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International
A top editor becomes her ‘true self’
The New York Times :For most people, the pandemic lockdowns will be remembered as a time that shrank our worlds, stripping away most of life as we knew it. For Gina Chua, the executive...
Rich states haven’t done enough for the environment, Imran says
Reuters :The world’s richest countries have not done enough to combat global warming, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday, adding his country had done more than any other in the world to...
The hunt for clues about Van Gogh’s last days leads to Maine
Peter Libbey of The NYT :The 19th-century painter Edmund Walpole Brooke occupies a tiny, but durable place in art history. Not because of his own work, but because he offers a tantalising look into...
‘Uyghur Tribunal’ hears testimony of alleged China abuses
Al Jazeera :A London-based people’s tribunal investigating whether China’s treatment of its minority Uighur population amounts to genocide is hearing testimony from witnesses.The “Uyghur Tribunal” has no state backing and any judgement would not...
HK cordons off annual Tiananmen vigil site
Reuters :Hong Kong closed off a park where tens of thousands gather annually to commemorate China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and arrested the vigil’s organizer, in what activists see as suppression of one of the...
Palestinians see little difference in old and new Israeli leaders
Reuters :Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Thursday mostly dismissed a change in Israeli government, saying the nationalist leader due to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely pursue the same...
US says will treat ransomware attacks with similar priority as terrorism
Reuters :The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a...
Over 2 billion Covid vaccines given worldwide
AFP :More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources.The milestone comes six months after the first vaccination campaigns against Covid-19...
WHO: Nearly 200,000 Palestinians need health aid after Gaza conflict
AFP :The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned of “staggering health needs” in the occupied Palestinian Territories after last month’s conflict between Israel and Islamist group Hamas. “WHO is scaling up its response...
Nasa announces two new missions to Venus
AFP :Nasa announced two new missions to Venus on Wednesday that will launch at the end of the decade and are aimed at learning how Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour became a hellscape while our...
‘Shut down news’: Palestinian journalists on the front line
Al Jazeera :More than a dozen Palestinian journalists were recently arrested by Israeli authorities after attempting to report the news under often “extremely stressful and dangerous” conditions.Two Palestinians – journalist Zeina Halawani and cameraman...