Company grabs and illegally fences off land in Taytay, Rizal More than 60 families from the Sitio Igiban Neigborhood Association suffered from the company’s harassment. Many residents could not go to school or their workplaces because of the barrier. While residents were distressed by the company’s harassment, company personnel ruthlessly cut down their trees and plants. The company also continued with its construction actitivies and hauling materials into the sitio.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/angbayan/company-grabs-and-illegally-fences-off-land-in-taytay-rizal/Overnight exchange of fire along the Afghan-Pakistan border kills 5 and wounds 8, officials sayPakistani police and a hospital official in the Pakistani city of Chaman, Mohammad Awais, said three people, including a woman, were wounded in the shooting and shelling that came from the Afghan side. The clashes lasted until dawn Saturday, police said.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-border-shootout-2d2766c8d15bf94369fb87b46185e1a8China’s official media calls for end to name-and-shame campaign against grass-roots cadresThe article said this “label-based evaluation … smacked of sensationalism” and warned that it was a barrier to properly understanding the dilemmas and problems grass-roots officials faced. For example, it said, those accused of lying flat might not necessarily be lazy but could be suffering from physical and mental exhaustion as a result of an unfair workload. Alternatively, it said, they might be worried that officials who took the initiative were at greater risk of making mistakes and being punished as a result. It also expressed sympathy for those accused of lying on their side, saying they might face an overly strict authorisation process or have “nitpicking” superiors.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335383/chinas-official-media-calls-end-name-and-shame-campaign-against-grass-roots-cadres?module=top_story&pgtype=subsection CPI(M) MP seeks JPC or judicial inquiry into ‘exploitative airfare surge’“Given this extraordinary concentration of market power, the failure of a single private operator translated into a failure of the entire system,” he said, pointing out that thousands of passengers were stranded, forced to sleep on terminal floors, and compelled to miss medical emergencies.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cpim-mp-seeks-jpc-or-judicial-inquiry-into-exploitative-airfare-surge/article70366149.ecehttps://archive.ph/6IaIqAustralian state Labor government to impose life sentences on children as young as 14The laws target children from 14 to 17 charged with offences including home invasion, carjacking and causing injury. Under the current Children’s Court system, the maximum sentence for any offence is three years. Under the new regime, children will be dragged before the County Court, where the same offences will carry the threat of adult penalties up to life imprisonment. The basic legal principle that detention should be a “last resort” for children—enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child—will be effectively abolished. Judges will instead be directed to prioritise “community safety,” a deliberately vague formulation that subordinates children’s futures to the political requirements of a government seeking to posture as “tough on crime.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/05/uzww-d05.htmlFrench lawmakers approve taxation part of contested social security budgetLecornu had warned on Thursday that France risked losing control of social security spending as lawmakers from centrist Horizons and Socialists balked at supporting the bill. Now that the vote has passed, they will hold a final vote on the whole bill – a major part of France's overall public budget – on Tuesday.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251205-french-lawmakers-approve-taxation-part-of-contested-2026-social-security-budgethttps://archive.ph/9dHn2 German coalition passes disputed pension package, ending rift Earlier this week, Germany’s far-left Die Linke (The Left) party announced its lawmakers would abstain from the vote, effectively ensuring its passage by reducing the overall number of votes needed to pass the pension legislation. Still, Merz continued to try to secure the support of young conservatives in order to avoid the politically damaging impression that his coalition was dependent on indirect far-left support to get the package over the line.
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-coalition-passes-disputed-pension-package-ending-rift-friedrich-merz/https://archive.ph/doWC4Who is Abu Nassira, the man leading a new anti-Hamas militia in Gaza's Khan Younis?On social media platforms, Abu Nassira claimed that his militia has roughly 30 members who "rejected oppression and suffering and decided to fight against Hamas," and that he hopes to expand their influence, leveraging his popularity among certain Gaza circles. However, Abu Nassira's family issued a statement disavowing his actions.
https://www.newarab.com/news/who-abu-nassira-head-new-anti-hamas-militia-gazaHundreds in Tunisia protest against governmentHundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in the Tunisian capital against the government under the slogan "opposition is not a crime", calling for the release of jailed activists. The rally in Tunis was called after the recent arrests of three opposition figures convicted of "conspiracy" against the state.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/12/hundreds-tunisia-protest-against-governmentPeople flee DR Congo fighting one day after peace deal signed in WashingtonThursday’s agreement was meant to stabilise the resource-rich east but it has had little visible effect on the ground so far, in an area plagued by conflict for 30 years. On Friday, fighters from the anti-government armed group M23 battled in South Kivu province with the Congolese army, backed by thousands of Burundian soldiers deployed alongside it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/05/people-flee-dr-congo-fighting-one-day-after-peace-deal-signed-in-washington