Ukraine Allies Have to Outspend Russia to Win War, Estonia Says (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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'Say you're sorry': Russia's trend for humiliating videos (www.bbc.com)
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Seoul police chief charged over deadly 2022 Halloween crush (www.dw.com)
China’s Population Shrink Doesn't Assure a ‘Bigger Pie for Fewer People’ (www.voanews.com)
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China's ageing population threatens switch to new economic growth model, state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences sees the pension system running out of money by 2035 (www.reuters.com)
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Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Cape Verde is an island nation off the coast of Africa. They are malaria free.
Rights group calls for pressure of international community on Iranian regime to "halt imminent execution" of four ethnic Kurds (iranhumanrights.org)
In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds are on the brink of execution following 18 months of incognito detention since their arrest in July 2022....
Number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea more than triples in Jan.-Sept. 2023 period (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
After escaping the North, 139 North Koreans reached the South in the January-September 2023 period, sharply up from 42 from the same period 2022, according to Seoul’s unification ministry. In the third quarter, 40 defectors ― three men and 37 women ― came to the South....
China orders indebted local governments to halt some infrastructure projects: Report (www.channelnewsasia.com)
China has instructed heavily indebted local governments to delay or halt some state-funded infrastructure projects, three people with knowledge of the situation said, as Beijing struggles to contain debt risks even as it tries to stimulate the economy....
Rare footage shows North Korean teens being sentenced in front of hundreds of their peers, getting 12 years of hard labour for watching South Korean videos (www.bbc.com)
In 2020, however, Pyongyang enacted a law to make watching or distributing South Korean entertainment punishable by death....
Palestinian state only way to lasting peace for Israeli people, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Romanian farmers, hauliers ramp up protests, block Ukraine border access (libranet.de)
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Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
"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...
"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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Israel Bombed an Al Jazeera Cameraman — and Blocked Evacuation Efforts as He Bled to Death (theintercept.com)
A new, in-depth timeline of efforts to help Samer Abu Daqqa reveals that Israel was repeatedly pressed to allow for his rescue, but kept emergency crews at bay for hours.
China, new series of forced televised confessions highlights CCP’s increased crackdown over vast swathes of society under the guise of “anti-corruption” work, rights group says (safeguarddefenders.com)
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China's population drops for second year, with record low birth rate (www.reuters.com)
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‘I will pretend not to be me’: Russia cracks down on LGBTQ+ community (www.theguardian.com)
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Hong Kong No Longer Has World’s Longest Life Expectancy (time.com)
Germans protest nationwide after far-right meeting on deportation plan (www.reuters.com)
Some wealthier Chinese say they can't afford marriage as economy slows (www.reuters.com)
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