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  • A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’
    How a rebuilt, historic California baseball diamond embodies ‘the contradictions in America’s legacy’When Dan Kwong first dreamed of staging baseball games at the Japanese American concentration camp where his family was held captive during the second world war, he thought of it as an exercise in living history, an eye-catching way to convey the trauma of 120,000 men, women and children who were locked up in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Baseball was a passion for Kwong, a 71-y
     

A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’

25 octobre 2026 à 10:00

How a rebuilt, historic California baseball diamond embodies ‘the contradictions in America’s legacy’

When Dan Kwong first dreamed of staging baseball games at the Japanese American concentration camp where his family was held captive during the second world war, he thought of it as an exercise in living history, an eye-catching way to convey the trauma of 120,000 men, women and children who were locked up in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Baseball was a passion for Kwong, a 71-year-old performance artist from Los Angeles. He knew that the wartime internees had played the game not just as a distraction from their predicament, but as a quiet expression of their loyalty to the United States. He wanted to stage an event that would cast the game as an act of resistance, and teach new generations about the damage governments do when they strip a whole segment of the population of their constitutional rights.

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© Photograph: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

© Photograph: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

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  • ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions
    Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing ‘banking difficulties’ but their work is unaffectedThe deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said new US sanctions are beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court’s work.The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the sanctions this month, accusing the ICC – a frequent target of the Trump administration – of being a “rogue court” and declaring: “Either the ICC will end its threats,
     

ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions

24 octobre 2026 à 07:35

Nazhat Shameem Khan claims some staff are facing ‘banking difficulties’ but their work is unaffected

The deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said new US sanctions are beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court’s work.

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced the sanctions this month, accusing the ICC – a frequent target of the Trump administration – of being a “rogue court” and declaring: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”

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© Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

© Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

© Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

Defense Forces strike Tolyattikauchuk and Proton-Elektrotex plants, and aircraft at Yeysk airfield in Russia

24 octobre 2026 à 05:28
On October 23 and during the night of October 24, the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out strikes on key targets within Russia. It has been confirmed that the main production building of JSC “Proton-Elektrotex” in Orel, the “Tolyattikauchuk” plant in Tolyatti, and an aircraft at the Yeysk airfield were struck. 

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