Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Why China won’t end its Covid Zero policy (Japan Times)
War in Ukraine reaches a tipping point (American Conservative)
Anti-Shia violence in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)
Qatar illustrates the ‘human rights’ industry (RT)
New Army Chief in Pakistan (DW)
Pakistan as the wretched disaster of too many (Dawn)
Why America goes to War (Enselberg)
Thread: Debunking myths about Elon Musk (MPU)
Are we really prisoners of geography? (Guardian)
Money runs modern soccer (Jacobin)
The dark side of Dating Apps (Open)
Thread: The Case of Bhima Koregaon (Lokesh)
Thread: Pulp fiction in India (IWTK)
Mahua: The Indian Liquor the British banned (BBC)
Thread: Roman walls of Lugo (Cultural Tutor)