Russian anger builds as Greece prepares a military deal with Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)
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Canada said to have mapped out secret Chinese police operations within its borders, Canadian police raises awareness campaign seeking public assistance (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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US and Germany foiled Russian plot to assassinate CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall (edition.cnn.com)
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Judge dismisses all charges in Panama Papers, Operation Car Wash cases (www.upi.com)
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Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S. (www.npr.org)
Investigations by nonprofit news outlet ProPublica have found links between Chinese diplomats, Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, local Chinese criminal syndicates and some marijuana operations in the United States....
China Changes Hundreds of Uyghur Village Names as Part of Broader Government Effort to Erase Uyghur Culture in Xinjiang (www.hrw.org)
Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have been systematically changing hundreds of village names with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uyghurs into names reflecting recent Chinese Communist Party ideology, Human Rights Watch said....
Cruelty-based intervention: Russia is set to reintroduce antipsychotic drug as autism treatment (theins.press)
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Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think (www.nature.com)
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He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job. (theintercept.com)
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war....
China launches 'punishment' war games around Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
A furious China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”, sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te....
"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...
Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China app store after Beijing order (www.reuters.com)
Some experts on China’s tech industry said the government order on WhatsApp and Threads could be related to a new rule last August that requires all apps available in China to register with the government or risk being removed....
High risk of animal-to-human diseases developing in some China fur farms, animal protection group says (www.reuters.com)
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China prevents exposure of human rights violations in Tibet and Xinjiang in foreign media (greekcitytimes.com)
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"Top Senator Urges Biden to Utilize All Diplomatic Tools to Pressure Israel Regarding Gaza" (www.infoterkiniviral.com) Indonesian
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen has urged President Joe Biden to utilize his influence and legal authority to pressure Israel to change its approa
Schumer Urges New Leadership in Israel, Calling Netanyahu an Obstacle to Peace (www.nytimes.com)
Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ on Rafah (www.politico.eu)
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says (www.bbc.com)
'Say you're sorry': Russia's trend for humiliating videos (www.bbc.com)
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"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...
China in "damage control mode" over faltering economy, analysts say (www.newsweek.com)
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Israeli strike in Lebanon kills senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri (www.reuters.com)
He was the founding commander of Hamas’s military wing.
The Great China Unwind: Foreign Investors Pull $29B Out Of Chinese Equity Markets In 2023 despite the People’s Bank's efforts at making China an attractive opportunity for foreign investment (markets.businessinsider.com)
Nearly 90% of the foreign investment inflows into Chinese equity markets in 2023 has been withdrawn as sentiment crumbles and investors losing confidence in major Chinese institutions....
‘I can’t sing any more’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)
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