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World Bank – Myanmar’s Economy Hits the Buffers

World Bank – Myanmar’s Economy Hits the Buffers

25th July 2021 Myanmar’s economy is set to shrink by 18 percent this fiscal year amid the ongoing political upheaval caused by the military coup and a rapid surge in the third wave of COVID-19 in the country, the World Bank said in its latest report. The World Bank

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UN Speaks Out on COVID in Myanmar

UN Speaks Out on COVID in Myanmar

25th July 2021 The UN special rapporteur on Myanmar gave an interview to Radio Free Asia, which highlights the difficulties in trying to give aid and find a diplomatic solution. RFA: What is your opinion of the situation in Myanmar right now? Andrews: There’s very, very deep concern within

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The Approaching Storm

CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org So, it looks like GloboCap isn’t going to be happy until they have fomented the widespread social unrest — or de facto global civil war — that they need as a pretext to lock in the new pathologized totalitarianism and remake whatever remains of society into a

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Guess Who the World’s Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gases Is?

Guess Who the World’s Biggest Source of Greenhouse Gases Is?

A drum roll, please. The answer to the question “Who is the biggest source of greenhouse gases?” is, and colour me surprised, … China! Wow, who would have thought, right? The obviously far-right and fake news site “Climate Change Dispatch” explains. Take, for instance, a new report that shows greenhouse gas

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Freedom for All
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Freedom for All

Helen Houghton New Conservative Spokesperson New Conservative stands for Human Rights, freedom for all, our freedom, and freedom as stated in the NZ Bill of Rights Act. Our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is working hard to silence the words we speak through so-called ‘hate speech’ laws so we do not

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China’s Move to Curfew Young Gamers

China’s Move to Curfew Young Gamers

In Orwell’s 1984, the telescreen is a device which not only blasts non-stop propaganda, it allows the Party to monitor its members, all day, every day. For instance, when Winston Smith fails to join in the prescribed exercises properly, the instructor’s voice blares from the screen: “6079 Smith

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More Horrors of COVID

More Horrors of COVID

22nd July 2021 Following on from previous pieces on Covid in Myanmar, we see how the people of Myanmar have to be creative in transporting and disposing of bodies. It really is getting beyond surreal in Myanmar. All this is happening in the monsoon, which makes everything difficult and uncomfortable.

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Calling Out China for Cyberattacks Is Risky — but a Lawless Digital World Is Even Riskier
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Calling Out China for Cyberattacks Is Risky — but a Lawless Digital World Is Even Riskier

Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. Today’s multi-country condemnation of cyber-attacks by Chinese state-sponsored agencies was a sign of increasing frustration at recent behaviour. But it also masks the real

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South Africa Descends into Looting and Violence Amid Economic Turmoil

Chris Hattingh fee.org Chris Hattingh is Project Manager at the Free Market Foundation. He has an MPhil in Business Ethics from Stellenbosch University. He is the author of published articles on consumer rights, economic freedom, inequality and individual freedom. After more than a year of enterprise-killing lockdowns, and a

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NZ’s Statement on China a Shot across the Bow
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NZ’s Statement on China a Shot across the Bow

Geoffrey Miller democracyproject.nz Geoffrey Miller is an international analyst at the Democracy Project. He has lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and is a fluent Arabic speaker. New Zealand joined Western allies on Monday by issuing a statement that called out alleged Chinese state involvement in hacking.

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COVID Now Weaponised by the Junta

COVID Now Weaponised by the Junta

20th July 2021 Following on from previous pieces on Covid in Myanmar, the following piece from Frontier gives a human perspective on how it is impacting people. With hospitals in Myanmar empty of pro-democracy medical staff and coronavirus cases surging nationwide, volunteers are going house-to-house to collect the fast-rising number

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