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By Amelia Nierenberg
China arrested, detained and interrogated others who joined protests against the government’s “zero covid” restrictions last month. The Communist Party seems determined to warn anyone who has been emboldened by the protests, which led to Beijing’s resolution. to remove restrictions.
Four young women, who are friends, are among the first other people known to have been arrested after taking part in protests in Beijing. A 26-year-old editor said in a video she recorded in case she disappeared. “Then why do you still have to take us secretly?”
The girls’ relatives told my colleagues that the police had informed them about their use of Telegram, a blocked messaging platform in China. The government also asked about their involvement in feminist activities, such as an e-book club where they read feminist e-books.
The number one motivation of the government is not to repress those particular women. Rather, precisely because they were not prominent organizers, their instances are a more general warning to those who might have been encouraged through the protests.
Possible jail time: Police accused the women of “picking fights and causing trouble,” said others familiar with the case, a separate crime the government accuses critics of in silencing them. He faces up to five years in prison.
At least 11 other people were killed in a wave of Russian missile movements in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. The Russian attacks came a day after Germany and the United States pledged to send tanks to Ukrainian forces in the war.
The announcement of tank deliveries is a significant step in the support of the Western army. But experts expect the coveted German-made Leopard 2 tanks to take a few months to arrive, just as ground offensives on both sides may also be underway. Ukraine is already pushing for the following weapons on its bucket list: fighter jets.
“More missiles over Ukraine,” a Ukrainian lawmaker posted on Twitter. “We want F16,” referring to the American-made F-16 fighter jet. Officials have said the F-16s are confusing planes that take months to know how they work. But they used arguments about the Abrams tanks before President Biden’s resolution to send them to Ukraine.
In the region: the war increased the influence of Central and Eastern European countries with a negative view of Russia. The vocal tension of those countries has been in the decisions to get tanks this week, writes Steven Erlanger, our chief diplomatic correspondent in Europe, in an analysis.
This week, local investors in India bought five in a new women’s cricket league for a combined prize pool of more than $570 million, one of the largest one-day monetary injections in the history of women’s sport.
The numbers were remarkable even in India, which is experiencing impressive valuations for cricket teams. The country is the richest market for the game and its men’s festival, the Indian Premier League, generates annual broadcast revenue on par with that of the NFL ($10). billion) and the English Premier League ($6. 9 billion).
The new Women’s Premier League is designed to be a sister edition of the I. P. L. In a sign of its lucrative potential, an Indian media company paid $116 million for national television and virtual rights over five years. That makes the moment W. P. L. la the most valuable women’s sport. The W. N. B. A. , according to an analyst at a media research firm.
What’s next: The month-long contest will be held in March. The best female cricketers can expect salaries to jump to new heights when groups accumulate their rosters next month.
North Korea imposed a five-day blockade on Pyongyang to combat a “recurring flu. “The government mentioned covid-19.
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The United States returned $20 million worth of looted artwork to Italy, adding a marble head from Athena, dated to around 200 BC.
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The Splash Mountain promenade at Walt Disney World is closed. Superfans say it’s their water.
A bomb shelter that Canada built during the Cold War for its top officials opened as a museum in the late 1990s. Now, as Russia reminds the world of its atomic weapons, tourists flock to the disused bunker.
“That concern is still very genuine for people,” the museum’s executive director said. “It turns out that it has returned to the psyche of the public. “
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Last year, the 20 most sensible boxes in America were directed by men and very few female filmmakers were nominated for the top awards. However, my colleague Manohla Dargis is optimistic about women in cinema for the first time.
What is striking in 2022, he writes, is the number of titled and directed films that have had a cultural and economic impact. In addition, a shift in consciousness brought feminist considerations into the mainstream.
Directed films are no longer an aberration at the box office. Women direct and act in more varied types of films. They bring combat functionality to the screen, from Oscar frontman “Everything Everywhere All at Once” to “The Woman King. “which opened at No. 1 in September.
“We are experiencing a radical replacement with movies,” Manohla writes. “It made my paintings as a critic more exciting. “
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