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For the first time in more than a decade, a train has travelled from South Korea across the heavily guarded border into North Korea. On board is a team of South Korean experts investigating ways to help North Korea modernise its rail network. https://ift.tt/2TVrrMC https://ift.tt/2BHExWU https://ift.tt/2BHExWU https://ift.tt/2zwictw

https://ift.tt/2BHExWU Submitted November 30, 2018 at 12:10AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2zwictw madazzahatter
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Pope urges charity when churches are sold, reused: The Vatican and bishops from Europe and beyond have developed proposed guidelines for the sale or reuse of Catholic churches to help ensure that they retain their cultural heritage and serve the good of the community, not commerce. https://ift.tt/2TZN8v9 https://ift.tt/2DSt2NJ https://ift.tt/2DSt2NJ https://ift.tt/2zuK9lt

https://ift.tt/2DSt2NJ Submitted November 30, 2018 at 12:13AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2zuK9lt madazzahatter
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More than 40 percent of the world’s coal plants are operating at a loss due to high fuel costs and that proportion could to rise to nearly 75 percent by 2040, a report by environmental think-tank Carbon Tracker showed on Friday. https://ift.tt/2ABPmI3 https://ift.tt/2E5uFs3 https://ift.tt/2E5uFs3 https://ift.tt/2SloMtU

https://ift.tt/2E5uFs3 Submitted November 30, 2018 at 12:22AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2SloMtU madazzahatter
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Owner of UK's first pagan burial ground in 5,000 years told he must pay business rates as a 'storage unit' - farmer who built the first new long barrow tomb in the UK in more than 5,000 years has been told that he must pay thousands of pounds in business rates on it. https://ift.tt/2TXKm9E https://ift.tt/2FQo5HL https://ift.tt/2FQo5HL https://ift.tt/2SiOi2Z

https://ift.tt/2FQo5HL Submitted November 30, 2018 at 12:25AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2SiOi2Z madazzahatter
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Quebec high school history textbooks are “fundamentally flawed” and should be removed from all schools across Quebec, expert committee formed by province’s largest English school board concluded...being taught “skewed, one-sided view of the past that distorts the historical record.” https://ift.tt/2rcBKyz https://ift.tt/2BHto8u https://ift.tt/2BHto8u https://ift.tt/2BIdKJW

https://ift.tt/2BHto8u Submitted November 30, 2018 at 12:34AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2BIdKJW madazzahatter
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Doctors who perform unnecessary physical examinations on patients could be engaging in sexual assault and risk facing criminal charges under tougher rules announced by Medical Board of Australia...health regulator has given explicit parameters for physical examinations and social media use. https://ift.tt/2rcBHmn https://ift.tt/2E5Y5X3 https://ift.tt/2E5Y5X3 https://ift.tt/2SiZkFy

https://ift.tt/2E5Y5X3 Submitted November 30, 2018 at 01:01AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2SiZkFy madazzahatter
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Tens of thousands of Indian farmers and rural workers marched to the Indian parliament in the capital, New Delhi, on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices that have brought misery to many. https://ift.tt/2U0u2Vq https://ift.tt/2SncQYT https://ift.tt/2SncQYT https://ift.tt/2E5gvHw

https://ift.tt/2SncQYT Submitted November 30, 2018 at 01:17AM by glasier https://ift.tt/2E5gvHw glasier
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South Korea has sent trains across the world’s most heavily militarised border into North Korea for the first time in a decade. It’s part of a mission to eventually modernise the North’s dilapidated network and connect it with the South. https://ift.tt/2AAubGt https://ift.tt/2reZyC9 https://ift.tt/2reZyC9 https://ift.tt/2DU0Ytr

https://ift.tt/2reZyC9 Submitted November 30, 2018 at 01:22AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2DU0Ytr branstarktreewizard
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Manafort's plea agreement with federal prosecutors fell apart because he allegedly lied to investigators about “personal business dealings” and his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik—a former associate widely believed to be linked to Russian intelligence https://ift.tt/2P5B33D https://ift.tt/2rbxXBF https://ift.tt/2rbxXBF https://ift.tt/2FJACwr

