China puts half a million in lockdown after COVID-19 spike
The move comes after a new cluster of coronavirus cases emerge in Beijing and Hebei province.by Ted Regencia & Usaid Siddiqui
- China has imposed a strict lockdown on some 500,000 people near Beijing to contain a new coronavirus outbreak.
- Italy has registered the lowest number of daily deaths since March 1.
- Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The respiratory disease has killed almost half a million people in seven months. More than five million have recovered.
Israel's cabinet meets to finalise annexation plans
Calls for sanctions are intensifying as the cabinet meets and Netanyahu awaits US approvalThe Israeli cabinet will meet on Sunday to finalise plans to annex parts of the West Bank amid growing international opposition and calls for sanctions to be imposed if the proposal is implemented.
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel will “apply sovereignty” to up to 30% of the West Bank, covering Israeli settlements and the rich agricultural lands of the Jordan Valley, from 1 July.
On Friday, two rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel a day after the Palestinian group Hamas warned that annexation amounted to a “declaration of war”. In response, Israeli air force jets struck two military facilities in the southern Gaza Strip, the army said.
Egyptian belly-dancer sentenced to three years in prison for stirring up ‘immorality’
Sama el-Masry arrested during investigation into content on TikTok and other social mediaMaya OppenheimWomen's Correspondent
A prominent Egyptian belly-dancer has been handed a three-year jail sentence and hit with a £15,000 fine for feeding “immorality”.
The sentencing of Sama el-Masry, who was ordered to pay 300,000 Egyptian pounds on Saturday, is part of a wider clampdown on content shared on social media.
The 42-year-old, who has said she will appeal, was arrested in April during an investigation into videos and photos on social media, including the popular video-sharing platform TikTok, that the public prosecution deemed to be sexually suggestive.
Corona in the SlaughterhouseThe High Price of Cheap Meat
German slaughterhouses have been hit recently with horrifying coronavirus outbreaks, with over 1,000 cases in one facility. The industry, and its biggest players, share the blame. Change could be coming.
By Markus Becker, Jürgen Dahlkamp, Markus Dettmer, Jörg Diehl, Lukas Eberle, Michael Fröhlingsdorf, Kristina Gnirke, Florian Gontek, Hubert Gude, Claus Hecking, Julia Amalia Heyer, Nils Klawitter, Gunther Latsch, Catalin Prisacariu, Gerald Traufetter and Markus Verbeet
The white-plastered house near Münster in the far west of Germany isn't really a home at all. It's more of a dormitory, like so many others in this area. It offers a place to sleep until the next shift begins.
In recent days, however, it has been transformed into a prison.
Special forces chief acknowledges war crimes, blames 'poor moral leadership'
By Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters
The senior army officer in charge of Australia’s special forces has admitted some elite soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan and blamed the atrocities on “poor moral leadership” in an extraordinary confidential briefing to dozens of troops at SAS headquarters.
In a private briefing delivered in late March, Major-General Adam Findlay also made the stunning admission that war crimes may have been covered up and that Australia’s special forces will take a decade to recover from the long running investigation overseen by senior NSW judge Paul Brereton.
Multiple sources with knowledge of the meeting revealed General Findlay, the Australian Special Operations Commander, briefed dozens of Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) soldiers at Perth’s Campbell Barracks, telling them, “Brereton knows more about this command than anybody.” General Findlay said Justice Brereton had interviewed hundreds of SAS personnel under oath and he had a “very strong evidential basis of what is fact”.
Shooting of Zimbabwe workers by Chinese mine owner shows 'systemic' abuse, watchdog says
Updated 0940 GMT (1740 HKT) June 28, 2020
The shooting of two Zimbabwean workers by a Chinese boss shows the "systematic and widespread" abuse that locals face in Chinese mining operations, says the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Society (ZELA).
In a court affidavit, police said Zhang Xuen shot an employee five times and wounded another at the mine he runs in Gweru province, in central Zimbabwe, during a row with workers over outstanding pay.
Zhang has been charged with attempted murder, said Zimbabwe police spokesman Paul Nyathi.
According to local media reports, Zhang did not enter a plea because there was no approved interpreter in court. He will remain in custody until at least July 7, the report said.
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