Tag: Al Jazeera

CHINA/UIGHUR – China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW (Al Jazeera)

A big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as wearing a veil, studying the Quran or going on...

AUSTRALIA/GOOGLE/FACEBOOK – In partial victory, Google and Facebook win Australia concession (Al Jazeera)

Google and Facebook Inc. won a key concession in Australia as the government unveiled details of a world-first law to force the digital giants...

UK/USA – UK says will drop tariffs on US goods to ease aircraft trade dispute (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom will suspend retaliatory tariffs imposed on US goods as part of a dispute over aircraft subsidies from January 1, the trade...

UAE/GULF CRISIS – UAE sees ‘seeds of progress’ on Gulf crisis, says envoy to US (Al Jazeera)

There were “seeds of progress” in resolving a long-running Gulf Arab dispute and a commitment to “tone things down” as the parties work for...

DISPLACED PEOPLE – Number of displaced people globally tops 80 million in 2020: UN (Al Jazeera)

Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the coronavirus pandemic, violence and persecution have continued to force people from their homes, with record numbers...

ISRAEL/IRAN – What is Israel’s secret weapon against Iran? (Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera)

There is much reason to believe, but obviously no hard evidence to prove, that Israel is behind the most recent assassination of yet another...

CENTRAL AMERICA – Over 400,000 need urgent aid in Central America: Rights group (Al Jazeera)

More than 400,000 people in Honduras and Guatemala are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, a refugee rights group said on Wednesday, over a month after...

CANADA/CHINA – Kovrig, Spavor ‘strong’ after two-year China detention: Canada (Al Jazeera)

Two Canadian men who have been detained by China for more than two years, in what Canada sees as retribution for its arrest of...

KOREAS – ‘Reckless’: N Korea chides Seoul for doubting zero COVID-19 cases (Al Jazeera)

North Korea has condemned South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha for casting doubt over its claim that the country has had no coronavirus outbreaks,...

USA – Mnuchin offers $916bn COVID-19 relief plan to US Congress (Al Jazeera)

United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin presented a $916bn coronavirus relief proposal to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday evening in the...

INEQUALITIES (VACCINE) – Poorer people left behind as rich nations hoard COVID-19 vaccine (Al Jazeera)

A new report has found that as many as 90 percent of the population in dozens of poorer countries will miss out on the...

CLIMATE CHANGE – Climate change should be our priority in the post-pandemic era (Pelenise Alofa, Tasneem Essop, Al Jazeera)

Today, people on Scotland’s picturesque Uist islands are living in fear as rapidly rising sea levels threaten to destroy their low-laying fertile fields and...

SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia: Time to face the music (Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera)

Participants at a regional security conference in Manama over the weekend must have been surprised to see former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal...

BREXIT – A ‘no-deal’ Brexit will be devastating (Paul Mason, Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, reportedly broke into song when he was told the Brexit talks with the European Union had stalled...

USA/TAIWAN – Taiwan says faces daily threats as US notifies of $280m arms sale (Al Jazeera)

Taiwan faces daily military threats from “authoritarian forces”, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, as the United States announced a new $280m arms sale...

HONG KONG – Crackdown in Hong Kong continues; eight more arrested (Al Jazeera)

Hong Kong police arrested eight more activists on Tuesday, as the Chinese territory expanded a crackdown on the territory’s beleaguered opposition forces. The police did...