China’s drive for hegemony meets resistance
Diplomatic failure in the Indo-Pacific
It’s an odd sort of great power rivalry: China and the US competing to see which can alienate more of their potential partners and allies. In the Indo-Pacific, recent diplomatic and economic developments indicate that China is starting to “win” this contest.
On June 4, India and Australia announced a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership,” a “Shared Vision for Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific” and a “Mutual Logistics Support Agreemen” to increase their military inter-operability. They didn’t need to explain why.
'One of the gentlest people I know:' 75-year-old shoved by police a peace activist, not a provocateur
Friend says Martin Gugino is a longtime follower of the Catholic Worker Movement – a group that advances peace and justice
In the moments before he was pushed to the sidewalk by a Buffalo police officer and then left for dead, 75-year-old Martin Gugino walked towards the line of advancing police. But why?
“I know exactly what he was doing. I’ve seen him do it a hundred other times,” says his close friend, fellow activist and public defense attorney Matt Daloisio, in a telephone conversation.
Everyday Racism in GermanyEnough Is Enough!
A DER SPIEGEL Editorial by Dialika NeufeldThis country has a racism problem, too. Whether casual bigotry, institutionalized discrimination or far-right violence, the treatment of people of color in Germany has stayed off the political agenda for too long. Not anymore.
"It's not that bad in Germany." "Just a few skinheads in the east." "All one-offs." By this point, after tens of thousands of people demonstrated against racism in Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and other German cities over the weekend, and after people of color shared their experiences with everyday racism in Germany in the media, it should be clear to everyone that racism is not a series of isolated incidents. Everyone who is not part of the white majority has experienced racism in one way or another. Racism hurts. It divides. It kills. And it affects millions of people. In Germany as well.
Placating the Gulf, helping old neighbours
Oman struggles to stay neutral
Oman seeks to maintain its influence in the Gulf by extending aid to Yemen. The Saudi-UAE coalition views this as complaisance with the Houthi rebellion.In Salalah, children ran around as their parents sheltered from the sun under trees, their attention on the entrance to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (named after Oman’s late sultan, Qaboos bin Said, 1940-2020). Salalah, the capital of Oman’s Dhofar governorate, is 160km from the border with Yemen, an ancient city that until recently attracted western tourists who came to see the tomb of the Old Testament prophet Job. Now it is mainly Yemeni refugees who come here, seeking medical treatment.
Philippines casinos catering to illicit Chinese gamblers are causing kidnappings and chaos in Manila
Dozens of scantily dressed Filipina croupiers stand in booths shuffling cards in front of a webcam, their faces softly illuminated by professional lighting.
Nearby, rows of Chinese nationals sit at desks chatting on cellphones with potential clients back in China.
This is what a typical POGO -- or a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator -- looks like, according to descriptions provided to CNN by several gaming experts. Some are based in abandoned malls, while others are found in converted parking lots or cheap rented offices, they say.
FACEBOOK PITCHED NEW TOOL ALLOWING EMPLOYERS TO SUPPRESS WORDS LIKE “UNIONIZE” IN WORKPLACE CHAT PRODUCTLee Fang
DURING AN internal presentation at Facebook on Wednesday, the company debuted features for Facebook Workplace, an intranet-style chat and office collaboration product similar to Slack.
On Facebook Workplace, employees see a stream of content similar to a news feed, with automatically generated trending topics based on what people are posting about. One of the new tools debuted by Facebook allows administrators to remove and block certain trending topics among employees.
The presentation discussed the “benefits” of “content control.” And it offered one example of a topic employers might find it useful to blacklist: the word “unionize.”
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