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MEA rejects the joint statement of Pakistan and China; calls it ‘unwarranted’

On Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the mention of Jammu & Kashmir in the joint statement released by Pakistan and China is ‘unwarranted’.

The statement issued by the MEA read, “We have noted unwarranted references to the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in the joint statement between China and Pakistan of 07 June 2024.” It further stated, “We categorically reject such references. Our position on the issue is consistent and well-known to the concerned parties.”

The ministry reiterated that Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh have always been a part of India and will remain so.

“The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh have been, are, and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India. No other country has the locus standi to comment on the same,” MEA pointed out.

The ministry also highlighted the joint statement made by Pakistan & China on June 7th and said that some of the developmental works mentioned in the statement under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor are under India's sovereign territory that is under the forcible or illegal occupancy of Pakistan.

“The same joint statement also mentions activities and projects under the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), some of which are in India's sovereign territory under forcible and illegal occupation by Pakistan,” it said.

"We resolutely oppose and reject any moves by other countries to reinforce or legitimize Pakistan's illegal occupation of these territories, impinging on India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," the statement added.

On June 7th, China & Pakistan released a joint statement where Pakistan said that it has updated China on the latest developments in Jammu & Kashmir. “The Chinese side reiterated that the Jammu and Kashmir dispute is left over from history, and should be properly and peacefully resolved in accordance with the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions, and bilateral agreements,” the joint statement mentioned.

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FAQUNDO Gonzalez – Hip-Hop Kulture (Music Video) 2024 👉 https://bysumex.com/faqundo-gonzalez-hip-hop-kulture/

#musicvideo #FAQUNDOGonzalez #hiphopmusic

Renowned Hip Hop artist Faqundo González has released his highly anticipated new single and music video, titled «Hip Hop Kulture.»

🎤 In «Hip Hop Kulture,» Radhames Medina Núñez, known by his stage name Faqundo González, delivers a clear and precise message reflecting his perspective on understanding and promoting Hip Hop Culture. This dynamic single is the first release from his forthcoming third studio album, «Poesía del Siglo XXI» (Poetry of the 21st Century), slated for release in the fourth quarter of 2024.

The single is a collaborative effort featuring:

Lyrics: Radhames Medina Núñez Performance: @FAQUNDOGonzalez Music Production: @DonPofficial Sound Engineering: @elgenialista Studio: @labfiles Music Video: Directed by Jesus Gomez – @bysumex Assistance: Izzy Garcia and Angel Bonifacio Public Relations: @qualityentertainmentuk Executive Production: Radhames Medina Núñez Publication: RapCore Muzik in C/O Qualita Spectrum Ltd.

With «Hip Hop Kulture,» Faqundo González reaffirms his commitment to the Hip Hop community, blending powerful lyrics with compelling visuals to deliver a resonant message. Stay tuned for more updates on his upcoming album «Poesía del Siglo XXI» and follow @FAQUNDOGonzalez for the latest news and releases.

For more information, contact: Public Relations: @qualityentertainmentuk Label: RapCore Muzik in C/O Qualita Spectrum Ltd.

R. Medina (The Maestro) I never intended to become a recording and digital mixing technician.

After Lo Correcto acquired the basic equipment for recording and digital production, several events practically «pushed me into the world of recordings and mixes» because we faced an important dilemma: DeeJay Scuff was the one who had the equipment in his home studio, «El Cuarto Frio» (his bedroom), as he best understood these matters.

Being very busy with his personal things and focusing on his own project, Junior decided to step away from the collective. This situation left us, in a sense, unable to create our records at a lower cost.

Between Toñitin (Tony Hasbun) and the Collective, we took the risk of creating our own recording studio. We put our hands and resources to work (each within their possibilities), and thus «La Cueva Studio» was born. Having the equipment on hand, and driven by the need to record, sparked my curiosity to «tinker» with those devices. This also led to the boldness to record, mix, edit, and even master.

Among the works I can cite are:

El TigueRAPje – Beethoven Villaman Crónikas De Un Menor (Paco Rap Band) – Lo Correcto Más The EP – KashMir Jones La Solución – Lo Correcto/VV.AA. El Retorno De Los Cacos Calientes – Circuito Negro 24 Horas MixTape – Lápiz Conciente Licantropía EP – Saíto Kastro Universal – Lo Correcto De Nuevo – Experiencia Also VeRsATiLi-Rap, which is my first individual reference, and many other albums, mixtapes, promotional CDs, and singles from Lo Correcto and other artists.

