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Friday, June 17, 2022
Daniil Trifonov – C.P.E. Bach: 2 Piano Sonatas, Wq. 59: IV. Rondo in C Minor, H. 283
Refugees in Search of a Safe Haven
Jun 17, 2022 • Fleeing terror at home, searching for safety and shelter. During the Holocaust, European Jews cried out to the world for help, desperate to escape Nazi persecution. Without legal protection, their lives hung in the balance. Some were granted refuge in foreign countries with an unfamiliar language, new customs, and limited opportunities. Most found nowhere to turn.
Today, war, genocide, and mass atrocities are forcing millions of people around the world from their homes. Often separated from their loved ones, they face an uncertain future. In observance of World Refugee Day, learn more from Museum experts about the plight of refugees during the Holocaust and today.
Guest
Ron Coleman, Chief, Library, The David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Today, war, genocide, and mass atrocities are forcing millions of people around the world from their homes. Often separated from their loved ones, they face an uncertain future. In observance of World Refugee Day, learn more from Museum experts about the plight of refugees during the Holocaust and today.
Guest
Ron Coleman, Chief, Library, The David M. Rubenstein National Institute for Holocaust Documentation, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Host
Dr. Edna Friedberg, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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EU Says Ukraine Should Be Given Candidate Status to Join Bloc
THE GUARDIAN: Commission also recommends candidate status for Moldova but gives more guarded response to Georgia
The European Commission has said Ukraine should be given candidate status to join the EU, in a show of confidence in the wartime government of Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a diplomatic blow to Vladimir Putin.
The EU executive also recommended candidate status for Moldova, another former Soviet state that launched an EU membership bid soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But it gave a more guarded response to Georgia, saying the country needed to carry out further anti-corruption and judicial reforms.
EU leaders will decide next week whether to grant the three states EU candidate status, although full membership would be likely to take years. The decision would be a historic step for Ukraine, where reformers have been seeking democratic change since the Maidan protests of 2014, events that were the prelude to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war on its neighbour. » | Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Friday, June 17, 2022
The European Commission has said Ukraine should be given candidate status to join the EU, in a show of confidence in the wartime government of Volodymyr Zelenskiy and a diplomatic blow to Vladimir Putin.
The EU executive also recommended candidate status for Moldova, another former Soviet state that launched an EU membership bid soon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But it gave a more guarded response to Georgia, saying the country needed to carry out further anti-corruption and judicial reforms.
EU leaders will decide next week whether to grant the three states EU candidate status, although full membership would be likely to take years. The decision would be a historic step for Ukraine, where reformers have been seeking democratic change since the Maidan protests of 2014, events that were the prelude to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and war on its neighbour. » | Jennifer Rankin in Brussels | Friday, June 17, 2022
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Litauen soll nur der Anfang sein
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Russlands Präsident Putin bezeichnet eine estnische Stadt als russisch. Ein Abgeordneter will die Unabhängigkeit Litauens widerrufen. Nimmt der Westen solche Drohungen ernst genug?
Jahrelang galt der Duma-Abgeordnete Jewgenij Fjodorow selbst nach Moskauer Maßstäben als radikaler Exot. Er sah Russlands Elite vom amerikanischen Auslandsgeheimdienst CIA durchsetzt und schuf eine „Nationale Befreiungsfront“, die Präsident Wladimir Putin, dem Fjodorow die Rolle des Heilsbringers zumisst, im Kampf gegen die angebliche Fremdherrschaft unterstützen soll. Aktivisten der „Front“ beschimpften und attackierten – von den Sicherheitskräften protegiert – Oppositionelle. Fjodorow fordert seit Jahren, Russland zu den „Grenzen von 1945“ zu verhelfen.
Der Abgeordnete tat das offenkundig mit Zustimmung des Kremls, denn die Machtpartei „Einiges Russland“ stellte ihn immer wieder auf. Am vergangenen Mittwoch hat er ein Gesetzesprojekt in das Unterhaus eingebracht, um die noch unter Michail Gorbatschows Sowjetunion 1991 erfolgte Anerkennung der Unabhängigkeit Litauens aufzuheben. Die Anerkennung sei „illegal“ gewesen, da keine einzige sowjetische Institution berechtigt gewesen sei, über den Austritt einer Republik aus der Sowjetunion oder über deren Ende zu entscheiden. Nach dieser Logik könnte jede frühere Sowjetrepublik zum Ziel werden, wie Fjodorow gegenüber dem Staatsmedium „Sputnik“ klarstellte: „Wir haben nur mit Litauen angefangen.“ » | Von Friedrich Schmidt und Reinhard Veser | Mittwoch, 15 Juni 2022
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Stock Markets Plunge again as Flurry of Interest Rate Hikes Fuels Recession Fears
THE GUARDIAN: Investors wary as other central banks follow US Federal Reserve in raising borrowing costs
The global rout in stock markets, cryptocurrencies and other risky assets has gathered pace amid growing concern that out-of-control inflation, rising interest rates and slowing growth could combine to tip the world into recession.
Share prices fell in Asia on Friday at the beginning of what was likely to be another torrid day for investors spooked by the US Federal Reserve’s decision this week to raise interest rates by the largest margin for almost 30 years.
Other leading central banks such as the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank have followed suit – the latter in its first hike for 15 years – sending economists scrambling to revise their forecast for growth downwards.
Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management in Hong Kong said: “No central bankers worth their weight would put inflation-fighting credentials on the line and import higher energy inflation via a weaker currency. » | Martin Farrer | Friday, June 17, 2022
The global rout in stock markets, cryptocurrencies and other risky assets has gathered pace amid growing concern that out-of-control inflation, rising interest rates and slowing growth could combine to tip the world into recession.
Share prices fell in Asia on Friday at the beginning of what was likely to be another torrid day for investors spooked by the US Federal Reserve’s decision this week to raise interest rates by the largest margin for almost 30 years.
Other leading central banks such as the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank have followed suit – the latter in its first hike for 15 years – sending economists scrambling to revise their forecast for growth downwards.
Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management in Hong Kong said: “No central bankers worth their weight would put inflation-fighting credentials on the line and import higher energy inflation via a weaker currency. » | Martin Farrer | Friday, June 17, 2022
Julian Assange’s Extradition from UK to US Approved by Home Secretary
THE GUARDIAN: Fresh appeal likely after Priti Patel gives green light to extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder
Supporters of Julian Assange demonstrating outside the Home Office on 17 May calling on Priti Patel to refuse the US extradition order. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Priti Patel has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US.
The case passed to the home secretary last month after the supreme court ruled that there were no legal questions over assurances given by US authorities over how he is likely to be treated.
While Patel has given a green light, an expected cross-appeal by Assange’s legal team would restart the clock on a renewed legal battle in the courts.
It is likely to focus on grounds such as the right to freedom of expression and whether the extradition request is politically motivated. Patel had been considering whether the US extradition request met remaining legal tests, including a promise not to execute him. » | Jamie Grierson and Ben Quinn | Friday, June 17, 2022
This is truly disgraceful! Patel's heartlessness knows no bounds. She's a mean, nasty little woman. Shame on her! – © Mark Alexander
Londres approuve l’extradition de Julian Assange aux Etats-Unis : La justice américaine veut juger le fondateur de WikiLeaks pour la diffusion, à partir de 2010, de plus de 700 000 documents classifiés sur les activités militaires et diplomatiques américaines, en particulier en Irak et en Afghanistan. Il risque cent soixante-quinze ans de prison. »
Priti Patel has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US.
The case passed to the home secretary last month after the supreme court ruled that there were no legal questions over assurances given by US authorities over how he is likely to be treated.
While Patel has given a green light, an expected cross-appeal by Assange’s legal team would restart the clock on a renewed legal battle in the courts.
