‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force (www.theguardian.com)
Poland says Russian missile entered airspace then went into Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence (www.theguardian.com)
Biden says Netanyahu must change, Israel losing global support (www.reuters.com)
The Great China Unwind: Foreign Investors Pull $29B Out Of Chinese Equity Markets In 2023 despite the People’s Bank's efforts at making China an attractive opportunity for foreign investment (markets.businessinsider.com)
Nearly 90% of the foreign investment inflows into Chinese equity markets in 2023 has been withdrawn as sentiment crumbles and investors losing confidence in major Chinese institutions....
Gaza war's staggering toll reaches a grim milestone: 20,000 dead (apnews.com)
Polish government puts public media into liquidation amid dispute with president (notesfrompoland.com)
China warns ‘military fans’ they could face prison of up to seven years for posting photos online (edition.cnn.com)
China's Uyghur Drama: Wiping Out An Entire Ethnic Minority --- [documentary in French with English subtitles, 105 min] (www.arte.tv)
Tortured in huge internment camps, forced labour and mass sterilisations: The Chinese state’s attack on the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in western China, is akin to genocide, with an estimated one million people arbitrarily detained. An in-depth look at how Beijing has committed grave human rights offences over decades....
Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it (europe-solidaire.org)
The official narrative has been that Hamas is weakened, but in reality the IDF’s doctrine of massive force is failing, writes Paul Rogers, emeritus professor of peace studies at UK’s Bradford University.
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....
"The biggest beneficiary is the Chinese Communist Party leadership" - China is covering up an economic crisis, scholar says (www.newsweek.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11395637...
How China’s Social Policies Keep Hurting Its Economy (time.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11343608...
The U.S. just sold its helium stockpile. Here’s why the medical world is worried. (www.nbcnews.com)
Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed - Beehaw (apnews.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11328480...
Taiwan begins extended one-year conscription in response to China threat (www.reuters.com)
Cross-posted: beehaw.org/post/11328109...
Canada dispatch: Judge rules government lacked authority to invoke Emergencies Act over Freedom Convoy, breached Charter rights (www.jurist.org)
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.
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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The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees (www.theguardian.com)
Seoul police chief charged over deadly 2022 Halloween crush (www.dw.com)
Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Cape Verde is an island nation off the coast of Africa. They are malaria free.
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....
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....