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Movies I watched this Week # 145 (Year 3/Week 41):

The Axe, a French thriller by Costa-Gavras, about a laid-off executive at a large paper manufacturing firm, who fruitlessly tries for 2 years to find another new job. Eventually he becomes desperate enough that he starts killing his job competitors. A bit like Walter White, it's a roundabout critique of turbo-capitalism and corporate greed, served under a facade of black humor. 6/10.

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Javier Barden x2:

🍿 Another biting anti-corporate comedy, the Spanish The good boss, a week in the life of Anton Chigurh as a charismatic factory owner. Like a benevolent father to his employees, he seems helpful and understanding - as long as it suits his very self-centered needs. Manipulative and Machiavellian, it's hard to take your eyes off him. 9/10.

🍿 Only my 4th Michael Mann movie, the King of LA crime city at night, the terrific thriller Collateral. A west-coast 'Taxi Driver' action thriller, with Tom Cruise as a killing Terminator, that like a bunny, dosen't stop. It starts with a quiet, beautiful prelude at the cab, and ends, after a long action-adventure, with the same couple who survived a long, bloody adventure, walking the streets at dawn, and [like the end of 'Midnight Run'] can't find a cab to take them home. 8/10.

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Bekas ("Up and away"), my first Kurdish film from Iraq [actually, it’s a Swedish production, directed by an Iraqi-born Swedish director]. Beautifully set in yellow tint in bare desert landscapes, it's about 2 young brothers, orphans with nobody to care for them. After seeing a Superman movie in the poor village where they live, they decide to travel to America and meet their hero. (Photo Above).

The trailer doesn’t represent its simple mood. 7/10.

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The mirror, my 4th unique meta-film by prosecuted Iranian director Jafar Panahi, about a little girl trying to find her way home. Mina is a second grader whose mom didn't pick her up from school, so she takes off on a scary journey through the dangerous, chaotic streets of Tehran (3 accidents are seen in the background).

But in the exact middle of this sweet, empathetic kid-film, the little girl is heard saying 'I don't want to to be in this movie any more', and the second half follows her clandestinely from across the streets, as she's supposedly no longer play-acting. The distinction between reality and make-belief is blurred and kept unexplained.

100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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"Haider, that burrito wouldn't budge"

Haider, an interesting 3 hours Indian adaptation of 'Hamlet', the director's 3rd part of a Shakespeare trilogy (After Macbeth and Othello). Set on the background of the modern day conflict in Kashmir, it's filled with cinematic anachronisms like Kalashnikov battles in snowy graveyards, and queen Gertrude strapping a belt of hand granades and suicide kills herself. Poetic and rich, it uses dozens of beautiful locations to tell the Oedipal story of murder and revenge.

Unfortunately, there are only a couple of song/dance numbers, the gravediggers scene, and the Nightingale Bismil dance.

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2 with Adèle Exarchopoulos:

🍿 My 4th gay drama by Ira Sachs, Passages, his latest and the least enjoyable of them. A love triangle between a married male couple in Paris, one of whom falls in love with Adèle Exarchopoulos. But this small 'unconventional wrinkle' didn't elevate the flat narrative. Especially when the main character was such a flawed, vain and unsympathetic man. 3/10.

🍿 In Zero Fucks Given she brilliantly plays a young stewardess at a low-fare carrier based in the Canary Island. After the death of her mother in a car accident, her life is rudderless, emotionally stunted, hard. Like the cinematic style of the story, episodic, sporadic, without relief. 8/10.

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“...Love is a most reckless thing…”

Another subversive Douglas Sirk melodrama, There's always tomorrow. Gender roles at the heart of American conformism of the 1950's. A toy manufacturer who feels unloved and un-appreciated by his middle-class family, meets a woman from his past. But no impropriety must disturb society's natural order; Even his children know that. 7/10.

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2 Danish thrillers+ 2 delightful bonuses:

🍿 The Keeper of Lost Causes, my second of the Danish detective series about 'Department 'Q', which deals with "cold" homicide cases (after 'A conspiracy of faith'). Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares are the detectives demoted to work out of the basement in the typically-engaging Nordic Noir. Unfortunately, the story turns into horror when a sadistic psychopath kidnaps a woman and keeps her locked in a pressure chamber. 5/10.

