'Our Company Does Not Steal People's Ideas': KyoAni President Denies Arsonist's Plagiarism Claims (animehunch.com)
cross-posted from: bookwormstory.social/post/259705...
Five former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation (www.gamesindustry.biz)
Pope Francis Praises Historical Russian Imperialism Amid War in Ukraine (www.wsj.com)
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The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees (www.theguardian.com)
'The Coup, For Now, Is Over': Arévalo Sworn In as Guatemala's President (www.commondreams.org)
Thousands rally across Israel calling for PM Netanyahu’s resignation (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli police have arrested several protesters in Tel Aviv, who called for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and early elections amid Israel’s continued war on Gaza....
How China’s Social Policies Keep Hurting Its Economy (time.com)
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Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed - Beehaw (apnews.com)
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Canada dispatch: Judge rules government lacked authority to invoke Emergencies Act over Freedom Convoy, breached Charter rights (www.jurist.org)
Taiwan begins extended one-year conscription in response to China threat (www.reuters.com)
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The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
"The biggest beneficiary is the Chinese Communist Party leadership" - China is covering up an economic crisis, scholar says (www.newsweek.com)
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Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Cape Verde is an island nation off the coast of Africa. They are malaria free.
Seoul police chief charged over deadly 2022 Halloween crush (www.dw.com)
Protests in Russia Put Spotlight on Wartime Ethnic Grievances: The conviction of an activist in the Ural Mountains sparked one of the biggest outbreaks of social unrest since the start of the war (www.nytimes.com)
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Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Hong Kong: UN human rights experts call for immediate release of Jimmy Lai (news.un.org)
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in Hong Kong to drop all charges against pro-democracy media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai and release him immediately.
Palestinian state only way to lasting peace for Israeli people, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Israel Bombed an Al Jazeera Cameraman — and Blocked Evacuation Efforts as He Bled to Death (theintercept.com)
A new, in-depth timeline of efforts to help Samer Abu Daqqa reveals that Israel was repeatedly pressed to allow for his rescue, but kept emergency crews at bay for hours.
Romanian farmers, hauliers ramp up protests, block Ukraine border access (libranet.de)
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Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan (apnews.com)
Number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea more than triples in Jan.-Sept. 2023 period (m.koreatimes.co.kr)
After escaping the North, 139 North Koreans reached the South in the January-September 2023 period, sharply up from 42 from the same period 2022, according to Seoul’s unification ministry. In the third quarter, 40 defectors ― three men and 37 women ― came to the South....
China: No Letup in Xi Jinping’s Repressive Rule, Amid Economic Showdown, Mourning for Ex-Premier Shows Discontent - Beehaw (www.hrw.org)
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Rights group calls for pressure of international community on Iranian regime to "halt imminent execution" of four ethnic Kurds (iranhumanrights.org)
In the midst of a surge in executions in Iran, four ethnic Kurds are on the brink of execution following 18 months of incognito detention since their arrest in July 2022....
“If you eat every day within 10 minutes, then this meal turns into a rather complex process:" Kremlin critic Navalny tells Russian court of ‘freezing’ conditions inside his Arctic prison (edition.cnn.com)
Jailed Alexey Navalny told a Moscow court of “freezing” conditions inside his prison, as he appeared via video link to outline his case against the authorities at the Siberian penal colony in which he is being held....