It is likely to focus on grounds such as the right to freedom of expression and whether the extradition request is politically motivated. Patel had been considering whether the US extradition request met remaining legal tests, including a promise not to execute him. » | Jamie Grierson and Ben Quinn | Friday, June 17, 2022
This is truly disgraceful! Patel's heartlessness knows no bounds. She's a mean, nasty little woman. Shame on her! – © Mark Alexander
Londres approuve l’extradition de Julian Assange aux Etats-Unis : La justice américaine veut juger le fondateur de WikiLeaks pour la diffusion, à partir de 2010, de plus de 700 000 documents classifiés sur les activités militaires et diplomatiques américaines, en particulier en Irak et en Afghanistan. Il risque cent soixante-quinze ans de prison. »
Thursday, June 16, 2022
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UK Interest Rates Raised to 1.25% by Bank of England
BBC: UK interest rates have risen further as the Bank of England attempts to stem the pace of soaring prices.
Rates have increased from 1% to 1.25%, the fifth consecutive rise, pushing them to the highest level in 13 years.
It comes as finances are being squeezed by the rising cost of living, driven by record fuel and energy prices.
Inflation - the rate at which prices rise - is currently at a 40-year high of 9%, and the Bank warned it could surpass 11% later this year.
The Bank said rising energy prices were expected to drive living costs even higher in October, but added it would "act forcefully" if necessary should inflation pressures persist. » | Dearbail Jordan, Business reporter, BBC News | Thursday, June 16, 2022
Rates have increased from 1% to 1.25%, the fifth consecutive rise, pushing them to the highest level in 13 years.
It comes as finances are being squeezed by the rising cost of living, driven by record fuel and energy prices.
Inflation - the rate at which prices rise - is currently at a 40-year high of 9%, and the Bank warned it could surpass 11% later this year.
The Bank said rising energy prices were expected to drive living costs even higher in October, but added it would "act forcefully" if necessary should inflation pressures persist. » | Dearbail Jordan, Business reporter, BBC News | Thursday, June 16, 2022
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Flucht und Vertreibung weltweit I Grafik-Explainer
Jun 16, 2022 • Seit zehn Jahren steigt die Zahl der Vertriebenen immer weiter – auf inzwischen mehr als 100 Millionen Menschen weltweit, wie die aktuellen Daten des UNHCR der Vereinten Nationen zeigen. Über die Hälfte von ihnen ist im eigenen Land auf der Flucht. Von den mehr als 33,5 Millionen (Zahl inklusive Ukraine-Flüchtlinge), die ihr Land verlassen haben, sucht der größte Teil in direkten Nachbarstaaten Schutz.
Die Fluchtursachen sind vielfältig: Krieg, Gewalt, Hunger und Naturkatastrophen zwingen weltweit Menschen dazu, ihre Heimat aufzugeben.
Dieses Grafikvideo informiert über die Situation der Flüchtenden in den größten Krisenherden rund um den Globus und beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Fluchtursachen – in Europa, Asien, Afrika und Amerika.
Die Fluchtursachen sind vielfältig: Krieg, Gewalt, Hunger und Naturkatastrophen zwingen weltweit Menschen dazu, ihre Heimat aufzugeben.
Dieses Grafikvideo informiert über die Situation der Flüchtenden in den größten Krisenherden rund um den Globus und beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Fluchtursachen – in Europa, Asien, Afrika und Amerika.
Lavish Money Laundering Schemes Exposed in Canada
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Government officials in the province of British Columbia were aware that suspicious money was entering their revenue stream, but took no steps to stop it.
VANCOUVER — Self-professed students were buying multimillion-dollar homes in the Vancouver area, with dubious sources of income, or none at all.
A family of modest means transferred at least 114 million Canadian dollars to British Columbia.
Loan sharks cleaned their dirty money by giving garbage bags and hockey bags full of illicit Canadian 20 dollar bills to gamblers who took it onto casino floors.
Those were just some of the findings from a long-awaited report into money laundering in Canada’s western province of British Columbia, which after two years of testimony was finally released by a special commission on Wednesday.
Canada is a “major money laundering country,” with weak law enforcement and gaps in its laws, that put it on a list of countries that included Afghanistan, China and Colombia, according to a 2019 report by the State Department. Few places in Canada launder as much money as the province of British Columbia, specifically the region around Vancouver, which has one of the country’s biggest underground economies. The province has earned an international reputation as a haven for “snow washing” — a term for money laundering in Canada, according to government officials. » | Catherine Porter, Vjosa Isai and Tracy Sherlock | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
VANCOUVER — Self-professed students were buying multimillion-dollar homes in the Vancouver area, with dubious sources of income, or none at all.
A family of modest means transferred at least 114 million Canadian dollars to British Columbia.
Loan sharks cleaned their dirty money by giving garbage bags and hockey bags full of illicit Canadian 20 dollar bills to gamblers who took it onto casino floors.
Those were just some of the findings from a long-awaited report into money laundering in Canada’s western province of British Columbia, which after two years of testimony was finally released by a special commission on Wednesday.
Canada is a “major money laundering country,” with weak law enforcement and gaps in its laws, that put it on a list of countries that included Afghanistan, China and Colombia, according to a 2019 report by the State Department. Few places in Canada launder as much money as the province of British Columbia, specifically the region around Vancouver, which has one of the country’s biggest underground economies. The province has earned an international reputation as a haven for “snow washing” — a term for money laundering in Canada, according to government officials. » | Catherine Porter, Vjosa Isai and Tracy Sherlock | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Crypto Crash Continues.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Cryptocurrencies fell again on Wednesday, extending a rout that has dragged down digital currencies more steeply than many other markets. Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency, traded at about $21,000 early on Wednesday, down 4 percent over the past 24 hours, 30 percent over the past week and 55 percent so far this year, according to CoinDesk.
Wall Street analysts have been keeping a close eye on cryptocurrencies to see if they might avoid the slowdown traditional assets have experienced. (The S&P 500 is in a bear market, down about 20 percent this year.) The pullback in the crypto market, however, illustrates the precariousness of the structure built around these risky and unregulated digital assets.
Stock prices of crypto companies have cratered, retail traders are fleeing and industry executives are predicting a prolonged slump that could put more companies in jeopardy, The New York Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith report.
“The tide has gone out in crypto, and we’re seeing that many of these businesses and platforms rested on shaky and unsustainable foundations,” said Lee Reiners, a former Federal Reserve official who teaches at Duke University Law School. “The music has stopped.” » | Eshe Nelson | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Wall Street analysts have been keeping a close eye on cryptocurrencies to see if they might avoid the slowdown traditional assets have experienced. (The S&P 500 is in a bear market, down about 20 percent this year.) The pullback in the crypto market, however, illustrates the precariousness of the structure built around these risky and unregulated digital assets.
Stock prices of crypto companies have cratered, retail traders are fleeing and industry executives are predicting a prolonged slump that could put more companies in jeopardy, The New York Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith report.
“The tide has gone out in crypto, and we’re seeing that many of these businesses and platforms rested on shaky and unsustainable foundations,” said Lee Reiners, a former Federal Reserve official who teaches at Duke University Law School. “The music has stopped.” » | Eshe Nelson | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Why the Fed Can Keep Rates ‘Pretty Aggressively’ in the Short Term: Economist
Weak Pound Puts the Squeeze on Holiday Spending
BBC: The pound's weakness against the dollar and the euro spells bad news for British holidaymakers this summer.
Fears over the UK economy are weighing on markets, causing sterling to sink below $1.20 on Tuesday, its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, before partly recovering on Wednesday.
Versus the euro, the pound is hovering near thirteen-month lows.
As a result many Brits traveling abroad in the next few weeks will find their spending money won't stretch as far.
"The pound remains a very vulnerable currency," said Jane Foley, head of foreign exchange strategy at the Dutch bank Rabobank.
"A lot of this is related to fears about growth," she continued, noting that political uncertainty and a potential trade conflict with the European Union were likely to add to investors' concerns about the UK's economic outlook. » | Noor Nanji, Business reporter, BBC News | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Fears over the UK economy are weighing on markets, causing sterling to sink below $1.20 on Tuesday, its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, before partly recovering on Wednesday.
