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Nearly 90% of the foreign investment inflows into Chinese equity markets in 2023 has been withdrawn as sentiment crumbles and investors losing confidence in major Chinese institutions....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.
Words into action: Russia bolsters presence along Syrian border (www.ynetnews.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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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....
Palestinian state only way to lasting peace for Israeli people, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Romanian farmers, hauliers ramp up protests, block Ukraine border access (libranet.de)
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Cape Verde reaches malaria-free milestone (www.bbc.com)
Suspected Jordan strikes on southern Syria kill 10 - monitors, local media (www.reuters.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.
Pakistan says Iran violated airspace, killing two children (www.reuters.com)
Iran is attacking civilians, accusations of Israeli 'spy HQ' are baseless, Kurdish prime minister says (www.reuters.com)
Iran says it has launched attacks on what it calls militant bases in Pakistan (apnews.com)
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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“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....
