World

Singaporean anti-death penalty activist Kokila Annamalai challenged government censorship by defying a directive under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act. Isaac Nellist reports

NZ navy ship

Samoan residents are calling for compensation from the government of Aotearoa New Zealand, following the sinking of a NZ Navy vessel in their waters last month, reports Zara Lomas.

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Turkey has intensified airstrikes on key urban centres in regions governed by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, targeting critical infrastructure, including power stations, oil fields and food storage facilities, reports Medya News.

billboard in Cuba says "My country: Better without the blockade"

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution calling on the United States to end its 62-year blockade of Cuba. Out of the 193 member countries, only Israel and the US voted against the resolution, with Moldova abstaining, reports Ben Radford.

Daria Kaleniuk, Alim Aliiev, Tetiana Pechonchyk, Maksym Butkevych, Mariia Berlinska

Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian human rights activist and prisoner of war, has been released by Russia in a prisoner exchange after more than two years of captivity, reports Federico Fuentes.

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An international alliance to defend academic freedom was launched at a global online conference held to honour the work of jailed Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, reports Federico Fuentes.

striking workers

Workers from the Grand Hyatt, Marriott and Westin hotels in San Francisco are striking for wages, health insurance and retirement benefits, reports Serena Ashmore.

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Nicolas Calabrese, coordinator of the Emancipa Popular Education Movement in Brazil spoke to Green Left’s Ben Radford about the struggle for the right to university education in Brazil.

petrol station

United States courts have mandated the auction of CITGO Petroleum, US-based Venezuelan state-owned oil refining company, reports Coral Wynter.

atomic cloud and inset photo of Lee Jong Kuen

The fate of the survivors of the United States atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was hidden for years, but in 1956 local survivor associations, along with victims of nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific, formed Nihon Hidankyo. The organisation received this year's Nobel Peace Prize, reports Peter Boyle.

The Global Ecosocialist Network and Marxmail.world’s “Roadmap to Ecosocialism” forum heard from four speakers about the strategies and tactics needed to move beyond capitalism. Susan Price reports on the presentations.

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Thousands of workers went on strike across Peru, followed by nationwide protests, to demand that Congress repeal laws that favour organised crime and criminalise the right to protest, and call on the government to take action against worsening extortion and violence, reports Ben Radford.