Versus the euro, the pound is hovering near thirteen-month lows.
As a result many Brits traveling abroad in the next few weeks will find their spending money won't stretch as far.
"The pound remains a very vulnerable currency," said Jane Foley, head of foreign exchange strategy at the Dutch bank Rabobank.
"A lot of this is related to fears about growth," she continued, noting that political uncertainty and a potential trade conflict with the European Union were likely to add to investors' concerns about the UK's economic outlook. » | Noor Nanji, Business reporter, BBC News | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 of a Percentage Point.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, its biggest move since 1994, as the central bank ramps up its efforts to tackle the fastest inflation in four decades.
The big rate increase, which markets had expected, underlined that Fed officials are serious about crushing price increases even if it comes at a cost to the economy.
Officials predicted that the unemployment rate will increase to 3.7 percent this year and to 4.1 percent by 2024, and that growth will slow notably as policymakers push borrowing costs sharply higher and choke off economic demand. » | Jeanna Smialek | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 1994: Fed confirms 0.75 percentage-point increase as Americans across country hit hard by rising prices and shortages of key items »
Praise Ye the Lord! – Mark
The big rate increase, which markets had expected, underlined that Fed officials are serious about crushing price increases even if it comes at a cost to the economy.
Officials predicted that the unemployment rate will increase to 3.7 percent this year and to 4.1 percent by 2024, and that growth will slow notably as policymakers push borrowing costs sharply higher and choke off economic demand. » | Jeanna Smialek | Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 1994: Fed confirms 0.75 percentage-point increase as Americans across country hit hard by rising prices and shortages of key items »
Praise Ye the Lord! – Mark
Elegant Simplicity : The Cloche
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'Stop the World, Scotland Wants to Get On'
Verwandt.
Gegen Recht und Gesetz
FRANFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Legal wäre es nicht, wenn die schottische Regionalregierung ohne Zustimmung Londons nochmal über eine Unabhängigkeit abstimmen ließe. Aber Boris Johnson nimmt es mit Recht und Gesetz auch nicht so genau.
Die Unabhängigkeitsbestrebungen in Schottland, seit einem Referendum im Jahre 2014 eigentlich für mindestens eine Generation zu den Akten gelegt, haben seit dem Brexit neuen Schwung gewonnen. In Schottland hatte eine deutliche Mehrheit gegen einen Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der EU gestimmt. Im Gesamtergebnis wurden die Schotten aber von Engländern und Walisern majorisiert. » | Ein Kommentar von Peter Sturm | Mittwoch, 15. Juni 2022
Lien assocée.
'Let's Call a Spade a Spade - This Is Illegal' - the EU Takes Action against the UK
Jun 15, 2022 • The EU has begun legal action against the UK following the Government's decision to override parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Maros Sefčovič had acted illegally in ignoring parts of the deal they with the EU.
He said the move had damaged trust and respect between the EU and the UK.
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Maros Sefčovič had acted illegally in ignoring parts of the deal they with the EU.
He said the move had damaged trust and respect between the EU and the UK.
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'Let's Call a Spade a Spade': EU Resumes Legal Action against UK over New NI Protocol Bill
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Vague de chaleur : établissements scolaires, pompiers, sportifs… partout, la nécessité de s’adapter
LE MONDE : Pendant plusieurs jours, jusqu’au week-end, le thermomètre pourrait dépasser les 40 °C. Une poussée précoce du mercure qui met plusieurs secteurs d’activité sous tension, et les contraint à se préparer au réchauffement climatique.
La température atteint et dépasse 40 °C à Perpignan, le 13 juin 2022. IDHIR BAHA /HANS LUCAS POUR « LE MONDE »
La vague de chaleur précoce annoncée en France, qui s’amorce par le sud-ouest du pays et devrait progresser jusqu’au week-end, avec des températures dépassant par endroits les 40 °C, va mettre plusieurs secteurs d’activité sous tension, des établissements scolaires aux pompiers, en passant par le secteur médico-social. La multiplication des épisodes caniculaires liés au réchauffement climatique impose partout de s’adapter à cette nouvelle donne.
Mardi 14 juin, à la sortie du conseil des ministres, la porte-parole du gouvernement, Olivia Grégoire, a ainsi annoncé la création d’un fonds de 500 millions d’euros pour la « renaturation » des villes, qui sont les endroits où la chaleur est la plus prégnante. « Le gouvernement va favoriser le développement d’îlots de fraîcheur en ville en s’engageant très fortement pour accompagner les collectivités locales dans l’adaptation aux conséquences du dérèglement climatique », a affirmé Mme Grégoire. » | Par Mattea Battaglia, Antoine Albertini, Sabrina El Mosselli, Camille Stromboni, Nicolas Lepeltier et Isabelle Rey-Lefebvre | mercredi 15 juin 2022
Article réservé aux abonnés
LIRE AUSSI :
Une vague de chaleur exceptionnellement intense arrive en France cette semaine : Entre jeudi et samedi, les températures iront de 33 °C à 35 °C dans le centre du pays, et jusqu’à 39 °C dans le Sud. Les prochains jours diront si la vigilance canicule sera déclenchée. »
Comment Météo-France définit une « vague de chaleur » : La canicule qui s’installe sur la France, où 23 départements sont en alerte orange, cette semaine est exceptionnellement précoce et pourrait aggraver la sécheresse des sols observée depuis plusieurs mois. »
La vague de chaleur précoce annoncée en France, qui s’amorce par le sud-ouest du pays et devrait progresser jusqu’au week-end, avec des températures dépassant par endroits les 40 °C, va mettre plusieurs secteurs d’activité sous tension, des établissements scolaires aux pompiers, en passant par le secteur médico-social. La multiplication des épisodes caniculaires liés au réchauffement climatique impose partout de s’adapter à cette nouvelle donne.
Mardi 14 juin, à la sortie du conseil des ministres, la porte-parole du gouvernement, Olivia Grégoire, a ainsi annoncé la création d’un fonds de 500 millions d’euros pour la « renaturation » des villes, qui sont les endroits où la chaleur est la plus prégnante. « Le gouvernement va favoriser le développement d’îlots de fraîcheur en ville en s’engageant très fortement pour accompagner les collectivités locales dans l’adaptation aux conséquences du dérèglement climatique », a affirmé Mme Grégoire. » | Par Mattea Battaglia, Antoine Albertini, Sabrina El Mosselli, Camille Stromboni, Nicolas Lepeltier et Isabelle Rey-Lefebvre | mercredi 15 juin 2022
Article réservé aux abonnés
LIRE AUSSI :
Une vague de chaleur exceptionnellement intense arrive en France cette semaine : Entre jeudi et samedi, les températures iront de 33 °C à 35 °C dans le centre du pays, et jusqu’à 39 °C dans le Sud. Les prochains jours diront si la vigilance canicule sera déclenchée. »
Comment Météo-France définit une « vague de chaleur » : La canicule qui s’installe sur la France, où 23 départements sont en alerte orange, cette semaine est exceptionnellement précoce et pourrait aggraver la sécheresse des sols observée depuis plusieurs mois. »
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
‘The Music Has Stopped’: Crypto Firms Quake as Prices Fall
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Crypto companies are laying off staff, freezing withdrawals and trying to stem losses, raising questions about the health of the ecosystem.
Employees of Coinbase in Times Square last year for its initial public offering. On Tuesday, the company said that it was laying off 18 percent of its workers. | Gabby Jones for The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — No one wanted to miss out on the cryptocurrency mania.
Over the last two years, as the prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies surged, crypto start-ups proliferated. Companies that market digital coins to investors flooded the airwaves with TV commercials, newfangled lending operations offered sky-high interest rates on crypto deposits and exchanges like Coinbase that allow investors to trade digital assets went on hiring sprees.