🍿 Hærværk ("Vandalism"), a faithful adaptation of Tom Kristensen's classic novel about a 1920's newspaperman who self-destruct. Like 'Druk', and 'Under the volcano', 'Days of wine and roses', etc. it's a senseless and tedious descent into the depth of desperation and self-loathing.

🍿 Dexter Gordon playing in Montmartre Copenhagen and Oscar Peterson Trio with Guest Dexter Gordon, both from 1969. Montmarte was the heart of European jazz world at that time. Perfections!

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The Trotsky, a very thin Canadian comedy about a 17-year-old student who believes that he’s the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky, so he starts agitating for a Russian-style revolution at his Jewish Montreal high-school. This joke premise is quickly exhausted, and the class struggle aspect is played for laughs. Small roles for 'Lee Donowitz' Saul Rubinek and 'Megan Draper' Jessica Paré. One plus for a dream sequence that replays the baby carriage scene from 'Battleship Potemkin'.

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The Burial, a David and Goliath legal drama about a flamboyant Johnnie Cochran-style lawyer who takes a case from small-time funeral home director Tommy Lee Jones, and - Surprise, motherfuckers! - wins big against an evil corporation. Old cliches of black identity, southern graciousness and old racism tropes makes this a shallow and forgettable effort. That that's even before they get into the second half of the movie, which they spend in trial; I can't stand fake courtroom dramatizations. 2/10.

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Chantilly Bridge is a chick-flick TV movie that is apparently a continuation of a previous story from 20-30 years ago. This ensemble piece of all-female older actresses cast about long-term friendship, an all-talking"Big chill" for women. It doesn't have a Wikipedia page yet, but glowing IMDb reviews. Unfortunately, I couldn't finish it.

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(My complete movie list is here)

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उपराष्ट्रपति जगदीप धनखड़ ने इशारों-इशारों में विपक्ष के नेताओं पर तंज कसा है। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1LIb5zy04 युग चरण के साथ देखिये देश-विदेश की सभी महत्वपूर्ण और बड़ी खबरें | रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमिर पुतिन ने नार्थ कोरिया के तानाशाह कुमजोंग उन से बुधवार को व्लोदिवोस्तोक में मुलाकात की थी। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने गुरुवार को हिंदी दिवस के मौके पर इजरायल एम्बेसी की तारीफ की। गूगल की पेरेंट कंपनी अल्फाबेट ने हाल ही में छंटनी का ऐलान किया है। कश्मीर में अनंतनाग के गडूल कोकेरनाग में चौथे दिन शुक्रवार को भी आतंकियों से मुठभेड़ जारी है। उपराष्ट्रपति जगदीप धनखड़ ने इशारों-इशारों में विपक्ष के नेताओं पर तंज कसा है। Watch the latest Hindi news Live on the World's Most Loved News Channel on YouTube. Latest News about Politics , Sports , Entertainment, Crime at Yugcharan Channel. Un Biased News Reporting ! Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group to get Latest News Updates : https://chat.whatsapp.com/ESor6YJXGEIL9y7DZRCtim Subscribe our channel for the latest news: https://www.youtube.com/@yugcharan Like us: https://www.facebook.com/theyugcharan Follow us: https://twitter.com/theyugcharan Telegram : https://t.me/TheYugCharanpaper Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theyugcharan/ Website : https://yugcharan.com #today_breaking_news #Breaking_news #latest_news #Hindi_News #News #NewsHindiLive #LiveTVNews #HindiNews #vicepresident #russianews #vladimirputin #northkorea #kimjongun #russiapolitics #pmmodi #bjpnews #congressnews #kashmirnews #kashmir via Yugcharan News https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbT6O9BlRulH48ph5QmCYEg September 16, 2023 at 11:16AM