https://ift.tt/2rbxXBF Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:11PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2FJACwr maxwellhill
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Record-breaking heat wave and "catastrophic" wildfires hit Australia. NW Australia is facing an unprecedented wildfire situation and all-time record heat. This the first time that Queensland's fire danger has been rated as "catastrophic," which is the highest threat level on their scale. https://ift.tt/2E3uE8f https://ift.tt/2rasqLN https://ift.tt/2rasqLN https://ift.tt/2FW2mOS

https://ift.tt/2rasqLN Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:19PM by Bluest_waters https://ift.tt/2FW2mOS Bluest_waters
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National strike referred to as, “The Great Occupation of the Capitals” began in Bogota, Colombia protesting against right-wing president Ivan Duque’s proposed budget that denies adequate resources to historically underfunded public education system and imposes new value-added tax on basic goods. https://ift.tt/2Roh3eE https://ift.tt/2rcSTZb https://ift.tt/2rcSTZb https://ift.tt/2FMMHkK

https://ift.tt/2rcSTZb Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:33PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2FMMHkK madazzahatter
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More than a third of Indonesia's coral reefs are in bad condition, scientists said, raising concerns about future of archipelago's vast marine ecosystem. The precarious state of country's coral reefs was revealed after survey of 1067 sites across sprawling country of more than 17,000 islands. https://ift.tt/2Q2O2IT https://ift.tt/2zwA1sD https://ift.tt/2zwA1sD https://ift.tt/2FNQuyi

https://ift.tt/2zwA1sD Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:36PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2FNQuyi madazzahatter
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Far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he pushed the Brazilian government to withdraw its offer to host the United Nations climate conference next year, maintaining that Brazil’s sovereignty over the Amazon was at stake. https://ift.tt/2RogZeU https://ift.tt/2rcSSEB https://ift.tt/2rcSSEB https://ift.tt/2FOuEL7

https://ift.tt/2rcSSEB Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:39PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2FOuEL7 madazzahatter
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Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital, killing at least 10 people and wounding 19 others, as the U.S. said an airstrike hours earlier in Helmand province that reportedly killed dozens of civilians was conducted by American aircraft https://ift.tt/2Q1g9bf https://ift.tt/2FLsPhR https://ift.tt/2FLsPhR https://ift.tt/2Rmd0PQ

https://ift.tt/2FLsPhR Submitted November 28, 2018 at 08:40PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2Rmd0PQ DoremusJessup
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Two senior U.S. Cabinet members urged senators on Wednesday not to downgrade ties with Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but lawmakers from both parties said they could not turn a blind eye to reports that the country’s de facto ruler was involved in last month’s killing https://ift.tt/2E5OPT9 https://ift.tt/2KIDGaY https://ift.tt/2KIDGaY https://ift.tt/2BFwxWp

https://ift.tt/2KIDGaY Submitted November 28, 2018 at 10:43PM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2BFwxWp Amamazing
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A Philippine court on Thursday sentenced three police officers to up to 49 years in jail for the murder of a 17-year-old high school student, the first to be convicted in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs war https://ift.tt/2SjBtpk https://ift.tt/2BEyrpT https://ift.tt/2BEyrpT https://ift.tt/2KIDEQo

https://ift.tt/2BEyrpT Submitted November 28, 2018 at 10:44PM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2KIDEQo Amamazing
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South Korea’s top court ruled on Thursday that Japan’s Mitsubishi must compensate 28 South Koreans for their forced labour during World War Two, a ruling that drew an immediate rebuke from Tokyo https://ift.tt/2E2war7 https://ift.tt/2BDWzcz https://ift.tt/2BDWzcz https://ift.tt/2KIDDMk

https://ift.tt/2BDWzcz Submitted November 28, 2018 at 10:45PM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2KIDDMk Amamazing
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Stigma around homosexuality and drug use means Russia and some former Soviet Union countries risk developing out-of-control HIV epidemics, experts have said, after data showed a record number of new cases last year. https://ift.tt/2E2w8Q1 https://ift.tt/2FM6hNT https://ift.tt/2FM6hNT https://ift.tt/2KIDCbe

