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A slogan promoting China's socialist ideology in London's Brick Lane has sparked a flurry of graffiti decrying the authoritarian rule of the Chinese Communist Party.
Chinese propaganda slogans turn London street art wall into a protest site against Beijing
LONDON — A graffiti wall in London’s bustling street art hub of Brick Lane has become an unlikely canvas for protest messages against China’s authoritarian rule, after it was whitewashed and painted over with propaganda slogans promoting Chinese Communist Party ideology.The bright red slogans, spray-painted by a group of young Chinese artists over the weekend, consisted of 24 large Chinese characters outlining the country’s “core socialist values.”The 12 values include “prosperity,” “harmony” and “patriotism,” as well as concepts like “democracy,” “freedom,” “equality,” “justice” and “rule of law” – liberal philosophies familiar in the West, but their meaning and application differ greatly as defined by the Chinese Communist Party.Endorsed by...
August 08, 2023

Chinese propaganda slogans turn London street art wall into a protest site against Beijing

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and China's top diplomat Wang Yi in Moscow during Wang's visit to the Russian capital on February 22, 2023.
China assures Russia it remains ‘impartial’ on Ukraine war after attending Saudi peace talks
HONG KONG — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart that Beijing remains “impartial” on the war in Ukraine, a day after a Chinese delegation participated in international talks on ending the conflict that included Kyiv, but not Moscow.In a call Monday, Wang stressed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that China and Russia are “trustworthy and reliable good friends and partners.”“On the Ukraine crisis, China will uphold an independent and impartial position, sound an objective and rational voice, actively promote peace talks, and strive to seek a political solution on any international multilateral occasion,” Wang said, according to a readout of the call released by China’s Foreign Ministry.The call followed two-day talks hosted by Saudi Arabia,...
August 08, 2023

China assures Russia it remains ‘impartial’ on Ukraine war after attending Saudi peace talks

A Greek Cup Final football match between AEK FC and PAOK Salonika at the Olympic stadium in Athens on May 12, 2018.
Night of mayhem: Stabbings, brawls and arrests mar Greece-Croatia football game in Athens
ATHENS — A Greek supporter of the football club AEK Athens was stabbed to death overnight Monday, according to local police.Brawls broke out in the suburbs of the Greek capital between AEK fans and supporters of the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.Violent clashes left at least eight people injured, three Greeks and five Croats.The first leg of the Champions League is due to take place on Tuesday evening at the AEK stadium in Nea Filadelfia, an Athens suburb."Serious incidents took place outside the Nea Filadelfia stadium. A young Greek man was stabbed to death," Greek police said.Among the injured is a minor who was hit in the head with a rock, said the public television channel ERT. They are still in hospital.The 22-year-old stabbing victim was hospitalized before succumbing to...
August 08, 2023

Night of mayhem: Stabbings, brawls and arrests mar Greece-Croatia football game in Athens

Firefighters work to fight a wildfire in the municipality of Odemira, Portugal
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year
LISBON — Firefighters in Portugal are battling to contain wildfires engulfing thousands of hectares amid soaring temperatures.Around 800 personnel attended a fire near the southern town of Odemira overnight on Monday, with more than 1,400 people having to evacuate.At least nine firefighters have been injured tackling the fires.Temperatures in excess of 40C (104F) are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.Three major fires that scorched hundreds of hectares in Spain over the weekend have been brought under control, but weather alerts remain in place across much of the country.In Portugal, Monday saw a temperature of 46.4C (116F), the hottest of the year so far, recorded in Santarém.The fire near Odemira began on Saturday and was driven south into the hilly interior of...
August 08, 2023

Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year

Smoke fills streets after missile attack in Pokrovsk
Five killed in Russian missile strike on eastern Ukraine, officials say
KYIV — At least five people have been killed in a Russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, officials say.Four civilians and an official were killed, and 31 people were injured, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said.President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were "victims" in the attack, but did not provide a figure.Rescue efforts were continuing.Pokrovsk lies about 70km (43 miles) north-west of Donetsk city, which is occupied by Russian forces. Before the war it had a population of around 60,000 people.Klymenko said the first strike killed four civilians, and that an official from the emergency services was killed in the second strike.The injured included 19 police officers, five rescuers and a child, he said.Zelensky said the...
August 08, 2023