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उपराष्ट्रपति जगदीप धनखड़ ने इशारों-इशारों में विपक्ष के नेताओं पर तंज कसा है। https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1LIb5zy04 युग चरण के साथ देखिये देश-विदेश की सभी महत्वपूर्ण और बड़ी खबरें | रूस के राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमिर पुतिन ने नार्थ कोरिया के तानाशाह कुमजोंग उन से बुधवार को व्लोदिवोस्तोक में मुलाकात की थी। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने गुरुवार को हिंदी दिवस के मौके पर इजरायल एम्बेसी की तारीफ की। गूगल की पेरेंट कंपनी अल्फाबेट ने हाल ही में छंटनी का ऐलान किया है। कश्मीर में अनंतनाग के गडूल कोकेरनाग में चौथे दिन शुक्रवार को भी आतंकियों से मुठभेड़ जारी है। उपराष्ट्रपति जगदीप धनखड़ ने इशारों-इशारों में विपक्ष के नेताओं पर तंज कसा है। Watch the latest Hindi news Live on the World's Most Loved News Channel on YouTube. Latest News about Politics , Sports , Entertainment, Crime at Yugcharan Channel. Un Biased News Reporting ! Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group to get Latest News Updates : https://chat.whatsapp.com/ESor6YJXGEIL9y7DZRCtim Subscribe our channel for the latest news: https://www.youtube.com/@yugcharan Like us: https://www.facebook.com/theyugcharan Follow us: https://twitter.com/theyugcharan Telegram : https://t.me/TheYugCharanpaper Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/theyugcharan/ Website : https://yugcharan.com #today_breaking_news #Breaking_news #latest_news #Hindi_News #News #NewsHindiLive #LiveTVNews #HindiNews #vicepresident #russianews #vladimirputin #northkorea #kimjongun #russiapolitics #pmmodi #bjpnews #congressnews #kashmirnews #kashmir via Yugcharan News https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbT6O9BlRulH48ph5QmCYEg September 16, 2023 at 11:16AM

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India: Human rights defender Khurram Parvez arrested by the National Investigation Agency under trumped up charges

On 22 March 2023, a court in New Delhi remanded human rights defender Khurram Parvez to the custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for ten days in relation to a new case filed against him. Khurram Parvez has been incarcerated for over a year at the Rohini High Security Prison in New Delhi since his arrest under a separate First Information Report (FIR) on 22 November 2021. The latest case against Khurram Parvez was registered by the NIA in October 2020 following a raid at his office the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) alleging non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of serious offences including criminal conspiracy and terror funding.

Khurram Parvez is the Chairperson of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), a collective of 13 non-governmental organisations from ten Asian countries that campaign on the issue of enforced disappearances. He is also the Program Coordinator of JKCCS, which is a coalition of various campaign, research and advocacy organisations based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir that monitor and investigate human rights abuses. He was recently awarded the prestigious Martin Ennals Award in February 2023.

On 22 March 2023, Khurram Parvez was produced before a special NIA judge at the Patiala House court in New Delhi for the first time since his arbitrary arrest and detention on 22 November 2021 under a separate case. He was remanded to ten days of NIA custody along with Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who was also arrested in the same case on 20 March 2023. The case First Information Report (FIR) No RC-37/2020, against Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj was registered in October 2020 under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 124-A (inciting disaffection towards government through words, signs, etc.) of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) sections 17 (fund raising for terror activities), 18 (conspiracy to commit terror act), 22A & 22C (relating to offences committed by registered companies), 38 (offence relating to membership of a terrorist organisation), 39 (supporting a terrorist organisation) and 40 (raising funds for a terrorist organisation).

According to a press release by the NIA on 21 March 2023, Irfan Mehraj was stated to be a close associate of human rights defender Khurram Parvez. Front Line Defenders was reliably informed that the NIA interrogated Khurram Parvez for two consecutive days in the Rohini High Security Prison in New Delhi the week previous. They had threatened him with arrest in relation to this case from October 2020, and with arrests of his other colleagues and associates. There is a very serious risk of other human rights defenders associated with JKCCS being targeted as reprisal for their links to Khurram and peaceful human rights work.

Khurram Parvez’s arbitrary arrest and detention in November 2021 was widely condemned by UN experts and human rights organisations. On 22 November 2021, the NIA raided Khurram Parvez’s house and office for approximately 14 hours, seizing his and his family members’ laptops, mobile phone, and books. After the raid, he was arrested by the NIA on the basis of a FIR lodged on 6 November 2021. Khurram Parvez was charged under the Indian Penal Code and the UAPA. On 13 May 2022, the NIA filed a preliminary charge sheet before the NIA Special Court in New Delhi and accused Khurram Parvez of “running a network of over ground workers of the Pakistan-based armed militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), for furthering activities of LeT and to commit terrorist attacks in India”. His detention has been extended at least five times by the NIA Special Court in New Delhi under Section 43D(2)(b) of the UAPA, which allows for the extension of the detention period for up to 180 days if the investigating agency is unable to complete the investigation of a case within a 90-day period.