A global industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars rose up practically overnight. Now it is crashing down. After weeks of plummeting cryptocurrency prices, Coinbase said on Tuesday that it was cutting 18 percent of its employees, after layoffs at other crypto companies like Gemini, BlockFi and Crypto.com. High-profile start-ups like Terraform Labs have imploded, wiping away years of investments. On Sunday, an experimental crypto bank, Celsius, abruptly halted withdrawals.
The pullback in the crypto ecosystem illustrates the precariousness of the structure built around these risky and unregulated digital assets. The total value of the cryptocurrency market has dropped by about 65 percent since autumn, and analysts predict the sell-off will continue. Stock prices of crypto companies have cratered, retail traders are fleeing and industry executives are predicting a prolonged slump that could put more companies in jeopardy. » | David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith | Tuesday, June 14, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO — No one wanted to miss out on the cryptocurrency mania.
Over the last two years, as the prices of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies surged, crypto start-ups proliferated. Companies that market digital coins to investors flooded the airwaves with TV commercials, newfangled lending operations offered sky-high interest rates on crypto deposits and exchanges like Coinbase that allow investors to trade digital assets went on hiring sprees.
A global industry worth hundreds of billions of dollars rose up practically overnight. Now it is crashing down. After weeks of plummeting cryptocurrency prices, Coinbase said on Tuesday that it was cutting 18 percent of its employees, after layoffs at other crypto companies like Gemini, BlockFi and Crypto.com. High-profile start-ups like Terraform Labs have imploded, wiping away years of investments. On Sunday, an experimental crypto bank, Celsius, abruptly halted withdrawals.
The pullback in the crypto ecosystem illustrates the precariousness of the structure built around these risky and unregulated digital assets. The total value of the cryptocurrency market has dropped by about 65 percent since autumn, and analysts predict the sell-off will continue. Stock prices of crypto companies have cratered, retail traders are fleeing and industry executives are predicting a prolonged slump that could put more companies in jeopardy. » | David Yaffe-Bellany and Erin Griffith | Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Bernie Sanders: My Message to Fox News Viewers
This is the man who should be president of the USA! – Mark
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How Does It Feel to Be Russian Right Now? | NYT Opinion
Jun 14, 2022 • With Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February, it suddenly became very difficult to be Russian in this world. A nation, it seemed, had become a global pariah overnight.
This fell particularly heavily on cosmopolitan Russians who had viewed themselves as citizens of the global community and had opposed the war but now feared a kind of international cancellation based on their nationality alone.
Yet for many, things were even worse inside Russia. The country they called home and was central to their identity had revealed itself as something different and darker than they knew.
In the Opinion video above, three women who oppose the war speak about how it feels to be Russian now, how it feels to be them.
Two of the women — Natasha Zamorskaya, an activist, political aide and journalist; and Elina Kulikova, a performance artist and theater director — fled Russia, like tens of thousands of others, soon after the war began. The third — Anna Narinskaya, a literary critic, curator and educator — has remained in Russia.
With aching honesty, they describe the feelings that have overwhelmed them: anger and sadness, loss and regret, and a near-paralyzing uncertainty about who they are now and what will become of their lives, which were so closely tied to a country that in some ways feels foreign to them now.
Their struggle has been complicated by a concern that this might not be the time to give voice to their pain, not while their government inflicts such horror on Ukrainians.
As Ms. Zamorskaya says, “I think silence is my punishment now.”
This fell particularly heavily on cosmopolitan Russians who had viewed themselves as citizens of the global community and had opposed the war but now feared a kind of international cancellation based on their nationality alone.
Yet for many, things were even worse inside Russia. The country they called home and was central to their identity had revealed itself as something different and darker than they knew.
In the Opinion video above, three women who oppose the war speak about how it feels to be Russian now, how it feels to be them.
Two of the women — Natasha Zamorskaya, an activist, political aide and journalist; and Elina Kulikova, a performance artist and theater director — fled Russia, like tens of thousands of others, soon after the war began. The third — Anna Narinskaya, a literary critic, curator and educator — has remained in Russia.
With aching honesty, they describe the feelings that have overwhelmed them: anger and sadness, loss and regret, and a near-paralyzing uncertainty about who they are now and what will become of their lives, which were so closely tied to a country that in some ways feels foreign to them now.
Their struggle has been complicated by a concern that this might not be the time to give voice to their pain, not while their government inflicts such horror on Ukrainians.
As Ms. Zamorskaya says, “I think silence is my punishment now.”
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En Ecosse, la première ministre relance la campagne pour l’indépendance
LE MONDE : Malgré une première consultation où 55 % des électeurs avaient rejeté l’autodétermination en 2014 et le refus du gouvernement de Londres, Nicola Sturgeon souhaite organiser un nouveau référendum d’ici à 2023.
La première ministre écossaise relance la campagne pour l’indépendance, mardi 14 juin. RUSSELL CHEYNE / AFP
La première ministre écossaise, Nicola Sturgeon, a lancé, mardi 14 juin, une nouvelle campagne pour l’indépendance de l’Ecosse, en dévoilant le premier d’une série de livres blancs plaidant pour une rupture avec le Royaume-Uni. « Après tout ce qui est arrivé, le Brexit, le Covid-19, [le premier ministre britannique] Boris Johnson, il est temps de présenter une vision différente et meilleure », a déclaré Mme Sturgeon, lors d’une conférence de presse.
« Il est temps de parler d’indépendance », a ajouté la cheffe du parti indépendantiste SNP, estimant avoir « un mandat démocratique incontestable », en ce sens, après la victoire de sa formation aux élections locales en 2021. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 14 juin 2022
La première ministre écossaise, Nicola Sturgeon, a lancé, mardi 14 juin, une nouvelle campagne pour l’indépendance de l’Ecosse, en dévoilant le premier d’une série de livres blancs plaidant pour une rupture avec le Royaume-Uni. « Après tout ce qui est arrivé, le Brexit, le Covid-19, [le premier ministre britannique] Boris Johnson, il est temps de présenter une vision différente et meilleure », a déclaré Mme Sturgeon, lors d’une conférence de presse.
« Il est temps de parler d’indépendance », a ajouté la cheffe du parti indépendantiste SNP, estimant avoir « un mandat démocratique incontestable », en ce sens, après la victoire de sa formation aux élections locales en 2021. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mardi 14 juin 2022
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THE GUARDIAN: Data suggests exits after invasion of Ukraine, and UAE to overtake US and UK as top destination for world’s wealthy
A luxury yacht in Dubai. The UAE is expected to attract the largest net inflows of millionaires globally in 2022. Photograph: Karim Sahib/AFP/Getty Images
More than 15,000 millionaires are expected to flee Russia this year, as wealthy citizens turn their back on Vladmir Putin’s regime after the invasion of Ukraine, according to an analysis of migration data.
About 15% of Russians with more than $1m (£820,000) in ready assets are expected to have emigrated to other countries by the end of 2022, according to projects based on migration data by Henley & Partners, a London-based firm that acts as matchmaker between the super-rich and countries selling their citizenships.
“Russia [is] haemorrhaging millionaires,” said Andrew Amoils, the head of research at New World Wealth, which compiled the data for Henley. “Affluent individuals have been emigrating from Russia in steadily rising numbers every year over the past decade, an early warning sign of the current problems the country is facing. Historically, major country collapses have usually been preceded by an acceleration in emigration of wealthy people, who are often the first to leave as they have the means to do so.” » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Monday, June 13, 2022
More than 15,000 millionaires are expected to flee Russia this year, as wealthy citizens turn their back on Vladmir Putin’s regime after the invasion of Ukraine, according to an analysis of migration data.
About 15% of Russians with more than $1m (£820,000) in ready assets are expected to have emigrated to other countries by the end of 2022, according to projects based on migration data by Henley & Partners, a London-based firm that acts as matchmaker between the super-rich and countries selling their citizenships.
