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Voice of America 

VOA Mandarin: Chinese filmmaker sentenced to prison for documenting

Chinese activist filmmaker Chen Pinlin has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison in Shanghai for producing a documentary about China's nationwide protests against COVID-19 lockdowns in late 2022. Observers told VOA that Chen was heavily punished because the CCP has been trying to erase from the public memory the protests against its handling of the pandemic. Click here for the full story in Mandarin.

The Punch 

Corps members to receive N77,000 monthly allowance soon – DG

Corps members across Nigeria will soon begin receiving a new monthly allowance of N77,000, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, has announced. The announcement was made on Tuesday and signed by the Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu. The statement said, “Corps members across Nigeria will

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«Star Tribune» (startribune.com) 

24 for ’24: The most-read opinions

Our readers were interested in taking stock of the people who lead, inspire or otherwise. The presidential campaign and a certain Minnesota connection were prominent.

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Alabama schedules fourth nitrogen gas execution amid debate over method

Alabama has scheduled its fourth execution by nitrogen gas. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday set a Feb. 6 execution date for Demetrius Frazier. Her office said the execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas. Frazier was convicted of killing Pauline Brown while burglarizing her Birmingham apartment in 1991. Prosecutors said Frazier, while in police custody in Detroit on an unrelated charged, confessed to raping and shooting Brown. Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas. Читать дальше...

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Pacers, Bulls showing progress in new year ahead of Central clash

(Photo credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images) As each team begins to find their form in the new year, Central Division rivals square off Wednesday in Indianapolis when the Indiana Pacers face the Chicago Bulls. The Pacers have won three in a row since the calendar flipped to 2025 and the team holds a winning record for the first time since winning the season opener. Last time out, Indiana earned a 113-99 road victory over the

Vox 

What banning medical debt from your credit score actually means

In the final days of its tenure, the Biden administration has banned credit reporting agencies from including medical debts in their reports, aiming to make it easier for people to access credit, including loans and mortgages. “No one should be denied economic opportunity because they got sick or experienced a medical emergency,” Vice President Kamala […]

Times Union 

New Orleans is a city marked by tragedy. But don’t call locals resilient

New Orleans has faced tragedy again and again and always seems to bounce back, maintaining its reputation for jazz and joyfulness. The first parade of Mardi Gras came less than a week after 14 people were killed by a rampaging driver. Yet many people who live here say they are tired of being resilient, even if it’s their only option since their livelihoods depend on tourism. They hope the traditional parades this year are seen as defiance – and trying to spark change that the city needs.