Politics & environs 2022

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EU border agency accused of exploiting interpreters ‘paid under €2.50 an hour’

 

Petition accuses Frontex of violating European standards by using contractor that offers low wages

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Sun 14 Aug 2022 10.03 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/14/eu-border-agency-frontex-accused-exploiting-interpreters-pay


Shameful in the least......
 

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I escaped from an illegal refugee prison. What I learned could help you | Jaivet Ealom

 

 

 

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China’s economy slows unexpectedly as Covid outbreaks and property crisis bite

 

Retail sales and industrial output lower than forecast, with fears that China could miss its annual growth target for first time since 2015

 

Reuters

Mon 15 Aug 2022 05.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/15/china-economy-slows-unexpectedly-as-covid-and-property-crisis-bite

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Abortion is still legal in Arizona. But confusion and fear abound

 

The US supreme court decision ending the federal right to abortion has led to legal chaos and a de facto ban for many

 

Nina Lakhani

Mon 15 Aug 2022 11.15 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/15/arizona-abortion-laws-ban-access

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‘Gross negligence’: popular Michigan river hit with second chemical spill in four years

 

Spill is yet another example of how contamination from corporate polluters can endanger entire communities, critics say

 

Mario Koran

Mon 15 Aug 2022 14.32 BST










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/15/michigan-huron-river-chemical-spill
 

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Brazil’s presidential campaign launches amid fears of violence and upheaval

 

Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is trailing in the polls and has hinted he will not cede power if defeated

 

Andrew Downie

Tue 16 Aug 2022 10.15 BST











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/brazil-presidential-campaign-bolsonaro-lula-violence
 

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No improvement in school attainment gap in England for 20 years, report says

 

‘Overwhelming evidence’ education system leaves too many poorer students behind, despite decades of policy focus

 

Sally WealeEducation correspondent

Tue 16 Aug 2022 06.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/aug/16/no-improvement-in-school-attainment-gap-in-england-for-20-years-report-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Some people must be earning millions’: inequality in the UK’s highest-earning constituency

 

The pay of the top 1% of earners is rising fast, while many in the Cities of London and Westminster are struggling

 

Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent

Mon 15 Aug 2022 18.16 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2022/aug/15/inequality-uk-highest-earning-constituency
 

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Uproar after Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin accuses Israel of ’50 Holocausts’

 

German chancellor condemns remarks morning after joint press conference with Palestinian leader

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Wed 17 Aug 2022 13.32 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/uproar-after-mahmoud-abbas-in-berlin-accuses-israel-of-50-holocausts
 

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McDonald’s workers say sexual harassment and retaliation persist

 

Employees say they have been fired and written up after reporting sexual harassment to corporate HR

 

Michael Sainato

Tue 16 Aug 2022 10.00 BST






https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/16/mcdonalds-sexual-harassment-retaliation-firings
 

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Rightwing sheriffs’ groups ramp up drives to monitor US midterm elections

 

Two Arizona-led groups boast more than 350 sheriffs as members nationwide and echo Trump’s false claims about voting fraud

 

Peter Stone

Wed 17 Aug 2022 12.00 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/17/rightwing-sheriffs-trump-midterm-elections-voting-arizona
 

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Lula says Bolsonaro ‘possessed by devil’ as he launches Brazil election campaign

 

Leftwing frontrunner counters far-right president’s efforts to demonize him with evangelical voters in bitterly divided country

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 16 Aug 2022 21.45 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/lula-bolsonaro-brazil-possessed-by-devil-election
 

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Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter

 

Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University student, was charged with following and retweeting dissidents and activists

 

Stephanie Kirchgaessner

Tue 16 Aug 2022 22.24 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/16/saudi-woman-given-34-year-prison-sentence-for-using-twitter


Prince Bin Salman was supposed to be the man of change.......
 

