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U.N. Human Rights Council Hosts Chinese Propaganda Denying Uyghur Genocide

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times reported on Thursday that the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) accepted the testimony of a pro-regime “local” from East Turkistan who claimed extensive evidence of slavery, genocide, and other human rights atrocities in his region all constituted “an absolute lie.”

Members of Muslim Uyghur minority present pictures of their relatives detained in China du

U.S. Says Iran Not a ‘Willing Partner’ in Reviving Obama Nuclear Deal

U.S. representatives told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday that Iran is not cooperating with the Biden administration’s reckless effort to revive former president Barack Obama’s nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This glum assessment was the latest of many signs that the Iran nuclear deal might dead, at least until after the U.S. midterm elections.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves after speaking during a briefing at the State

World’s Worst Polluter China Debuts Rail Line to Feed Even More Coal in from Mongolia

While the rest of the industrialized world tells its citizens to prepare for a lower-energy, more difficult, but more “green” future, China continues to power its factories and megacities by gleefully burning gigantic amounts of coal. On Monday, China and Mongolia announced the launch of a new 145-mile rail line that will haul coal from Mongolia’s Tavan Tolgoi field across the border to hungry Chinese factories.

A worker overhauls a coal shearer at a coal mine in Ejin Horuo Banner, Ordos city, Inner M