Banking bottleneck due to threat of sanctions causing six-month delays for Russia-China payments, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12950703...
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...
Georgia Judge Dismisses Certain Criminal Charges Against Donald Trump (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
In a significant development in the election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee has made a ruling, dismissing some
Biden begins backing the resistance to Netanyahu and his war | Opinion (www.haaretz.com)
Russia publishes German army meeting on Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
Israel faces mounting pressure to investigate Gaza food aid deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Poland starts process of exiting EU’s "Article 7" rule-of-law procedure (notesfrompoland.com)
Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs (www.theguardian.com)
CIA Vault7 WikiLeaks source sentenced 40 years (convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material) (www.aljazeera.com)
Ex-CIA software engineer who leaked to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years...
China’s Censorship Dragnet Targets Critics of the Economy (www.nytimes.com)
*As Beijing struggles with a slumping stock market and a collapsing real estate sector, commentary and even financial analysis it deems negative are blocked. *...
"Generational Disillusionment:" What It Took Young People in China to Get Their Jobs (www.nytimes.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8340312...
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low (www.theguardian.com)
The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees (www.theguardian.com)
‘I will pretend not to be me’: Russia cracks down on LGBTQ+ community (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7946681...
CEOs fear climate change and AI threats could doom their companies in 10 years, survey shows (www.abc.net.au)
Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza (nitter.unixfox.eu)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/7496184...
Iran, 33-year old women received 74 lashes for “not wearing the hijab" (www.niacouncil.org)
Roya Heshmati likened her punishment to a medieval torture chamber. She revealed her quiet act of rebellion during the actual lashing, where she whispered a song symbolic of women’s struggle for freedom....
Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows (theintercept.com)
Polish government puts public media into liquidation amid dispute with president (notesfrompoland.com)
China's Uyghur Drama: Wiping Out An Entire Ethnic Minority --- [documentary in French with English subtitles, 105 min] (www.arte.tv)
Tortured in huge internment camps, forced labour and mass sterilisations: The Chinese state’s attack on the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in western China, is akin to genocide, with an estimated one million people arbitrarily detained. An in-depth look at how Beijing has committed grave human rights offences over decades....
Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
Outraged family buries hostage killed by IDF, vows to 'shake the country' (www.usatoday.com)
Satellite imagery and video shows some Gaza cemeteries razed by Israeli forces (www.seattletimes.com)
Venice: Tourists flip gondola after refusing to stop taking selfies (news.sky.com)
Swiss bank will pay $122.9 million after helping U.S. citizens hide billions in assets (www.nbcnews.com)
