Drew Ambrose

Using never-before-seen videos, rare testimonies and leaked military files, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit exposes abuses and battlefield weaknesses in the civil war raging across Myanmar. Watch: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed

"Myanmar: War with the Junta" is the first documentary from #MyanmarExposed, an @ajiunit.com reporting project investigating abuses and battlefield dynamics in the Myanmar civil war. Al Jazeera's Ali Fowle discusses the film's significance in understanding the conflict.

Watch now: aje.io/junta

Australia Adopts First Treaty with Indigenous Peoples The Australian state of Victoria on October 30 passed landmark legislation to establish the nation’s first treaty with First Nations people.

Australian state of Victoria has passed landmark legislation to establish the nation's first treaty with indigenous peoples in a historic step towards justice, truth & self-determination. New from @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...

How the BBC kowtowed to Boris Johnson. Amazing that, even though we now know what a corrupt, mendacious, useless Prime Minister Johnson was, the BBC are kowtowing to him again

Exposing the hidden horrors on Myanmar’s battlefields I Al Jazeera Investigations Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Our @ajiunit.com investigation into Myanmar’s civil war is online. It exposes abuses on the battlefield and beyond aje.io/junta

State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts A former senior U.S. official said it was “shortsighted” to consolidate the department’s well-respected intelligence arm.

Among the roughly 1,350 workers laid off at the U.S. State Department last week were senior analysts in the bureau of intelligence, including people who specialize in Russia and Ukraine, according to several current and former U.S. officials.

Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence surrounding Australia’s Frontier Wars.

On its 25th anniversary, the Myall Creek Memorial stands as a quiet rebuke to the national silence surrounding Australia’s Frontier Wars.

Myall Creek Memorial marks 25 years amid ongoing silence on Frontier Wars
~ Dr John Jiggens

India's Indira IVF Hospital files for IPO via confidential route Indian fertility services provider Indira IVF Hospital IDII.NS has filed draft papers confidentially with the country's markets regulator, a newspaper advertisement showed on Wednesday.

India's Indira IVF Hospital files for IPO via confidential route reut.rs/45d3Hcv

Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' - EUROPE SAYS BBC World Service

Life inside Iraq’s ‘Forbidden Zone’

https://www.europesays.com/2037816/

Simona Foltyn BBC World Service Reporting fromIraqi Kurdistan Phil Caller For generations Sherwen Sergeli and his family have…

Another ‘Bridge Man’ in China Forcibly Disappeared On April 15, Mei Shilin put up three banners on an overpass outside Chengdu’s Chadianzi Metro Station in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The authorities reportedly detained Mei soon afterward. ...

Another brave ‘bridge man’ in China is forcibly disappeared. Chinese authorities detained 27-year-old Mei Shilin (梅世林) who put up three pro-democracy banners on an overpass in Chengdu. His current situation & whereabouts are unknown. @hrw.org's @yalkun.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

Telling the incredible tale of Anna Politkovskaya has taught me one thing: I could never be that brave | Maxine Peake She faced endless opposition and threats to her life. This has become a reality for far too many journalists, says actor Maxine Peake

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RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming. Fluoride is added to water to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities, but communities are abandoning the practice because of health concerns.

RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

Japanese manicurist takes on plastic pollution, one nail at a time Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails.

Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails reut.rs/3Oi9Uf1

Whoa, Pickleball. Easy.

Block or charge?

"Disingenuous theatre dressed up as major news": Why the ABC is losing credibility - Pearls and Irritations The biggest threat to the ABC today is its craven and distorted performance in television current affairs reporting.

johnmenadue.com/disingenuous...

YouTube video by MSNBC 'Hold the line': Nobel laureate says Americans should learn from the Philippines’ experience

“We’re seeing the ‘Philippinization’ of America,” says the Filipina journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa. What could happen in America has already occurred in the Philippines. But people should “hold the line” and “stay committed to [their] values” www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtST...

Make America Healthy Again lasted less than a Scaramucci

Caroline Kennedy says cousin RFK Jr's vaccine views are 'dangerous' – video The US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, has described her cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr's views on vaccines as 'dangerous'. 'I would say that our family is united in terms of our support for the public health sector and infrastructure and has the greatest admiration for the medical profession in our country,' she said at the National Press Club. 'And Bobby Kennedy has got a different set of views.' Donald Trump, the US president-elect, has nominated RFK Jr to oversee the country's key health agencies Who is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities? Continue reading...

Caroline Kennedy says cousin RFK Jr's vaccine views are 'dangerous' – video

Trump Signals a ‘Seismic Shift,’ Shocking the Washington Establishment The president-elect’s early transition moves amount to a generational test of a system as he seeks to rewrite the balance of power and install lieutenants to blow up key parts of government.

I feel like—ten years into the Trump era—journalists should have better language for what is happening that goes beyond verbs like shocking, upending, overturning, frustrating...

Every educated person understands Donald Trump is at war with the United States itself.

He's doing violence to America.

With Bluesky, the social media echo chamber is back in vogue The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo

Stop with the "echo chamber" junk.

I don't need to be called a Jewish or gay slur for the 50th time to understand there are lots of MAGA out there and they vote.

I want a place where I can exchange empathy and ideas of how to drag us out of this mess. X ain't it.
www.ft.com/content/6596...

it would be so funny if this is how his presidency ended. months before his term ends, he just walks into the rainforest and is never seen again

I have firsthand information that US consul general to #HongKong Gregory May offered himself to be interviewed by the South Morning Post - and was flatly rejected. Real arrogance is allowing your Canada-based opinionista to take shots at a diplomatic representative and refusing a right of reply.

Alan Jones arrested amid NSW police investigation into alleged indecent assaults Police say the former Sydney radio host was arrested by specialist detectives. He has previously denied all allegations against him

#BREAKINGNEWS: Former radio host Alan Jones has been arrested amid a NSW police investigation into allegations of indecent assaults. www.theguardian.com/p/xxvjgf?CMP...

In 2017 I led a panel at @journalismfestival.bsky.social of “media on media” - featuring #LyraMcKee in her @mediagazer.com capacity, @mpizarro.bsky.social then of @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social & Catalina Albeanu then of @journalismnews.bsky.social.

Related #starterpack:

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This is a very good interview

The horror that Russia is inflicting upon the farmers of Kherson is going unreported. Let me tell you a few things.

The road between Stanislav and Oleksandrivka is heavily mined by Russian drones. They drop mines from things like mavics to cover the roads and the areas around the roads

Neom CEO departs amid reports of worker fatalities, economic strife and human rights abuses Neom has announced that Nadhmi al-Nasr is no longer its chief executive amid reports of financial issues and migrant worker fatalities connected to the Saudi Vision 2030 projects. Neom announced that ...

The news comes in the wake of an ITV documentary that stated there have reportedly been 21,000 migrant worker fatalities in the country since the Saudi Vision 2030 projects began eight years ago.

www.dezeen.com/2024/11/13/n...

The ABC doing a story about the bamboo ceiling - 🤔 amp.abc.net.au/article/1046...