Politics & environs 2022

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Hungary protests continue for fifth day amid growing anger at Orbán tax changes

 

Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Budapest since parliament approved law change in first protests since PM won fourth term

 

Agence France-Presse in Budapest

Sun 17 Jul 2022 07.57 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/17/hungary-protests-continue-for-fifth-day-amid-growing-anger-at-orban-tax-changes
 

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No longer the most populous, but still China wants to be world number one

 

Indians will soon outnumber Chinese, threatening Beijing’s sense of superiority

 

Sun 17 Jul 2022 09.00 BST

Rana Mitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/17/no-longer-the-most-populous-but-still-china-wants-to-be-world-number-one

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Broken and distrusting: why Americans are pulling away from the daily news

 

A Reuters Institute survey found that a rising number of people are avoiding the news or just don’t believe it

 

Chris McGreal in New York

Sun 17 Jul 2022 07.00 BST






https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/16/americans-avoid-news-reuters-survey
 

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‘MBS crushed civil society’: Saudi exiles speak out as Biden meets crown prince

 

Trio of dissidents in US condemn president’s trip to Saudi Arabia and accuse him of ‘normalising’ murderous regime

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington

Fri 15 Jul 2022 18.33 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/15/saudi-arabia-exiles-dissidents-biden-crown-prince

 

 

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UAE sentences ex-lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi to three years in prison

 

US citizen Asim Ghafoor detained in Dubai and convicted two days later of money laundering and tax evasion

 

Associated Press in Dubai

Sun 17 Jul 2022 16.54 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/17/uae-sentences-ex-lawyer-of-jamal-khashoggi-to-three-years-in-prison

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Bolsonaro’s attack on Brazil’s electoral system sparks outrage

 

Moves to question integrity of voting system come amid poor polling for far-right leader facing October election

 

Andrew Downie

Tue 19 Jul 2022 13.39 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/19/bolsonaro-attack-on-brazil-electoral-system-sparks-outrage
 

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Traveling through North Korea

 

 

 

 

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The Otto Warmbier story: imprisoned and left brain dead by North Korea

 

 

 

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Gilberto Gil at 80: ‘Bolsonaro has a retrograde worldview, an opposition to any advance’

 

As he returns to London, the city he was exiled in, Brazil’s greatest living musician – and one-time culture minister – is still full of political fire. He explains his anger, undimmed creativity, and grief for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

Fri 22 Jul 2022 08.00 BST

Carlos Albuquerque

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/22/gilberto-gil-at-80-bolsonaro-has-a-retrograde-worldview-an-opposition-to-any-advance

 

Gilberto has been one of the legends of Brazilian music........I love him

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Inside the remote California county where the far right took over: ‘Civility went out the window’

 

In Shasta county the pandemic intensified political divisions, and many officials quit or were pushed out amid bitter tensions

 

Sat 23 Jul 2022 11.00 BST

by Dani Anguiano in Redding, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/23/california-shasta-county-far-right-extremists-politics-pandemic

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UK: Worship the rich, neglect the poor? Adam Smith’s words still capture how power works

 

A law introducing state-sanctioned strike breaking is the latest sign that regulation only applies to workers. For business interests, anything goes

 

Sun 24 Jul 2022 07.00 BST

Kenan Malik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/24/britain-rich-poor-strike-breaking-government-grenfell-tower

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Myanmar junta executes democracy activists in first such killings in decades

 

Democracy figures, including former lawmaker in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, executed after being accused of carrying out ‘terror acts’

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe and Maung Moe

Mon 25 Jul 2022 14.04 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/25/myanmar-junta-executes-democracy-activists-state-media
 

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Viktor Orbán sparks outrage with attack on ‘race mixing’ in Europe

 

Hungary’s far-right prime minister says countries where races mingle are ‘no longer nations’

 

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest and Flora Garamvolgyi

Sun 24 Jul 2022 16.46 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/24/viktor-orban-against-race-mixing-europe-hungary

One of the worst politicians here in Europe...Resembling Hitler more and more....JMHO
 

Edited July 25, 2022 by umbertino

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Françafrique is back: Macron’s visit to Cameroon signals Colonisation 2.0

