@JWUpacific : This is completely disgusting Starbucks just opened a store a mile from where Uyghurs are detained for their religion. The signs aren't even in their language. English and Chinese signage. Uyghur, the region's own official language, nowhere on the storefront.
This is completely disgusting
Starbucks just opened a store a mile from where Uyghurs are detained for their religion. The signs aren't even in their language.
Starbucks opened two stores in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital, this week. English and Chinese signage. Uyghur, the region's own official language, nowhere on the storefront.
The UN has warned of possible crimes against humanity there. Rights groups say over a million Uyghurs have been detained. China's response: call it "lies" and point to economic growth.
Starbucks' China CEO framed the expansion as building "sincere, lasting connections with our customers." The customers whose language didn't make it onto the sign.
This isn't ignorance. Starbucks just restructured its China business in April, selling 60% of it to a Chinese investment firm. It knows exactly what Xinjiang is. It decided the market was worth more than the optics.
So they just chose a coffee shop's profit margin over not laundering a region built on detention camps.
https://t.co/5wJUEZeE31
@DarthPutinKGB : The further Putinisation of America: Strategic assets used to project power must be withdrawn due to the Dear Leader's incompetence in an unnecessary war of choice.
The further Putinisation of America: Strategic assets used to project power must be withdrawn due to the Dear Leader's incompetence in an unnecessary war of choice.
https://t.co/SICtWOFwrM
@Jay83214566 : CCP's intimidation machine doesn’t respect borders. A Tory MP received threatening letters from CCP effectively told him: “We know where you live.” This isn’t diplomacy. It’s coercion by fear—an authoritarian regime trying to intimidate critics on foreign soil.
CCP's intimidation machine doesn’t respect borders.
A Tory MP received threatening letters from CCP effectively told him: “We know where you live.”
This isn’t diplomacy. It’s coercion by fear—an authoritarian regime trying to intimidate critics on foreign soil.https://t.co/hx4bzAGi1d
@polidemitolog : Estonia is relocating a key brigade from Tapa to Jõhvi, about 50 kilometers from the Russian border, as part of a new active defense strategy aimed at preparing for possible Russian aggression, the Financial Times reports.
Estonia is relocating a key brigade from Tapa to Jõhvi, about 50 kilometers from the Russian border, as part of a new active defense strategy aimed at preparing for possible Russian aggression, the Financial Times reports. Estonian military and intelligence chiefs do not expect Russia to seek a full-scale war with NATO within the next two years, but believe Moscow is preparing for a potential future conflict.
@ivanastradner : Vucic’s new decision: Serbs abroad must vote according to Serbia’s 7 AM–8 PM schedule, not local time. In Washington, that means after 1 AM. Nothing says “free and fair elections” like voting in the middle of the night. Serbian dictatorship in gloves.
Vucic’s new decision: Serbs abroad must vote according to Serbia’s 7 AM–8 PM schedule, not local time.
In Washington, that means after 1 AM.
Nothing says “free and fair elections” like voting in the middle of the night.
Serbian dictatorship in gloves.
https://t.co/uXzsd5J9cN
@cyprien_ronze : Poutine a annoncé 1 301 km² conquis en septembre. L'Institute for the Study of War a compté. La Russie en a PERDU.
Solde pour la Russie : MOINS 80,81 km².
Et sur mars-septembre 2026, l'ISW estime que l'Ukraine a regagné près de 300 km² nets.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Poutine a annoncé 1 301 km² conquis en septembre. L'Institute for the Study of War a compté. La Russie en a PERDU.
Évaluation de l'ISW, reprise les 3 et 4 octobre 2026. Les chiffres sont donnés à la décimale, et c'est ce qui rend la chose irréparable.
1. Territoire pris par les forces russes en septembre : 175,54 km².
2. Territoire reconquis par les forces ukrainiennes : 256,35 km².
3. Solde pour la Russie : MOINS 80,81 km².
Et sur mars-septembre 2026, l'ISW estime que l'Ukraine a regagné près de 300 km² nets.
Écart entre l'annonce de Poutine et le terrain : plus de 1 380 km². Ce n'est pas une marge d'erreur. C'est un autre monde.
Le mot de l'ISW ? Des revendications « si éloignées de la réalité qu'elles ressemblent à des hallucinations ».
Alors posons la question qui dérange, et elle ne concerne pas Moscou.
Combien de fois avez-vous entendu « l'avancée russe est inexorable » sans qu'un seul chiffre soit cité ?
C'est exactement le but. Le Kremlin ne cherche pas à vous convaincre qu'il gagne. Il cherche à vous convaincre qu'il est inutile de résister.
