We really need to be talking about this more. And standing up to this wholesale theft. “Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles | The Guardian

UN Human Rights Office releases a statement on Indonesian protests :

"India is already signalling it may seek to rebalance its global partnerships. Modi is preparing for his first visit to China in over 7 years... Brazilian President Lula said... he would initiate a conversation among the BRICS group... about how to tackle Trump's tariffs."

Unbearable

My father, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has now spent over 700 days in prison - held in solitary confinement. He is denied access to his lawyers, not allowed visits from his family, fully cut off from us (his children), and even his personal doctor is refused entry. This is

Please read this: In a PNG province where huge police/defence resources are devoted to protecting oil and gas projects, there were no resources to save a woman whose impending murder was all-but broadcast through horrific videos of her days-long torture.

Will Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei - the accidental leader who fell upwards into absolute power - be Iran’s last Supreme Leader?

If you care about fundamental political change in Iran, you should welcome the ceasefire. Effective political transition cannot occur during wartime and the conflict was interrupting demographic, institutional, and grassroots forces that were reshaping Iran's social contract.

URGENT: Now seems to be confirmed that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was injured in the March 28 earthquake, and that she continues to be poorly treated by Myanmar’s military junta. See Press Release just issued by the Suu Foundation. Other sources confirm this to be so.

No renewing this: tearing paradise apart in clamour for green power. Nickel mining in Indonesia's UNESCO-listed Raja Ampat marine paradise is raising worldwide alarm https://t.co/y1Wperu2mD via @australian

Indonesia needs a democracy where authority is grounded not in force, but trust and consensus, where leadership is measured not by the number of salutes it commands, but by its capacity to imagine a shared future. https://t.co/LEmrSqJOpY.

Just as Joshua Wong nears his expected prison release date, Hong Kong authorities have slapped him with new bogus national security charges—designed to keep him behind bars indefinitely. There is no rule of law left in Hong Kong. The only hope for Joshua and other high-profile

Absolutely astounding that Professor Mahmudabad was arrested for this post! I can’t disagree with any of this!

Myanmar: We are horrified over reports of a massacre in a village school in Sagaing yesterday. Perpetrators must be held accountable for this atrocity.  Our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, most of them children.

Mothers mourn their children, killed by Myanmar’s unspeakably evil military junta. The latter’s depravity, cowardice and stupidity is boundless. They must be ended. Now. Photo from Mizzima

⚓Navy ships from Australia (HMAS Sydney), Malaysia (KD Terengganu & KD Sri Indera Sakti), Singapore (RSS Vigilance) & the United Kingdom (HMS Spey) sail in formation during Exercise Bersama Shield. #YourADF @Australian_Navy @tldm_rasmi @NZNavy @mindefsg @RoyalNavy

Exclusive: Pakistan's Chinese-made jet brought down two Indian fighter aircraft, US officials say. I report with @idreesali114

Why is this significant? Because the National Command Authority is the country’s highest decision-making authority on nuclear and missile policy issues. Pakistan has about 170 nuclear warheads.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Pakistani Army chief Asim Munir earlier today, the U.S. Department of State says.

surface to air missiles are a big and dangerous escalation tween nuclear-armed rivals. International mediators need to up their game. #Pakistan says India has struck three of its airbases with missiles - live updates - BBC News