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UN rights chief admits her trip to China faced ‘limitations’

Bloomberg UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she was unable to visit detained Uyghurs and that she was accompanied by authorities while visiting Xinjiang, remarks that raise questions about the Chinese government’s efforts to influence her trip. “I was not able to speak to any Uyghurs currently detained or their families during the visit,” Bachelet told a meeting of the ...

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Johnson’s ethics adviser blames UK PM for ‘odious’ position

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s ethics adviser said he resigned because was put in an “impossible and odious position” by the UK prime minister, who he stated was considering a potential deliberate breach of the ministerial code. In his resignation letter, Christopher Geidt didn’t specify the issue Johnson asked him to advise upon and that led him to quit. In his reply ...

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Seoul looks to nuclear expansion in bid to meet climate targets

  Bloomberg South Korea will expand the role of nuclear energy in order to meet its climate target. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s new government will increase the portion of atomic power in the energy mix to meet its emissions reductions goal, or Nationally Determined Contribution, it said Thursday. It will maintain the target set by the previous administration to cut ...

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