Some wealthier Chinese say they can't afford marriage as economy slows (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11100201...
What it was like inside the last living room caucus (ghostarchive.org)
ghostarchive.org/…/15iowa-caucuses-living-room-01…Sharon McNutt spent much of Caucus Day on Monday baking fresh cherry-chip cookies, cleaning bathroom sinks and taking her coffee pot out of storage....
[Iowa] Evangelicals on Trump: "God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." (www.bbc.co.uk)
The video is bombastic, even by Mr Trump's standards. Just consider the title: God Made Trump.
Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan (apnews.com)
CEOs fear climate change and AI threats could doom their companies in 10 years, survey shows (www.abc.net.au)
Iran sentences Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi to additional prison term (www.bbc.com)
Narges Mohammadi has campaigned for human rights in Iran for decades. She has been in and out of jail for two decades because of her activism. She has been arrested 13 times and sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison....
China: No Letup in Xi Jinping’s Repressive Rule, Amid Economic Showdown, Mourning for Ex-Premier Shows Discontent - Beehaw (www.hrw.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11086495...
“If you eat every day within 10 minutes, then this meal turns into a rather complex process:" Kremlin critic Navalny tells Russian court of ‘freezing’ conditions inside his Arctic prison (edition.cnn.com)
Jailed Alexey Navalny told a Moscow court of “freezing” conditions inside his prison, as he appeared via video link to outline his case against the authorities at the Siberian penal colony in which he is being held....
More cases of China, Asian neighbours repressing critics across borders, Human Rights Watch says (www.eco-business.com)
There has been an alarming trend of Asian governments committing acts of transnational repression to silence their critics living on foreign soil, according to international non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch....
'Create more confidence in people:' China’s economy needs structural reforms to avoid growth decline, IMF says (lanewscenter.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7871758...
Norway to pay Sámi reindeer herders millions for violating their human rights (grist.org)
Nauru cuts ties with Taiwan as China accused of bribery (www.telegraph.co.uk)
'The Coup, For Now, Is Over': Arévalo Sworn In as Guatemala's President (www.commondreams.org)
Biden "running out" of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days (www.axios.com)
As I have repeatedly said… Just because Biden has repeated the US company line of unequivocal support for Israel, etc etc (Because even among democrats it’s political suicide to say anything else). That doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been trying the entire time to get Israel to stop the bullshit. This is more or less a...
'Return to the right track' - Taiwan tells China to 'face reality' and respect election results (www.france24.com)
Voters spurned Beijing’s repeated calls not to vote for Lai, delivering a comfortable victory for a man China’s ruling Communist Party sees as a dangerous separatist....
Taiwan’s vote is a crack in the new axis of autocracy - (Opinion) (www.afr.com)
Unpaywalled link: web.archive.org/…/taiwan-s-vote-is-a-crack-in-the…...
Iceland erupts again (1-14-24) (livefromiceland.is)
Iceland erupted again this morning at 7:57am Grindavik Time. The eruption was captured in real time. It again is a northwest linear fissure and is located west of Hagafell and a bit south of the prior eruption site in December....
‘She cries all the time’: Gaza children grapple with a mental health crisis (scroll.in)
The harsh winter, lack of adequate medical care, shortage of water and poor sanitation have exposed newborns and children in Gaza to infections in refugee camps....
Taiwan election, China urges US, UK and Japan not to interfere in ‘China’s internal affairs’ after they congratulate Lai Ching-te for election win as Beijing hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11038232...
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...
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11011730...
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/760395...
China says will ‘crush’ Taiwan independence efforts as vote looms (www.aljazeera.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/7782516...
How the term “genocide” is misused in the Israel-Hamas war (www.economist.com)
I used to like The Economist, but this is Nazis propaganda right on their page....