Indian authorities have repeatedly targeted the human rights defender for his work in Kashmir. In 2016, he was detained for over two months and blocked from travelling to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Front Line Defenders strongly condemns the continued persecution of human rights defender Khurram Parvez including his ongoing incarceration and the fresh case under UAPA brought against him in 2023. Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned about the increasing harassment of activists and journalists in Kashmir and calls on the authorities in India to immediately and unconditionally release Khurram Parvez and quash the fabricated charges against him.

Front Line Defenders calls upon the Indian authorities to:

1. Immediately drop all charges against Khurram Parvez as it is believed that they are solely motivated by his legitimate and peaceful work in defence of human rights;

2. Immediately and unconditionally release Khurram Parvez, as Front Line Defenders believes that he is being held solely as a result of his legitimate and peaceful work in the defence of human rights;

3. Carry out an immediate, thorough and impartial investigation into the arrest of Khurram Parvez with a view to publishing the results and bringing those responsible to justice in accordance with international standards.

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Pakistan's Exploitation On Kashmiris Exposed At UN - 5 Oct 2022

In this episode of Blueprint Explosive Exclusive with Kristween Wallia, today we will discuss the reality of the Kashmir situation before the abrogation of article 370 and the exploitation by Pakistan terrorism in the valley, which has been exposed at the United Nations by a Kashmiri herself. Tasleema Akhter, at the United Nations, brought up the issue of women who were raped and exploited in many ways for decades by the terrorists. The reality has come up as a slap on the face of those who are still questioning the abrogation of article 370 from the valley. The pain of the Kashmiri victims has been spoken out on the international platform. Join us in this debate to know what panelists have to say about the current scenario of the valley and about the victims who suffered for years because the valley was a captive of terrorism for decades.

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India slams UN Office of Rights for 'baseless' remarks on J&K

India slams UN Office of Rights for ‘baseless’ remarks on J&K

A day after the UN Envoy on Human Rights expressed concern over the arrest of human rights activist Khurram Parvez on charges of terrorism, the Center on Thursday called the statement “baseless and baseless” and said that the “arrest and … “. “…the statement makes baseless and baseless allegations against India’s law enforcement officers and security forces,” said Arindam Bagchi, official…

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Will continue to take firm steps against cross-border terrorism: India's swipe at Pakistan during UNSC meet

Will continue to take firm steps against cross-border terrorism: India’s swipe at Pakistan during UNSC meet

Image Source : ANI. Dr Kajal Bhat, Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN.   India will continue to take firm and decisive action against cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan, New Delhi’s representation said here on Tuesday, asserting that the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere for any meaningful dialogue which can be held only in an atmosphere free of…

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UN Human Rights chief criticises India for temporary communication blackouts in J&K

UN Human Rights chief criticises India for temporary communication blackouts in J&K

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday described as “worrying” India’s use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as well as “frequent” temporary communication blackouts in Jammu and Kashmir.   New Delhi: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday described as “worrying” India’s use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act as well as…

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UN General Secretary asks India to cease all types of child abuse in IIOJ&K

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced concern about the detention and torture of children in India’s illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and urged the Modi government to protect Kashmiri children.

The appeal is made in the Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict published by the special envoy on this issue, Virginia Gamba.

He called on the Indian government to stop all forms of child abuse in prisons and enact the Juvenile Justice (Child Care and Protection) Act 2015.

According to a UN report, a total of 39 children were killed and injured by cannon shells and several casualties in other operations, including 13 in gunfire and gunfire.

Read Also: Twitter head reserved separately to show IIOJ&K from India

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Where do you find reporters like these? Trump asks Imran

When posed with a question on the Kashmir clampdown during a joint presser with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an apparent sarcastic jibe US President Donald Trump asked the former that where did he find reporters like these?

Khan and Trump met on Monday on the sidelines of the 74th UN General Assembly where the latter offered to mediate again in the Kashmir issue if only the two sides accepted it.

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What I learned listening to Far Cry 5′s audio files

The game’s lore, as told by its characters.

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The outside world

According to Nick, there is a war in Sweden.

