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‘Insane’: Xi’s call for ethnic Chinese to tell Beijing’s story stirs anger (www.aljazeera.com)

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"They treated us like sacks of potatoes without showing any care": Ukrainian orphan abducted by Russia tells of how he escaped Putin’s grasp (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Chinese media feel pressure to tell ‘positive’ China story as party tightens grip and freedom of expression declines (www.aljazeera.com)

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Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe (libranet.de)

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South Korea's Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure supplies of the metal produced using coal power (www.reuters.com)

Hyundai Motor said in a statement on Tuesday that it had ended its non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adaro, a unit of Indonesia’s second-largest coal miner Adaro Energy Indonesia, at the end of 2023, adding that the companies had decided to explore other opportunities independently.

Satellite images reveal China built a replica of Taipei’s presidential district in remote Inner Mongolia, fuelling speculation that Beijing uses the site as training ground for an invasion of Taiwan (www.france24.com)

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Forget ‘doomers:’ Warming can be stopped, top climate scientist says (news.harvard.edu)

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Romanian president's NATO candidacy not backed by the US or Baltic states (www.romania-insider.com)

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Draft legislation proposes the creation of a legal framework for protecting Romanian citizens living outside the borders, including militarily (www-hotnews-ro.translate.goog)

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Finland signs Ukraine security deal and provides additional military aid, Zelenskiy warns of Russia troop plans (www.reuters.com)

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Overcapacity at the Gate: China's policy plans will compound the growing imbalance between domestic supply and demand, setting China on course for a trade confrontation with the rest of the world. (rhg.com)

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Ukraine Justified in Striking Targets Inside Russia, Finnish Foreign Minister Says (www.themoscowtimes.com)

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Western sanctions hamper Russian efforts to repair refineries (www.reuters.com)

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Banking bottleneck due to threat of sanctions causing six-month delays for Russia-China payments, sources say (www.reuters.com)

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Lessons in War: How the Kremlin is Aligning School Curriculum and its Agenda (www.russiapost.info)

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Taiwan condemns ‘shameless’ China for accepting world’s concern on quake (www.reuters.com)

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UK: Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel (www.bbc.com)

In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza....

China braced for rise in air pollution deaths: Country needs to speed up environmental response to protect its ageing population, multinational study finds (www.theguardian.com)

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Germany says Russia 'very likely' responsible for Baltic GPS disruptions (www.reuters.com)

Russia is “very likely” behind a series of disturbances affecting GPS navigation in the Baltic region, the German Defence Ministry said on Thursday, pointing to the Kaliningrad exclave as a source of the problem....

World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff (www.bbc.com)

International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.

China and human rights: Beijing deploys multiple resources to construct dictatorship beyond its borders, reinforce the North Korean regime and supply the Russian war machine (dominotheory.com)

A strong statement emerged from Volker Turk, the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who, during a global update to the U.N. human rights council a few weeks ago, directly challenged the Chinese government to accompany poverty alleviation with “reforms to align relevant laws and policies with...

Elderly Chinese rights lawyer who was tortured in detention is finally free after six years and six months behind bars (safeguarddefenders.com)

While she was incarcerated, the 74-year-old Chinese human rights lawyer Li Yuhan was subjected to inhumane abuse and mental torture. This included denying her essential medicines for serious diseases such as heart issues, forcing her to take ice baths and depriving her of food and water. Officers also humiliated her by urinating...

Thailand’s economy is falling behind its Southeast Asian peers Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia amid growing middle-income trap fears (www.aljazeera.com)

Thailand’s economy grew just 1.9 percent last year, according to state economic planners, compared with growth of 5 percent or higher in the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam....

"Transnational repression": Activists, dissidents fleeing their home countries are increasingly targeted for their work even when on foreign soil, rights group warns (www.hrw.org)

Human Rights Watch has reported cases of transnational repression for years. The governments of Saudi Arabia, China, Rwanda, and Russia, among others, have long been implicated in harassment, abductions, and killings, and, more recently, in digital abuses, through new technologies....