“Russia [is] haemorrhaging millionaires,” said Andrew Amoils, the head of research at New World Wealth, which compiled the data for Henley. “Affluent individuals have been emigrating from Russia in steadily rising numbers every year over the past decade, an early warning sign of the current problems the country is facing. Historically, major country collapses have usually been preceded by an acceleration in emigration of wealthy people, who are often the first to leave as they have the means to do so.” » | Rupert Neate, Wealth correspondent | Monday, June 13, 2022
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Global Stock Sell-Off Continues as Economic Concerns Mount
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The losses in China, Japan and Australia followed weakness in the United States, where stocks closed in bear market territory.
The sell-off in stocks continued across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday as fears mounted of a recession in the United States and a slowdown in the global economy.
Japan’s Nikkei index fell 1.7 percent in afternoon trading, while China’s Shanghai Composite Index was off 0.5 percent. In Australia, the key stock index tumbled about 4 percent, to its lowest levels in two years.
The market declines followed weakness in the United States, where stocks lost 3.9 percent on Monday to close in bear market territory. After reaching a record high in January, the S&P 500 has fallen more than 20 percent, the seventh bear market in the last 50 years. » | Daisuke Wakabayashi | Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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The Fed May Discuss the Biggest Interest Rate Increase Since 1994 »
The sell-off in stocks continued across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday as fears mounted of a recession in the United States and a slowdown in the global economy.
Japan’s Nikkei index fell 1.7 percent in afternoon trading, while China’s Shanghai Composite Index was off 0.5 percent. In Australia, the key stock index tumbled about 4 percent, to its lowest levels in two years.
The market declines followed weakness in the United States, where stocks lost 3.9 percent on Monday to close in bear market territory. After reaching a record high in January, the S&P 500 has fallen more than 20 percent, the seventh bear market in the last 50 years. » | Daisuke Wakabayashi | Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Bear Market Sends Grim Signal of Economic Fears »
The Fed May Discuss the Biggest Interest Rate Increase Since 1994 »
Monday, June 13, 2022
Rwanda: Asylum Seeker Deportation Flight to Go Ahead
Jun 13, 2022 • Downing Street insists the flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will go ahead as planned tomorrow, after the Court of Appeal rejected a legal challenge.
The prime minister said it was necessary to stop illegal people smuggling rackets both in the UK and France.
The SNP compared it to state-sponsored people trafficking. Labour said it was "completely unworkable, deeply unethical and extortionately expensive".
The prime minister said it was necessary to stop illegal people smuggling rackets both in the UK and France.
The SNP compared it to state-sponsored people trafficking. Labour said it was "completely unworkable, deeply unethical and extortionately expensive".
UK Reveals Plans to Ditch Parts of EU Brexit Deal
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UK risks EU trade war as Northern Ireland protocol bill is published: Liz Truss says bill will ‘fix’ post-Brexit trade problems but legal experts and some Tory MPs say move is illegal under international law »
Boris Johnson and his band of jesters, Liz Truss included, behave appallingly.
How can one possibly be proud of one’s country when one’s government flouts international law like this and reneges on the very treaty it has signed, even with fanfare.
It is high time that this excuse for a government be kicked out of office. Surely, with our illustrious history, the United Kingdom can do better than this. – © Mark Alexander
McDonald’s ist jetzt lecker: Der Nachfolger in Russland kopiert die Marketingsünden des Westens
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die alten McDonald’s-Filialen sperren in Moskau wieder auf – mit russischem Namen. Doch der amerikanische Einfluss bei Marke und Werbung ist unverkennbar. Man hätte besser auf das Nachahmen verzichtet.
McDonald’s hat sich zwar aus Russland verabschiedet. Burger werden aber wieder verkauft, jetzt mit anderem Namen, anderem Logo und ohne Beteiligung der Amerikaner. Der Unternehmer Alexander Gowor hat das McDonald’s-Filialnetz gekauft und am Wochenende die ersten Ableger in Moskau wiedereröffnet. Das Menu liest sich etwas anders, der Big Mac ist verschwunden, und an den neuen Auftritt der Kette muss man sich gewöhnen: «Wkusno i totschka». Das heisst «Lecker und Punkt». Es soll bedeuten «Lecker. So ist es».
Damit können die neuen alten russischen Burger-Brater auch bei der Werbung dem amerikanischen Einfluss nicht entkommen – aller Russifizierung zum Trotz. Der «Totschka»-Punkt ist eigentlich ein Satzzeichen. Im Marketing-Englisch ist es etabliert, einen Slogan durch einen Punkt zu verstärken. «Just do it.», empfiehlt der Sportartikelhersteller Nike seit Jahrzehnten. Der Punkt fügt Gravitas hinzu, wirkt bekräftigend, aber nicht so aufgeregt wie ein Ausrufezeichen. » | Benjamin Triebe | Montag, 13. Juni 2022
La France va être touchée par une vague de chaleur précoce et intense
LE MONDE : Le dérèglement climatique augmente la fréquence, l’intensité et la durée de tels épisodes. Les prochains jours permettront de dire si cet événement marquera un record.
La France n’est même pas entrée dans l’été qu’elle va suffoquer sous des températures brûlantes. Le pays va être touché par une vague de chaleur remarquablement précoce et exceptionnellement intense à partir du milieu de la semaine jusqu’au week-end. « On s’attend à des températures très élevées inédites aussi tôt dans la saison », explique Sébastien Léas, prévisionniste à Météo-France, tout en précisant que le phénomène fait encore l’objet « de fortes incertitudes en termes d’intensité et de localisation des épisodes les plus chauds ».
La chaleur se fait déjà ressentir dans certaines villes lundi 13 juin, avec 36 °C à l’ombre attendus à Marseille, 35 °C à Nîmes et 34 °C à Perpignan. Au plus fort de l’épisode, entre jeudi et samedi, le thermomètre pourrait atteindre entre 35 °C et 39 °C dans le Sud – du sud-ouest au sud-est en remontant sur le Lyonnais – avec des pointes à 40 °C. « Hors Corse, le seuil des 40 °C n’a jamais été observé avant un 18 juin », précise Gaétan Heymes, prévisionniste chez Météo-France. Les températures minimales ne devraient pas descendre sous les 20 °C pendant la nuit. La vague de chaleur devrait aussi toucher la moitié nord : Météo-France s’attend à des maximales entre 33 et 35 °C des bords de Loire jusqu’à la Franche-Comté en passant par le bassin parisien, et entre 25 °C et 31 °C en Bretagne, en Normandie, dans les Hauts-de-France et le nord-est du pays. » | Par Audrey Garric | lundi 13 juin 2022
La France n’est même pas entrée dans l’été qu’elle va suffoquer sous des températures brûlantes. Le pays va être touché par une vague de chaleur remarquablement précoce et exceptionnellement intense à partir du milieu de la semaine jusqu’au week-end. « On s’attend à des températures très élevées inédites aussi tôt dans la saison », explique Sébastien Léas, prévisionniste à Météo-France, tout en précisant que le phénomène fait encore l’objet « de fortes incertitudes en termes d’intensité et de localisation des épisodes les plus chauds ».
La chaleur se fait déjà ressentir dans certaines villes lundi 13 juin, avec 36 °C à l’ombre attendus à Marseille, 35 °C à Nîmes et 34 °C à Perpignan. Au plus fort de l’épisode, entre jeudi et samedi, le thermomètre pourrait atteindre entre 35 °C et 39 °C dans le Sud – du sud-ouest au sud-est en remontant sur le Lyonnais – avec des pointes à 40 °C. « Hors Corse, le seuil des 40 °C n’a jamais été observé avant un 18 juin », précise Gaétan Heymes, prévisionniste chez Météo-France. Les températures minimales ne devraient pas descendre sous les 20 °C pendant la nuit. La vague de chaleur devrait aussi toucher la moitié nord : Météo-France s’attend à des maximales entre 33 et 35 °C des bords de Loire jusqu’à la Franche-Comté en passant par le bassin parisien, et entre 25 °C et 31 °C en Bretagne, en Normandie, dans les Hauts-de-France et le nord-est du pays. » | Par Audrey Garric | lundi 13 juin 2022
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Wall St. Tumbles as Global Sell-off Accelerates.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: U.S. stocks opened in bear market territory on Monday, a 20 percent decline from their peak in January, a sign of growing pessimism about the outlook for the economy.