Willis says the situation in Hope County is only number 17 on the list of “Top 10 problems in the world”. Sweden, Des Moines, Cuba, Montreal, and even Mars are “in shambles”. He also says France is “a dumpster fire”.

On the radio, we learn about the international situation and how it escalated:

There was an attack on a police facility in Kashmir that killed eight people and injured dozens. At least two of the attackers were killed.

Nineteen people died and thirty-eight were injured in the Middle East in the third terror attack in the month.

Among the numerous recent terror attacks, there was a bombing in an Amsterdam tube station. The suspect said he acted on the words of God and that he was a true prophet.

A US soldier was injured in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan that injured two other soldiers and killed one.

Peace talks in the Middle East have broken down after a series of bombings. The latest killed two people and injured eleven, including US reporters.

UN peacekeepers were deployed in the Middle East in an attempt to “root out known terrorist groups” but analysts say it’s actually escalating tensions.

More and more refugees from the Middle East are seeking asylum in the USA as “tensions ratchet up globally”. Canada has been accepting thousands of refugees while the White House has refused to make a statement.

There is North Korean nuclear testing off the coast of Asia despite the nuclear weapons ban.

During a diplomatic meeting, a representative from South-East Asia said his country wouldn’t treat with “fools and madmen” which caused a US diplomat, who thought he was talking about the US President, to punch him.

In Asia, because there are threats of nuclear activity and potential trade sanctions, it’s likely that “conflict will break out in the near future” and, in this case, the USA “will have to get involved”.

Because of troop movement along the Israeli border, military bases in the Middle East are on high alert. The Joint Chief of Staff says the situation is “closely” monitored.

There are “military skirmishes” in the Pacific and officials are worried they will escalate.

A biological weapon may have been released in South America. Hundreds of people have died in three days because of what was initially officially called “a viral outbreak”.

North Korea has stopped communicating. Analysts think this is “not a good sign”, that they “may be preparing for nuclear war”, and that “the first attack could come at any moment”.

In Europe and the Middle East, US military installations are on “Threatcon Charlie” because of threats coming from the Pacific.

Diplomats from several Middle Eastern countries have been recalled from the USA because “tensions with Korea make it too dangerous to remain”.

The government requested all US citizens traveling in Asia or the Middle East to return home “as soon as possible”.

The US State Department advised against all unnecessary international travel.

The USA “may be facing war”, according to international analysts. After nuclear testing in the Pacific and failed peace talks, “things aren’t looking good”.

Rumors say Army Reserve soldiers have to be ready “at a moment’s notice” because of all the international conflict of the last few weeks.

The Pentagon is on alert because of news of “a credible but non-specific threat of an attack on America”. Most US military bases are on a “Threat Condition Charlie”, according to a senior Pentagon official.

The Department of Homeland Security issued an intermediate alert. Affected regions included New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. At the time, Montana wasn’t expected to be affected. People were advised to stock up on food and water, just in case.

Washington, D.C. is preparing to evacuate and the President has been moved to a secure location as the National Military Command Center is deploying crisis response teams to “major cities along the Eastern Seaboard”.

Bombs hit Moscow, Russia and millions of people were killed. The reporter says, “If there was any hope for peace, it’s gone now”…

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Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Canada unveils largest economic relief package since WW2 (BBC) Canada's federal government will spend C$100bn ($77bn, £58bn) to kick-start the country's post-pandemic economy. It is "the largest economic relief package for our country since the Second World War", Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Monday. The spending will bring the deficit to a historic C$381.6bn by March 2021. The wide-ranging plan includes targeted relief for hard-hit business sectors, investments in long-term care homes and distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Study: Students falling behind in math during pandemic (AP) A disproportionately large number of poor and minority students were not in schools for assessments this fall, complicating efforts to measure the pandemic’s effects on some of the most vulnerable students, a not-for-profit company that administers standardized testing said Tuesday. Overall, NWEA’s fall assessments showed elementary and middle school students have fallen measurably behind in math, while most appear to be progressing at a normal pace in reading since schools were forced to abruptly close in March and pick up online. The analysis of data from nearly 4.4 million U.S. students in grades 3-8 represents one of the first significant measures of the pandemic’s impacts on learning. But researchers at NWEA, whose MAP Growth assessments are meant to measure student proficiency, caution they may be underestimating the effects on minority and economically disadvantaged groups. Those students made up a significant portion of the roughly 1 in 4 students who tested in 2019 but were missing from 2020 testing. NWEA said they may have opted out of the assessments, which were given in-person and remotely, because they lacked reliable technology or stopped going to school. The NWEA findings show that, compared to last year, students scored an average of 5 to 10 percentile points lower in math, with students in grades three, four and five experiencing the largest drops.