https://ift.tt/2FM6hNT Submitted November 28, 2018 at 10:46PM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2KIDCbe branstarktreewizard
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A court in the Philippines has found three police officers guilty of murder for the 2017 killing of a 17-year-old high school student, the first such convictions over the tactics used in president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. https://ift.tt/2DRqq2I https://ift.tt/2zv3aob https://ift.tt/2zv3aob https://ift.tt/2P8TrIS

https://ift.tt/2zv3aob Submitted November 29, 2018 at 12:01AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2P8TrIS branstarktreewizard
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Argentina and France: Opponents of IMF versus Yellow Vests. What do Argentinian protesters have in common with French protesters? They both strongly dislike their governments, and their leaders (sic). https://ift.tt/2wf6anj https://ift.tt/2QjTRB9 https://ift.tt/2QjTRB9 https://ift.tt/2zzbUJP

https://ift.tt/2QjTRB9 Submitted November 29, 2018 at 12:17AM by casapulapula https://ift.tt/2zzbUJP casapulapula
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Installing solar panels already makes sense for most homeowners in Saskatchewan and Ontario but the National Energy Board says the abundance of cheap hydroelectricity in Quebec and Manitoba means solar power may never make much economic sense in those provinces. https://ift.tt/2QosKVq https://ift.tt/2FGZ3uy https://ift.tt/2FGZ3uy https://ift.tt/2rbNh1q

https://ift.tt/2FGZ3uy Submitted November 29, 2018 at 12:45AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2rbNh1q madazzahatter
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South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay damages to two groups of South Koreans over wartime forced labor...rulings follow similar order against Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. https://ift.tt/2Qpq1uL https://ift.tt/2FVV0Lg https://ift.tt/2FVV0Lg https://ift.tt/2FMpNK9

https://ift.tt/2FVV0Lg Submitted November 29, 2018 at 12:47AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2FMpNK9 madazzahatter
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Far-right councillor in Austria will have to attend course to learn good behaviour online after posting hateful comments on social media. Bruno Weber appeared before court over racist and homophobic comments he left on Facebook post about recent ad campaign by Austrian state railway company ÖBB. https://ift.tt/2QlA3NJ https://ift.tt/2FKiVgA https://ift.tt/2FKiVgA https://ift.tt/2rbNyBu

https://ift.tt/2FKiVgA Submitted November 29, 2018 at 12:51AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2rbNyBu madazzahatter
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Leaders of world’s top industrialized nations reportedly planning to issue watered-down statement on best ways to fight climate change in effort to appease Trump when they meet. Unlike recent G20 statements on climate change, draft statement does not give full support to 2015 Paris agreement. https://ift.tt/2FJTlYX https://ift.tt/2ScZKgv https://ift.tt/2ScZKgv https://ift.tt/2KChiQz

https://ift.tt/2ScZKgv Submitted November 28, 2018 at 12:01AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2KChiQz madazzahatter
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Saskatchewan proposes controversial trespass law requiring landowner permission: A First Nations leader says proposed Saskatchewan legislation that would require people to get permission before going on private land could lead to clashes and even deaths. https://ift.tt/2FJT743 https://ift.tt/2P4oghZ https://ift.tt/2P4oghZ https://ift.tt/2Sf47YA

https://ift.tt/2P4oghZ Submitted November 28, 2018 at 12:13AM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2Sf47YA madazzahatter
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Philippine leftists reacted with dismay on Wednesday to a threat by President Rodrigo Duterte to create a “death squad” to hunt what he said were Maoist assassins, a plan critics said could trigger a spree of killings similar to his bloody war on drugs https://ift.tt/2DMdkDL https://ift.tt/2PWrzND https://ift.tt/2PWrzND https://ift.tt/2Rl9gy4

https://ift.tt/2PWrzND Submitted November 28, 2018 at 12:25AM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2Rl9gy4 Amamazing
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A Chinese scientist at the centre of a controversy over what he claims are the world’s first genetically edited children apologised on Wednesday for the result being leaked unexpectedly as he detailed his findings at a conference in Hong Kong https://ift.tt/2Qm8AeQ https://ift.tt/2PYmN24 https://ift.tt/2PYmN24 https://ift.tt/2RlEaGI

