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Overnight News Digest: Elsewhere [1]
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Date: 2025-03-21
Last week was an anomaly. Tonight beneath the fold, the world is falling apart again. Good news at the top of the diary, so you know there is something akin to hope. But first:
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From The Guardian:
Sheep, cattle and sequins: the enigmatic New Zealand farmer behind a famed 1970s fashion collection A new book celebrates the life of Otago farmer and fashion collector Eden Hore, providing a unique snapshot of New Zealand in the 1970s and 80s Kiran Dass In the 1970s, farmer and war veteran Eden Hore raised the eyebrows of his neighbours when he began collecting what he described as “high and exotic fashion”. Shimmering sequins, delicate tulle and frothy chiffon were not what one expected to find on a sheep and cattle farm. “I’ve always been a bit different. A bachelor with all these dresses,” said the late Hore, who ran a sheep and cattle farm in Central Otago in New Zealand’s South Island before his death in 1997.
Another from the South China Morning Post:
Women designers adapt traditional Laotian hand weaving for modern era in gorgeous garments An exhibition at Laos’ Sofitel Luang Prabang hotel highlights how artisans are both preserving the traditional art form and modernising it Jayson Albano In Laos, the art of traditional hand weaving is passed down by women from generation to generation. Boutsaya Viengviseth is among those on a mission to ensure the art form continues to draw attention in the modern era. She began her design career in 2011, when she sold a few garments via Facebook. That was just a side hustle then – she had been working full-time on a project related to a hydropower plant. But her love of traditional dress began long before that.
From Deutsche Welle:
Gustav Klimt's mysterious African prince portrait Gaby Reucher 19 hours ago Gustav Klimt's portrait of a West African prince is valued at €15 million and currently on offer at an art fair. But what's the story behind the painting? For the longest time, "Portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona" was thought to have been lost. Though Gustav Klimt portrayed the nobleman in 1897, the painting had not been seen since 1938. The painting's recent reappearance caused an art world sensation and it is now on offer for €15 million ($16.3 million) at the TEFAF art fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
From the BBC:
Experts unravel abbey's stained glass mystery Fragments of stained glass taken from an abbey before being returned anonymously more than 20 years later have been matched with the window they once belonged to. The box - containing 49 pieces of coloured glass - was delivered to 950-year-old Dunfermline Abbey in November 2020.
From The Guardian:
A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck Claire Aubin’s podcast This Guy Sucked explores the viler actions of ‘great men’ for a more holistic view of history Alaina Demopoulos When the historian Claire Aubin gets together with her colleagues for drinks after a conference or academic meetup, the conversation always ends up one way. “We’re all sitting around a table, talking about our most hated historical figure,” she said. For Aubin, it’s Henry Ford, an ardent antisemite whom Hitler called “an inspiration”. She believes being a hater can aid in scholarship: “Disliking someone or having a problem with their historical legacy is worth talking about, and brings more people into learning about history.” That’s why Aubin, who spent last year lecturing in the history department at UC Davis and San Francisco State University and is about to begin a full-time postdoctoral fellowship at Yale, started This Guy Sucked, a history podcast about terrible men. In each episode, Aubin speaks to a historian about their biggest villain, from Ford and Voltaire to Plato and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Also from The Guardian (the answer for me is “no, but”):
‘More are published than could ever succeed’: are there too many books? While some say the rise of the self-publishing model is damaging the industry, others feel it gives authors a fairer deal Richard Godwin The complaint that there are too many books is not a new one. “My son, be warned by them: of making many books there is no end,” reads one line in Ecclesiastes, written at least 2,000 years before the invention of the printing press. Now the bestselling author Bill Bryson has added his voice to the millennia-old chorus. There are 200,000 books published annually in the UK alone, “more books than you could possibly read,” the writer of Notes from a Small Island told the Times. He is not sure that the growth in self-publishing, in particular, is “a healthy development”. He said he gets sent “a lot of self-published books, and most of the time it is just some anonymous person’s life, and it is of no interest.”
From the Washington Post:
The Wright brothers invented the airplane, right? Not if you’re in Brazil. While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own. By Terrence McCoy PETRÓPOLIS, Brazil — Who invented the airplane? Questions don’t get much simpler. But in Brazil and the United States, the answer you’ll get isn’t likely to be the same. In 1903, U.S. schoolchildren are taught, the Wright brothers piloted their Wright Flyer into the air in Kitty Hawk, N.C., and soared into the history books.
