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China Changes Hundreds of Uyghur Village Names as Part of Broader Government Effort to Erase Uyghur Culture in Xinjiang ( www.hrw.org )

Chinese authorities in Xinjiang have been systematically changing hundreds of village names with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uyghurs into names reflecting recent Chinese Communist Party ideology, Human Rights Watch said....

China’s war games near Taiwan threaten international peace and security, researcher says ( theconversation.com )

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Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives accused of ramming Filipino boats in disputed South China Sea ( www.bbc.com )

Philippines soldiers used their "bare hands" to fight off Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears and knives in the disputed South China Sea, the country's top military commander has said....

Tensions in South China Sea: Japan, Canada join chorus of ‘concern’ after China’s recent actions ‘severely injured’ Filipino soldier and damaged Philippine ship ( www.rappler.com )

Japan and Canada on Tuesday, June 18, joined the Philippines’ treaty-ally the United States and strategic partner Australia in expressing support for Manila following the latest – and worst, thus far – incident between Chinese and Filipino personnel and vessels in the West Philippine Sea....

What it's like living through a 121 degree day [in New Delhi] ( www.npr.org )

Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say ( www.bbc.com )

'This kind of growth can’t be sustained’: As inflation rises, payday loans are undermining the Russian economy and threatening a new crisis ( meduza.io )

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China should pay for propping up Putin's war, Nato chief says ( www.bbc.com )

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Israeli Politician Quotes Hitler to Argue for Resettlement of Gaza ( www.commondreams.org )

"In what kind of society can one openly advocate policies modeled on Hitler's conduct? In a society that feels complete impunity due to America's protection," one foreign policy expert said....

Russia continues the abduction of Ukrainian children at the legislative level, denies legal guardians of forcibly deported and adopted Ukrainian children ( essanews.com )

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Australian police accused of 'unnecessary force' against demonstrators who were protesting against China during Chinese premier's visit to parliament ( www.sbs.com.au )

- One protester has claimed the Australian Federal Police used "brutalising" force in Canberra, as China's premier met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and dignitaries at Parliament House....

Chinese officials appear to block freed journalist during the Chinese PM's visit in Australia ( www.bbc.com )

Chinese officials appear to have blocked a formerly imprisoned journalist from the view of cameras at an event between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra....

Israel’s New Air War in the West Bank: Nearly Half of the Dead are Children ( theintercept.com )

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Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program ( abolitionmedia.noblogs.org )

Nato is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, the head of the alliance says ( www.telegraph.co.uk )

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Xi Jinping claimed the US wants China to attack Taiwan, FT reports ( www.yenisafak.com )

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Gaza aid pier removed, satellite images show | REUTERS ( yt.artemislena.eu )

"Becoming a totalitarian state" where judges are being compromised by an “impossible political environment created by China”: UK judge on why he quit Hong Kong court ( www.bbc.com )

Lord Sumption’s comments on Monday came as a third senior foreign judge in the past week resigned from the Court of Final Appeal....

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/13270546

Chiquita to Pay for Paramilitary Terror in Colombia ( countervortex.org )

Israel added to UN ‘List of Shame’ for abuses against children in war, joining Palestinian Armed Groups, Russia, Sudanese Forces ( www.hrw.org )

For the first time, the United Nations secretary-general added the Israeli armed forces to the “list of shame” of warring parties committing grave violations against children in armed conflict. Although long overdue, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ action was fully justified....

"Training future authoritarians": How China promotes its authoritarian capitalism model by teaching government officials in the Global South on how to infringe people's freedom and undermine democracy ( www.atlanticcouncil.org )

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Romania denies visas for entire Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest over "aggression against Ukraine" ( en.rua.gr )

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Cruelty-based intervention: Russia is set to reintroduce antipsychotic drug as autism treatment ( theins.press )

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International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say ( www.reuters.com )

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, four sources familiar with the case said....