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Passengers forced to pay thousands after flights cancelled during off-grid trek

Exclusive: ‘We decided to pay more for Qatar Airways to be more secure’ – trekker Laura Murphy

The Independent UK

What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang?

Beijing says labour transfers are poverty alleviation tool, but research raises concerns schemes are not voluntary

The Guardian - UK

Illinois lawmakers banned campaign contributions from red-light camera companies but take them anyway

Among those accepting campaign contributions after supporting what was portrayed as reform legislation: Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

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‘My self-worth plummeted every month’: the hidden disorder that can ruin women’s lives

PMDD is a little-known condition that causes depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts for a significant proportion of women. Sufferers and experts talk about its devastating effects, and the fight to improve diagnosis

The Guardian - UK

The Dismissal review – Gough Whitlam musical both delights and drags

Seymour Centre, SydneyNarrated by Norman Gunston, this musical about the former prime minister and the events of 1975 is often funny – but it’s messy and overstuffed

The Guardian - AU

‘An extremely serious musical comedy’ about Whitlam? Yes. The Dismissal is great fun, witty and sharply observed

The Whitlam government has a mythical status in the Australian popular imagination. While it lasted less than two full terms between December 1972 and November 1975, it has had an outsized cultural presence ever since.

The Conversation

Illinois lawmakers push back on library book bans

Illinois lawmakers approved a measure requiring libraries to adopt an anti-book banning policy in order to receive state funding, in a Wednesday vote that fissured along party lines

The Independent UK

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Asherman's syndrome can affect fertility. But many women say they struggled to get diagnosed

These women had never heard of Asherman's syndrome before they were diagnosed with it. They're calling for greater awareness of the rare condition that can affect fertility.

ABC News

‘Unzip your tent and take in the magic’: readers’ favourite UK campsites

From the wild Highlands to the sunny Scilly Isles, our campers enjoy the simple pleasures of life: beaches, walks and stargazing

The Guardian - UK

Exposed: The links between Indonesia’s deforestation and Xinjiang

Chinese demand for Indonesian wood pulp is propping up industry ostracised elsewhere over sustainability concerns.

Al Jazeera

House China panel turns focus to plight of Uyghurs

Two women who experienced life in Chinese “re-education” camps for Uyghurs will be among the witnesses as a special House committee focused on countering China shines a light on human rights abuses in the country

The Independent UK

The coming China-EV showdown in Congress

Congress is launching probes into the EV industry's reliance on China and the potential risks to national security and efforts to prevent forced labor abroad.

Axios

Major funds exposed to companies allegedly engaged in Uyghur repression in China

Report finds stock indexes provided by MSCI include companies using forced labour or constructing surveillance state in Xinjiang

The Guardian - UK

Bell Shakespeare's The Lovers is a sugar-fuelled, ironic adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream for Gen Z

Review: The Lovers, directed by Shaun Rennie.

The Conversation

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The Guardian - AU

The Lovers review – Shakespeare musical charms, but doesn’t always deliver

The Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseBell Shakespeare’s first ever musical puts some pop into A Midsummer Night’s Dream – and it is good fun, if you don’t think too hard about it

The Independent UK

UK court to hear Uyghur demands to ban Xinjiang cotton

A Uyghur organization and a human rights group are taking the U.K. government to court to challenge Britain’s failure to block the import of cotton products associated with forced labor and other abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region

Daily Mirror

KFC worker slashes man's head open while trying to pour pint on him

Laura Murphy was so intoxicated she inadvertently smashed the glass in Stephen Brolly's face as she attempted to soak him with a double vodka and cola

Daily Record

Student left with broken foot after she was 'hit by Uber driver' on night out

Laura Murphy, 22, says the impact of the collision forced her shoe to fly off her foot.

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Manchester Evening News

Uber bosses working with cops to identify driver student claims hit her - and left her injured in the street

'I know in my heart it wasn't my fault'

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