https://ift.tt/2PYmN24 Submitted November 28, 2018 at 12:29AM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2RlEaGI Amamazing
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The impoverished state of Central African Republic landed a windfall on Tuesday, at least on paper, when Russian state bank VTB reported it had lent the country $12 billion — but the bank then said it was a clerical error and there was no such loan. https://ift.tt/2DQegal https://ift.tt/2QqlVCL https://ift.tt/2QqlVCL https://ift.tt/2KG00ly

https://ift.tt/2QqlVCL Submitted November 28, 2018 at 02:12AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2KG00ly branstarktreewizard
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Australian businessman Dick Smith has announced he will contest the next election after releasing a video defending coal and attacking Prime Minister Scott Morrison's lack of leadership on energy policy. https://ift.tt/2Q4qK5y https://ift.tt/2KD9JJr https://ift.tt/2KD9JJr https://ift.tt/2BBJsbN

https://ift.tt/2KD9JJr Submitted November 28, 2018 at 02:14AM by glasier https://ift.tt/2BBJsbN glasier
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Argentinian government urges Buenos Aires residents to leave city for G20. All flights over Buenos Aires will be diverted and trains, subways and all public transport will be cancelled for the duration of the summit https://ift.tt/2Rjlo2R https://ift.tt/2PVS4Tj https://ift.tt/2PVS4Tj https://ift.tt/2KBxfXg

https://ift.tt/2PVS4Tj Submitted November 28, 2018 at 02:26AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2KBxfXg branstarktreewizard
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Hundreds of Tunisians staged the first protests of the Arab world against Saudi Arabia's crown prince as he arrived on a visit on Tuesday, denouncing his alleged role in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. https://ift.tt/2PWXv4q https://ift.tt/2raOp52 https://ift.tt/2raOp52 https://ift.tt/2FL4M2q

https://ift.tt/2raOp52 Submitted November 28, 2018 at 02:28AM by methedunker https://ift.tt/2FL4M2q methedunker
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Beloved Hong Kong bull Billy found dead with stomach full of plastic bags, prompting call for beachgoers to take trash home: Bovine’s stomach and intestinal tract blocked with enough bags to fill two rubbish bins. Officials say being fed by visitors led Billy to associate plastic bags with food. https://ift.tt/2AmTdZs https://ift.tt/2TOOt7H https://ift.tt/2TOOt7H https://ift.tt/2RbsB4O

https://ift.tt/2TOOt7H Submitted November 26, 2018 at 10:35PM by madazzahatter https://ift.tt/2RbsB4O madazzahatter
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Donald Trump has delivered a weighty blow to Theresa May’s hopes of steering her Brexit deal through parliament, saying it sounded like a “great deal for the EU” that would stop the UK trading with the US. https://ift.tt/2AursOS https://ift.tt/2DMUL2p https://ift.tt/2DMUL2p https://ift.tt/2Rh0QYL

https://ift.tt/2DMUL2p Submitted November 26, 2018 at 10:37PM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2Rh0QYL branstarktreewizard
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Tech companies may choose to leave the Australian market to avoid being forced to install spyware on their devices and networks at the request of intelligence agencies, a lobby group for the country’s biggest firms has warned. https://ift.tt/2TLfKrX https://ift.tt/2AtubHZ https://ift.tt/2AtubHZ https://ift.tt/2KB3syb

https://ift.tt/2AtubHZ Submitted November 27, 2018 at 02:04AM by glasier https://ift.tt/2KB3syb glasier
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Putin 'seriously concerned' after Ukraine votes to impose martial law. Russian president calls on Angela Merkel to dissuade Ukraine from ‘further reckless acts’ after Russia seizes navy vessels in Kerch strait https://ift.tt/2Scl8CA https://ift.tt/2Rd0z9a https://ift.tt/2Rd0z9a https://ift.tt/2FHQuj3

