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They can hug each other and no longer have to wave at each other over the Shenzhen River. Hong Kong-mainland couple reunites as border reopens sc.mp/e1lf via @SCMPNews
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“All Our Pharmacists Are Positive. Pls Bear With US.” - COVID situation in Beijing.
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NEW death toll: 149 in South Korea Halloween disaster described as a "presumed stampede" in Seoul's Itaewon nightlife district. Authorities are having a hard time identifying many victims & asking families for help. Many dead are in Halloween costumes without ID. @PamelaBrownCNN
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在过去的一年多中，我们团队独家采访了一位曾在抗疫一线工作的李文亮的同事和数位医学专家，审阅了包括李文亮病程记录和医嘱在内的许多文件，揭示了有关他接受的治疗和受到的对待的细节，填补了大众认知中的一些空白。请观看我们的视频（有中文字幕）。nytimes.com/video/world/asia…
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Chinese law prof. #Tongzhiwei's weibo was shut; he questioned legality of #Shanghai #covid steps:1)force residents to makeshift quarantine sites as they lived in same bldg w. positive cases 2) declare emergency status w/o due process; 3) seize keys to homes for sterilization..
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A woman from Mariupol came to Hungary with 4 kids.
Her own.
Her sister’s kid (mother went to find water and disappeared).
Child of her killed neighbors.
She was running for an evacuation bus and saw a kid, sitting on the street next to his dead parents. She took him too.
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It’s time for once and for all acknowledge that fixers are essential workers for western media outlets. Covering conflicts wouldn’t be possible without them. The precarious work conditions and no bylines for them should end ASAP
This is the Ukrainian member of the @FoxNews crew. She was killed today alongside their cameraman.
Fox News doesn’t even mention her in their report.
(Photo published by Oksana Romaniuk of the Institute of Mass Information)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
7 minutes after this tweet, FOX posted this: foxnews.com/media/ukrainia…
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I've just come back from three weeks in Moscow. I spent a lot of that time in our bureau, where the TVs are tuned to Russian state television.
A couple observations on what ordinary Russians are being told - and aren't being told - about the war in Ukraine:
I’m a Russian journalist. I had to flee my country.
This article deserves worldwide circulation. Stay strong brave reporters. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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Front page of China's top Party paper - the People's Daily - exactly 1 year apart.
Left is 3/12/2021, right 3/12/2022.
again, journalism is not a crime
As a former Moscow bureau chief for @nytimes, I am saddened to report that we are pulling our journalists from Russia.
Here is a statement from @meslackman, assistant managing editor, to the company.
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Volunteer fighters armed with assault rifles patrolled central Kyiv on Friday, ready to defend their country.
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/33RSJNI
The first time I feel like the pandemic is so close to me when my brother and his girl in HK both show symptoms. He said nearby hospitals have no spare beds.
A Hong Kong hospital today as the number of Covid patients continues to soar... via Sing Tao std.stheadline.com/realtime/…
