General Staff: Russia has lost 568,980 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022 (kyivindependent.com)
China to raise retirement age in next five years (www.bbc.com)
Chinese government faces a credibility deficit on its ‘old’ policy agenda and will need to act with urgency if it wants to lift business and consumer sentiment, economists say (www.asiafinancial.com)
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Code of silence: International media outlets press their Hong Kong staff to keep away from a local journalist association advocating for press freedom, or risk losing their jobs (chinamediaproject.org)
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Philippine president orders shutdown of Chinese-run online gambling in his country over alleged crimes including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnappings, and murders (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said in his state-of-the-nation address that the Philippines would press efforts to strengthen its defensive capability by forging security alliances with friendly countries to counter threats to its territorial interests in the South China Sea, adding that his country would only settle...
‘The Russian society isn’t prepared’: The Kremlin fears ‘public discontent’ and a rise in crime as soldiers returning from the war in Ukraine fail to adapt to civilian life (meduza.io)
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Illicit chip flows to Russia seen slowing, but China, Hong Kong remain a global sanctions evasion hotspots (www.reuters.com)
Transshipments through Hong Kong of Common High Priority Items (CHPL) — advanced components including microelectronics deemed by the U.S. and European Union as likely to be used for Russia’s war in Ukraine — fell 28% between January and May, according to data by the U.S. Commerce Department....
Mapped: Millionaire Migration in 2024 (www.visualcapitalist.com)
Joe Biden drops out of 2024 race (www.msn.com)
WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden said he is ending his bid for reelection amid intense pressure from Democratic leaders sounding the alarm that his path to beat former President Donald Trump in November has vanished
Pacific island country of Palau, one of the Taiwan allies in the region, slams China over "interference", recent cyberattacks (www.australiannews.net)
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"This is something late-19th century Britain would recognise": Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals (360mozambique.com)
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Italian journalist told to pay PM Meloni 5,000 euros for Tweet mocking her height (www.reuters.com)
Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfew (www.theguardian.com)
China: Researcher explains how Uighurs are exploited in Xinjiang's forced labor regime where Western companies benefit from an opaque system (eurasianet.org)
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Forced labour is widespread and institutionalized across North Korea, maintained through violence and recrimination, the UN human rights office says (news.un.org)
In a report based on 183 interviews with victims and witnesses of forced labour who managed to escape DPRK and now live abroad, the UN human rights office OHCHR cited one person’s testimony that if a daily work quota was not met, workers would be beaten and have their food ration cut....
Global community needs to do more to end RSF atrocities in Sudan (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’, UN world court rules (news.un.org)
The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem....
Russia convicts US reporter of espionage after a trial widely seen as politically motivated (apnews.com)
Kenya’s biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app (restofworld.org)
The Social Cost of Carbon Credits (hakaimagazine.com)
Multinational companies funded a US $4.4-million carbon offset project. Senegalese locals did much of the work—and saw almost none of the money.
Forced labour in China: 'Growing evidence" that Beijing forcibly transfers workers from Xinjiang to other regions within the country seeking to avoid Western sanctions
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Planes grounded as mass worldwide IT outage hits airlines, media and banks (www.bbc.com)
Knesset votes 68-9 for resolution against Palestinian state (www.israeltoday.co.il)
Russian propagandist justifies missile strike on Ukraine’s main children’s hospital because Ukrainians 'are not people' (khpg.org)
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