It’s #NewstodonFriday — such a shame it’s been a slow news week! Just to refresh your memories, this is a day to feature work from newsrooms with an active presence in the #Fediverse. If you like what you see in the (long!) thread below, follow the profiles and boost their stories. If you’re a journo or newsroom that we don’t know about or if there’s a newsroom you’d love to put on our radar, please let us know in the comments below.
Angelman Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects around half a million people worldwide. Here’s a story from @thexylom about the potential for a cure, and the barriers families in Hong Kong must overcome to access it.
Hong Kong recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years, causing widespread flooding and landslides. The extreme weather was linked to the remnant of Typhoon Haikui, which had earlier hit Taiwan and China1. The unprecedented rainstorm could be a sign of climate change, affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the region.
Recently, Sarawak Metro had the pleasure of meeting their counterparts in Hong Kong together with senior officers from Sarawakian ministries and agencies.
Sarawak Metro thanked MTR for the opportunity to connect and learn during the visit.
It seemed like they probably discussed about transit-oriented development (TOD), possibly wanting to implement them under the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS).
I thought it was already all over for #HongKong, but at the WEF, people from Hong Kong were the only ones allowed to attend by some combination of the US & CN governments. I asked a few whether Hong Kong still had differences from the mainland, but no one wanted to talk about it.
Andrew Chan, a Hong Konger currently living in Australia, was forced to delete an article from the website he edits after his family in Hong Kong was threatened by police. He has now shut down his organisation which promoted Cantonese language and culture
Die schlimmsten Regenfaelle in ueber 140 Jahren.... also in #HongKong
Die Unwetter in #Griechenland lassen innerhalb eines Tages so viel Regen ab, wie sonst im ganzen Jahr & in #Taiwan stieg die Inflation wegen der vielen Taifune im August.
Wir sind sowas von fucked!
Gruesse aus NRW, wo gerade die Temperaturrekorde fuer den September gebrochen werden und ich in kurzer Hose rumlaufen koennte.
Und in #Bayern sitzen Unweltaktivist:innen in Uhaft 🤯
Ufff, the pressure and geopotential gradient over #Soala and #HongKong is impressive. The wind scale is ttly saturated as winds are expected to go above 260kmh... #meteorology
“#HongKong police arrested six people on Tuesday (May 28) under the city's new security law for "posting messages with seditious intention" online on a Facebook page about commemorating Beijing's deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.”
"Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case on Thursday by a court that said their plan to effect change through an unofficial primary election would have undermined the government’s authority and created a constitutional crisis."
Human Rights Watch called on the Hong Kong government to immediately quash a court’s groundless national security law convictions of prominent pro-democracy activists
“Hong Kong’s mass show trial lays bare Beijing’s utter contempt for fundamental freedoms and democratic political processes,” said Maya Wang, acting China director at HRW