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Who is Lilly Gaddis? TikToker Fired From Her Job After Using The N-Word And Refusing To Apologize (haor.org)

Lilly Gaddis (age 23, born in 2000) is a TikTok influencer who recently faced severe backlash after a controversial video went viral on the platform.

Contrary to their politicians, EU citizens support migration including asylum seekers' right to work, study finds (theconversation.com)

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China wants to recruit military pilots from the U.S. and its allies to strengthen Chinese air power, bulletin warns (www.nbcnews.com)

The warning from the U.S. and its four closest intellignce partners follows several arrests of U.S. service members for allegedly trying to pass info to China....

Hong Kong arrests three for 'insulting' Chinese anthem: They were turning their backs, remained seated when China's national anthem was played prior to a football match (www.france24.com)

Football fans in Hong Kong used to boo the national anthem as a show of political discontent, but the government in 2020 banned the practice as part of a wider crackdown following huge democracy protests in the city....

Ukraine war: Russian blogger Anna Bazhutova jailed for over 5 years for livestreaming alleged Russian atrocities in Bucha (www.spacewar.com)

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Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans (www.nytimes.com)

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Ukrainian president finally calls out China’s role in Russia’s war on Ukraine, marking a significant shift in Kyiv’s stance and a long-overdue reckoning with Beijing (thediplomat.com)

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Misinformation poses a bigger threat to democracy than you might think (www.nature.com)

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'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library (www.bbc.com)

If the billboards in Ivanovo are to be believed, Russia’s really going places....

Mass graves and body bags: Gaza's al-Shifa hospital after Israel withdrew its forces (www.bbc.com)

- After Israeli forces pulled out of Gaza City’s vast al-Shifa hospital -once the biggest and best equipped medical facility in the Gaza Strip- on 1 April, following their second raid there, the claim that there had been no civilian casualties was immediately questioned....

"Saying Hong Kong Is Dead Does a Disservice to Its People": The gutting of the city’s civil society by Beijing has at times moved very slowly, and still meets with resistance (newlinesmag.com)

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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

With the reintroduction of import taxes on Chinese solar panels, Brazil hopes to develop its own industry (globalvoices.org)

For years, Chinese solar panels were king in Brazil. In 2022, around 99 percent of all photovoltaic panels purchased in Brazil were imported from China, which is the leading global manufacturer of solar energy equipment. Only 1 percent was produced locally. Now, thanks to a government decision to scrap a tax exemption that...

“The barbaric and inhumane behavior displayed by China has no place in our society": China tried to block evacuation of sick Filipino soldiers in West Philippine Sea (www.rappler.com)

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Turkey urges China to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs and allow them to “live their values" (abcnews.go.com)

Turkey’s foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs in China’s western Xinjiang province and allow them to “live their values,” a Turkish official said Wednesday....

Person with bird flu died in Mexico, WHO says (www.reuters.com)

Latin America's anger at China's economic clout grows (www.dw.com)

China’s growing influence appears to have some drawbacks in Latin America. Beijing has targeted countries such as Guatemala and outraged retailers in Brazil....

China, India interfered in races for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, report says (www.cbc.ca)

A report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) says there were two instance of alleged interference by China in Conservative Party of Canada leadership races....

Israel Is Trapping Tens of Thousands Who Need Medical Evacuation in Gaza (truthout.org)

Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them!’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

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Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)

Russian legal foundation Pravfond linked to Kremlin activities spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns in Europe and around the world, leaked documents reveal (www.theguardian.com)

Leaked internal documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is in fact a Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries across Europe and around the world....

China: After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive (apnews.com)

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German Chancellor Scholz to Putin: we will defend 'every square inch' of NATO territory (www.reuters.com)

NATO’s recent move to strengthen its eastern border is aimed at deterring Russia, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, adding that it should be clear to Moscow that the alliance will be ready to defend itself if necessary....