China feels the country isn’t patriotic enough. A new law aims to change that. (edition.cnn.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10848936...
Italy refuses Munich museum’s request to return ancient Roman statue bought by Hitler (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study (www.timesofisrael.com)
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera? (www.972mag.com)
Google Passkeys Now Offered as Default Login Option for Personal Google Accounts: How it Works | Technology News (www.gadgets360.com)
Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying | WIRED (www.wired.com)
Inside South Africa's Operation Dudula: 'Why we hate foreigners' (www.bbc.com)
Disappeared critic abroad emerges in Chinese detention center (safeguarddefenders.com)
On 24 August, James Lin, a human rights activist in the Netherlands, posted a notification of arrest issued on 7 July by the affiliated sub-bureau directly under the Hengyang Public Security Bureau. It states that Yang has been arrested on charges of “inciting subversion of the state power” and is currently detained at the...
US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket' (www.bbc.com)
The UK also told citizens to leave “while commercial flights are running.”
Top Russian economist dies after falling out of window (www.newsweek.com)
Several top Russian officials have plunged to their deaths from windows in recent years, including a top oil executive and a defense official.
[7-11 sushi] 7-Eleven's Japanese owners to give chain a big makeover in the US (www.scrippsnews.com)
Today, 7-Eleven’s new owners, SEJ Asset Management & Investment Company — owned by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd — feel the company’s U.S. locations need a makeover....
Knesset votes 68-9 for resolution against Palestinian state (www.israeltoday.co.il)
Chinese risk perilous journey in search of ‘freedom’ in the United States: “I want to say whatever I want and don’t have to worry about the police knocking on my door.” (www.aljazeera.com)
Many middle-class Chinese trekking to the US are college-educated, have an established career or business in China and know how to use a VPN to avoid official censorship and access the free internet....
What it's like living through a 121 degree day [in New Delhi] (www.npr.org)
Protests sweep France against far right threat (freedomnews.org.uk)
'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library (www.bbc.com)
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places....
Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16260179...
College Professors Are Being Fired for Activism on Gaza War (theintercept.com)
How Chinese AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian (www.bbc.com)
"I don’t want anyone to think that I ever said these horrible things in my life. Using a Ukrainian girl for a face promoting Russia. It’s crazy.”...
The New Propaganda War: Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world (www.theatlantic.com)
Here is the archived version....
Congress threatens International Criminal Court over Israeli arrest warrants (www.axios.com)
US jails Chinese man who threatened student activist over her pro-democracy protest (www.bbc.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11433331...
"If you are concerned about fascism, you would wish to halt Russia": Historian Timothy Snyder blasts U.S. Republican Lawmaker Green of her accusation of Ukraine being a 'Nazi state' - (video, 4 min)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11273444...
Blasts heard above Israel after Iran launches drone attack – live (www.theguardian.com)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said any threat from the United States and Israel will be met with Tehran’s reciprocal response, Iranian state TV reported....
Romanian president's NATO candidacy not backed by the US or Baltic states (www.romania-insider.com)
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