Daily Archives: May 22, 2024

2024-05-22: News Headlines

Tali Shapiro, Mondoweiss. (2024-05-22). Israel's Extortion Leaflets And Namecheap: Corporate Accountability. popularresistance.org On Friday Israel dropped another set of leaflets on Gaza. Israel's use of leaflets for its psychological torture of the besieged Palestinian population is well known in these genocidal days. | Ominous, gloating, taunting, and sadistic messaging is the lingua franca of these leaflets, which Israel claims is a humanitarian effort to evacuate the civilian population. Some of the most common leaflet content are calls to contact Israel's secret service with information on Hamas or the Israeli hostages. The purpose of these particular leaflets is twofold: coercion of protected civilians to obtain information (which is…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-05-22). The Assange Case: A Flicker of Hope in the UK High Court. counterpunch.org It was faint, but there was more than just a flicker of hope. In the tormented (and tormenting) journey the WikiLeaks founder and publisher, Julian Assange, has endured, May 20, 2024 provided another pitstop. As with many such stops over the years, it involved lawyers. Many of them. The occasion was whether the UK High Court of Justice

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-05-22). China announces countermeasures against U.S. companies. plenglish.com Beijing, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced the decision to take countermeasures against 12 U.S. military industrial companies and 10 senior executives of these firms.

themoscowtimes (2024-05-22). Man Killed in Cross-Border Shelling of Russia's Belgorod. themoscowtimes.com Russia's Defense Ministry said it shot down six Ukrainian missiles and three drones in the region between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

aljazeera (2024-05-22). UK ruling on Assange extradition 'resets the game'. What happens next? aljazeera.com Rights groups laud latest decision as an investigative journalist warns Assange 'might be entombed in prison for life'.

greenleft.org.au (2024-05-22). Assange given right to appeal extradition to US. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2024-05-22). Assange case shows world what U.S.-style 'press freedom' means: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shows the world what U.S.-style "freedom of the press" really is, said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press briefing on Tuesday.

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