Cheap and They Don't Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules (www.vice.com)
“Surprising absolutely no one …”
Inside Israel's torture camp for Gaza detainees (www.972mag.com)
These are the most liveable cities in Europe (www.economist.com)
I'm really proud of my city for reaching the top. Next year there will be a fresh round of elections. Fingers crossed for the current mayor to get another term....
Mary Poppins actress Glynis Johns dies aged 100 (www.bbc.com)
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Lawyers for Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai appealed to the United Nations expert on torture over the treatment of a witness they believe was tortured before giving incriminating evidence (1ft.io)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10781442...
Israeli public figures accuse judiciary of ignoring incitement to genocide in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
"For the first time that we can remember, the explicit calls to commit atrocious crimes, as stated, against millions of civilians have turned into a legitimate and regular part of Israeli discourse,” they write. “Today, calls of these types are an everyday matter in Israel.”...
Human rights group urges Western democracies to suspend bilateral extradition agreements with China over Beijing's "abusive warrants, bounties and groundless charges" (safeguarddefenders.com)
In December, the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) issued arrest warrants and 1 million HKD bounties on the heads of five Hong Kong democracy activists and human rights defenders....
China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No. (archive.ph)
Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel (apnews.com)
‘Ramen noodles budget’: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships (www.theguardian.com)
How humans have changed the Earth’s surface in 2023 (www.bbc.com)
Israeli strike in Lebanon kills senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri (www.reuters.com)
He was the founding commander of Hamas’s military wing.
China and forced labor, UN report on Xinjiang abuses leaves no room for plausible deniability (businessdailymedia.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10731283
Japan Airlines jet bursts into flames after collision with earthquake relief plane at Tokyo Haneda airport (www.cnn.com)
A Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers burst into flames on landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday after it was in collision with another aircraft involved in earthquake relief efforts....
Lee Jae-myung: South Korea opposition leader stabbed in Busan (www.bbc.com)
The Nigerian teens clueless on computers but aiming to reboot (www.bbc.com)
Strong quake prompts tsunami warning for Japan's western coast (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Taiwan considers joining international criminal court to deter potential China invasion (www.theguardian.com)
A year after China ended its harsh COVID policies, it’s struggling to rebound (www.opb.org)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10706886
China's Xi says reunification with Taiwan is 'inevitable' in New Year's address (www.france24.com)
Venice to ban large tourist groups and loudspeakers (www.bbc.com)
Today 4 years ago, Dr. Li Wenliang warned of a suspected SARS patient in a Wuhan WeChat group. Soon later, he was arrested for “making false comments on the Internet about unconfirmed SARS outbreak.” (harakahdaily.net)
Dr. Wenliang’s message went viral, becoming the earliest warning of what we now know today as Covid-19. He returned to work, but contracted Covid from a patient, and died on February 7, 2020....
China: Pro-Colonisation Influencers In Xinjiang --- [video documentary, 13 min] (www.arte.tv)
The Xinjiang region in China is the historical homeland of the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority. Open data reveals how Chinese influencers are convincing people from across the country to colonise this province....
Ukraine war: Missile and drone attacks launched against Russia (www.bbc.com)
Israel-Palestine, number of children killed in the West Bank reaches 'unprecedented levels', UN says (www.unicef.org)
“As the world watches on in horror at the situation in the Gaza Strip, children in the West Bank are experiencing a nightmare of their own. Living with a near-constant feeling of fear and grief is, sadly, all too common for children affected. Many children report that fear has become a part of their daily life, with many...