Five killed in Russian missile strike on eastern Ukraine, officials say

Ukraine says a woman has been detained in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assassination plot.
Ukraine says it’s foiled assassination plot against Zelensky
KYIV — An alleged informant for Russia has been detained in connection to a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said Monday. The detained woman has not been named publicly but is from the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv, according to a statement from the SBU.The SBU said she had been “gathering intelligence” about Zelensky’s planned visit to Mykolaiv at the end of July, in order to plan a Russian airstrike to kill the president.However, SBU agents had obtained information about the “subversive activities of the suspect” and adopted additional security measures, foiling the plot.The SBU said that it caught the woman “red-handed” as she “was trying to pass intelligence to the invaders.”In monitoring the...
August 07, 2023

Ukraine says it’s foiled assassination plot against Zelensky

Photo of the red Chinese characters on Brick Lane’s wall. — courtesy lei_uk@Instagram
Brick Lane: Chinese political slogans appear on London street art wall
LONDON — London’s Brick Lane, well known for its street art, has become a talking point after one of its walls was covered by slogans extolling Chinese Communist Party ideology.Online videos showed a group of people had spray painted the big red Chinese characters on a white background overnight at the weekend.The “core socialist values”, composed of 12 two-character words, are some of the most common political slogans under President Xi Jinping’s rule. Political propaganda in the form of red block characters on a white wall are a familiar sight in China.The Brick Lane slogans have sparked debate online over whether they count as street art and how freedom of expression and political propaganda interact.The wall has also become an arena for competing narratives - people swiftly...
August 07, 2023

Brick Lane: Chinese political slogans appear on London street art wall

A child stands outside the UNICEF TLC in Basti Shahnawaz Chang GPS Mud Haji Haibton, District Rajanpur, Punjab province. — courtesy UNICEF/Juan Haro
Heatwaves and high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia: UNICEF
GENEVA — Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, urging authorities to do more to help them beat the heat.UNICEF estimates that 76 percent of children under 18 in the region — 460 million — are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in a year exceed 35° Celsius.July was the hottest month ever recorded globally, raising further concerns about a future where children, including those living in South Asia, are expected to face more frequent and severe heatwaves, largely due to climate change.“With the world at global boiling, the data clearly show that the lives and well-being of millions of children across South Asia...
August 07, 2023

Heatwaves and high temperatures threatening young lives in South Asia: UNICEF

Photo purportedly showing a blood transfusion center on fire in Kupiansk community, north-eastern Ukraine. — courtesy Telegram/Volodymyr Zelensky
Russia hits blood transfusion center, says Zelensky
KYIV — A Russian “guided bomb” has hit a blood transfusion center in north-eastern Ukraine, killing two people and injuring four, Ukrainian officials say.Volodymyr Zelensky posted an image of the building on fire as a result of Saturday night’s attack around Kupiansk, in the Kharkiv region.“This war crime alone says everything about Russian aggression,” he said.Russia has not commented. It has previously denied all allegations of targeting civilians — or war crimes.The city of Kupiansk and nearby settlements were seized by Russian troops in the first few days of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, launched in February 2022.The area was liberated during a Ukrainian counter-offensive last September, but comes under missiles and shelling daily.In a post on social media,...
August 06, 2023

Russia hits blood transfusion center, says Zelensky

The Nevsky complex is the main newbuild estate in the city. — courtesy Walk And Talk/YouTube
Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol
MARIUPOL — It is one year since the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was largely destroyed by Russian forces and captured.It is now being transformed and presented as a showcase for rule from Moscow — and some Russians are even hoping to buy homes there.Russia claimed to have annexed Mariupol, along with all other occupied areas, following a series of referendums that have been widely condemned as sham exercises.About 90% of the city’s buildings were damaged or destroyed by Russian shelling during a grueling two-month siege. Thousands of civilians were killed and about 350,000 people left, out of the pre-war population of 430,000, according to the UN.Now, the occupation authorities seem intent on “Russifying” the city, changing Ukrainian-language road signs to Russian ones, introducing...
August 06, 2023

Russians hunting for cheap flats in occupied Mariupol

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