*** The world community celebrates the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples every August 9, following a decision by the United Nations General Assembly to have a date to recognize these populations, their cultural heritage and their role in the protection of biodiversity. They are a very diverse community. According to the UN, there are around 5,000 different groups in 90 countries, numbering 370 million people and representing 5 percent of the world's population.
*** At least 20 civilians were injured, as well as an undetermined number of uniformed personnel, during protests on Sunday in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, over a more than 50 percent increase in fuel prices, which triggered a rise in the cost of public transport.
*** Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, known internationally for his creations that combined Japanese tradition with avant-garde materials and cuts, died last Friday due to liver cancer, his studio announced today. Born in Hiroshima (western Japan) in 1938, Miyake trained in his career as a couturier in Europe and the United States before creating his studio in Tokyo in 1970, and beginning to exhibit on the catwalks of Paris and New York, where he gained global recognition.
*** The polling stations opened this Tuesday 09 in Kenya with long queues of voters who began to form early in the morning for a general election in which Kenyans are called to elect, among other positions, a new president. Since before 06.00 local time (03.00 GMT), when polling stations opened their doors, thousands of citizens could be seen lining up to cast their vote in schools in Nairobi and Mombasa (southeast), the country's second city.
*** British-Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John died Monday at the age of 73 at her ranch in southern California, her husband John Easterling confirmed. According to Easterling, Newton-John passed away "surrounded by family and friends." "We ask everyone to respect the family's privacy during this difficult time," the singer's husband said in a social media post.
*** The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket lifted off Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) with 17 satellites on board, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The Khayyam remote sensing satellite, manufactured by Roscosmos on behalf of Iran, was also among the satellites launched, the Russian space agency said later. For his part, the new head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, said that the successful launch of the satellite became "an important milestone in bilateral Russian-Iranian cooperation, which paves the way for the realization of new and larger projects".
*** Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Chinese Internet giant Baidu, said Monday that the autonomous driving technology of JIDU, its automotive arm, will be a generation ahead of Tesla, reports the specialized portal Electrek. During the company's inaugural partner conference in Shanghai, Li commented that Tesla's fully autonomous driving (FSD) continues to progress through beta, but is still years behind the originally promised delivery date.
*** The business performance of about 4,500 companies listed on financial markets in Japan, the United States, Europe and China worsened in the second quarter of this year, when their net profits fell $849.3 billion, down 7%, reports Japan's Nikkei financial newspaper.
*** Mike Tyson lashed out through social networks against the US streaming platform Hulu for making a series about his life without his consent. The former fighter denounced that the production not only did not have his permission, but that the platform did not pay him his royalties. In a series of tweets published on Friday, the former world heavyweight champion made it clear that the series 'Mike', to be released on August 25, is a plagiarism about his life and career. "Hulu stole my story. They are Goliath and I am David. Heads will roll for this," he wrote.
*** Authorities in Finland's capital Helsinki on Monday removed the World Peace monument the country received as a gift from the Soviet Union in 1989, local broadcaster Yle reports. The statue, owned by the Helsinki Museum of Art, will be taken to a warehouse outside the city.