Rewards for tourists who litter pick in Copenhagen (www.bbc.com)
Tourists will be rewarded with free food and activities if they participate in environmentally friendly tasks while visiting Copenhagen, the city’s tourist board has announced....
“I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will (www.democracynow.org)
An interview with with reporter Oren Ziv of +972 Magazine, whose latest investigation details how Israeli forces in Gaza have been authorized to open fire on Palestinians virtually at will. Six soldiers who fought in Gaza describe a near-total absence of firing regulations, with soldiers shooting as they please, setting homes...
"Patriotic loyalty to the communist Party": China graduates 320 more monks and nuns to promote Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism (www.tibetanreview.net)
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High-ranking corrupt officials in China earn eight to fourteen times their regular salary by profiting from corruption, study based on official data says (www.zew.de)
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UK: Welsh Government to introduce a law which will make it illegal for politicians to lie (www.bbc.com)
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Peru grants China's state-owned Cosco Shipping the exclusive right to operate its Chanchay port while pressure is built to construct a highway across the Amazon rainforest (www.asianews.it)
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Canada expresses concern about human rights violations in China's Xinjiang region, groups urge U.N. human rights chief to take more action over "documented abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims" (www.reuters.com)
Canada’s ambassador to Beijing visited the region of Xinjiang last week and expressed concerns about human rights violations directly to local leaders, the Canadian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday....
Barcelona plans to shut all holiday apartments by 2028 (www.reuters.com)
Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives accused of ramming Filipino boats in disputed South China Sea (www.bbc.com)
Philippines soldiers used their “bare hands” to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country’s top military commander has said....
Gaza aid pier removed, satellite images show | REUTERS (yt.artemislena.eu)
China's government launched additional "local communication centers" to increase propaganda efforts worldwide (chinamediaproject.org)
The addition of external propaganda bases in Zhejiang and Tianjin over the past two weeks brings the total number at the provincial level to 23. These International Communication Centers (ICCs), also being launched at the city level, are meant to remake China’s approach to delivering its message externally....
The Danger of Nuclear War is Real (t.me)
The Danger of Nuclear War is Real (t.me)
Israel vows to press on in Gaza after UN Security Council approves ceasefire proposal (www.cnn.com)
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Iran: 'Western pressure can hinder executions' (www.dw.com)
- At least 853 people were executed in Iran last year. Human rights activists suspect the number was actually much higher. According to Amnesty International, Iran is among the countries with the highest number of executions, second only to China–...
Russia labels wives of mobilized soldiers campaigning for their husbands' return from the war in Ukraine as 'foreign agents' (www.themoscowtimes.com)
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Lawsuit against American Airlines claims Black passengers were asked to deboard flight (www.theguardian.com)
Five other Black male passengers were also asked to leave the plane, a press statement said, adding, “As the plaintiffs began to comply with the directive to deplane, they noticed that the only* *passengers who were being ordered off the plane were Black men, and it appeared that every Black man on the flight was being...
Offshore Real Estate Wealth Stats (beehaw.org)
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Israeli tanks advance into Rafah's centre despite global leaders' outcry over the horrors at Sunday's strike on tent camp (www.reuters.com)
- Residents said Rafah’s Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood, the scene of Sunday’s night-time strike in which tents and shelters were set ablaze as families settled down to sleep, was still being bombarded....
Myanmar: Young insurgents changing the course of a forgotten war (www.bbc.com)
Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Radosław Sikorski also says he favours deepest possible inclusion of UK in EU defence structures...
Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition to the US will go ahead, and it could be legally groundbreaking, legal expert says (theconversation.com)
The High Court in UK rejected the US government assurances that Julian Assange’s rights to freedom of expression would be protected. The court gave a brief judgement stating there would be a full appeal on the freedom of expression and nationality discrimination grounds in relation to all charges Assange faces, allowing Mr...
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
Ireland and Spain have followed Norway in announcing their recognition of a Palestinian state (www.dw.com)
Norway, Spain, and Ireland will recognize an independent Palestinian state as of May 28....
