Schon vor zwölf Jahren ging der Streit los. Die Volksrepublik China besetzte das Scarborough Shoal, ein unbewohntes Riff, etwa 230 Kilometer vor der philippinischen Küste, so wie zahlreiche weitere Felsen und Sandbänke im südchinesischen Meer....
MEPs have expressed “severe concerns” regarding the persistent reports of pushbacks and violence towards asylum seekers and migrants arriving in Greece....
Der österreichische Außenminister Alexander Schallenberg hatte die von der ukrainischen Anti-Korruptions-Behörde zusammengestellte Liste auf einem Ministertreffen in Kiew einem Insider zufolge offen als “willkürlich” kritisiert....
Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation....
The nearly 45-metre-high monument has dominated the Bulgarian capital’s landscape for the past 70 years. Still, the new pro-EU coalition government began the process of dismantling it after being motivated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
The expression ‘illegal border crossing’ is in a letter that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent to the 27 national leaders, ahead of the European Council summit this week....
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov acknowledged that Budapest had warned his country it would veto its Schengen accession unless Sofia lifted a tax that made it more expensive for Hungary to import Russian gas via Bulgarian territory.
These funds will be directed to the payment of pensions, teachers’ salaries, and support of internally displaced persons, allowing Ukraine to focus its internal resources on the needs of the military, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Security camera videos show two Israeli military vehicles pursuing a group of Palestinians in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank. One man, who appears to be holding a red canister, is gunned down by soldiers....
A House of Commons committee believes Canadian public pension funds, including British Columbia’s, should stop investing in Chinese companies that abuse human rights....
“The Nordics will continue to provide extensive military, economic and humanitarian support to Ukraine, individually and collectivelly as Nordics, as well as in the framework of international formats and platforms,” a joint statement by Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland says.
Daniel Woo, an officer in China’s Ministry of State Security spy agency, pushed Frank Creyelman, a former Belgian senator, to influence discussions in Europe on issues ranging from China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong to its persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang....
Many clubs claim that FIFA greenlit the transfers, while the latter points its fingers at the clubs, arguing that they bear the responsibility for complying with sanctions.
Since the 2020-2021 pro-democracy demonstrations, the right to freedom of expression has increasingly come under attack in Thailand. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Bangkok and other cities to call for political reform, a new constitution, respect for civil and political liberties, and the reform of the...
French president Emmanuel Macron already unveiled new incentives to sway buyers away from Chinese models toward French and European ones, including a new €100 per month leasing scheme for EU-made electric cars, with those details announced today. The French government also announced a big rollout of cash incentives for...
Netanyahu sparked anger from the left and right on Monday when he said the Hamas attack had led to the same number of Israeli deaths as the Oslo accords, the peace agreement signed between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993. The comments, made in a leaked statement to the Knesset’s foreign affairs and defence committee, were...
Promising “exclusive content from the Gaza Strip,” a Telegram channel reportedly operated by a unit of the Israel Defense Forces regularly posts grotesque videos and images that depict the killing and mutilation of Palestinians—often accompanied by celebratory captions and emojis....
Practices include: (1) Russian forces misusing civilian health facilities for nonmedical purposes(2); requiring forced changes of nationality as a precondition for gaining access to health care (otherwise known as “passportization”); and (3) threatening and harassing health care professionals as a way to further limit care...
Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.
Adopting deported Ukrainian children in Russia is a crime from the point of view of international law, lawyer Maria Chashchilova explains. “This is considered genocide and violates paragraph (e) of Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: ‘forcibly transferring children of the...
Research and development in Finland hasn’t yet recovered the cruising speed of 3.54% of GDP that it had in 2008, which reached such a high level thanks to the phenomenal contribution of Nokia’s research. According to Sari Multala, the minister of Science and Culture for the Nordic country, the current government has proposed...
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words “2-3, sha-ger.” This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
Is this before or after the Hamas war crimes tribunal?
They can do that before or after, but I hope they do both soon. There is no difference between Hamas and Israel’s right-wing government led by Netanyahu.