Coronavirus emerged earlier than thought (WSJ) The new coronavirus infected people in the U.S. in mid-December 2019, a few weeks before it was officially identified in China and about a month earlier than public health authorities found the first U.S. case, according to a government study published Monday. The findings significantly strengthen evidence suggesting the virus was spreading around the world well before public health authorities and researchers became aware, upending initial thinking about how early and quickly it emerged. Scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found evidence of infection in 106 of 7,389 blood donations collected by the American Red Cross from residents in nine states across the U.S., according to the study published online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Brazen gun battle in Brazil bank heist leaves cash scattered on road (Reuters) Bank robbers in southern Brazil blasted explosives and fired high-caliber weapons at police late on Monday, in an audacious heist that injured two people and left reams of cash in the streets to be pocketed by locals. The robbery began just before midnight on Monday in the southern city of Criciúma and lasted nearly two hours, according to a statement from military police in Santa Catarina state. Terrifying images shared on social media showed armed men firing automatic weapons on the city streets, taking hostages and then making their getaway in a fleet of cars. In their wake, the robbers left cash strewn across the streets. Residents soon spread out to snatch up the notes, television footage showed. Authorities have located 810,000 reais ($152,660), police said. Local media reported that there were 30 robbers involved in the heist. Brazil has a long history of bank heists, and major lenders have struggled with a wave of violent robberies in recent years as criminals have mastered the use of explosives to access cash.

Scottish independence (Foreign Policy) Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for an independence referendum “in the early part of the new parliament,” ahead of Scottish parliamentary elections in May. Sturgeon made the remarks in an address at a Scottish National Party (SNP) conference. Although Scottish voters rejected independence by a 55-45 percent margin in 2014, recent polls show a majority in favor of secession, likely due to the strong support for the European Union among Scots. Westminster would have to give Edinburgh permission to hold another referendum, and Sturgeon has said she will take the British government to court if they block a vote.

NATO Searches For Meaning (Foreign Policy) Foreign ministers of NATO member nations meet today for a two-day conference to discuss the future of the alliance as the organization searches for relevance ahead of the impending Joe Biden presidency. The alliance has spent the last two decades finding purpose in its Afghanistan mission, but with U.S. interest waning, and troops departing, it’s in search of a new raison d’être. The group appears to have found its motivation in a challenger thousands of miles from its borders. A new report due to be reviewed at today’s meeting calls for fresh thinking on dealing with a rising China, including deepening ties with Asian allies and increasing technological capabilities.

Animal attacks taking their toll in Kashmir (AP) Amid the long-raging deadly strife in Indian-controlled Kashmir, another conflict is silently taking its toll on the Himalayan region’s residents: the conflict between man and wild animals. According to official data, at least 67 people have been killed and 940 others injured in the past five years in attacks by wild animals in the famed Kashmir Valley, a vast collection of alpine forests, connected wetlands and waterways known as much for its idyllic vistas as for its decades-long armed conflict between Indian troops and rebels. The Himalayan black bear is at the heart of this trouble. Experts say over 80% of the deaths and maulings are due to attacks by black bears. Nestled between mountain peaks and plateaus, Kashmir has witnessed a rapid change in how people are using the land. Vast paddy fields have been converted into mostly apple orchards. New neighborhoods have popped up around wetlands and forest areas. In turn, experts say, animals are approaching human settlements in search of food and shelter, leading to a sharp increase in attacks.

Angry Farmers Choke India’s Capital in Giant Demonstrations (NYT) Mewa Singh said he wasn’t going anywhere. On Monday afternoon, Mr. Singh, who farms a small plot of land in northern India, sat in the back of a mud-splattered farm trailer, heaps of rice, lentils, fresh garlic and other spices piled around him, blocking one of the main arteries into India’s capital. Part of an army of thousands of angry farmers who have encircled New Delhi, Mr. Singh vowed to keep protesting for however long it takes for India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to reverse recently passed agricultural policies. “Our land is our mother,” said Mr. Singh, growing emotional as he talked about the new policies, which he saw as part of an effort to hand farmers’ land over to big business. “It was passed on to us from our parents, who got it from their parents, and now Modi wants to acquire it and give it away to his rich friends.” Even though Mr. Modi’s political party firmly controls the government, the growing farmers’ rebellion seems to have rattled his administration. In India, more than 60 percent of the population depends on agriculture to make a living. Farmers are a huge political constituency.

