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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the KNU takes the Maw Taung border town, election violence in Yangon, and Daily Briefing writer Joseph Young discusses cyber scam raids and China’s influence over northern Shan.

Caravans "made (migration) visible."

I covered the migrant caravans setting out from Central America 7 years ago. They brought the immigration crisis to light for many in North America. But crackdowns and the arrival of a second Trump term has thrown immigration back into the shadows.

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After surviving a boat accident that killed 36, nine Rohingya refugees from Myanmar may now face fines, imprisonment, or corporal punishment for coming to the country without proper documentation

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Pope Leo Condemns ‘Extremely Disrespectful’ Treatment Of Migrants By Trump Administration Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.

Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.

Myanmar junta says raided online scam centre, arrested over 300 Myanmar's military said Wednesday it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, as part of a highly publicised crackdown against the booming black market compounds.

AFP | Myanmar’s military said Wednesday it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, as part of a highly publicised crackdown against the booming black market compounds.

The Democratic Party would be a lot better if it had embraced Zohran Mamdani the way it's embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene.

I've been saying for 10 months that the U.S. political system was starting to remind me of Guatemala and El Salvador, two countries I extensively covered. (don't ask about my anxieties over this)

This is a great comparison of the factors that led to the co-oping of the state apparatuses.

This motherfucker actually said he wasn’t with Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell all of the time. Pictures tell a much different story.

Residents say soldiers are sweeping the city in private and military vehicles, detaining youth at checkpoints as the regime expands its draft to fill depleted frontline units

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Israel bombardea por tierra, mar y aire el norte y el sur de Gaza pese al alto el fuego - EFE El Ejército israelí bombardeó este sábado puntos del norte y el sur de la Franja de Gaza pese al alto el fuego, según la agencia Wafa.

El Ejército israelí ha bombardeado diferentes puntos del norte y el sur de la Franja de Gaza a primera hora de este sábado, pese a que el alto el fuego sigue en vigor, según la agencia de noticias palestina, Wafa.

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Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official Natalie Boucly says supplies are ready but only about half of what is needed is getting into territory Israel is breaching international law by continuing to impose restrictions on aid flows into Gaza, where the population remains critically short of food and life-saving goods as winter sets in, a senior official at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said. In an interview during a recent visit to Brussels, Natalie Boucly, an Unrwa deputy commissioner general, said the whole world – including the EU and US – needed to increase the pressure on Israel’s government to ensure the unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza. Continue reading...

Israel breaching international law by limiting Gaza aid, says Unrwa official

r/schizoposters - u/federalslaygent - holy shit, it is all starting to fall into place!! [the bulletin board is just one string over to epstein]

Mike Johnson: "It was nothing personal."
Adelita Grijalva: "It sure felt personal. Especially when you made comments directly about me."

Last I checked, Mark Epstein is alive and well. Maybe some intrepid journalist could, I don't know, pick up the phone and ask him what he meant by that email?

The bodies of both victims, who were among five people abducted by regime forces earlier this week, were severely mutilated

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Epstein offered the NY Times photos of Trump with young girls in bikinis during his first campaign in 2015.

The NY Times declined them because they were just too busy hyperventilating over Hillary’s private email server.

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Guatemalan migrants again have sent home a historic amount of money in a single month. In October alone, migrants sent back $2.390 billion as remittances. So far this year migrants have sent home more than all of last year, and there are still two months to go. Going to reach $25 to $26 billion.

Cleaning Woman Killed Through Door After Arriving at Wrong Home, Police Say

A Guatemalan woman, hired to clean a house, went to the wrong one. Its resident shot through the front door and killed her. In states with a "stand your ground" law, like Indiana, murderers in such cases often aren't prosecuted.
The name of the town?
Whitesville
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

Musicians, filmmakers, and teenagers among those targeted under sweeping new election laws

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There’s a Monumental Cosmic Map Hidden beneath Mexico’s Oldest Maya Site Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.

Entire villages have been abandoned as the junta continues to deliberately target civilian homes with violence

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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

The regime has used overwhelming force to continue its push to reclaim territory north of Mandalay that it lost last year

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The displaced are residents of at least 30 villages targeted by two junta columns over the past week, sources said

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The attack on a small resistance-run police station in Demoso comes as daily skirmishes and drone strikes drive civilians from their homes and farmlands

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Israel mata a otros tres gazatíes el sábado y ya son 236 los muertos pese al alto el fuego - EFE Israel mató el sábado a otros tres gazatíes, aumentado a 236 los palestinos asesinados por fuego israelí desde el alto el fuego.

Israel mata a otros tres gazatíes el sábado y ya son 236 los muertos pese al alto el fuego.

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