Eight-year-old Roman Oleksiv: He survived by sheer luck, now goes to school, plays music and dances (en.vijesti.me)
Philippinische Fischer wehren sich gegen die Expansion Chinas im Südchinesischen Meer: "Es ist gefährlich geworden da draußen" (www.tagesschau.de) German
Schon vor zwölf Jahren ging der Streit los. Die Volksrepublik China besetzte das Scarborough Shoal, ein unbewohntes Riff, etwa 230 Kilometer vor der philippinischen Küste, so wie zahlreiche weitere Felsen und Sandbänke im südchinesischen Meer....
European Parliament calls on the EU border agency Frontex to comply with fundamental rights in border operations (1ft.io)
MEPs have expressed “severe concerns” regarding the persistent reports of pushbacks and violence towards asylum seekers and migrants arriving in Greece....
Deutschland: Amtliche Verordnungen frei zugänglich (fragdenstaat.de) German
Österreich will Raiffeisen Bank von der ukrainischen Liste der "Internationalen Sponsoren des Kriegs" streichen lassen und macht das zur Bedingung dafür, um neuen Russland-Sanktionen zuzustimmen (www.nachrichten.at) German
Der österreichische Außenminister Alexander Schallenberg hatte die von der ukrainischen Anti-Korruptions-Behörde zusammengestellte Liste auf einem Ministertreffen in Kiew einem Insider zufolge offen als “willkürlich” kritisiert....
Austria stalls Russian sanctions over Raiffeisen Bank blacklisting (kfgo.com)
Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation....
Pro-Russian parties block Bulgarian parliament over Soviet monument demolition (www.euractiv.com)
The nearly 45-metre-high monument has dominated the Bulgarian capital’s landscape for the past 70 years. Still, the new pro-EU coalition government began the process of dismantling it after being motivated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
The loaded language of von der Leyen's migration letter (www.euractiv.com)
The expression ‘illegal border crossing’ is in a letter that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent to the 27 national leaders, ahead of the European Council summit this week....
Bulgarian PM acknowledges Hungarian blackmail over Schengen (www.euractiv.com)
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov acknowledged that Budapest had warned his country it would veto its Schengen accession unless Sofia lifted a tax that made it more expensive for Hungary to import Russian gas via Bulgarian territory.
The World Bank Allocates Over a Billion Dollars to Ukraine, Primarily From Japan (www.kyivpost.com)
These funds will be directed to the payment of pensions, teachers’ salaries, and support of internally displaced persons, allowing Ukraine to focus its internal resources on the needs of the military, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military opens probe after videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range in West Bank refugee camp (apnews.com)
Security camera videos show two Israeli military vehicles pursuing a group of Palestinians in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank. One man, who appears to be holding a red canister, is gunned down by soldiers....
China is flooding Taiwan with fake news and disinformation ahead of a major election. Here’s how it’s fighting back (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6763982
Committee say B.C., other public pensions should avoid Chinese human rights abusers (biv.com)
A House of Commons committee believes Canadian public pension funds, including British Columbia’s, should stop investing in Chinese companies that abuse human rights....
Ukraine confident it will secure €50bn in EU aid despite Orbán veto, hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January (www.theguardian.com)
'As long as it takes:' amid Hungary's attempt to boycott Ukraine support in the EU and Republicans doing the same in the US, Nordic countries send a clear signal of commitment (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6743699...
'As long as it takes:' amid Hungary's attempt to boycott Ukraine support in the EU and Republicans doing the same in the US, Nordic countries send a clear signal of commitment (www.stm.dk)
“The Nordics will continue to provide extensive military, economic and humanitarian support to Ukraine, individually and collectivelly as Nordics, as well as in the framework of international formats and platforms,” a joint statement by Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland says.
Chinese spies recruited European politician in operation to divide west (wnews247.com)
Daniel Woo, an officer in China’s Ministry of State Security spy agency, pushed Frank Creyelman, a former Belgian senator, to influence discussions in Europe on issues ranging from China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong to its persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang....
So hilft chinesische Technik Putin und Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine (www.businessinsider.de) German
Poland violated human rights of woman in abortion case, European court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The fight over how rape is defined threatens the first major European law on sexual violence (english.elpais.com)
Dozens of European football clubs risk violating sanctions with Russia transfers (1ft.io)
Many clubs claim that FIFA greenlit the transfers, while the latter points its fingers at the clubs, arguing that they bear the responsibility for complying with sanctions.
