More than 30 countries are waiting to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), adding to its 57 founding members, its president said on Friday. Jin did not identify the prospective members. Almost many major U.S. allies – Australia, Britain, German, Italy, the Philippines and South Korea – have joined. Source: Reuters
On Tuesday, around 5 am, a young man fled after being checked and hit a pole. According to the police, there would have been no chase. Source Le Parisien
The number of Venezuelans entering Brazil is rising, officials say, despite Saturday’s attacks on makeshift migrant border camps. Source: BBC
Taiwan lost another ally to Beijing on Tuesday when diplomatic ties with El Salvador were severed, as China presses the remaining nations with diplomatic links to Taipei to end them. Source: France24
