing chairs, while security officials tried to break up the fighting.
The episode ended quickly but showed how Zemmour’s far-right candidacy has caused tension in France as the television pundit and author has risen in the polls since the summer. While his supporters waved French flags in a suburb north of the capital, about 8,000 others took to the streets of Paris to denounce his xenophobic background. Police say they have made 48 arrests.
The 63-year-old argues that once great France is in decline because of unchecked immigration and excessive political correctness, which jumped second in the polls in early November. But his popularity has recently waned and dropped to third place behind President Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen, according to pollster Harris Interactive.
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