Thailand: Lawmaker Sentenced to 6 years in prison for ‘Insulting Monarchy’ (www.hrw.org)
Since the 2020-2021 pro-democracy demonstrations, the right to freedom of expression has increasingly come under attack in Thailand. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Bangkok and other cities to call for political reform, a new constitution, respect for civil and political liberties, and the reform of the...
France says ‘non’ to EVs made in China (electrek.co)
French president Emmanuel Macron already unveiled new incentives to sway buyers away from Chinese models toward French and European ones, including a new €100 per month leasing scheme for EU-made electric cars, with those details announced today. The French government also announced a big rollout of cash incentives for...
Auditing firm distances itself from German car maker VW’s China plant in Xinjiang, a region where rights groups documented abuses including mass forced labour in detention camps (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6678987...
US, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries singles out Republican ‘pro-Putin caucus’ opposing Ukraine aid (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6676964...
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused of ‘evil’ campaigning at time of war (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6676633...
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused of ‘evil’ campaigning at time of war (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu sparked anger from the left and right on Monday when he said the Hamas attack had led to the same number of Israeli deaths as the Oslo accords, the peace agreement signed between Israel and the Palestinians in 1993. The comments, made in a leaked statement to the Knesset’s foreign affairs and defence committee, were...
European Commission unfreezes billions in funds for Hungary (www.dw.com)
'Deeply Sick': Israel Defense Forces's 'Murder Porn Channel' Compared to Horrors of Abu Ghraib (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6674238...
'Deeply Sick': Israel Defense Forces's 'Murder Porn Channel' Compared to Horrors of Abu Ghraib (www.commondreams.org)
Promising “exclusive content from the Gaza Strip,” a Telegram channel reportedly operated by a unit of the Israel Defense Forces regularly posts grotesque videos and images that depict the killing and mutilation of Palestinians—often accompanied by celebratory captions and emojis....
NGO 'Physicians For Human Rights' calls on ICC to investigate Russian attacks on Ukrainian health care system as war crimes and crimes against humanity (phr.org)
Practices include: (1) Russian forces misusing civilian health facilities for nonmedical purposes(2); requiring forced changes of nationality as a precondition for gaining access to health care (otherwise known as “passportization”); and (3) threatening and harassing health care professionals as a way to further limit care...
European Parliament: EU must confront China over its human rights abuses, llimit Chinese control over EU critical infrastructure to combat cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns (www.europarl.europa.eu)
Netherlands warns children not to swallow sea foam over PFAS concerns (www.theguardian.com)
Europeans open to Ukraine joining EU, survey shows (www.theguardian.com)
'Warmongering' EU Commission boss must leave post, European Left chief says (www.euractiv.com)
Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.
How Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov and His New Wife Adopted a Child Kidnapped from Ukraine and Changed Her Identity (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6607071...
How Russian Parliamentary Leader Sergey Mironov and His New Wife Adopted a Child Kidnapped from Ukraine and Changed Her Identity (istories.media)
Adopting deported Ukrainian children in Russia is a crime from the point of view of international law, lawyer Maria Chashchilova explains. “This is considered genocide and violates paragraph (e) of Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: ‘forcibly transferring children of the...
Boost public and private investment in R&D to 4% of GDP: This is how Finland is looking for its next Nokia (english.elpais.com)
Research and development in Finland hasn’t yet recovered the cruising speed of 3.54% of GDP that it had in 2008, which reached such a high level thanks to the phenomenal contribution of Nokia’s research. According to Sari Multala, the minister of Science and Culture for the Nordic country, the current government has proposed...
On TikTok, the war in Gaza is a game (english.elpais.com)
One of the TikTok trends is to show the process of loading a projectile into a tank and firing it. Another is to put trance music to a video, along with the words “2-3, sha-ger.” This is the order that a military drone operator is given to drop a bomb, with the syllables separated so that the message is clear. The trend...
Abortion restrictions and discouragement of female university students: Moscow wants Russian women to focus on childbearing (english.elpais.com)
Here’s how to find more funds for Ukraine – liquidate Russia’s $300bn in frozen assets --- [Opinion] (www.theguardian.com)
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of deliberately attacking civilians and journalists in Lebanon (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6542850...
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of deliberately attacking civilians and journalists in Lebanon (www.hrw.org)