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Don’t Panic: China Says Lowest Marriage Rates Since 1986 Are ‘Normal’

China’s state-run Global Times cited government-approved “experts” to declare that the catastrophic decline in marriages nationwide – 2021 saw the lowest rates in marriage registrations since the government began documenting them – was “a normal phenomenon” that citizens should not concern themselves with.

HEFEI, CHINA - AUGUST 04: A newlywed couple pose with their marriage certificates at a civ

U.N. Absolves China of Genocide, Says ‘May’ Be Guilty of Crimes Against Uyghurs

The United Nations human rights office published its long-awaited report on Chinese Communist Party abuses against Uyghurs and other non-Han ethnic groups in East Turkistan on Wednesday, effectively confirming the atrocities researchers and journalists have documented for years but refusing to acknowledge the systematic elimination of these groups as genocide.

Outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet gives a final

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Outrages Chile by Accusing Leftist President of Rioting and Arson

The foreign ministry of Chile issued an outraged statement on Monday condemning conservative Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after the latter claimed during a presidential election debate the day before that leftist Chilean President Gabriel Boric had “set fire to the Metro,” a reference to riots that gripped the country in 2019.

Chile's president Gabriel Boric speaks during a press conference with the presidents

Cuban Shot by Police in Front of Toddlers Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH), a watchdog group specializing in abuses on the island, revealed on Monday that dissident Daniel Joel Cárdenas Díaz will appeal his 15-year sentence for allegedly participating in the nationwide peaceful protests on July 11, 2021.

Daniel Joel Cárdenas Díaz

Colombia: Ex-Guerrilla Marxist President Restores Ties to Socialist Venezuela Regime

The government of Marxist ex-guerrilla member President Gustavo Petro in Colombia sent an ambassador to Venezuela on Sunday and accepted his counterpart representing the socialist regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro, restoring ties broken under the previous conservative president over the illegality of Maduro’s leadership of the country.

Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro speaks after his defeat by conservative rival Ivan Du

Volodymyr Zelensky Discusses Ukraine War Campaign with Jimmy Fallon

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this weekend that he had held a video conversation with American late night comedian Jimmy Fallon to discuss “options for cooperation” to bring awareness to Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.

KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 24: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks as he and British

Cuba Arrests Mothers of 11-Year-Old Girls Beaten by Police

Communist Party authorities in Cuba arrested the mothers of two 11-year-old girls beaten by police last week while trying to defend the father of one of them from a violent assault by police during a protest, human rights activists confirmed on Wednesday.

Riot police walk the streets after a demonstration against the government of President Mig

China: Anthony Fauci’s Leadership on Coronavirus ‘Brought Much Bitterness’ to America

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times marked medical personality Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he would depart his roles in federal government at the end of this year with two articles on Tuesday accusing Fauci of bringing the country “much bitterness” through “missteps” running the nation’s response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.

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Sri Lankans Lament Death of Protest Movement Under Government ‘Witch Hunt’

The socialist government of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe charged student protesters on Monday with violating the “Prevention of Terrorism Act” by holding a peaceful march, the latest in a string of actions supporters of the nation’s anti-government protest movement say are a “witch hunt” against legitimate complaints against corruption and incompetence.

Sri Lankan police officers wearing riot gear detain a protester during the Inter Universit

Defecting Cuban Soldiers Call for Military to Reject Communist Regime

A group of former Cuban military officials who defected from the communist regime called on active servicemen and other agents of the state to refuse to follow orders to repress their countrymen, the Cuban independent outlet 14 y Medio reported on Monday following violent attacks on unarmed civilians this weekend in Camagüey.

Cuba Military Parade Soldiers parade through Revolution Square in honor of late Cuban lead

India’s Top Diplomat Says China Failing to ‘Respect’ Mutual Border

Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar blamed the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday for tensions on the nations’ mutual border that led to a military defeat for Beijing in 2020, claiming China has continued to lack “respect” for agreed-upon limits to mass troop movements in the region.

GAGANGIR, KASHMIR, INDIA - JUNE 19: An Indian army convoy drives towards Leh, on a highway

Pakistan Files Terrorism Charges Against Islamist Ex-PM Imran Khan

Police in Pakistan pressed charges against Islamist former Prime Minister Imran Khan this weekend under the nation’s anti-terrorism laws for a speech Khan delivered on Saturday in which he personally named a judge and police officials and threatened not to “spare” them if he returned to power.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan attends a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisa

Report: Disgraced Sri Lankan Ex-President Applies for U.S. Green Card

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his country in July after protesters stormed his official residence and threw a four-day house party, is applying for a U.S. green card and looking to settle in America, Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror reported on Thursday.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 01: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his natio

W.H.O. Chief Tedros: World Ignoring Ethiopian Civil War Disaster Due to Racism

The director-general of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, accused heads of state on Wednesday of racism for failing to address the ongoing “manmade” humanitarian disaster in his native Ethiopia, saying that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is getting more attention due to the skin color of Ethiopians.

New World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro Launches Reelection Bid in City Where He Was Stabbed

Brazil officially opened its presidential election campaign season on Tuesday, sending the frontrunners – incumbent conservative President Jair Bolsonaro and socialist ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – to address large crowds of supporters and make their extremely different pitches on why they should run the country.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the launching of his re-election camp

U.N. Accuses China of Slavery as Human Rights Chief Stalls on Uyghur Report

The United Nations’ top official on slavery declared in a world report made public on Tuesday that the Chinese Communist Party was actively enslaving members of non-Han ethnic groups in East Turkistan, an occupied region west of China, and has likely engaged in similar activities in Tibet.

Demonstrators with chains on their hands and feet hold a protest as part of the worldwide

China Boasts ‘Increasing Important Role’ in Propping up the Taliban

The Chinese state-run Global Times newspaper applauded its bosses on Tuesday for playing “an increasing important role” in helping the Taliban cement its stranglehold on Afghanistan through business ventures, particularly in pursuit of the country’s vast mineral wealth.

China's special envoy to Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoying, left, arrives for talks to see how to