He Made a PowerPoint on Mothers Starving in Gaza. Then He Lost His Government Job. ( theintercept.com )
The Philippines wants bilateral understanding with its neighbors, when a Code of Conduct between ASEAN and China is, so far, only but a dream ( www.rappler.com )
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G7 countries, EU plan new sanctions against banks using Russia's alternative to SWIFT, SPFS, to evade Western sanctions ( tr.im )
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Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war ( apnews.com )
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war....
Espionage: In seemingly the first case of its kind, the US has charged a Chinese national with using a drone to photograph a shipyard where the US Navy was assembling nuclear submarines ( www.wired.com )
The United States Department of Justice is quietly prosecuting a novel Espionage Act case involving a drone, a Chinese national, and classified nuclear submarines....
US Treasury says US and EU must deliver a "message to China" that its firms can choose between doing business with US and EU economies or equipping Russia with dual-use goods ( www.reuters.com )
Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Friday that Washington and the European Union must deliver a message to China that its firms face a choice between doing business with U.S. and EU economies or equipping Russia with dual-use goods....
Hong Kong government should immediately quash a court’s groundless national security law convictions of prominent pro-democracy activists, Human Rights Watch says ( www.hrw.org )
On May 30, 2024, three judges handpicked by the Beijing-controlled Hong Kong chief executive convicted 14 activists and former elected lawmakers under the draconian National Security Law. Two were acquitted. Earlier, 31 other defendants had pleaded guilty in hopes of more lenient sentencing. The court will announce sentences,...
Donald Trump found guilty on all counts in hush-money trial | CBC News ( web.archive.org )
Is it true that he can still run for the office even if he's in jail?
Israeli journalist says he was threatened by senior intelligence officials if he reported on attempts by the country's spy chief to intimidate ex-prosecutor ( www.theguardian.com )
- An investigative reporter with Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the international criminal court....
Anyone know who composed the AIN anthem for the 2024 Olympic Games? ( www.youtube.com )
Here's the official statement from March, which includes the MP3 file, but no other information. https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ain-eligibility-review-panel-established-by-ioc-eb-paris-games-time-protocol-elements-agreed-on #Paris2024 #Olympics
As Taiwan's new president took office, state media outlets in China were spitting fire. And nothing the new leader says or does, they say, can ever dampen the flames. ( chinamediaproject.org )
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‘Hong Kong 47’ trial: 14 democrats found guilty in landmark subversion case ( www.reuters.com )
- Fourteen of 16 convicted of subversion conspiracy...
China’s effort to take over Taiwan without firing a shot: How influence operations, cyber-weapon hoarding, and intimidation factor into China’s Taiwan play ( www.defenseone.com )
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US accuses China’s leadership over Ukraine, delivers new sanctions warning ( www.euractiv.com )
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Lawsuit against American Airlines claims Black passengers were asked to deboard flight ( www.theguardian.com )
Five other Black male passengers were also asked to leave the plane, a press statement said, adding, “As the plaintiffs began to comply with the directive to deplane, they noticed that the only* *passengers who were being ordered off the plane were Black men, and it appeared that every Black man on the flight was being...
Israeli spy chief allegedly ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor to pressure her to drop Palestine investigation ( www.theguardian.com )
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Israeli tanks advance into Rafah's centre despite global leaders' outcry over the horrors at Sunday's strike on tent camp ( www.reuters.com )
- Residents said Rafah's Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood, the scene of Sunday's night-time strike in which tents and shelters were set ablaze as families settled down to sleep, was still being bombarded....
Large economies offshore wealth & corruption perceptions ( beehaw.org )
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Myanmar: Young insurgents changing the course of a forgotten war ( www.bbc.com )
Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of Europe ( www.theguardian.com )
Radosław Sikorski also says he favours deepest possible inclusion of UK in EU defence structures...
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours ( www.theguardian.com )
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
China launches 'punishment' war games around Taiwan ( www.reuters.com )
A furious China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te....
China Dissent Monitor: protests by Chinese people increase in first quarter 2024 with labor protests being the most widespread reasons for dissent, researchers say ( freedomhouse.org )
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Uyghur organisation says members of the ethnic group in France face “intimidation and harassment” amounting to “repression” by the Chinese state in legal complaint ( www.euractiv.com )
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Russia’s misinformation machine targets Slovakian assassination attempt, debunked narratives suggest Ukrainian military aid was a factor in attack ( www.bloomberg.com )
It didn't take Russia's misinformation machine long to settle on who was to blame for the first assassination attempt on a European national leader in more than two decades....