Markets around the world tumbled, as higher-than-expected inflation and lower-than-expected economic growth upend the outlook for interest rates and corporate profits. Stocks in Asia and Europe fell, investors dumped government bonds, oil prices slipped and cryptocurrencies crashed.
The S&P 500 fell 2.5 percent at the open of trading, as a wave of selling continued. The S&P 500 briefly dipped into bear market territory last month, before recovering to close just above it. The markets have been jittery since, with the S&P 500 last week recording its worst weekly loss since January.
The benchmark U.S. stock index is now “within one bad day’s move of a bear market, and equity futures suggest that we haven’t seen all the negative sentiment expressed yet,” analysts at ING wrote in a note to investors on Monday morning. The S&P 500 has fallen in nine of the past 10 weeks.
A report on Friday showed a surge in inflation in the United States, which rattled markets, as investors worried that the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates higher and faster than expected to rein in rising prices, a move that could hit the U.S. economy.
Global investors sold stocks, bonds and other assets, as inflation is running high in many countries, supply chains remain snarled and forecasts for economic growth are being downgraded. » | Alexandra Stevenson and Jason Karaian | Monday, June 13, 2022
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Wall Street chute, inquiète de l’inflation et de la perspective d’une hausse des taux : La Bourse de New York est entrée dans un marché baissier, avec un recul supérieur à 20 % pour le S&P 500 et de 30 % pour le Nasdaq depuis le début de l’année. Lundi, en début de matinée, les deux indices perdaient respectivement 4,15 % et 3,6 %. »
Angst vor schneller steigenden Leitzinsen – Dax fällt auf weniger als 13.500 Punkte: Nachdem die Inflation in Amerika sogar noch einmal gestiegen ist auf deutlich mehr als 8 Prozent, rückt die mächtigste Notenbank der Welt wieder ins Visier der Börse: Straffen die Währungshüter mehr als gedacht? Die Anleger reagieren schon. »
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The Guardian View on Overriding the Brexit Treaty: A National Disgrace
THE GUARDIAN – EDITORIAL: Boris Johnson’s plans to shred the Northern Ireland protocol have no basis in law, economics or diplomacy
There is no good reason for the UK to sabotage relations with its European neighbours, but doing it to score ideological points with a small faction of the prime minister’s supporters is exceptionally poor judgment. Yet that is what Boris Johnson intends to do with legislation, now said to be due for publication next week, to override the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit deal he signed in 2019.
The ostensible trigger is the collapse of power-sharing at Stormont, caused by the Democratic Unionist party’s refusal to form an administration with Sinn Féin. The DUP objects to the basis of the protocol – the requirement for customs checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea – and wants it rewritten. The EU offers modifications in the way that the treaty is implemented, saying checks are necessary to prevent Northern Ireland becoming an unregulated backdoor into the single market. » | Editorial | Thursday, June 9, 2022
Brexit: PM to unveil plans to scrap parts of NI Protocol agreed with EU: Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020. »
There is no good reason for the UK to sabotage relations with its European neighbours, but doing it to score ideological points with a small faction of the prime minister’s supporters is exceptionally poor judgment. Yet that is what Boris Johnson intends to do with legislation, now said to be due for publication next week, to override the Northern Ireland protocol of the Brexit deal he signed in 2019.
The ostensible trigger is the collapse of power-sharing at Stormont, caused by the Democratic Unionist party’s refusal to form an administration with Sinn Féin. The DUP objects to the basis of the protocol – the requirement for customs checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea – and wants it rewritten. The EU offers modifications in the way that the treaty is implemented, saying checks are necessary to prevent Northern Ireland becoming an unregulated backdoor into the single market. » | Editorial | Thursday, June 9, 2022
Brexit: PM to unveil plans to scrap parts of NI Protocol agreed with EU: Boris Johnson will later publish plans to scrap parts of the post-Brexit deal he struck with the EU in 2020. »
Former US President Donald Trump Accused of 'Attempted Coup' - BBC News
Jun 10, 2022 • Former US President Donald Trump has been accused of orchestrating last year's Capitol riot in an "attempted coup". Trump supporters stormed Congress on 6 January 2021 as lawmakers met to certify Joe Biden's election victory.
After almost a year of investigating, a congressional hearing revealed never-before-seen footage and interviews with members of Mr Trump's inner circle about what happened - including the ex-president's daughter, Ivanka Trump.
After almost a year of investigating, a congressional hearing revealed never-before-seen footage and interviews with members of Mr Trump's inner circle about what happened - including the ex-president's daughter, Ivanka Trump.
Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Poland’s abortion ban has had many unintended consequences. One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women’s lives.
Barbara Skrobol visiting the grave of her sister-in-law Izabela Sajbor and her unborn child at a cemetery in Cwiklice, Poland. | Anna Liminowicz for The New York Times
PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to let her die.
Her doctor had already told her that her fetus had severe abnormalities and would almost certainly die in the womb. If it made it to term, life expectancy was a year, at most. At 22 weeks pregnant, Ms. Sajbor had been admitted to a hospital after her water broke prematurely.
She knew that there was a short window to induce birth or surgically remove the fetus to avert infection and potentially fatal sepsis. But even as she developed a fever, vomited and convulsed on the floor, it seemed to be the baby’s heartbeat that the doctors were most concerned about.
“My life is in danger,” she wrote in a string of distressed text messages to her mother and husband that was shared with The New York Times by her family’s lawyer.
“They cannot help as long as the fetus is alive thanks to the anti-abortion law,” she wrote only hours before she died. “A woman is like an incubator.” » | Katrin Bennhold and Monika Pronczuk | Sunday, June 12, 2022
PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to let her die.
Her doctor had already told her that her fetus had severe abnormalities and would almost certainly die in the womb. If it made it to term, life expectancy was a year, at most. At 22 weeks pregnant, Ms. Sajbor had been admitted to a hospital after her water broke prematurely.
She knew that there was a short window to induce birth or surgically remove the fetus to avert infection and potentially fatal sepsis. But even as she developed a fever, vomited and convulsed on the floor, it seemed to be the baby’s heartbeat that the doctors were most concerned about.
“My life is in danger,” she wrote in a string of distressed text messages to her mother and husband that was shared with The New York Times by her family’s lawyer.
“They cannot help as long as the fetus is alive thanks to the anti-abortion law,” she wrote only hours before she died. “A woman is like an incubator.” » | Katrin Bennhold and Monika Pronczuk | Sunday, June 12, 2022
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World Cup 2022: Wales Staff Boycott Qatar over Gay Rights
BBC: Some of the Welsh national football team's staff will not travel to the World Cup in Qatar because of the country's stance on gay rights.
Head of Welsh football Noel Mooney said the team would use the event as a "platform" to discuss human rights in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.
He is also asking Fifa and Uefa to "think very deeply about their conscience" when choosing host nations.
Qatari officials have said it would be a "tournament for everyone". » | James Williams, BBC Wales political correspondent | Sunday, June 12, 2022
Head of Welsh football Noel Mooney said the team would use the event as a "platform" to discuss human rights in Qatar, where homosexuality is illegal.
He is also asking Fifa and Uefa to "think very deeply about their conscience" when choosing host nations.
Qatari officials have said it would be a "tournament for everyone". » | James Williams, BBC Wales political correspondent | Sunday, June 12, 2022
Zu Tisch... Chios – Griechenland | ARTE
Jun 12, 2022 • Das Harz des Mastix-Strauchs ist das "weiße Gold" der Ägäis-Insel Chios. Im Sommer werden die baumähnlichen Pflanzen angeritzt, das austretende Harz in einem mühsamen Prozess getrocknet, gesammelt und gereinigt. Auf Chios nutzen die Bewohner es als Kaugummi, exportiert findet es als Medizin und Kleber für Maskenbildner Verwendung und neuerdings wird damit auch gekocht.
