Friday, April 09, 2021

Prince Philip Almost 100 ....Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case


It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. 

His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle.


My Day With Prince Philip Craig Murray


Prince Philip: Boris Johnson will not attend Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral and will give up seat for a family member Sky News


Too much? BBC gets complaints over Prince Philip coverage AP

 

China Wants a ‘Rules-Based International Order,’ Too Foreign Policy

 

China manoeuvres near Taiwan fuel concerns of potential attack FT

 



U.S. in Talks With Australia on Responses to War Over Taiwan, Diplomat Says Bloomberg

 

Veteran Hong Kong democrats found guilty in landmark unlawful assembly case Reuters

 

Blinken reaffirms Trump-era ruling on Hong Kong autonomy ABC

 

‘Xinjiang cotton is my love’: Patriots on show at China Fashion Week Reuters

 

Chinese ships remain in Julian Felipe Reef, disperse to other West Philippine Sea areasPhilippine Star

 

WHO report; Hong Kong election system fixed; Taiwan; Useful foreigners Sinocism. Fixed, indeed!

 

US, China consulted on safety as their craft headed to Mars ABC



Analysis: Quiet Singapore turns up volume on Myanmar as regional fears grow Reuters. “Singapore is the largest foreign investor in Myanmar.”

 

Ousted Myanmar Parliament Plans National Unity Government Bloomberg

 


What on Earth Is Amazon Doing? The Atlantic


The Dilemma Over How to Reproduce the EliteBenjamin Studebaker. I think Studebaker is onto something here

 

Why we can’t stop talking about billionairesRecode

Return of the city-state Aeon


‘I’ll probably get fired’: Amazon drivers in Henrietta walk out to protest working conditionsDemocrat & Chronicle


Labor board says Amazon illegally fired outspoken workers AP


The zombie economy and digital arm-breakersCory Doctorow, Pluralistic


The costs of a secretive ‘wealth defense industry’ of shell companies, offshore tax havens, and empty luxury condos Boston Globed


America Has a Ruling Class Samuel Goldman, NYT


‘The rich shouldn’t feel like the enemy’: Is New York turning on the wealthy? FT


This Again Eschaton


Why millions of students are missing out on food-assistance benefits Popular Science (Re Silc).