In Asia, Pro-Democracy Forces Worry About Biden (NYT) Pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong are championing President Trump’s claims of an electoral victory. Human rights activists and religious leaders in Vietnam and Myanmar are expressing reservations about President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ability to keep authoritarians in check. It might seem counterintuitive that Asian defenders of democracy are among the most ardent supporters of Mr. Trump, who has declared his friendship with Xi Jinping of China and Kim Jong-un of North Korea. But it is precisely Mr. Trump’s willingness to flout diplomatic protocol, abandon international accords and keep his opponents off-balance that have earned him plaudits as a leader strong enough to stand up to dictators and defend democratic ideals overseas, even if he has been criticized as diminishing them at home. As President-elect Biden assembles his foreign-policy team, prominent human rights activists across Asia are worried about his desire for the United States to hew again to international norms. They believe that Mr. Biden, like former President Barack Obama, will pursue accommodation rather than confrontation in the face of China’s assertive moves.

China lands a spacecraft on moon for third time (Washington Post) China landed a spacecraft on the moon Tuesday on a mission to mine rocks and soil and return them to Earth, the latest in a series of lunar missions demonstrating the country’s emergence as a force in space exploration. The landing, without a crew aboard, was China’s third on the lunar surface since 2013 and came almost two years after China pulled off a historic first—landing a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. If China’s Chang’e-5 mission succeeds, it would mark the first time a nation has retrieved samples from the moon since the United States and Soviet Union did it several decades ago. The mission, which includes a lander, an ascent vehicle, a service capsule and a return capsule, was launched Nov. 23 on China’s powerful Long March-5 rocket. On the lunar surface, the probe is expected to dig about seven feet deep, collecting as much as 4.5 pounds of rocks and lunar soil into the ascent vehicle, which would then meet up with the service capsule in lunar orbit and return to Earth.

Nike ad showing racial discrimination faced by Japanese girls provokes backlash (Washington Post) A Nike advertisement highlighting racial discrimination faced by schoolgirls in Japan, and suggesting they can overcome it through sports, has provoked a fierce debate and backlash in a nation unaccustomed to openly discussing such issues. The video showing three young soccer players is based on the “real life experience of athletes,” Nike Japan said, conveying how they “overcome their daily struggles and conflicts to move their future through sports.” The ad has been viewed about 25 million times across Twitter and YouTube. It has been shared or liked nearly 80,000 times on Twitter, but negative reactions accelerated this week, with likes only outnumbering dislikes on YouTube by a few thousand. Japan’s national identity is based partly on a myth of itself as a monoethnic country. This has fueled the marginalization of the indigenous Ainu people in the past, and discrimination against ethnic Koreans and Chinese, biracial Japanese people and immigrants.

Radioactive water (Hakai Magazine) Radioactive water is accumulating at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant as workers have pumped water into the destroyed buildings to keep the site cool for the past ten years. After coming into contact with the reactors, the water has to be stored, and while operator Tokyo Electric Power Company has built tanks for this exact purpose, there are over one million tonnes of water in those tanks as of this year. By 2022, they believe they’ll run out of room for new tanks. There are potentially 62 radioactive elements in that wastewater, and as of 2018, some particularly gnarly isotopes were still exceeding safe levels, even after cleaning. The Japanese government will eventually have to decide what to do with this waste, which could include slowly dumping it into the ocean. That’s banned by the London Protocol, and the United Nations International Maritime Organization will likely have some very strong feelings about any such plan.

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17-02-2020

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'Baseless, baseless': India on UN statement on Khurram Parvez's arrest

‘Baseless, baseless’: India on UN statement on Khurram Parvez’s arrest

A day after the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Concern expressed over the detention of activist Khurram Parvez On terrorism charges, the Indian government on Thursday called the statement “baseless and baseless” and said the “arrest and subsequent detention” was carried out in full accordance with the provisions of the law. “We have seen the statement…