Das Harz des Mastix-Strauchs ist das „weiße Gold“ der Ägäis-Insel Chios. Im Sommer werden die Rinden der baumähnlichen Pflanzen angeritzt, nach ein paar Tagen tritt das Harz aus. Hart geworden kann es eingesammelt werden. Danach muss man es mehrmals mühsam reinigen, bevor matt-weiße Tröpfchen übrig bleiben, deren Geschmack einmalig ist. Kalliopi Chlorus ist fast 80 Jahre alt, aber lässt sich nicht davon abbringen, bei der Mastix-Gewinnung kräftig mitzumischen. Sie windet sich gelenkig unter den zu Bäumen geschnittenen Sträuchern durch, hantiert mit großen Wassereimern am Hafen beim Waschen oder entfernt mit einem spitzen Messer winzige Verunreinigungen aus dem Mastix. Die Inselbewohner nutzen Mastix als Kaugummi, exportiert findet es als Medizin und Kleber für Maskenbildner Verwendung und neuerdings wird damit auch gekocht: Aus dem traditionell aus Blätterteig und Pudding zubereiteten Kuchen Galaktoboureko wird so ein Mastix-Boureko, auch Loukoumades kann man mit Mastix verfeinern oder den Rührkuchen Glikisma. Eine weitere Spezialität der Insel sind die kleinen Tomaten, die zum Trocknen aufgehängt werden. Die Pflanzen brauchen zum Wachsen kaum Wasser und die Früchte sind zuckersüß und bleiben auch getrocknet innen saftig. Sie werden für das Rührei Sfugato verwendet oder im Fischgericht Kollii plaki.
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Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis zum 12/07/2022
Das Harz des Mastix-Strauchs ist das „weiße Gold“ der Ägäis-Insel Chios. Im Sommer werden die Rinden der baumähnlichen Pflanzen angeritzt, nach ein paar Tagen tritt das Harz aus. Hart geworden kann es eingesammelt werden. Danach muss man es mehrmals mühsam reinigen, bevor matt-weiße Tröpfchen übrig bleiben, deren Geschmack einmalig ist. Kalliopi Chlorus ist fast 80 Jahre alt, aber lässt sich nicht davon abbringen, bei der Mastix-Gewinnung kräftig mitzumischen. Sie windet sich gelenkig unter den zu Bäumen geschnittenen Sträuchern durch, hantiert mit großen Wassereimern am Hafen beim Waschen oder entfernt mit einem spitzen Messer winzige Verunreinigungen aus dem Mastix. Die Inselbewohner nutzen Mastix als Kaugummi, exportiert findet es als Medizin und Kleber für Maskenbildner Verwendung und neuerdings wird damit auch gekocht: Aus dem traditionell aus Blätterteig und Pudding zubereiteten Kuchen Galaktoboureko wird so ein Mastix-Boureko, auch Loukoumades kann man mit Mastix verfeinern oder den Rührkuchen Glikisma. Eine weitere Spezialität der Insel sind die kleinen Tomaten, die zum Trocknen aufgehängt werden. Die Pflanzen brauchen zum Wachsen kaum Wasser und die Früchte sind zuckersüß und bleiben auch getrocknet innen saftig. Sie werden für das Rührei Sfugato verwendet oder im Fischgericht Kollii plaki.
Esskulturreihe, Regie: Elke Sasse und Chrysanthi Goula (D 2018, 27 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis zum 12/07/2022
The Observer View on Britain’s Dire Economic Outlook
THE OBSERVER – EDITORIAL: The true cost of Brexit is becoming painfully clearer by the day
The OECD has predicted that the UK economy will not grow at all next year. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Britain’s growth prospects are the gloomiest of all developed nations. The OECD predicted last week that the UK economy would not grow at all next year, the worst outlook for any OECD nation. This follows warnings in April from the IMF that the UK will experience the worst growth out of the G7 nations in 2023. After a decade of stagnant wages, it seems Britons need to resign themselves to the fact that the buoyant growth of the 2000s is but a distant memory.
Every country has suffered the shock of the pandemic, followed by the spike in oil and wheat prices triggered by Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. But other developed economies have proved more resilient, enjoying export-driven recoveries in the wake of Covid. Here in Britain, the economic malaise left exposed by the 2008 financial crisis is long term and structural.
This crisis was supposed to prompt a big economic rethink: a reckoning with Britain’s addiction to growth fuelled by rising levels of consumer debt enabled by rising house prices. The then shadow chancellor George Osborne pledged to rebalance the economy away from debt-driven growth to more productive development, driven by business investment and exports, underpinned with an expansion of the UK’s manufacturing base and a reduction in the huge regional inequalities between the south-east and the rest of the country. » | Editorial | Sunday, June 12, 2022
We are being led by clowns, fools and jesters. These dickheads wouldn't be able to arrange an orgy in a brothel! Brexit is for the birds. – © Mark Alexander
Britain’s growth prospects are the gloomiest of all developed nations. The OECD predicted last week that the UK economy would not grow at all next year, the worst outlook for any OECD nation. This follows warnings in April from the IMF that the UK will experience the worst growth out of the G7 nations in 2023. After a decade of stagnant wages, it seems Britons need to resign themselves to the fact that the buoyant growth of the 2000s is but a distant memory.
Every country has suffered the shock of the pandemic, followed by the spike in oil and wheat prices triggered by Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine. But other developed economies have proved more resilient, enjoying export-driven recoveries in the wake of Covid. Here in Britain, the economic malaise left exposed by the 2008 financial crisis is long term and structural.
This crisis was supposed to prompt a big economic rethink: a reckoning with Britain’s addiction to growth fuelled by rising levels of consumer debt enabled by rising house prices. The then shadow chancellor George Osborne pledged to rebalance the economy away from debt-driven growth to more productive development, driven by business investment and exports, underpinned with an expansion of the UK’s manufacturing base and a reduction in the huge regional inequalities between the south-east and the rest of the country. » | Editorial | Sunday, June 12, 2022
We are being led by clowns, fools and jesters. These dickheads wouldn't be able to arrange an orgy in a brothel! Brexit is for the birds. – © Mark Alexander
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Protests Over Prophet Muhammad Comments Turn Deadly in India
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two young protesters were killed in eastern India on Friday amid demonstrations by Muslims across South Asia.
Muslim protestors threw stones at the police on Friday in Prayagraj, India. Demonstrations across the country were set off by remarks that some Muslims found offensive. | Ritesh Shukla/Reuters
NEW DELHI — Two young demonstrators were killed on Friday in India’s eastern Jharkhand State amid protests across South Asia by Muslims angered by a comment from an official in India’s governing party that they believe profaned the Prophet Muhammad.
The protesters were shot during demonstrations that erupted after Friday Prayers in Ranchi, Jharkhand’s capital. Protesters there called for the arrest of Nupur Sharma, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, who last week made speculative comments on a television talk show about the relationship between the prophet and his youngest wife.
That comment, along with another about the prophet, made by Naveen Kumar Jindal, also an official in the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, prompted outrage across the Muslim world, forcing the government to try to contain the growing diplomatic fallout.
Since taking office in 2014, Mr. Modi has often been accused of stirring anti-Muslim sentiment or remaining silent when Hindu nationalists attacked Muslims, but his government appeared to take swift action after 17 Muslim nations condemned the remarks and lodged official diplomatic protests. Iran and Saudi Arabia, which often cannot agree on anything, both summoned India’s envoys in their capitals to complain. » | Emily Schmall and Suhasini Raj | Saturday, June 11, 2022
Le Prophète plutôt que les musulmans : Les dirigeants qui se réclament de l’islam sont plus prompts à dénoncer le blasphème du prophète Mahomet que les persécutions infligées à leurs coreligionnaires. »
NEW DELHI — Two young demonstrators were killed on Friday in India’s eastern Jharkhand State amid protests across South Asia by Muslims angered by a comment from an official in India’s governing party that they believe profaned the Prophet Muhammad.
