Florida races to rescue coral bleached by record ocean heat ( www.theguardian.com )
Thailand: Lawmaker Sentenced to 6 years in prison for ‘Insulting Monarchy’ ( www.hrw.org )
Since the 2020-2021 pro-democracy demonstrations, the right to freedom of expression has increasingly come under attack in Thailand. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Bangkok and other cities to call for political reform, a new constitution, respect for civil and political liberties, and the reform of the...
Poll shows Palestinians back Oct. 7 attack on Israel, support for Hamas rises ( www.reuters.com )
Almost three in four Palestinians believe the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel was correct, and the ensuing Gaza war has lifted support for the Islamist group both there and in the West Bank, a survey from a respected Palestinian polling institute found.
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict ( www.bbc.com )
Russia shuts down human rights group Sakharov Center ( www.aljazeera.com )
Unilever to comply with Russian conscription law if staff called up ( www.theguardian.com )
'Deeply Sick': Israel Defense Forces's 'Murder Porn Channel' Compared to Horrors of Abu Ghraib ( www.commondreams.org )
Promising “exclusive content from the Gaza Strip,” a Telegram channel reportedly operated by a unit of the Israel Defense Forces regularly posts grotesque videos and images that depict the killing and mutilation of Palestinians—often accompanied by celebratory captions and emojis....
‘There are no crops to celebrate’: climate crisis wipes out a way of life in Taiwan’s mountains ( www.theguardian.com )
China is expanding its crackdown on mosques to regions outside Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch says ( apnews.com )
Chinese firm Hikvision linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank, Amnesty International says ( feddit.de )
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3 children and woman killed in Israeli strike on car in south Lebanon ( www.naharnet.com )
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Why does China claim almost the entire South China Sea? ( www.aljazeera.com )
"Diverting water to exert pressure:" China and the issue of water management in a multipolar world ( www.csis.org )
On the international stage, China has sought to block agreements governing the use of international rivers, maintaining that upstream countries must be free to develop their part of shared waterways. Yet despite building numerous dams upstream of the Mekong, Brahmaputra, and Indus, China lacks even a single transparent and...
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid ( www.theguardian.com )
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Short circuit: how Europe turns a blind eye to Russia smuggling dual-use microchips ( theins.ru )
In spite of sanctions, microchips from U.S. companies Texas Instruments and Analog Devices continue to be imported into Russia, where they have military applications. These violations are hiding in plain sight, in registered customs data.
Saudi Border Guards Accused of Killing Hundreds of African Migrants ( www.nytimes.com )
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Ditching the young entrepreneur myth: research shows over-50s are the more radical innovators ( theconversation.com )
Based on data on 2,900 founders of new ventures in Germany in 2008–2017, we found that for every ten more years of age increases a founder’s likelihood to introduce a market novelty by up to 30 percent. Thus, those late-career entrepreneurs who are highly innovation-oriented and managerially experienced are more than three...
Uyghur dentist held hostage in China's Xinjiang region as his wife and daughter wait in vain in the U.S. ( thechinaproject.com )
Ablimit Abliz, a dentist in Ürümqi, has not been accused of any crime, but the government won’t let him leave or speak freely to his wife, Adalet Sabit, who lives in Virginia. Their case is far from unique.
Which islands will become uninhabitable due to climate change first? ( www.livescience.com )
Iceland is bracing for a potential volcanic eruption. What is likely to happen and what are the risks? ( www.cnn.com )
Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack ( www.bbc.com )
A hurricane gutted a city of one million, leaving no food or water and the dead to rot. ( www.dailykos.com )
2,000 people are feared dead in flooding in eastern Libya after weekend storm, prime minister says ( apnews.com )
Shares of China developer Evergrande plunges after resuming Hong Kong trading ( techxplore.com )
Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion in 2022, the IMF says ( www.imf.org )
As the world struggles to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and parts of Asia, Europe and the United States swelter in extreme heat, subsidies for oil, coal and natural gas are costing the equivalent of 7.1 percent of global gross domestic product. That’s more than governments spend annually on education (4.3...