Israeli Attack on Rafah Tent Camp Kills Dozens, Wounds 50 (truthout.org)
Coke—and Dozens of Others—Pledged to Quit Russia. They’re Still There. (www.bloomberg.com)
After Vladimir Putin’s troops surged over the Ukrainian border in February 2022, the Coca-Cola Co. was among the first multinationals to pledge it would quit Russia in protest. Aiming to avoid the inevitable headaches of complying with expected Western sanctions on the Kremlin, Coke asked its partners there to pull its cans...
"Training future authoritarians": How China promotes its authoritarian capitalism model by teaching government officials in the Global South on how to infringe people's freedom and undermine democracy (www.atlanticcouncil.org)
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Russia Spreads Disinformation to Cover Up Its Use of Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, the US Government Says (www.state.gov)
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Espionage: In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines (www.wired.com)
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines....
Large economies offshore wealth & corruption perceptions (beehaw.org)
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Gaza: International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah following a request by South Africa (news.un.org)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday issued new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and to open the governate’s border crossing for urgent aid deliveries....
'No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice, academic says (theconversation.com)
***Written by Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle ***...
France declares state of emergency, bans TikTok in New Caledonia amid deadly riots (www.scmp.com)
Gaza’s new terror: Booby-trapped cans of food for the unwary --- UPDATE: please see comment in the thread (news.un.org)
A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured and sustained limb amputations after opening a booby-trapped can of food found while looking for his belongings in his house that had been shelled by Israeli forces in Khan Younis,” the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said, citing the Strip’s authorities....
Israeli Minister Reportedly Asks Military To Kill Palestinians Instead Of Arresting Them To Manage Overcrowding In Prisons (www.huffpost.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13516787...
Donald Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during his U.S. presidency, book says (www.theguardian.com)
As president, Donald Trump “made it very clear” that he thought Ukraine “must be part of Russia”, his former adviser Fiona Hill says in a new book about US national security under threat from Russia and China....
Delay ‘not credible any longer’: Recognition of state of Palestine by Ireland and some EU states expected in coming weeks (www.irishtimes.com)
It is understood that Ireland and some other EU states will announce formal recognition of Palestine once a peace initiative – expected in the coming weeks – is under way. Sources were reluctant to put a date on this but said it would be “sooner rather than later”, and was a matter of weeks rather than months....
Children in Gaza dying from starvation-related complications since Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, Human Rights Watch says (www.hrw.org)
Concerned governments should impose targeted sanctions and suspend arms transfers to press the Israeli government to ensure access to humanitarian aid and basic services in Gaza, in accordance with Israel’s obligations under international law and the recent International Court of Justice order in South Africa’s genocide...
Security Council ceasefire resolution brings ‘little hope’ to Gaza as Israeli genocide rages on (mondoweiss.net)
'Election now': Israel's protesters demand change (www.youtube.com)
Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says (arstechnica.com)
The biggest sci-fi/fantasy award held in China for the first time has been accused of censorship on the part of China (www.polygon.com)
The 2023 awards saw several nominees mysteriously declared ineligible....
Two mothers killed each hour in Gaza conflict, UN says (news.un.org)
"We have seen evidenced once more that women and children are the first victims of conflict and that our duty to seek peace is a duty to them. We are failing them,” UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous said in a statement issued alongside the report....
China's population drops for second year, with record low birth rate (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11127623...
Some wealthier Chinese say they can't afford marriage as economy slows (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11100201...
Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days (www.axios.com)
As I have repeatedly said… Just because Biden has repeated the US company line of unequivocal support for Israel, etc etc (Because even among democrats it’s political suicide to say anything else). That doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been trying the entire time to get Israel to stop the bullshit. This is more or less a...
2023 confirmed as world's hottest year on record (www.bbc.co.uk)
Meet New Zealand's youngest MP whose parliamentary war cry went viral (www.sbs.com.au)
The 21-year-old New Zealand MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, her country’s youngest MP since 1853, honoured the Indigenous people of New Zealand by performing a traditional haka, or war cry, as part of her maiden speech in December. In the resurfaced video, the chant reverberates around the parliamentary chamber as other Māori...
China deployed over 1,700 military planes around Taiwan in 2023 (www.newsweek.com)
This aerial activity, which now occurs on a near-daily basis, is reported by the Taiwan Defense Ministry. The Taiwan ADIZ Violations Database, compiled by independent defense analyst Benjamin Lewis, illustrates a marked escalation in Chinese military operations near Taiwan in recent years.
