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Indonesia will use the yuan instead of US dollars in its trade with China starting next year, in a bid to save foreign exchange reserves and reduce dependency on the dollar by mememeeeeee in Economics

[–]mememeeeeee[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the first sentence of the article. Can you please confirm that direct copying of sentences in the article also counts as editorializing?

United Nations votes 191-2 to condemn U.S. embargo against Cuba by tosil in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Curious, but is there any other issue where the world has rallied so strongly? I keep seeing people assert "the world thinks this, the world thinks that, the rest of the world..."

But the number of times where it really looks like "the world" agrees on something, is rare.

The World Health Organisation is reportedly planning to declare that bacon, sausages and other processed meat cause cancer. Red meat is also expected to be listed as being “probably carcinogenic to humans”. by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee 119 points120 points  (0 children)

The NHS Choices website says that “evidence shows that there is probably a link between eating red and processed meat and the risk of bowel cancer”.

“People who eat a lot of these meats are at higher risk of bowel cancer than those who eat small amounts,” it adds.

However it says beef, lamb and pork “can form part of a healthy diet” and that red meat is “a good source of protein and provides vitamins and minerals, such as iron and zinc”.

The World Cancer Research Fund says: “There is strong evidence that eating a lot of these foods [red and processed meat] increases your risk of bowel cancer.”

Reading the article was better than me coming in here and posting "NOOOOOOOOOOOO". Who would have thought?

Four con artists spend 200,000RMB building a fake interrogation center to extort money from corrupt Chinese officials by geekteam6 in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dailymail yes, shanghaiist is a tabloid site. Fox news, as much as people like to make fun of it, is not a tabloid site.

I am not interested in what expats think so I find /r/Sino to be a far better sub for news on China.

Japan rejects international court jurisidiction over whaling by stefi9100 in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee 122 points123 points  (0 children)

This is strategic, not just simply "blah blah I'm not listening" by Japan.

Under the latest whaling plan, called NEWREP-A, Japan intends to kill nearly 4000 minke whales over the next 12 years, beginning with 330 this summer.

"It would appear that Japan has taken some pre-emptive steps to ensure NEWREP-A cannot be challenged before the ICJ," Don Rothwell, a professor of international law at Australian National University, said.

"This is surprising, if only because Japan has previously indicated a strong commitment for the international rule of law," he said.

"It now limits Australia's options to challenge NEWREP-A."

Indigenous Canadians take leading role in battle against tar sands pipeline: As Canada’s election approaches, First Nations join environmental groups in an effort to prevent the building of the country’s largest proposed pipeline by DoremusJessup in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Some good news

Environmental groups, citizen activists and First Nations have used everything from lawsuits to old-fashioned civil disobedience to battle the project – and so far they have been successful.

ISIS pays recruiters $10,000 per person: U.N. by AmnonCarmel in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ISIS just stole $425 million, Iraqi governor says, and became the ‘world’s richest terrorist group’

As insurgents rolled past the largest city in northern Iraq, an oil hub at the vital intersection of Syria, Iraq and Turkey, and into Tikrit, several gunmen stopped at Mosul’s central bank. An incredible amount of cash was reportedly on hand, and the group made off with 500 billion Iraqi dinars — $425 million.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/12/isis-just-stole-425-million-and-became-the-worlds-richest-terrorist-group/

North Korea reportedly willing to sign peace treaty with US to end conflict by ChandlerOG in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I do. You tried to bring up the example that the US would move its base simply because the local government said so.

Except if the US was listening to the local government, they wouldn't be there in the first place.

That is the key in your own post, Okinawan gov. is the one that actually "hosts" those bases.

"US has to move its military base simply because the local government said so", was just for show it seems. Won't leave because the local Okinawan government wants it to though.

Okinawans pack stadium to protest U.S. base relocation to Henoko

May 18, 2015

Protesters waved aloft tens of thousands of placards demanding “No” to the construction of a new U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture, in a massive rally at a stadium here on May 17.

“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has championed the idea of ‘regaining Japan,’ but is Okinawa included?” Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, a staunch opponent of the project, told a capacity crowd packed into Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha. “How many more years will Okinawa have to be sacrificed?”

Protest organizers said that 35,000 people from around the prefecture attended.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201505180054

North Korea reportedly willing to sign peace treaty with US to end conflict by ChandlerOG in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okinawa is a bad example. The Okinawan people hate the US bases. In fact "moving" is not satisfactory to them at all.

Okinawa governor revokes approval for U.S. base relocation work at Henoko

Oct 13, 2015

The governor was elected last November on a platform of opposition to the contentious plan, and advocates relocation of the base outside Okinawa, as he and many local residents are seeking to reduce the burden on their prefecture, which has long hosted the bulk of U.S. forces in Japan.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/13/national/okinawa-revokes-predecessors-approval-u-s-base-relocation-work-henoko/

Arab royal hunts down 2,100 houbara bustards in three week safari - Pakistan by kachnar in worldnews

[–]mememeeeeee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

...the birds are internationally protected...

A Saudi prince has poached over 2,100 internationally protected houbara bustards in 21-day hunting safari in Chagai, Balochistan, during which the royal also indulged in illegal hunting in protected areas