Xi Jinping claimed the US wants China to attack Taiwan, FT reports ( www.yenisafak.com )
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'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library ( www.bbc.com )
If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places....
Julian Assange Free on Bail, Departs UK for Australia! ( twitter.com )
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Autocracy is ‘evil,’ Taiwan president says after China threatens death for separatism ( www.nbcnews.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....
Protests sweep France against far right threat ( freedomnews.org.uk )
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic ( www.reuters.com )
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Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures ( apnews.com )
Russia-China gas pipeline deal stalls over what Moscow says Beijing's unreasonable price demands in major blow for Putin ( www.reuters.com )
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'Mitigating factors’: Russian soldiers found guilty in domestic violence cases are getting off with just small fines ( meduza.io )
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Israeli Attack on Rafah Tent Camp Kills Dozens, Wounds 50 ( truthout.org )
Coke—and Dozens of Others—Pledged to Quit Russia. They’re Still There. ( www.bloomberg.com )
After Vladimir Putin’s troops surged over the Ukrainian border in February 2022, the Coca-Cola Co. was among the first multinationals to pledge it would quit Russia in protest. Aiming to avoid the inevitable headaches of complying with expected Western sanctions on the Kremlin, Coke asked its partners there to pull its cans...
At least 550 hajj pilgrims die in scorching temperatures ( www.abc.net.au )
What it's like living through a 121 degree day [in New Delhi] ( www.npr.org )
"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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Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S. ( www.npr.org )
Investigations by nonprofit news outlet ProPublica have found links between Chinese diplomats, Chinese Communist Party-affiliated organizations, local Chinese criminal syndicates and some marijuana operations in the United States....
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....
Cruelty-based intervention: Russia is set to reintroduce antipsychotic drug as autism treatment ( theins.press )
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Rio-bound Boeing 777 returns to Amsterdam over tech issue – DW – 06/23/2024 ( www.dw.com )
An unspecified technical problem forced the Rio-bound Boeing aircraft to turn back shortly after takeoff from Amsterdam. A spokesperson for Dutch air traffic control said the plane requested to land as a precaution and turned around over Belgium some 40 minutes after takeoff.
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say ( www.bbc.com )
Clashes in Argentina Due to Right Wing Austerity Program ( abolitionmedia.noblogs.org )
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com )
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
South Australia to legislate 'world leading' electoral donation ban prohibiting donations and gifts to political parties, backed by tough penalties for those who seek to circumvent the law ( www.premier.sa.gov.au )
The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, has announced plans to ban donations to registered political parties, members of parliament and candidates. The state will provide funding to allow parties and candidates to contest elections, run campaigns and promote political ideas, according to the proposed bill....
Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274 ( www.reuters.com )
School children in Hong Kong sang Chinese anthem "too softly" ( www.bbc.com )
Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem "too softly". Teachers at a third school have been asked to help students "cultivate habit and confidence" in singing it....