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Mexico’s citizens caught in crossfire as cartels launch attacks across the country

 

Brazen strikes by organised crime leaders have left bystanders killed as many question the president’s security policies

 

Analy Nuño in Guadalajara

Thu 18 Aug 2022 10.30 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/mexico-drug-cartels-violence-civilians

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‘I don’t see justice in this war’: Russian soldier exposes rot at core of Ukraine invasion

 

Exclusive: Pavel Filatyev has fled his homeland after publishing a 141-page account detailing his experiences on the frontline

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow and Pjotr Sauer

Wed 17 Aug 2022 17.37 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/17/i-dont-see-justice-in-this-war-russian-soldier-exposes-rot-at-core-of-ukraine-invasion
 

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Biden to host ‘United We Stand’ summit to address hate-fueled US gun violence

 

Gathering in September at the White House intends to bring together Democrats and Republicans to seek solutions

 

Associated Press in Washington

Fri 19 Aug 2022 12.56 BST








https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/19/biden-host-united-we-stand-summit-hate-fueled-us-gun-violence
 

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Police call for Bolsonaro to be charged for spreading Covid misinformation

 

Brazil’s federal police ask supreme court to charge president over bogus claims in October 2021 social media broadcast

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 18 Aug 2022 16.02 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/jair-bolsonaro-covid-misinformation-charge-brazil-police
 

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A student was jailed for her tweets – thank the Saudi regime’s enablers

 

oe Biden promised consequences for the government – then he fist-bumped the crown prince

 

Sat 20 Aug 2022 14.00 BST

Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/20/week-in-patriarchy-saudi-arabia-joe-biden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After 50 years, could Colombia finally have awoken from its nightmare?

 

With our new progressive president and coalition government, we now have a chance at peace and unity – let’s not waste it

 

Sat 20 Aug 2022 11.00 BST

María José Pizarro Rodríguez   (Colombian senator and member of the progressive Historic Pact coalition)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/20/colombia-president-coalition-peace-gustavo-petro

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US political violence is surging, but talk of a civil war is exaggerated – isn’t it?

 

The FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago unleashed the latest barrage of threats of violence, on top of a wave of threats against election workers and rising weapons sales

 

Sat 20 Aug 2022 07.05 BST

by Chris McGreal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/20/us-political-violence-civil-war

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What I Love / What I dislike about USA  After 6 Years Living Abroad (by US Peter Santenello)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What's Wrong With US Health Care? (Anthony Kaveh MD)

 

 

 

 

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CIA unable to corroborate Israel’s ‘terror’ label for Palestinian rights groups

 

Exclusive: sources say report shows CIA unable to find evidence to support Israeli claim, but finding does not prompt US rebuttal

 

Isaac Scher

Mon 22 Aug 2022 10.30 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/cia-report-israel-palestinian-rights-groups
 

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Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups

 

Property confiscated in move decried as ‘appalling attack’ on Palestinian civil society in occupied West Bank

 

Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Thu 18 Aug 2022 15.14 BST









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/israeli-forces-raid-palestinian-human-rights-groups-offices
 

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Lula vows to take on Amazon crime if returned to power in Brazil elections

 

Ex-president says he will clamp down on illegal miners and loggers after murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

 

Tom Phillips in São Paulo

Mon 22 Aug 2022 21.33 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/22/brazil-election-lula-da-silva-protect-amazon-president
 

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Turkey’s rapprochement with Syria leaves regional refugees fearful

 

Erdoğan is no longer seeking the ousting of Assad, alarming Syrians across the opposition and Kurdish exiles who fear being forcibly returned

 

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent

Tue 23 Aug 2022 12.41 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/turkeys-rapprochement-with-syria-leaves-regional-refugees-fearful
 

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Arrests and TV confessions as Iran cracks down on women’s ‘improper’ clothing

 

Protests follow appearance of ‘tortured’ writer on state television, while human rights group warn forced confessions on the rise as hijab laws hardened

 

Rosie Swash

Tue 23 Aug 2022 06.30 BST







https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/23/arrests-and-tv-confessions-as-iran-cracks-down-on-women-improper-clothing-hijab