The protesters were shot during demonstrations that erupted after Friday Prayers in Ranchi, Jharkhand’s capital. Protesters there called for the arrest of Nupur Sharma, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, who last week made speculative comments on a television talk show about the relationship between the prophet and his youngest wife.
That comment, along with another about the prophet, made by Naveen Kumar Jindal, also an official in the governing Bharatiya Janata Party, prompted outrage across the Muslim world, forcing the government to try to contain the growing diplomatic fallout.
Since taking office in 2014, Mr. Modi has often been accused of stirring anti-Muslim sentiment or remaining silent when Hindu nationalists attacked Muslims, but his government appeared to take swift action after 17 Muslim nations condemned the remarks and lodged official diplomatic protests. Iran and Saudi Arabia, which often cannot agree on anything, both summoned India’s envoys in their capitals to complain. » | Emily Schmall and Suhasini Raj | Saturday, June 11, 2022
Le Prophète plutôt que les musulmans : Les dirigeants qui se réclament de l’islam sont plus prompts à dénoncer le blasphème du prophète Mahomet que les persécutions infligées à leurs coreligionnaires. »
Thousands Rally for Gun Control in US as Mass Shootings Surge | DW News
If a young man is not considered old enough to smoke, then he is certainly not old enough to fight for his country. I heard this week from an American friend of mine that the new age limit for buying cigarettes is 21. This is absurd. A young man could have fathered several children by that age; and he could also be married. If a man is old enough and mature enough to marry and father a child, then he is certainly old enough and mature enough to smoke cigarettes. The fact that such a person cannot smoke or drink alcohol, but he can buy a semi-automatic weapon is totally and utterly absurd. American gun culture, if indeed culture it can be called, is appalling. It harkens back to the Wild West. The mentality in the US hasn't changed much since the days of 'cowboys and Indians'! – © Mark Alexander
Saturday, June 11, 2022
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As Energy Prices Soar, the Bitcoin Miners May Find They Have Struck Fool’s Gold
THE OBSERVER: The rising price of electricity and the plunging value of the cryptocurrency could burst the speculative bubble for today’s prospectors
In the bad old days, prospecting for gold was a grisly business involving hysterical crowds, pickaxes, digging, the wearing of appalling hats, standing in rivers panning for nuggets, “staking” claims and so on. The California gold rush of 1848-55, for example, brought 300,000 hopefuls to the Sierra Nevada and northern California and involved the massacre of thousands of Indigenous people.
In our day, the new gold is bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, and prospecting for it has become a genteel armchair activity, although it is called “mining”, for old times’ sake. What it actually involves is using computers to perform unfathomably complicated calculations to create cryptographic “hashes” – codes that are, in practical terms, uncrackable. » | John Naughton | Saturday, June 11, 2022
In the bad old days, prospecting for gold was a grisly business involving hysterical crowds, pickaxes, digging, the wearing of appalling hats, standing in rivers panning for nuggets, “staking” claims and so on. The California gold rush of 1848-55, for example, brought 300,000 hopefuls to the Sierra Nevada and northern California and involved the massacre of thousands of Indigenous people.
In our day, the new gold is bitcoin, a cryptocurrency, and prospecting for it has become a genteel armchair activity, although it is called “mining”, for old times’ sake. What it actually involves is using computers to perform unfathomably complicated calculations to create cryptographic “hashes” – codes that are, in practical terms, uncrackable. » | John Naughton | Saturday, June 11, 2022
Françoise Hardy : Die Diskrete | Doku HD | Reupload | ARTE
Jun 11, 2022 • Von der Ikone der 60er zur Grande Dame des französischen Chansons: Bereits im zarten Alter von 18 Jahren wurde Françoise Hardy mit ihrem ersten großen Hit "Tous les garçons et les filles" (1962) zum Idol des "Yéyé". Ihre sanfte Stimme ließ sie zu einer der bekanntesten Pop- und Chansonsängerin Frankreichs werden. Hardy ist so zeitlos geblieben wie ihre Lieder ...
Françoise Hardy war das Idol des Yéyé, der Popmusik der 60er Jahre. Ihr erster großer Hit „Tous les garçons et les filles“ (1962) eröffnete der Sängerin schon im zarten Alter von 18 Jahren den Weg zu einer Karriere als eine der bekanntesten Pop- und Chansonsängerinnen Frankreichs. Auch wenn die Pariserin in der französischen Musikszene anfangs völlig aus dem Rahmen fiel und sich ab den 80er Jahren ins Privatleben zurückzog, sorgte sie regelmäßig mit Platten wie „Décalages“ (1988) für Schlagzeilen. Viele Künstler zählen zu ihren Bewunderern: Sex-Pistols-Legende Malcolm McLaren nahm mit ihr einen Song auf, Mick Jagger bezeichnete sie als „ideale Frau“ und Bob Dylan widmete ihr ein Gedicht. Die stilbewusste Künstlerin ist sich über ihre musikalische Laufbahn mit ihren nostalgischen und romantischen Liedern hinweg selbst treu geblieben – aus der Ikone der 60er ist eine Grande Dame geworden. Doch wie gelang es der eleganten Französin – die blonde Mähne ist mittlerweile schneeweiß –, auch 25 veröffentlichte Alben später nicht an Ausstrahlung zu verlieren? Die Dokumentation beleuchtet die Persönlichkeit hinter dem Star und ergründet das visionäre Talent der Künstlerin. Es kommen europäische Musiker, Produzenten, Modeschöpfer und Sänger zu Wort, die ihre Sicht auf Françoise Hardy, ihre Einzigartigkeit und ihren Beitrag zur Popmusik äußern.
Dokumentation von Émilie Valentin und Matthieu Jaubert (F 2016, 54 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 17/07/2022
WIKIPEDIA – Françoise Hardy : [E] ; [F] ; [D].
Françoise Hardy war das Idol des Yéyé, der Popmusik der 60er Jahre. Ihr erster großer Hit „Tous les garçons et les filles“ (1962) eröffnete der Sängerin schon im zarten Alter von 18 Jahren den Weg zu einer Karriere als eine der bekanntesten Pop- und Chansonsängerinnen Frankreichs. Auch wenn die Pariserin in der französischen Musikszene anfangs völlig aus dem Rahmen fiel und sich ab den 80er Jahren ins Privatleben zurückzog, sorgte sie regelmäßig mit Platten wie „Décalages“ (1988) für Schlagzeilen. Viele Künstler zählen zu ihren Bewunderern: Sex-Pistols-Legende Malcolm McLaren nahm mit ihr einen Song auf, Mick Jagger bezeichnete sie als „ideale Frau“ und Bob Dylan widmete ihr ein Gedicht. Die stilbewusste Künstlerin ist sich über ihre musikalische Laufbahn mit ihren nostalgischen und romantischen Liedern hinweg selbst treu geblieben – aus der Ikone der 60er ist eine Grande Dame geworden. Doch wie gelang es der eleganten Französin – die blonde Mähne ist mittlerweile schneeweiß –, auch 25 veröffentlichte Alben später nicht an Ausstrahlung zu verlieren? Die Dokumentation beleuchtet die Persönlichkeit hinter dem Star und ergründet das visionäre Talent der Künstlerin. Es kommen europäische Musiker, Produzenten, Modeschöpfer und Sänger zu Wort, die ihre Sicht auf Françoise Hardy, ihre Einzigartigkeit und ihren Beitrag zur Popmusik äußern.
Dokumentation von Émilie Valentin und Matthieu Jaubert (F 2016, 54 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 17/07/2022
WIKIPEDIA – Françoise Hardy : [E] ; [F] ; [D].
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