Secure Jobs, Uncertain Future: China’s Growing Appetite for Government Employment (www.cfr.org)
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Iraq Proposes Law To Reduce Legal Age Of Marriage For Girls To 9 (www.ndtv.com)
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Authoritarian China model facing 'increasing failure' as country's economy needs 'less government intervention and more market' to restore confidence, Chinese economist says (www.aspistrategist.org.au)
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Western allies condemn Israeli finance minister's remarks that starving Gaza "might be just and moral" (www.euronews.com)
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Canada and Australia, expressing alarm at China's claims over the disputed waters of the South China Sea, signal more military cooperation (www.straitstimes.com)
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Taylor Swift Vienna concerts cancelled after attack threat (www.bbc.com)
'How could I have become so evil': Jewish-French director grapples with antisemitism (www.haaretz.com)
In an op-ed for France's Le Monde, Oscar-winning director Michel Hazanavicius expresses fear over the dramatic change in the way the world perceives Jewish people, as if being Jewish had become something really murky, vaguely suspect, possibly detestable.'
UK police deploying 6,000 specially trained officers this week as more far-right disorder expected (apnews.com)
Is there a good reason why journalists keep calling this “far-right disorder” instead of what it really is: Fascist Terrorism?
‘I put myself in this trap’ In his own words, one gay Russian official describes working for a government that doesn’t believe he should exist (meduza.io)
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Brothers in oppression: Pakistan learning tricks of rights violations from China (morungexpress.com)
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A Story about the Tourism Industry in Oaxaca, Mexico - and a story of censorship (www.youtube.com)
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"It is a dictatorial policy": A former detainee in China's Xinjiang region on her time in prison and Chinese politics (uyghurtimes.com)
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Supreme Court shuts down Missouri’s long shot push to lift Trump’s gag order in hush-money case (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday shut down a long-shot push from Missouri to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump’s hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York....
Sean Grayson’s fatal shooting of Sonya Massey highlights risky practice of hiring ‘wandering officers’ (www.cnn.com)
The best way foreign countries can support opposition activists in Russia is by helping Ukraine win the war, freed Russian opposition leader says (kyivindependent.com)
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Amidst China's aggression, Philippines warships hold sea exercises with Japan, U.S. (www.australiannews.net)
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Trump shows love to Putin over prisoner swap (www.huffpost.com)
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Russia's critics abroad say the Kremlin is intensifying attacks (www.bbc.com)
Kremlin critics living in Europe say that Russia is stepping up its efforts to silence, threaten and persecute opponents abroad....
US urges citizens to leave Lebanon on 'any available ticket' (www.bbc.com)
The UK also told citizens to leave “while commercial flights are running.”
How Norway’s public broadcaster overhauled its climate coverage (www.niemanlab.org)
"Don't confuse the Putin regime with Russia", say exchanged Russian prisoners. "There are many people in Russia who oppose Putin's war in Ukraine." --- [video, 2min] (invidious.privacyredirect.com)
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China breaks with Latin America and BRICS allies over Venezuela election fraud: Beijing's unquestioning support of the Maduro government is out of step with its ambitions in Latin America (thediplomat.com)
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Russians destroy unique mosaic panel at Mariupol railway station – photos (www.pravda.com.ua)
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Kim Jong Un wants Trump back, former North Korean diplomat says (www.bbc.com)
Donald Trump returning to the White House would be “a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity” for North Korea, according to Ri Il Kyu, the highest-ranking defector to escape North Korea since 2016 and has been face to face with Kim Jong Un on seven separate occasions....
Chocolate maker Mondelez hides earnings of its Russian business as sales soar in the country despite pledge to reduce operations (euromaidanpress.com)
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