'A Failed Medical School': How Racial Preferences, Supposedly Outlawed in California, Have Persisted at UCLA (freebeacon.com)
'You could be the next Fico,' Georgian PM claims he was told regarding 'Russian bill' (www.telegraph.co.uk)
ICC prosecutor threatened: Court 'built for Africa and thugs like Putin' (www.aa.com.tr)
New Caledonia: Kanak revolt confronts French state and settler militias - Freedom News (freedomnews.org.uk)
The revolt started a week ago in the south Pacific territory, after a series of disputed independence referenda.
'No one can act with impunity’: ICC arrest warrants in Israel-Hamas war are a major test for international justice, academic says (theconversation.com)
***Written by Amy Maguire, Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle ***...
Italy Threatens to Ground Rescue Planes in the Mediterranean (www.hrw.org)
Adding to existing policies designed to obstruct ships operated by nongovernmental organizations, Italian authorities are now targeting small airplanes used by rescue organizations like Sea-Watch and Pilotes Volontaires....
Julian Assange’s appeal to avoid extradition to the US will go ahead, and it could be legally groundbreaking, legal expert says (theconversation.com)
The High Court in UK rejected the US government assurances that Julian Assange’s rights to freedom of expression would be protected. The court gave a brief judgement stating there would be a full appeal on the freedom of expression and nationality discrimination grounds in relation to all charges Assange faces, allowing Mr...
Whistleblowers allege widespread abuses at Israeli detention camp: Palestinian inmates being beaten, kept shackled to hospital beds or made to stand for hours (www.theguardian.com)
Prisoners held at an Israeli detention camp in the Negev desert are being subjected to widespread physical and mental abuses, with at least one reported case of a man having his limb amputated as a result of injuries sustained from constant handcuffing, according to two whistleblowers who worked at the site....
China launches 'punishment' war games around Taiwan (www.reuters.com)
A furious China launched “punishment” drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to “separatist acts”, sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te....
Study says Europeans fear migration more than climate change – DW – 05/08/2024 (www.dw.com)
Officials from 68 countries attend Iranian president’s funeral in Tehran (www.aa.com.tr)
China Dissent Monitor: protests by Chinese people increase in first quarter 2024 with labor protests being the most widespread reasons for dissent, researchers say (freedomhouse.org)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi convinced to be 'emissary of God', questions his biological origins (www.telegraphindia.com)
Uyghur organisation says members of the ethnic group in France face “intimidation and harassment” amounting to “repression” by the Chinese state in legal complaint (www.euractiv.com)
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Russia’s misinformation machine targets Slovakian assassination attempt, debunked narratives suggest Ukrainian military aid was a factor in attack (www.bloomberg.com)
It didn’t take Russia’s misinformation machine long to settle on who was to blame for the first assassination attempt on a European national leader in more than two decades....
Severn Trent increases payout to shareholders despite its 60,000 sewage spills last year (www.theguardian.com)
Final dividend hiked by 9% as MPs write to Ofwat boss urging him to deny water firms’ requests in price review process...