Switzerland, a European country known for its neutral foreign policy, released its first China Strategy document last year, with emphasis on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights issues—a move strongly opposed by the CCP. Since then, there have been some subtle relationship changes between the two countries. Swiss commodities trading giant Mercuria Energy Group bought…
Switzerland Re-Examines the CCP’s Human Rights Abuses, Weakens Trade Ties With China
The Sanctity of Religious Schools Could be Eroded by WA’s Anti-Discrimination Review
November 4, 2022
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Commentary An indispensable part of religious freedom is the freedom to associate. A key way that governments may support religious freedom is by allowing people to create institutions and allow them to manage memberships so that they can be committed to the core principles of their founders. After all, as noted by law professors Rex…
Russia Warns That World’s 5 Nuclear Powers Are on Brink of ‘Direct Armed Conflict’
Russia’s foreign ministry said it fears that the world’s five declared nuclear powers are “on the brink of a direct armed conflict,” with Moscow warning of a catastrophic fallout and insisting that avoiding a clash is its top priority. The Kremlin statement, issued on Nov. 2, accused Western powers of “encouraging provocations with weapons of…
Russia Warns That the World’s 5 Nuclear Powers Are on Brink of ‘Direct Armed Conflict’
Russia’s foreign ministry said it fears that the world’s five declared nuclear powers are “on the brink of a direct armed conflict,” with Moscow warning of a catastrophic fallout and insisting that avoiding a clash is its top priority. The Kremlin statement, issued on Nov. 2, accused Western powers of “encouraging provocations with weapons of…
‘Giving People a Voice’: New Platform Hopes to Shed Light on Post-Vaccine Injuries
November 3, 2022
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Rather than get bogged down in the neverending debate on vaccine science, Matt Jordan set out to simply give people a voice when he launched Jab Injuries Global. The platform, which has garnered 113,000 followers on its Australian Instagram account in just 10 months, has big plans globally, with local accounts in the United States,…
Trashing Men in the Movies
November 3, 2022
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Commentary We’ve come a long way from the days when female reviewers grumbled that men won all the star parts in movies whilst female characters were one-dimensional props to hero males. Many of the producers and playwrights churning out today’s entertainment display total indifference to making male characters believable. One of my favourite movie performances…
Work Ready New Zealanders on Welfare Amid Labour Shortage Has ‘Got to Stop’: ACT Party Leader
November 3, 2022
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New Zealand’s ACT Party Leader David Seymour said they would put work-ready Kiwis receiving welfare benefits under “income management” to encourage them to take up jobs. According to the Ministry of Social Development (pdf), of the 170,000 people receiving a Jobseeker Support benefit at the end of September, 98,900 were classified as “work ready.” Seymour…
English City of Newcastle Severs Ties With Chinese Twin City
November 3, 2022
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Councillors in Newcastle, United Kingdom, on Wednesday voted unanimously to cut ties with the city’s Chinese twin city Taiyuan over human rights abuses in the communist country. It’s the first decoupling of Western and Chinese twin cities after 19 Hong Kong diasporic groups launched a global campaign in July calling on more than 100 cities in…
Over 100,000 Fishers Die Every Year, Says Safety Foundation Study
November 3, 2022
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More than four times as many fishing-related deaths take place globally every year than earlier estimates, according to a new study conducted by the FISH Safety Foundation (FSF). In 1987, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimated that around 24,000 fatalities took place in the fishing industry annually. In 1999, the International Labor Organization…
Major Automakers Warn People to Stop Driving Popular Models Following 3 Deaths
Stellantis, the parent company of Dodge and Chrysler, on Thursday urged owners of four car models to stop driving them due to defective Takata airbags. The notice involves Dodge’s Magnum, Charger, Challenger models, along with the Chrysler 300, from model years 2005 to 2010, according to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a subsidiary of Stellantis. “Owners or custodians…
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