https://ift.tt/2Rd0z9a Submitted November 27, 2018 at 12:45AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2FHQuj3 branstarktreewizard
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Vlad is being his usual sneaky, back seat, bratty-little-brother self and then acting all innocent... he gets away with everything and its not fair and i hate him and i hate you all! (starts crying) https://ift.tt/2Scl3Pi https://ift.tt/2BvJd1Z https://ift.tt/2BvJd1Z https://ift.tt/2FK1Tin

https://ift.tt/2BvJd1Z Submitted November 27, 2018 at 12:49AM by fluffykerfuffle1 https://ift.tt/2FK1Tin fluffykerfuffle1
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Residents of a remote village in south-western Japan are coming to terms with a gruesome mass murder after six people, including five members of the same family, were found dead inside a farmhouse. https://ift.tt/2E0BL0W https://ift.tt/2FJL5bh https://ift.tt/2FJL5bh https://ift.tt/2FIypBs

https://ift.tt/2FJL5bh Submitted November 27, 2018 at 12:50AM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2FIypBs branstarktreewizard
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Australia's largest-listed wealth manager, AMP Ltd, told an inquiry on Tuesday it expected to spend A$1.18 billion ($852.6 million) to compensate customers who had received bad advice or been charged for no service. https://ift.tt/2SckS6A https://ift.tt/2FKicvI https://ift.tt/2FKicvI https://ift.tt/2r8vQyo

https://ift.tt/2FKicvI Submitted November 27, 2018 at 01:01AM by glasier https://ift.tt/2r8vQyo glasier
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Mexico’s incoming government said no deal has been reached with the U.S. on the treatment of migrants attempting to cross into the U.S. from Mexico, pushing back on reports that such an agreement has been made — even as a busy port of entry was closed Sunday https://ift.tt/2DXKJMu https://ift.tt/2Kvt67p https://ift.tt/2Kvt67p https://ift.tt/2Bvbo0H

https://ift.tt/2Kvt67p Submitted November 25, 2018 at 06:57PM by Amamazing https://ift.tt/2Bvbo0H Amamazing
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Facebook asks Parliament to keep quiet on internal documents seized: In a letter to British MP Damien Collins, Facebook chief of public policy Richard Allan asked Parliament to put internal documents that were seized by the body last week off limits until a judge addressed the matter https://ift.tt/2zqlCOL https://ift.tt/2R7PqGp https://ift.tt/2R7PqGp https://ift.tt/2P1LPYP

https://ift.tt/2R7PqGp Submitted November 25, 2018 at 08:29PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2P1LPYP maxwellhill
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Mexico to deport nearly 500 migrants who attempted to storm the southern U.S. border on Sunday: The country's interior ministry said in a statement that a group was rounded up after it tried to cross the border "violently" and "illegally" https://ift.tt/2zq22SC https://ift.tt/2PXCZ3x https://ift.tt/2PXCZ3x https://ift.tt/2TK8rRe

https://ift.tt/2PXCZ3x Submitted November 25, 2018 at 08:59PM by maxwellhill https://ift.tt/2TK8rRe maxwellhill
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Turkish riot police fired tear gas and used their shields to halt an unauthorized march in Istanbul marking an international day calling for an end to violence against women. The police action prevented a thousand demonstrators moving along the main shopping thoroughfare in Istanbul. https://ift.tt/2zrl5fd https://ift.tt/2PRyUOm https://ift.tt/2PRyUOm https://ift.tt/2R8EAAg

https://ift.tt/2PRyUOm Submitted November 25, 2018 at 09:35PM by DoremusJessup https://ift.tt/2R8EAAg DoremusJessup
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Dozens of New Zealand academics, human rights workers and intellectuals have written an open letter to prime minister Jacinda Ardern urging her to protect the safety of a China academic who has been subjected to a year of burglaries and harassment. https://ift.tt/2P2PFB4 https://ift.tt/2DJsPML https://ift.tt/2DJsPML https://ift.tt/2Re14jk

https://ift.tt/2DJsPML Submitted November 25, 2018 at 10:40PM by branstarktreewizard https://ift.tt/2Re14jk branstarktreewizard
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