I am currently putting together this diary from North Carolina, which bills itself as “first in flight.”
More news below the fold.
From Mongabay:
Pressure bears down around uncontacted tribes at the edge of Brazil’s arc of deforestation Fernanda Wenzel A family of three isolated Indigenous people got separated from their group and ended up contacting non-Indigenous society in one of the best-preserved areas of the Brazilian Amazon.
For more than a month, agents with Funai, Brazil’s federal agency for Indigenous affairs, have been camping near the family, helping them hunt and fish.
The group lives on the edge of the so-called arc of deforestation, in a mosaic of conservation areas and Indigenous territories that form a green barrier to oncoming pressure from land grabbers and cattle ranchers who want the land to increase their wealth.
Besides the impact on isolated Indigenous communities, the destruction of this part of the Amazon would affect Brazil’s rain cycle and potentially unleash new viruses and bacteria, researchers warn. “They’re curious about us, and we’re curious about them.” That’s how Daniel Cangussu describes the recent interaction with a small Indigenous group that had just contacted non-Indigenous society in the depths of the Brazilian Amazon. “We don’t know their language yet, but we communicate all the time. We share food, we fish for them, and they accompany us on hunts,” says Cangussu, an official with Funai, Brazil’s federal agency for Indigenous affairs. The Indigenous group in question has lived for centuries in one of the Amazon Rainforest’s best-preserved areas, a region known as Mamoriá Grande, named after a tributary of the Purus River — itself one of the main tributaries of the Amazon — that crosses the territory. Their first contact occurred on Feb. 12, when a young man appeared in a nearby river community.
From Asahi Shimbun:
Releasing robot spiders into the sewers may keep workers safer By TAKUYA TANABE While nowhere near as lethal or prone to philosophizing as their fictional cousins from “Ghost in the Shell,” the SPD series developed by robotics manufacturer tmsuk Co. is doing humanity’s dirty work in a more literal sense. Based in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward, the company has already created several compact robots that can fit themselves into sewage pipes up to 20 centimeters in diameter; each can transmit images to help workers remotely assess if any repairs are needed.
From the South China Morning Post:
Opinion | Could the start of China’s Warring States Period have lessons for the present day? The downfall of Zhi Bo in the ancient state of Jin is a study in the abuse of power and hubris that still echoes through history Chow Chung-yan Chinese strategists love to draw lessons from the country’s rich history, just as Cesare Borgia inspired Niccolo Machiavelli in Renaissance Italy. The downfall of Viscount Xiang of Zhi (Zhi Bo) in the fourth century BC was often told as a cautionary tale and an example of diplomacy over force.
Another from the South China Morning Post:
‘Ramadan slap’ in Malaysia goes viral as social media responds with satire Social media users are poking fun at the absurdity of the viral video of an elderly Malay man confronting a non-Muslim for not fasting Joseph Sipalan Malaysian social media users are having a field day over a viral episode of an elderly Malay man slapping a non-Muslim for eating in public during Ramadan, injecting a note of levity into a situation fraught with racial undertones. charged on Wednesday with slapping an ethnic Chinese man during a confrontation at a convenience store in southern Johor state on Sunday. A retired civil servant, 65, wason Wednesday with slapping an ethnic Chinese man during a confrontation at a convenience store in southern Johor state on Sunday. Videos went viral of the elderly man berating the 21-year-old for eating in public and demanding that he hand over his identity card to prove he was not a Muslim breaking his fast. The videos did not show the assault. went viral of the elderly man berating the 21-year-old for eating in public and demanding that he hand over his identity card to prove he was not a Muslim breaking his fast. The videos did not show the assault.
From Al Jazeera:
South Africa’s Antarctica base hit by assault claims: What happened? A base staff member allegedly attacked the expedition leader over a schedule change, officials said. South African authorities have put a crew member of a remote research team at the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) IV base in Antarctica under psychological evaluation after reports of his violent behaviour emerged, including physical assault and sexual harassment of his teammates. Reports of assault were first reported last weekend by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed to have seen a distress email sent by a crew member to government officials. That person pleaded for rescue and said the violent staff member had made death threats.
From the Globe and Mail:
South African diplomat, expelled by Trump, to receive hero’s welcome at home Geoffrey York , is trying to tamp down a planned celebration for an expelled ambassador when he flies home from Washington this weekend. The South African government, seeking to placate U.S. President Donald Trump , is trying to tamp down a planned celebration for an expelled ambassador when he flies home from Washington this weekend. Supporters of veteran diplomat Ebrahim Rasool are planning to give him a hero’s welcome when he lands at Cape Town airport on Sunday after the Trump administration expelled him in a political dispute. But the government, worried that the event will further provoke Mr. Trump, is calling for restraint.
