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EXCÉLSIOR
Indonesia, que anunció el miércoles la cifra récord de 54 mil casos de coronavirus en 24 horas, se convirtió en el nuevo epicentro de la circulación del virus en Asia. El miércoles, el ministerio de Salud anunció además 991 muertes en 24 horas, tasa diez veces superior a la de hace un mes.

IOC's Bach asked Japan PM to allow fans at Olympics if COVID state improves
KYODO NEWS
International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach has asked Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to consider allowing spectators into venues for the Tokyo Games if the coronavirus situation improves, a government official familiar with the matter said Thursday.

India’s internet law adds to fears over online speech, privacy

AL JAZEERA
Law puts digital platforms such as Twitter and Facebook under direct government oversight, but critics worry it may lead to outright censorship. It began in February with a tweet by pop star Rihanna that sparked widespread condemnation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of massive farmer protests near the capital, souring an already troubled relationship between the government and Twitter.

Deaths climb to 72 in South Africa riots after Zuma jailed

AP NEWS
The death toll climbed to 72 from rioting in South Africa on Tuesday, with many people trampled to death during looting at stores, as police and the military fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to try to halt the unrest set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

África trabaja para tener una moneda común

BITCOIN MÉXICO
Wamkele Mene, secretario general de la Secretaría de la Zona de Libre Comercio Continental Africana (AfCFTA), cree firmemente que África tendrá algún día una moneda común que aliviará las limitaciones de pago del comercio intra africano mediante moneda extranjera.

Ethnic standoff in Ethiopia's north threatens new phase of Tigray war
AFRICA NEWS
Tensions heighten between the Amharas and Tigrayans in Ethiopia's northern region.
This is being seen as another fresh wave of violence in this now volatile region, once a peaceful home to indigenes. As Amharas have poured in, Tigrayan civilians have fled by the tens of thousands. They went either west into Sudan or east or much deeper into the northen region of Tigray.

La centralidad de lo político en el sistema mundial y la “cuestión nacional”

EL PAÍS DIGITAL

El 1 de julio de 2021 se conmemoró el 100º aniversario del surgimiento del Partido Comunista Chino (PCCH). Hoy tiene nada menos que 95 millones de miembros, gobierna un país que representa una quinta parte de la humanidad y aparece como el gran polo de poder emergente del siglo XXI, que abriga en su seno la potencialidad para transformar el sistema mundial dominante en los últimos siglos. Toda una paradoja para un mundo en el que se había proclamado, junto con el fin de la historia, el fin del comunismo.

South Africa's Jacob Zuma: From freedom fighter to president to jail

BBC NEWS

Zuma was once a celebrated political figure.

He was imprisoned for 10 years in 1963 for fighting the racist system of apartheid in South Africa, then went into exile in 1975 to become the spymaster of the African National Congress (ANC), before returning to South Africa triumphantly in 1990, and rising to the presidency in 2009, though by then his reputation had been stained by a deluge of corruption allegations.