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....
How China’s Social Policies Keep Hurting Its Economy (time.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11343608...
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
Chinese music student convicted in US of threatening pro-democracy activist (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8243678...
How China tries to outmaneuver the UN Human Rights Council by spreading confusion (www.nzz.ch)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8243079...
Putin winning in Ukraine would send China wrong message, UK official says (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11328562...
Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed - Beehaw (apnews.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11328480...
Taiwan begins extended one-year conscription in response to China threat (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted: beehaw.org/post/11328109...
China's Alarming Experiment With a 100% Fatal Covid-Like Pangolin CoronaVirus (www.medindia.net)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/8224710...
Canada dispatch: Judge rules government lacked authority to invoke Emergencies Act over Freedom Convoy, breached Charter rights (www.jurist.org)
The biggest sci-fi/fantasy award held in China for the first time has been accused of censorship on the part of China (www.polygon.com)
The 2023 awards saw several nominees mysteriously declared ineligible....
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low (www.theguardian.com)
Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership 'unacceptable', says UN chief (news.un.org)
“This refusal [of a two-state solution], and the denial of the right to statehood to the Palestinian people, would indefinitely prolong a conflict that has become a major threat to global peace and security,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres says....
China grilled over human rights record at UN (www.dw.com)
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Turkish parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO membership (Steve Herman - @[email protected]) (journa.host)
Turkish parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO membership. https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/son-dakika-haberi-isvecin-nato-uyeligine-iliskin-gorusme-mecliste-basladi-42395218
‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining Israel's military (www.theguardian.com)
On Tal Mitnick’s first morning inside an Israeli military prison last month, he was ordered into a small classroom. Pinned to its walls were various famous quotes. One caught his attention: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” The name beneath it: Nelson Mandela....
Iran to execute protester with mental health condition on Tuesday, says lawyer (edition.cnn.com)
Lawyer Amir Raesian said he received a notification from the Tehran General and Revolutionary Court that his client Mohammad Ghobadlou’s death sentence will be carried out on January 23, 2024....
WHO chief warns against misinformation over global pandemic accord (news.un.org)
The head of the UN World Health Organization on Thursday spoke out forcefully against “misinformation on social media and in the mainstream media” which has falsely alleged that a new global pandemic accord being negotiated, would allow the WHO to override national sovereignty relating to a future outbreak.
Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai (news.un.org)
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in Hong Kong to drop all charges against pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and release him immediately.
'Sportswashing:' Women's tennis between resignation and protest over 'inevitable' Saudi boost (www.insidethegames.biz)
Saudi Arabia is looking to boost the sport in the country by appointing Rafa Nadal as an ambassador, while some tennis players are concerned about the global exposure a country “where women are not treated equally” can gain. Whether Saudi Arabia will host the women’s federations’ finals remains to be seen.
China lobbies countries to praise its rights record ahead of UN review, say diplomats (www.rappler.com)
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Protests in Russia Put Spotlight on Wartime Ethnic Grievances: The conviction of an activist in the Ural Mountains sparked one of the biggest outbreaks of social unrest since the start of the war (www.nytimes.com)
Unpaywalled link...
Gaza crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages, UN says (news.un.org)
Chronic aid access problems have meant that Caesarean sections have been performed without anaesthetic while other women have been unable to deliver their stillborn babies because medical staff are overwhelmed, the UN agency said....
Two mothers killed each hour in Gaza conflict, UN says (news.un.org)
"We have seen evidenced once more that women and children are the first victims of conflict and that our duty to seek peace is a duty to them. We are failing them,” UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous said in a statement issued alongside the report....
EU's Borrell outlines 10-point peace plan to end Israel-Palestine conflict (www.euractiv.com)
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