Archive for April 23rd, 2025

23/04/2025

Gaza: Destruction of Vital Lifting Gear Halts Search for Thousands Buried under Rubble

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes – but that hope is fading fast.

A bulldozer removes the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City, searching for people missing under the debris.
UN News | A bulldozer removes the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City, searching for people missing under the debris.

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23/04/2025

Asia-based Criminal Network Cons Thai Woman in US Out of $300,000

Human Wrongs Watch

By Laura Gil

(UN News)* — A Thai woman working in the United States has told UN News how she fell for a scam orchestrated by a criminal network in Asia – and lost $300,000.

Many scams originate in operations like this one in the Philippines that are run by international criminal gangs.
UN News/Daniel Dickinson | Many scams originate in operations like this one in the Philippines that are run by international criminal gangs.

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23/04/2025

Asia’s Megacities at a Crossroads as Climate and Population Challenges Grow

Human Wrongs Watch

By Vibhu Mishra

Asia’s sprawling megacities – which are driving economic growth – face an uncertain future as rising temperatures, aging populations and unplanned urban development tests their resilience.

Home to nearly 30 million people, Shanghai is one of the world's largest cities.
UN-Habitat/Julius Mwelu | Home to nearly 30 million people, Shanghai is one of the world’s largest cities.

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23/04/2025

Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire

Human Wrongs Watch

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Apr 22 2025 (IPS)* Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade’ other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly mutually beneficial global empire.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Geopolitical economist Ben Norton was among the first to highlight the significance of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers chairman Stephen Miran’s briefing at the Hudson Institute.

The Institute is funded by financiers such as media czar Rupert Murdoch, who controls Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and other conservative media.

Miran made his case just after Trump’s electoral victory in A User’s Guide to Restructuring the Global Trading System. Miran attempts to rationalise Trump’s economic policies, which are widely seen as at odds with conventional wisdom and reason.

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