 

The French president sees himself as a break from old colonial ways. But his visit to the despot Paul Biya tells a different story

 

Tue 26 Jul 2022 12.45 BST

Vava Tampa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/26/francafrique-is-back-macrons-visit-to-cameroon-signals-colonisation-20

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US sees union boom despite big companies’ aggressive opposition

 

Wins for Amazon and Starbucks workers shows labor movement surging after years of decline – but pushback has been fierce

 

Michael Sainato

Wed 27 Jul 2022 10.00 BST

Last modified on Wed 27 Jul 2022 10.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/27/us-union-boom-starbucks-amazon

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Most Americans do not want Biden or Trump in 2024, poll finds

 

News Nation/Decision Desk HQ poll shows majority believe duo should not run again – but they don’t know who they’d prefer

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Thu 28 Jul 2022 13.45 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/28/biden-trump-2024-president-election-poll
 

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Chile is updating its constitution for the 21st century. The US should follow its lead

 

The US constitution used to be considered a model for democracies around the world – but its antiquated institutions and absence of rights have guaranteed its declining influence

 

Thu 28 Jul 2022 11.22 BST

David Adler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/28/chile-updating-constitution-us-should-follow

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Outrage in Brazil as Jair Bolsonaro avoids five charges related to Covid response

 

Senators call for investigation into top prosecutor after charges against president shelved

 

Andrew Downie

Wed 27 Jul 2022 14.25 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/outrage-brazil-jair-bolsonaro-avoids-five-charges-related-to-covid-response
 

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‘It’s barbaric’: UFC champion Francis Ngannou on being smuggled into Europe

 

The fighter knows the city on the Spain-Morocco border where 23 migrants were killed in June – he crossed there himself

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Fri 29 Jul 2022 13.27 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jul/29/fighter-francis-ngannou-on-migrant-deaths-in-melilla
 

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Could the US highways that split communities on racial lines finally fall?

 

The freeway removal movement is being boosted by $1bn in federal funding. Will it be enough to reverse decades of damage?

 

Fri 29 Jul 2022 08.00 BST

by Edwin Rios

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/29/could-the-us-highways-that-split-communities-on-racial-lines-finally-fall

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UK: Food and fuel poverty has more than tripled in a year, says Citizens Advice

 

Huge rise in numbers forced to choose between eating and heating in UK, says charity

 

Rob Davies

Sat 30 Jul 2022 14.03 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jul/30/food-food-fuel-tripled-citizens-advice-charity-eating-heating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myths about generous benefits mask the truth of Tory Britain: shamefully low taxes for the rich

 

Until a hero like Marcus Rashford forces people to confront the reality of hungry children, misinformation and complacency about the lives of the poorest reign

 

Fri 29 Jul 2022 11.32 BST

Polly Toynbee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/29/myths-benefits-tory-britain-low-taxes-rich

Edited July 30, 2022 by umbertino

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Workers are being punished for inflation. The real culprit is corporate greed

 

Big corporations are using inflation as cover to raise prices. Yet the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates – further hurting Americans

 

Sun 31 Jul 2022 11.20 BST

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/us-inflation-corporate-greed

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‘The power we had was astonishing’: ex-soldiers on Israel’s military government in the occupied territories

 

Newly published military testimonies highlight the bureaucratic power of Cogat’s ‘permit regime’ over Palestinians

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Mon 1 Aug 2022 15.32 BST












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/01/israel-soldiers-military-government-occupied-territories-palestinians
 

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Aug 2, 1980  10:25 AM: Bologna, Italy train station blowing up

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre

 

 

 

 

 

That was my University town....I was in that waiting room ( which blew up) infinite times......I could have easily been one of the victims.....I was 23 at the time

 

One of the worst things / terrorist acts happening in my Country

 

 

 

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World ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation’, UN chief says

 

Citing Ukraine, the Korean peninsula and Middle East, António Guterres says: ‘We have been extraordinarily lucky so far. But luck is not a strategy’

 

Agence France-Presse

Tue 2 Aug 2022 02.37 BST






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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/02/world-one-miscalculation-away-from-nuclear-annihilation-un-chief-says