Un seul remède : les chiffres, les sources, les dates.
Vérifiez. TOUJOURS.
@moreaumichel40 : Anna Politkovskaia, la journaliste russe assassinée il y a 20 ans pour avoir compris le régime Poutine avant les autres Tous les crimes qu'elle a dénoncés à propos de la Tchétchénie,Poutine les reproduit aujourd'hui en Ukraine
Anna Politkovskaia, la journaliste russe assassinée il y a 20 ans pour avoir compris le régime Poutine avant les autres
Tous les crimes qu'elle a dénoncés à propos de la Tchétchénie,Poutine les reproduit aujourd'hui en Ukraine
https://t.co/BXRmXZbEx7
500 ex-diplomates, dont Dominique de Villepin et Alain Juppé, appellent l'Union européenne à "agir" face à la colonisation israélienne en Cisjordanie https://t.co/lAdnyajFlM
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthis have now reportedly struck Saudi Aramco’s Petro Rabigh refining and petrochemical complex north of Jeddah, with a major fire burning at the facility and satellite data showing intense thermal activity reaching roughly 410 MW amid reports of missile and drone attacks across the region.
Petro Rabigh is one of Saudi Arabia’s major integrated refining and petrochemical complexes on the Red Sea coast, making any confirmed damage another significant incident involving Saudi energy infrastructure.
@khpg : 64-year-old from occupied Tokmak sentenced to 14 years for donating 25 euro to Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Svitlana Kramchanina, who turns 65 next month, is one of many women and men persecuted for their patriotism.
64-year-old from occupied Tokmak sentenced to 14 years for donating 25 euro to Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
Svitlana Kramchanina, who turns 65 next month, is one of many women and men persecuted for their patriotism.
https://t.co/bZxZgzketA
The Kremlin continues to rewrite history, portraying the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 as a ‘liberation campaign’.
The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east on 17 September 1939, as Nazi Germany attacked from the west. The two regimes had already agreed to partition Polish territory between them under a secret protocol to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
@PavelLatushka : In the past week alone, 22 Belarusians were sentenced to prison on political grounds. Lukashenka is not only refusing to stop the repression, but is intensifying it to take new hostages as bargaining chips.
In the past week alone, ❗️22 Belarusians were sentenced to prison on political grounds.
Lukashenka is not only refusing to stop the repression, but is intensifying it to take new hostages as bargaining chips. It is vital to break this conveyor belt & stop the repressions.
@IhabHassane : Israeli settler terrorists stormed the Christian village of Taybeh today, attacking residents and preventing Palestinian Christians from accessing their land to harvest their olive trees.
🚨Israeli settler terrorists stormed the Christian village of Taybeh today, attacking residents and preventing Palestinian Christians from accessing their land to harvest their olive trees.
https://t.co/FzAprW9Msg
@Yesh_Din : A resident of the village of Um Safa, watches as settlers harvest his olive trees and steal his crops. He has been calling the police since this morning, but received no response. An entire day has passed, and the settlers are still harvesting on his land.
Ma’ruf Arafat Qanatra, a resident of the village of Um Safa, watches as settlers harvest his olive trees and steal his crops.
Qanatra has been calling the police since this morning, but received no response. An entire day has passed, and the settlers are still harvesting on his land. Zero arrests.
@BenjaminNorton : Brazil's attorney general's office has evidence that the US government meddled in the country's election. The Trump admin openly supported far-right US puppet candidate Bolsonaro.
Brazil's attorney general's office has evidence that the US government meddled in the country's election.
Brazil's federal police is now officially investigating the US intervention in the election.
The Trump admin openly supported far-right US puppet candidate Bolsonaro.
@fbermingham : it's ready, the joint Franco-German paper / letter to VDL on China. Berlin & Paris - previously at polar opposite ends of the scale on China policy - now want a kill switch to cut China out of the EU market. This would have been unfathomable a few short months ago.
💥Boom - it's ready, the joint Franco-German paper / letter to VDL on China.
Berlin & Paris - previously at polar opposite ends of the scale on China policy - now want a kill switch to cut China out of the EU market. This would have been unfathomable a few short months ago 🤯
@AlinejadMasih : One of the most heartbreaking story. The Islamic Republic finally hanged him. They executed Alireza Sepahi this morning… I am crying again…I couldn’t save his life.. we couldn’t…
One of the most heartbreaking story. The Islamic Republic finally hanged him.
They executed Alireza Sepahi this morning… I am crying again…I couldn’t save his life.. we couldn’t….💔