Economists worry growing conflict with China will make Canada and the world poorer (beehaw.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11486978...
Biden says he has decided Jordan strike response (www.aljazeera.com)
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...
Hong Kong court orders Evergrande's liquidation, posing threats to China's economy and global markets (www.abc.net.au)
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"The biggest beneficiary is the Chinese Communist Party leadership" - China is covering up an economic crisis, scholar says (www.newsweek.com)
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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....
Ukrainian cyberattacks cripple Russian defense contractor, weather center. (euromaidanpress.com)
Germany unearths pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X: Investigators uncover concerted onslaught on Berlin’s support for Ukraine involving more than 1m posts (www.theguardian.com)
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Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed - Beehaw (apnews.com)
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China grilled over human rights record at UN (www.dw.com)
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Iran to execute protester with mental health condition on Tuesday, says lawyer (edition.cnn.com)
Lawyer Amir Raesian said he received a notification from the Tehran General and Revolutionary Court that his client Mohammad Ghobadlou’s death sentence will be carried out on January 23, 2024....
'Sportswashing:' Women's tennis between resignation and protest over 'inevitable' Saudi boost (www.insidethegames.biz)
Saudi Arabia is looking to boost the sport in the country by appointing Rafa Nadal as an ambassador, while some tennis players are concerned about the global exposure a country “where women are not treated equally” can gain. Whether Saudi Arabia will host the women’s federations’ finals remains to be seen.
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages, UN says (news.un.org)
Chronic aid access problems have meant that Caesarean sections have been performed without anaesthetic while other women have been unable to deliver their stillborn babies because medical staff are overwhelmed, the UN agency said....
North Korean government in 2023 continued to use the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to maintain “shoot on sight” orders on its northern border, rights group says (www.hrw.org)
The excessive and disproportionate restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic have compounded the effects of decades of the North Korean government’s violations of the rights to food, health, and to an adequate standard of living; and to freedom of expression and movement, according to Human Rights Watch....
100 years ago, Vladimir Lenin died (en.wikipedia.org)
Ukraine Allies Have to Outspend Russia to Win War, Estonia Says (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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Seoul police chief charged over deadly 2022 Halloween crush (www.dw.com)
Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Cape Verde is an island nation off the coast of Africa. They are malaria free.
Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
"The impossible choice for my family in Gaza: stay and be killed together, or move and risk dying apart." (www.theguardian.com)
“The UK and US governments claim they are upholding international law by attacking the Houthis in Yemen. But they are not doing enough to uphold international law in Gaza,” writes Ghada Ageel, a third-generation Palestinian refugee who is currently visiting professor at the department of political science at the University...
Israel Bombed an Al Jazeera Cameraman — and Blocked Evacuation Efforts as He Bled to Death (theintercept.com)
A new, in-depth timeline of efforts to help Samer Abu Daqqa reveals that Israel was repeatedly pressed to allow for his rescue, but kept emergency crews at bay for hours.
Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan (apnews.com)
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to additional prison term (www.bbc.com)
Narges Mohammadi has campaigned for human rights in Iran for decades. She has been in and out of jail for two decades because of her activism. She has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison....
Norway to pay Sámi reindeer herders millions for violating their human rights (grist.org)
Nauru cuts ties with Taiwan as China accused of bribery (www.telegraph.co.uk)
