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Coming this fall, and available now for pre-order, a project that has been in the works since 2019. Among the Braves, with @ShibaniMahtani, the story of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and the lives and city it has shaped.
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Despite the Japanese government's lobbying to get Myanmar off of the Financial Action Task Force's 'black list,' the FATF said on Friday that Myanmar will remain on the list and called for "enhanced due diligence."
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On the International Day of Political Prisoners, we remember those who have been imprisoned for their beliefs, their words, and their courage to speak freely.
At JF Books, we have gathered a wide selection of writings by political prisoners, biographies, memoirs, and books exploring the struggles for freedom, human rights, and democracy in Hong Kong, China, and beyond. Behind each book is a personal story, a piece of history, and often a voice that those in power have tried to silence.
We believe that keeping these stories accessible is one way to preserve memory, encourage understanding, and sustain hope. Explore our collection at jfbooks.org.
We will keep making room for these stories, and for the conversations they deserve.
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In an absolutely wild interview, the doctor who oversaw the botched Christa Pike execution told NY Mag: “I’d like to be remembered as a Renaissance man. Someone who has an advanced appreciation of life.”
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A blistering essay from Ben Rhodes, drawing on Akbar Shahid Ahmed's book on Gaza.
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Not a surprise. State media and sock puppet accounts made it very clear that the ICRC visit was an exception and was not going to throw the door open to a parade of visitors.
Despite repeated ASEAN requests for access, Philippine Foreign Secretary Lazaro ended her Myanmar visit without a confirmed meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#MyanmarCrisisAndTheWorld
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A U.S. Marine Corps drone detachment in the Philippines is operating from an airfield in Palawan, expanding Washington’s crucial intelligence assistance to Manila amid tensions in the SCS. Comments from @OfficialBen_L and @RyanHClaffey.
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In Sihanoukville of all places. Exactly the high end beach town that springs to mind when you think luxury cruise.
Residents of the Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship were left stranded and at a loss in the Cambodian port city of Sihanoukville after being told to leave the vessel, saying the operator had run out of money to pay for fuel reut.rs/4iKbztM
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Demonstrators carried signs that said "If we burn, you burn with us," and held up the three-finger sign of protest – a reference to "The Hunger Games.” My story on the protest #IndonesiaSadar: reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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Pakistan has denied carriers from Taiwan access to its airspace in support of Beijing’s One-China policy, the first move of its kind by any country. Full story: bloom.bg/4e697uV
📷: I-Hwa Cheng/Bloomberg
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Strong words and soft resistance by Rowse
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ALT (SCMP) Deliver accountability for Tai Po fire tragedy or admit system is broken • Findings that result in blame for the private sector and low-level civil servants while leaving ministers untouched will not cut the ice with the public
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Is the foreign policy establishment adopting MAGA’s worldview, or is Trump adopting the Blob’s?
At CFR in March, Sebastian Gorka called a New York Times reporter "some piece of human filth." He told a Harvard Law lecturer asking about war powers, "Who's the commander in chief?" On blowback from Iran, he said you’d have to be smoking Hunter Biden’s crack pipe to worry. The moderator moved on each time.
I wrote about Trump’s Blob for @nybooks:
"But the problem in Southeast Asia seems not so much exposing the truth as doing anything about it."
More than ten years on, @thomasfullerNYT's farewell piece to the region -- Reporting on Life, Death and Corruption in Southeast Asia -- is sadly still as relevant and spot on as ever. The article that everyone should read when they first arrive in SE Asia.
nytimes.com/2016/02/22/world…
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The Philippine presidential palace defended a $786,646 bounty for information leading to the arrest of Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, saying it was part of a legitimate operation by the Interior Department and the Philippine National Police reut.rs/3WaD4nu
I asked Joseph Wu of Taiwan’s NSC about this line back when Trump said it to Bloomberg. He laughed it off, said it was just campaign rhetoric and they weren’t taking it too seriously….
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New: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. propub.li/47FL1Uh
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Four Philippine Air Force pilots killed in training accident reut.rs/4i5G6lt reut.rs/4i5G6lt
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In UN diplo circles there is wide-spread speculation that Lana Nusseibeh will prevail in the race for UN Secretary General. Except China, I'm told, remains committed to supporting a candidate from Latin American or the Caribbean, raising prospect that race is still open.
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Appeals court shores up ICE mass detention policy politi.co/48c3S9x
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BREAKING: The Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses as another candidate shares his name. apnews.com/article/alaska-se…
