Australia and New Zealand have urged China to disclose details of a new agreement it has signed with the Solomon Islands, stating that Beijing's latest attempt to expand its influence threatens to fuel tensions in the South Pacific.
The World Bank is aiming to help fund construction of 1,000 mini solar power grids in Africa's biggest economy Nigeria in partnership with the government and private sector, the lender's president Ajay Banga said on Saturday.
A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021 by Indonesian security forces on a remote West Papuan village close to the Papua New Guinea border as part of an ongoing crackdown against growing calls for independence....
"Gaza will be the grave of the Western-led world order" - Article by Saul J. Takahashi, Professor of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Osaka Jogakuin University in Osaka, Japan
From the Law & Political Economy blog. Today's must read:
"Fredric Jameson once noted that 'it is easier to imagine the end of the #world than the end of #capitalism.'
That’s the famous version. What Jameson wrote in context is, 'Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. We can now revise that and witness the attempt to imagine capitalism by way of imagining the end of the world.'
#ClimateChange offers a vivid illustration of Jameson’s point. Through climate change, the end of the world as #humans have known it is now imaginable to an unprecedented degree. And capitalism, viewed through the lens of climate change, appears to some observers to be a terminal #planetary#disease."
For several days in a row, Bangladesh health officials have reported in excess of 1,000 dengue cases daily, including 1,239 cases today, as the rise in dengue cases take an “alarming turn”. The case tally has risen to 17,382 total cases since the beginning of the year, including more than 9,400 cases in July.
"On Thursday, millions of families across the #UnitedStates will celebrate #Thanksgiving without giving much thought to the truth behind the heavily mythologized and sanitized story taught in schools and promulgated by institutions. According to this #myth, 400 years ago, the Pilgrims were warmly welcomed by the “Indians,” and the two groups came together in friendship to break bread. The “Indians” taught the Pilgrims how to live in the “New #World,” setting the stage for the eventual establishment of a great land of liberty and opportunity.
In the usual narrative, no further mention is made of the Native #people, as if they all faded away. By sanitizing the English invasion of #Wampanoag homelands, the Thanksgiving myth blatantly disregards the true #history of the Pilgrims’ arrival in #America and the centuries of violence and oppression that #Indigenous#peoples have endured as a result of the #colonization of the #Americas.
I know the Thanksgiving myth well. For my entire life — 22 years — I have gathered annually with hundreds of other Native Americans and supporters in Plymouth, Mass., on the fourth Thursday in November. We gather and march to challenge this myth, to tell the true history of the #European conquest of the United States, to speak about the devastating and continuous impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples. We gather to declare Thanksgiving a National Day of Mourning for Native Americans."
#POTUS Joe #Biden on Fri announced >500
new #sanctions on #Russia & its #war machine in the largest tranche of penalties since Moscow’s invasion of #Ukraine nearly 2 yrs ago.
Biden followed through on a promise to further punish #Putin 1 wk after opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny died in a Siberian prison. The sanctions — as well as those added Fri by the #EU — come 1 day before the 2nd anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The #American people & people around the #world understand that the stakes of this fight extend far beyond #Ukraine,” #Biden said in a statement announcing the #sanctions. “If #Putin does not pay the price for his death & destruction, he will keep going. And the costs to the #UnitedStates — along w/ our #NATO#Allies & partners in #Europe & around the world — will rise.”
Australia and New Zealand urge China to publish details of their agreement with the Solomon Islands (www.lbcgroup.tv)
Australia and New Zealand have urged China to disclose details of a new agreement it has signed with the Solomon Islands, stating that Beijing's latest attempt to expand its influence threatens to fuel tensions in the South Pacific.
World Bank to help fund 1,000 mini solar power grids in Nigeria (www.reuters.com)
The World Bank is aiming to help fund construction of 1,000 mini solar power grids in Africa's biggest economy Nigeria in partnership with the government and private sector, the lender's president Ajay Banga said on Saturday.
New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua (asiapacificreport.nz)
A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021 by Indonesian security forces on a remote West Papuan village close to the Papua New Guinea border as part of an ongoing crackdown against growing calls for independence....
Côte d’Ivoire is launching its first satellite for Earth observation – and it’s locally made (theconversation.com)
Côte d’Ivoire has announced plans to launch its first satellite within the next two years....
Saki Kashima went to the STARDOM dojo thinking she and God's Eye were going to have dinner together. Syuri had other plans. (streamable.com)
(Originally posted on 'Xitter' @ https://twitter.com/HDSubss/status/1687414639691476992)...
Dengue cases skyrocketing in Bangladesh (outbreaknewstoday.com)
For several days in a row, Bangladesh health officials have reported in excess of 1,000 dengue cases daily, including 1,239 cases today, as the rise in dengue cases take an “alarming turn”. The case tally has risen to 17,382 total cases since the beginning of the year, including more than 9,400 cases in July.
3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than education: UN (www.newindianexpress.com)
Guterres said financial markets may seem not to be suffering yet, but billions of people are and the levels of public debt are staggering and surging.