From Al Jazeera:
Belgium’s government abducted us as children. They must pay Jacqui Goegebeur was one of thousands of ‘Metis’ children – those of mixed European and African heritage – systematically abducted from their mothers during Belgium’s colonial rule in Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is her story. Jacqui Goegebeur I always lived with the idea that my mother didn’t love us, but I don’t think that was the case. I was born in Kigali, Rwanda, to an African mother and a Belgian father. At the time, Rwanda was under colonial rule by Belgium. Belgian authorities enforced racial segregation and prohibited interracial marriages in their colonies. I was classified as a “human mule” or half-breed, as we came to be known: a child who didn’t know which group they belonged to. My dad died when I was six months old – and life changed fundamentally. After the burial of my father, my brother was taken away by Belgian officials and placed in a Catholic boarding school in Kigali. They took him away because my mother was African and we, as Metis children, were deemed a threat to the white supremacist order upon which the colonial project was founded.
From the BBC:
Will recapture of presidential palace change course of Sudan war? Barbara Plett Usher The scenes of jubilant soldiers in Khartoum mark a significant advance in an offensive that has seen Sudan's army seize back swathes of territory in recent months. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) lost control of the capital early in the war and have been fighting for two years to recapture it from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
From Deutsche Welle:
How Nigeria lost its textile market to Chinese imports Hauwau Samaila Mohammed 12 hours ago Nigeria's textile production was once a vibrant, booming sector and a key part of its economy. But the industry has since been brought to its knees by cheap imports from China. Is there a chance of recovery? In the 1990s, the textile industry in Nigeria was a key driver of the economy, providing employment to hundreds of thousands in Africa's most populous country. "It was full of activities, from Kaduna, Kano, Lagos and Onitsha, textile factories were located in all those places," said Hamma Ali Kwajaffa, the head of Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association.
From Al Jazeera:
Thousands join march in Turkiye’s Istanbul to protest mayor’s arrest Thousands gather near Istanbul’s town hall in support of the city’s recently arrested mayor. Thousands of protesters have joined a march in Istanbul in support of the city’s arrested mayor, defying a warning from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that authorities would crack down on “street terror”. Demonstrators took to the streets in Turkiye’s commercial hub on Friday for the third consecutive day to show their support for Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan’s chief political rival – who was arrested on Wednesday, days before he was due to announce his 2028 presidential run.
From the BBC:
Gang used social media to lure and attack gay people - Austrian police Toby Luckhurst At least 15 people have been arrested in Austria and Slovakia accused of hate crimes aimed at the gay community, according to state police in southern Austria. Some 400 officers took part in raids on Friday morning on behalf of the Graz public prosecutors office. They arrested 12 men and three women, aged 14 to 26, who are accused of luring people - many gay - to remote locations using fake social media accounts, before beating them up and filming it.
From the BBC:
World's oldest Michelin-starred restaurant loses a star Toby Luckhurst The world's oldest Michelin-starred restaurant, Georges Blanc, has lost its third star, according to French media reports. Georges Blanc, the 82-year-old French chef in charge of the restaurant in south-east France, told the AFP news agency that they "weren't expecting it". "We'll make do with the two stars... maybe we'll be less elitist and a little more accessible."
From The Guardian:
Norwegian files complaint after ChatGPT falsely said he had murdered his children Arve Hjalmar Holmen, who has never been accused of or convicted of a crime, says chatbot’s response to prompt was defamatory Dan Milmo A Norwegian man has filed a complaint against the company behind ChatGPT after the chatbot falsely claimed he had murdered two of his children. Arve Hjalmar Holmen, a self-described “regular person” with no public profile in Norway, asked ChatGPT for information about himself and received a reply claiming he had killed his own sons.
From the BBC:
Man who planned hospital terror attack jailed Oli Constable A nursing assistant who plotted to bomb a hospital and an RAF base has been jailed for life. Mohammad Farooq planned to detonate an explosive at St James's Hospital in Leeds in January 2023, after earlier plotting to target RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate. Farooq, 29, of Hetton Road in Leeds, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of preparing acts of terrorism, with jurors hearing he wanted to "kill as many nurses as possible" by detonating a pressure cooker bomb.
Also from the BBC:
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