China: Uyghur served 7 years in jail for advising others not to drink or smoke. It is the first time that one of the jailed residents from Xaneriq village are released alive. (ij-reportika.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11367068...
Ukrainian president signs controversial law to boost conscription to fend off Russia's aggression (libranet.de)
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A crumbling rail system in Ethiopia reveals failed promise of China’s Billions in African infrastructure (martinplaut.com)
Today it sits as a daily reminder of the broken promises of China-funded infrastructure investments that swept Africa in recent years. Frequent breakdowns, inadequate maintenance funding and operational constraints mean barely one-third of its 41 trains are operational, ferrying 55,000 passengers a day, a fraction of initial...
Zelenskiy says without US aid, Ukraine forces will have to retreat (www.reuters.com)
Russia adds 'LGBT movement' to list of extremist and terrorist organisations (archive.ph)
Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions rise over the war in Gaza (www.npr.org)
Egypt to Accept Ethnically-Cleansed Gaza Refugees, Builds New Camp (www.richardsilverstein.com)
Silicon Valley county becomes first in U.S. to declare loneliness a health emergency (www.nbcnews.com)
A mountain of research has linked loneliness to an increased risk of dementia, depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke and early death. The Board of Supervisors of San Mateo county, which includes part of Silicon Valley, passed a resolution on Tuesday that declared loneliness a public health crisis and pledged to explore...
Children among 9 injured in 'corrosive substance' attack in London (abcnews.go.com)
Why are Americans so gloomy about their great economy? (www.economist.com)
Inflation, partisanship and the pandemic have made them glummer than the numbers suggest they should feel...
China is perpetrating human rights abuses on a massive and intensive scale in the Uyghur Region, researcher says (globallabourcolumn.org)
Abuses include arbitrary mass detention of an estimated 1 million to 1.8 million people, and a program to ‘cleanse’ ethnic groups of their ‘extremist’ thoughts through re-education and forced labour. This involves multiple forms of involuntary labour at workplaces across the region and even in other parts of China,...
Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules (www.vice.com)
“Surprising absolutely no one …”
Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it (europe-solidaire.org)
The official narrative has been that Hamas is weakened, but in reality the IDF’s doctrine of massive force is failing, writes Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at UK’s Bradford University.
Anger across Italy as killing of student highlights country’s femicide rate (www.theguardian.com)
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop (www.reuters.com)
Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release and aid into Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Note that this isn’t ALL the hostages – just 50 in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. archive.org link...
Argentina presidential election: far-right libertarian Javier Milei wins after rival concedes (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. President Biden says "Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under single government" and "extremist violence against Palestinians in the West Bank must stop" (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5830159...
Palestinians Sue Biden for Failing to Prevent Genocide in Gaza (theintercept.com)
Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea? (www.aljazeera.com)
YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India - bellingcat (www.bellingcat.com)
Live updates: Wagner’s Yevgeniy Prigozhin believed to be aboard crashed plane in Russia (www.washingtonpost.com)
As this is a developing story, I’m skipping the archive link.
'The goal is to disguise propaganda as independent content.' A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (web.archive.org)
From a think tank in Massachusetts to an event space in Manhattan, from a political party in South Africa to news organizations in India and Brazil, investigators tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to Mr. Singham that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points....
International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas's leader in Gaza for war crimes (www.bbc.com)
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza for war crimes....
The crew of the Dali, that hit the Baltimore bridge in februari, have been confined to their ship for almost 2 months now while investigations continue. (edition.cnn.com)
Update: the ship has been towed now
