India aims for a 200-ship navy to counter China and Pakistan
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India aims for a 200-ship navy to counter China and Pakistan

India’s ambition to grow its navy past 200 ships within the next decade has taken on fresh urgency as China expands the world’s largest naval fleet and Pakistan adds advanced Chinese-built attack submarines, heightening New Delhi’s anxieties in the Indian Ocean. Analysts see this month’s commissioning of the stealth frigate INS Mahendragiri and submarine hunter INS Malvan this month as a symbol of...

Unesco adds ancient Japanese capitals Asuka, Fujiwara to World Heritage list

Unesco adds ancient Japanese capitals Asuka, Fujiwara to World Heritage list

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Unesco decided on Sunday to add a group of ancient sites in Nara prefecture that show the formation of Japan’s centralised state to the World Heritage list, marking the country’s 27th such site. The decision on the Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties was made during a meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation...

Chickenpox sweeps Gaza camps as thousands of cases emerge in two weeks

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Doctors say the real scale of the outbreak is likely far larger, as overcrowding makes isolation impossible, and families of six or more share tents of a few square metres. Thousands of children born during the war could not complete their vaccination, leaving the most vulnerable without protection.

UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

UK journalists ‘self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

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Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously d...

UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

UK journalists are self-censoring stories about Trump and the right over safety fears’

The Guardian •

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously d...

How Trump could undermine the midterms

How Trump could undermine the midterms

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The president really has no power over elections – but that hasn’t stopped Trump from laying the groundwork to challenge results in NovemberWhen Donald Trump commandeered primetime US television last Friday, he delivered a familiar, but still extraordinary, message. The president argued once again that the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden, were illegitimate.US elections are...

A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds

A third of UK journalists have changed how or what they report over fears for safety, study finds

The Guardian •

Government-backed investigation finds risks are normalised amid ‘a narrowing of the public conversation’ Journalists are self-censoring their reporting on rightwing protests, Donald Trump’s administration and trans issues because of growing concerns about their personal safety, with newsrooms accused of “normalising” the risks they face.Hundreds of journalists from across the UK have anonymously d...

Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

Venezuelan men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

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Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownVenezuelan men sent last year to a notorious Salvadorian terrorism prison by the Trump administration are suing the US aviation companies that transported them there.A lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Washington DC accuses the companies CSI Aviation and GlobalX of violating the Ve...

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

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Allowing use of two neonicotinoids to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union saysBeekeepers and environmentalists in France have reacted furiously after parliament approved a bill reauthorising two banned pesticides scientists say can poison bees.“There are no words to describe the frustration,” said Carolyn Bouguet, a beekeeper in Essonne, greater Paris. “Bee popula...

Venezuela men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

Venezuela men sue aviation firms who flew them to notorious Salvadorian jail

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Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdownVenezuelan men sent last year to a notorious Salvadorian terrorism prison by the Trump administration are suing the US aviation companies that transported them there.A lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Washington DC accuses the companies CSI Aviation and GlobalX of violating the Ve...

European heatwaves drive summer tourists to cooler north

European heatwaves drive summer tourists to cooler north

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European holidaymakers worn down by recurrent heatwaves are currently snubbing Mediterranean destinations for northern climes in hopes of cooler temperatures, but it remains to be seen whether it is just a fad or a durable shift in the tourism market. With temperatures in the European summer regularly climbing up towards 40 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit), cool has become cool. This year,...

新潟 長岡 柏崎 刈羽村などにレベル4土砂災害危険警報

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新潟地方気象台は午前8時15分、長岡市と柏崎市、刈羽村にレベル4土砂災害危険警報を発表しました。また、午後0時56分には新発田市と阿賀野市に、午後1時1分には新潟市に、レベル4土砂災害危険警報を発表しました。土砂災害の危険性が非常に高くなっているため、厳重な警戒が必要です。気象台は自治体からの避難の情報を確認し、崖の近くなど危険な場所にいる人は速やかに安全な場所に避難するよう呼びかけています。

Southeast Asia must embrace reforms for ‘China plus one’ to succeed

Southeast Asia must embrace reforms for ‘China plus one’ to succeed

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In recent years, Southeast Asian governments have viewed the “China plus one” strategy as their best chance to escape the middle-income trap. As global manufacturers looked to diversify away from China because of rising costs, trade tensions and supply-chain vulnerabilities, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia seemed perfectly placed to benefit. The promise was simple and compelling: new factories wo...