Russia enforces anti-LGBT law: individuals facing fines, detention for posting a photograph of an LGBT flag online and wearing rainbow-themed earrings (trendydigests.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8514774...
Missing Chinese banker resigns from China Renaissance for ‘health reasons’ a year after disappearing (edition.cnn.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8514302...
[Iowa] Evangelicals on Trump: "God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." (www.bbc.co.uk)
The video is bombastic, even by Mr Trump's standards. Just consider the title: God Made Trump.
As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard South Africa’s case of Israel's alleged genocide, could the court address women’s rights in Afghanistan? (www.hrw.org)
The ICJ is mainly responsible for settling disputes between states over matters of international law. Some of its recent cases have concerned human rights. In November 2019, Gambia brought a case under the Genocide Convention against Myanmar regarding alleged genocide against ethnic Rohingya. In June 2023, the Netherlands and...
Handcuffed and Executed – 30 Bodies Found in Northern Gaza School (www.palestinechronicle.com)
This story is breaking within the hour I’m posting it.
"I came to Ireland but still I was living with fear:" Irish Uyghur cultural association launched in the country's capital Dublin (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8488650...
Vietnam, Philippines sign deals on security in disputed South China Sea (www.aljazeera.com)
The South China Sea is at the centre of territorial tussles between China, the Philippines and other countries. China claims almost the entire sea as its sovereign territory, while the Philippines, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations claim various islands, islets, reefs and shoals around their coasts....
Economists worry growing conflict with China will make Canada and the world poorer (beehaw.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11486978...
8-Month-Old Baby Drowns in Bathtub While Mom Was Allegedly on Her Phone for 20 Minutes (menzmag.com)
A tragic incident unfolded in Sparta Township, Michigan, as 23-year-old Olivia Miller faced arrest on Thursday in connection with the drowning of her eight-month-old son, Asher Johnson, back in November 2023.
China: Religious Regulations Tighten for Uyghurs as New Laws Aim to ‘Sinicize’ Places of Worship, Practice in Largely Muslim Xinjiang (www.hrw.org)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8449303...
Biden says he has decided Jordan strike response (www.aljazeera.com)
A newlywed from Oklahoma was Found Deceased Beneath Clothing in... (menzmag.com)
Trade unions can contribute to productivity and technological development, study says (techxplore.com)
The Swedish trade union IF Metall is demanding that a collective agreement be established with Tesla, but the electric car manufacturer is refusing to collaborate. As a result, well over a hundred Swedish Tesla workers have been on strike since late October, with trade unions from several Nordic countries have recently supported...
China’s Demand for Brides Draws Women from Across Southeast Asia—Sometimes by Force (www.migrationpolicy.org)
Every year, women and girls from Southeast Asia move to China, sometimes by force or coercion, to marry Chinese men, care for them, and bear children. While many migrate voluntarily, knowing that they are to be married, an unknown number of women from countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam are deceived or...
A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza (www.newyorker.com)
China is perpetrating human rights abuses on a massive and intensive scale in the Uyghur Region, researcher says (globallabourcolumn.org)
Abuses include arbitrary mass detention of an estimated 1 million to 1.8 million people, and a program to ‘cleanse’ ethnic groups of their ‘extremist’ thoughts through re-education and forced labour. This involves multiple forms of involuntary labour at workplaces across the region and even in other parts of China,...
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
He brought out evidence on a piece of paper showing there’s a foreign conspiracy to oust him. And instead of denying the authenticity of that evidence, they claimed that he’s leaking confidential documents by bringing out that “evidence”.
Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public (www.aljazeera.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8299738...
"Generational Disillusionment:" What It Took Young People in China to Get Their Jobs (www.nytimes.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8340312...
Hong Kong court orders Evergrande's liquidation, posing threats to China's economy and global markets (www.abc.net.au)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8365247...
Thousands rally across Israel calling for PM Netanyahu’s resignation (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli police have arrested several protesters in Tel Aviv, who called for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and early elections amid Israel’s continued war on Gaza....
How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Worries that China would use disinformation to undermine the integrity of Taiwan’s vote dogged the recent election, a key moment in the young democracy’s development that highlighted tensions with its much larger neighbor....
"The biggest beneficiary is the Chinese Communist Party leadership" - China is covering up an economic crisis, scholar says (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11395637...
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining Israel's military (www.theguardian.com)
On Tal Mitnick’s first morning inside an Israeli military prison last month, he was ordered into a small classroom. Pinned to its walls were various famous quotes. One caught his attention: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” The name beneath it: Nelson Mandela....
