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A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revolution

 

It is impossible to understand China without understanding this decade of horror, and the ways in which it scarred the entire nation. So why do some of that era’s children still look back on it with fondness?

 

Thu 19 Jan 2023 06.00 GMT

by Tania Branigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/19/tragedy-pushed-to-the-shadows-truth-about-china-cultural-revolution

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MEPs call for blacklisting of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

 

Ministers under pressure to pass ban but some fear it could lead to collapse of nuclear talks

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Thu 19 Jan 2023 12.45 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/19/meps-call-for-blacklisting-of-irans-revolutionary-guards
 
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The worst thing about Davos? The Masters of the Universe think they are do-gooders

 

Will will the world’s most cutthroat plutocrats and cold-blooded status-seekers stop trying to convince us they have a heart of gold?

 

Thu 19 Jan 2023 11.16 GMT

Hamilton Nolan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/19/davos-masters-of-the-universe

 

Note:  I read somewhere that Davos is currently being stormed by lots of escorts....Male & female.....Prostitution is legal in Switzerland

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Uber’s lobbying activities in France face inquiry after Guardian investigation

 

Uber files project revealed that company identified Emmanuel Macron as key ally

 

Fri 20 Jan 2023 12.28 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/20/uber-lobbying-activities-in-france-face-inquiry-after-guardian-investigation
 
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Rape survivor wins case against ‘cruel and inhumane’ state of Bolivia

 

An international court found that Brisa De Angulo, who was abused at 15, had her rights violated during the judicial process

 

Dan Collyns in Lima
Fri 20 Jan 2023 13.45 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/20/survivor-brisa-de-angulo-wins-case-against-cruel-and-inhumane-state-of-bolivia
 
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As independent media blossoms in Cuba, journalists face a crackdown

 

‘Chilling’ new criminal law penalizing internationally funded journalism comes as repression in the country is on the rise

 

Ed Augustin in Havana
Fri 20 Jan 2023 10.15 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/independent-media-cuba-journalists-crackdown
 
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What I tell my Black Jewish children about Kanye West, antisemitism and race

 

Claims of ‘Black antisemitism’ are a dangerous distraction. The truth is the fates of Black and Jewish Americans are linked

 

Fri 20 Jan 2023 14.00 GMT

Jason Stanley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/20/antisemitism-race-black-americans-jews-kanye-west

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Top Tennessee pair fired after damning review of state’s execution protocol

 

Report revealed multiple executions in recent years carried out without proper testing of lethal injection drugs

 

Sat 21 Jan 2023 11.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/tennessee-officials-fired-lethal-injection-protocol















 

What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection?



Alabama’s corrections department has bungled the procedure on three recent occasions, with IV teams failing for hours on end, adding immense distress to a difficult situation
 
Ed Pilkington in New York
Wed 28 Dec 2022 07.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/lethal-injection-surviving-execution-attempt-alabama
 




 


 
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‘Attack on freedom’: Israel moves to claw back state funds from critical films

 

Culture minister’s attack on two documentaries set in Palestinian territories part of campaign to silence dissent, film-makers say

 

Sat 21 Jan 2023 07.00 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dozens injured and police stations attacked as protests continue in Peru

 

Police in Lima use teargas on demonstrators, with authorities claiming massive fire at historic building was ‘duly planned’

 

Staff and agencies
Sat 21 Jan 2023 05.47 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/21/dozens-injured-and-police-stations-attacked-as-protests-continue-in-peru
 
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Lula to visit Amazon amid vow to tackle Yanomami Indigenous crisis

 

Move comes after country’s minister for Indigenous people says issue is an ‘absolute priority’

 

Tom Phillips in Brasília
Sat 21 Jan 2023 01.31 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/brazil-indigenous-minister-sonia-guajajara-yanomami-crisis-illegal-miners
 
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Iran: fears grow of security crackdown in Zahedan as anti-regime protests persist

 

Checkpoints have sprung up and armed police flood the streets in the restive city where dozens of civilians were killed last year

 

Fri 20 Jan 2023 18.10 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jan/20/iran-fears-grow-of-security-crackdown-in-zahedan-as-anti-regime-protests-persist
 
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Revealed: scores of child asylum seekers kidnapped from Home Office hotel

 

Call for inquiry after Observer investigation uncovers scale of trafficking by criminal gangs

 

Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
Sat 21 Jan 2023 18.14 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/revealed-scores-of-child-asylum-seekers-kidnapped-from-home-office-hotel
 
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Lula sacks head of Brazilian army after far-right insurrection

 

Júlio Cesar de Arruda reportedly stopped police detaining suspected rioters who took refuge outside army headquarters

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Sat 21 Jan 2023 21.58 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/21/lula-sacks-head-of-brazilian-army-for-protecting-8-january-insurgents
 
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Police violently raid Lima university and Machu Picchu closed amid Peru unrest

 

Students say they were beaten and thrown out of dormitories as authorities crack down on protests against president

 

Dan Collyns in Lima
Sun 22 Jan 2023 11.39 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/peru-police-make-violent-raid-on-limas-san-marcos-university
 
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Ageing planet: the new demographic timebomb

 

India is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?

 

Sun 22 Jan 2023 09.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/ageing-planet-the-new-demographic-timebomb
 
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