8-Month-Old Baby Drowns in Bathtub While Mom Was Allegedly on Her Phone for 20 Minutes (menzmag.com)
A tragic incident unfolded in Sparta Township, Michigan, as 23-year-old Olivia Miller faced arrest on Thursday in connection with the drowning of her eight-month-old son, Asher Johnson, back in November 2023.
Trade unions can contribute to productivity and technological development, study says (techxplore.com)
The Swedish trade union IF Metall is demanding that a collective agreement be established with Tesla, but the electric car manufacturer is refusing to collaborate. As a result, well over a hundred Swedish Tesla workers have been on strike since late October, with trade unions from several Nordic countries have recently supported...
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As the International Court of Justice (ICJ) heard South Africa’s case of Israel's alleged genocide, could the court address women’s rights in Afghanistan? (www.hrw.org)
The ICJ is mainly responsible for settling disputes between states over matters of international law. Some of its recent cases have concerned human rights. In November 2019, Gambia brought a case under the Genocide Convention against Myanmar regarding alleged genocide against ethnic Rohingya. In June 2023, the Netherlands and...
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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...
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A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza (www.newyorker.com)
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Biden says he has decided Jordan strike response (www.aljazeera.com)
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China’s Demand for Brides Draws Women from Across Southeast Asia—Sometimes by Force (www.migrationpolicy.org)
Every year, women and girls from Southeast Asia move to China, sometimes by force or coercion, to marry Chinese men, care for them, and bear children. While many migrate voluntarily, knowing that they are to be married, an unknown number of women from countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Vietnam are deceived or...
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years’ jail for revealing state secrets (www.smh.com.au)
He brought out evidence on a piece of paper showing there’s a foreign conspiracy to oust him. And instead of denying the authenticity of that evidence, they claimed that he’s leaking confidential documents by bringing out that “evidence”.
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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,...
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Hong Kong court orders Evergrande's liquidation, posing threats to China's economy and global markets (www.abc.net.au)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8365247...
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"Generational Disillusionment:" What It Took Young People in China to Get Their Jobs (www.nytimes.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8340312...
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Thousands rally across Israel calling for PM Netanyahu’s resignation (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli police have arrested several protesters in Tel Aviv, who called for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and early elections amid Israel’s continued war on Gaza....
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"The biggest beneficiary is the Chinese Communist Party leadership" - China is covering up an economic crisis, scholar says (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11395637...
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How Taiwan beat back disinformation and preserved the integrity of its election (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Worries that China would use disinformation to undermine the integrity of Taiwan’s vote dogged the recent election, a key moment in the young democracy’s development that highlighted tensions with its much larger neighbor....
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Ukrainian cyberattacks cripple Russian defense contractor, weather center. (euromaidanpress.com)
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Stories of ‘beating the odds’ in China draw dark responses from wary public (www.aljazeera.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8299738...
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Germany unearths pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X: Investigators uncover concerted onslaught on Berlin’s support for Ukraine involving more than 1m posts (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8272425...
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China's attempts to lift confidence in economy fall flat (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8271672...
Top UN court orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza but stops short of ordering cease-fire (apnews.com)
Here is a pdf of the ICJ’s Order of 26 January 2024....
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How China’s Social Policies Keep Hurting Its Economy (time.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11343608...
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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
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Chinese music student convicted in US of threatening pro-democracy activist (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8243678...
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How China tries to outmaneuver the UN Human Rights Council by spreading confusion (www.nzz.ch)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8243079...
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Putin winning in Ukraine would send China wrong message, UK official says (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11328562...
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