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China pledges to improve conditions of delivery workers. Arrest of a labor activist suggests otherwise.
Chen Guajiang, a delivery worker and organizer, is facing 5 years in prison for ‘picking quarrels’ Delivery worker Chen Guojiang is facing five years in jail for “picking quarrels.” Scree…
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The rise and fall of Clubhouse in Turkey
After a brief period of popularity among opposition activists, pro-Erdoğan figures have now flooded the app Screenshot from the website https://ift.tt/2AGXVFa In January, when students of Turkey's prestigious Boğaziçi University la…
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As India grapples with COVID-19, Pakistan extends support, prayers
Twitterati on both sides of the border have expressed solidarity Pakistan and India. Image by Grubb via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0 . In the last few weeks, India has seen a staggering spi…
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The Canary Islands face tensions over migrants’ arrival
Since January 2020, more than 23,000 migrants have arrived on the islands Photo by JonRo/ Flickr ( CC BY-NC 2.0 ) The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the increase in migrant arrivals…
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As legislative elections draw to a close, will the Congress Party reclaim Assam state from the BJP?
Results will be called on May 2 A volunteer conducting thermal screening of the voters at a polling booth during the first phase of the Assam elections at Kaliabhomora, Tezpur district, o…
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Tweeting to remember: Twitter account commemorates Japan's 1945 Battle of Okinawa
Blog posts describe the first and only battle fought by U.S. soldiers on Japanese soil “Supplying and developing the beachhead.” Image shows U.S. forces landing at Hagushi Bay, Okinawa, o…
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Serbian anti-vaxxers revive the medieval ‘Danse Macabre,’ while pandemic deaths rise
The ‘Covid round dance’ is a form of escapism or defiance Dance of Death by Ivan from Kastav (replica of 15th-century fresco; National Gallery of Slovenia), Public Domain photo via Wiki…
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Attack on a woman in a parking lot has Jamaicans furious and a parliamentarian in limbo
Jamaican women are not reassured by official response to the incident Group photo of the participants at a women's rights workshop in Portland, Jamaica, 2016. The car park incident is…