Thursday, November 18, 2021
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The Women Bringing Sex Ed to the Arab World
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Activists are using social media to do what Arab countries have failed to do: teach women about their bodies. They are aiming for nothing less than a cultural awakening.
CAIRO — When Nour Emam decided to devote herself to educating Arab women about their bodies, the subject was so taboo that one of her first challenges was figuring out how to pronounce the word “clitoris” in Arabic.
“I had never heard it,” said Ms. Emam, 29, a women’s health activist from Cairo. “No one uses it, so there’s nowhere to find the right way to say it.”
After careful research, now she knows, and so do her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, where she hosts one of the leading platforms for sex education in the Arab world.
With formal schooling on sexuality minimal to nonexistent in much of the Middle East, and a patriarchal culture that has left many Arab women ignorant and ashamed of their own bodies, Ms. Emam and a growing number of activists have built online platforms to try to fill the gap. » | Mona El-Naggar and Sara Aridi | Thursday, November 18, 2021
CAIRO — When Nour Emam decided to devote herself to educating Arab women about their bodies, the subject was so taboo that one of her first challenges was figuring out how to pronounce the word “clitoris” in Arabic.
“I had never heard it,” said Ms. Emam, 29, a women’s health activist from Cairo. “No one uses it, so there’s nowhere to find the right way to say it.”
After careful research, now she knows, and so do her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, where she hosts one of the leading platforms for sex education in the Arab world.
With formal schooling on sexuality minimal to nonexistent in much of the Middle East, and a patriarchal culture that has left many Arab women ignorant and ashamed of their own bodies, Ms. Emam and a growing number of activists have built online platforms to try to fill the gap. » | Mona El-Naggar and Sara Aridi | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Comment le Covid s’attaque au cerveau
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs européens pensent avoir mis au jour le mécanisme qui expliquerait certains troubles neurologiques.
Au début, le Covid fut avant tout considéré comme une maladie pulmonaire. Les patients les plus gravement atteints souffraient effectivement d’un syndrome respiratoire aigu comme on en voit dans la grippe. Mais il est vite apparu que le virus provoquait également des symptômes neurologiques: anosmie, crises convulsives, AVC, perte de conscience, confusion, à long terme difficultés cognitives… Pour l’expliquer, il y a bien sûr la violence de la maladie et des traitements infligés aux patients en réanimation. Mais anosmie et «brouillard» cognitif sont aussi très fréquents chez ceux atteints par les formes légères de la maladie. Tout semble donc indiquer que, d’une façon ou d’une autre, le Sars-CoV-2 fait bien plus que d’attaquer nos poumons. » | Par Soline Roy | mardi 16 novembre 2021
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À LIRE AUSSI : Covid-19 : le virus est capable de pénétrer dans le cerveau et d'y infecter les neurones : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs français ont démontré que le virus ne se contentait pas de s'infiltrer dans le cerveau : il contamine aussi les neurones. Avec quelles conséquences ? »
Au début, le Covid fut avant tout considéré comme une maladie pulmonaire. Les patients les plus gravement atteints souffraient effectivement d’un syndrome respiratoire aigu comme on en voit dans la grippe. Mais il est vite apparu que le virus provoquait également des symptômes neurologiques: anosmie, crises convulsives, AVC, perte de conscience, confusion, à long terme difficultés cognitives… Pour l’expliquer, il y a bien sûr la violence de la maladie et des traitements infligés aux patients en réanimation. Mais anosmie et «brouillard» cognitif sont aussi très fréquents chez ceux atteints par les formes légères de la maladie. Tout semble donc indiquer que, d’une façon ou d’une autre, le Sars-CoV-2 fait bien plus que d’attaquer nos poumons. » | Par Soline Roy | mardi 16 novembre 2021
Réservé aux abonnés
À LIRE AUSSI : Covid-19 : le virus est capable de pénétrer dans le cerveau et d'y infecter les neurones : DÉCRYPTAGE - Des chercheurs français ont démontré que le virus ne se contentait pas de s'infiltrer dans le cerveau : il contamine aussi les neurones. Avec quelles conséquences ? »
Brigitte Macron désapprouve l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le Petit Robert
LE FIGARO : La première dame s’est exprimée sur le pronom «iel» que Le Petit Robert a récemment intégré dans son dictionnaire numérique.
Deux petites phrases qui ne sont pas passées inaperçues. En marge d’un déplacement avec le ministre de l’Education nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, consacré au harcèlement scolaire ce jeudi 18 novembre, Brigitte Macron a désapprouvé l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le petit Robert: «La langue française est si belle. Et deux pronoms, c’est bien», a-t-elle affirmé calmement. L’ancienne professeur de français n’approuve pas l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans les colonnes numériques du dictionnaire, qui suscite la polémique depuis quelques jours. » | Par Maguelonne de Gestas | jeudi 18 November 2021
Deux petites phrases qui ne sont pas passées inaperçues. En marge d’un déplacement avec le ministre de l’Education nationale, Jean-Michel Blanquer, consacré au harcèlement scolaire ce jeudi 18 novembre, Brigitte Macron a désapprouvé l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans le petit Robert: «La langue française est si belle. Et deux pronoms, c’est bien», a-t-elle affirmé calmement. L’ancienne professeur de français n’approuve pas l’entrée du pronom «iel» dans les colonnes numériques du dictionnaire, qui suscite la polémique depuis quelques jours. » | Par Maguelonne de Gestas | jeudi 18 November 2021
One in Five Teachers Are Still Uncomfortable Discussing LGBT Topics with Children
METRO: One in five school teachers are still uncomfortable talking about LGBT+ topics with pupils, a new poll has revealed.
Independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBT+ charity for young people, found that only a third of teachers are ‘completely comfortable’ talking in the classroom about things related to being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Over 6,000 primary and secondary teachers were surveyed, and 3% of them even said they were ‘completely uncomfortable’ discussing these with pupils.
This comes despite the regulator Ofsted requiring primary schools to include different types of families – such as lesbian mums or gay dads – in lessons. » | Gergana Krasteva | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Independent research by Just Like Us, the LGBT+ charity for young people, found that only a third of teachers are ‘completely comfortable’ talking in the classroom about things related to being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Over 6,000 primary and secondary teachers were surveyed, and 3% of them even said they were ‘completely uncomfortable’ discussing these with pupils.
This comes despite the regulator Ofsted requiring primary schools to include different types of families – such as lesbian mums or gay dads – in lessons. » | Gergana Krasteva | Thursday, November 18, 2021
Switzerland to Implement Same-sex Marriage in July 2022
POLITICO: Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of the measure in September.
In Switzerland, same-sex couples can get married as of July 1, 2022, the Federal Council announced Wednesday.
“We are really happy with the outcome of the vote, and that it is now being put into law,” said Maria von Kaenel, co-president of the Marriage for All campaign, according to Reuters.
Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum on September 26. With the overwhelming result, Justice and Police Minister Karin Keller-Sutter moved to implement the result of the vote quickly. » | Thibault Spirlet | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
In Switzerland, same-sex couples can get married as of July 1, 2022, the Federal Council announced Wednesday.
“We are really happy with the outcome of the vote, and that it is now being put into law,” said Maria von Kaenel, co-president of the Marriage for All campaign, according to Reuters.
Almost two-thirds of the country voted in favor of same-sex marriage in a nationwide referendum on September 26. With the overwhelming result, Justice and Police Minister Karin Keller-Sutter moved to implement the result of the vote quickly. » | Thibault Spirlet | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Fentanyl: An Epidemic of Addiction Made Worse by the Covid-19 Pandemic | DW News
Nov 17, 2021 • Today we learned that more than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the last year. That is the highest overdose death toll ever recorded in a 12-month period.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 100,300 Americans died of overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021. That's a 28 percent increase on the previous year. Most of the death came from overdoses of the synthetic drug Fentanyl. An epidemic of addiction made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns left drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment. Drug overdoses now claim more lives than car accidents and gun violence combined.
Neues Rekordhoch: Mehr als 100 000 Drogentote in den USA in zwölf Monaten Pandemie: Die Zahl der an einer Überdosis gestorbenen Personen in den USA hat im Jahr nach Beginn der Pandemie um 30 Prozent zugenommen. Die anhaltende Opioid-Krise wurde durch die Corona-Pandemie noch zusätzlich verstärkt. »
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 100,300 Americans died of overdoses between May 2020 and April 2021. That's a 28 percent increase on the previous year. Most of the death came from overdoses of the synthetic drug Fentanyl. An epidemic of addiction made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns left drug users socially isolated and unable to get treatment. Drug overdoses now claim more lives than car accidents and gun violence combined.
Neues Rekordhoch: Mehr als 100 000 Drogentote in den USA in zwölf Monaten Pandemie: Die Zahl der an einer Überdosis gestorbenen Personen in den USA hat im Jahr nach Beginn der Pandemie um 30 Prozent zugenommen. Die anhaltende Opioid-Krise wurde durch die Corona-Pandemie noch zusätzlich verstärkt. »
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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Junge Zürcher haben besonders viel Sex - nun bietet ihnen die Stadt Gratistests zu Geschlechtskrankheiten an
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: In Zürich sind besonders viele junge Menschen sexuell aktiv – deshalb gibt es hier überdurchschnittlich viele Ansteckungen mit Tripper, Syphilis oder Chlamydien. Die Stadt reagiert mit Gratistests für unter 25-Jährige.
Die Stadt Zürich will sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten mit Gratistests eindämmen. | Michael Buholzer / Keystone
In Zürich ist die Ansteckungsrate bei sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten deutlich höher als in anderen Städten. Das zeigen Zahlen des Bundesamts für Gesundheit. Zürich gilt als liberal und offen, es gibt viele Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und Freizeitangebote. Deshalb ziehen besonders viele sexuell aktive Leute hierher. Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Stadt Zürich. Dating-Apps wie Tinder oder Grindr tun ihr Übriges: ein paar Klicks, und schon hat man sich zum Sex verabredet.
Für Zürich werden die hohen Ansteckungszahlen zum Problem, denn die Infektionen bleiben oft lange unerkannt und werden weiterverbreitet. Die Stadt startet deshalb ein Pilotprojekt: Ab Herbst 2022 bietet sie als erste in der Schweiz unter 25-Jährigen anonyme Gratistests für sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten an. Die «big five» sind HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydien, Tripper (Gonorrhö) und Hepatitis. » | Isabel Heusser | Mittwoch, 17. November 2021
In Zürich ist die Ansteckungsrate bei sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten deutlich höher als in anderen Städten. Das zeigen Zahlen des Bundesamts für Gesundheit. Zürich gilt als liberal und offen, es gibt viele Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten und Freizeitangebote. Deshalb ziehen besonders viele sexuell aktive Leute hierher. Zu diesem Schluss kommt die Stadt Zürich. Dating-Apps wie Tinder oder Grindr tun ihr Übriges: ein paar Klicks, und schon hat man sich zum Sex verabredet.
Für Zürich werden die hohen Ansteckungszahlen zum Problem, denn die Infektionen bleiben oft lange unerkannt und werden weiterverbreitet. Die Stadt startet deshalb ein Pilotprojekt: Ab Herbst 2022 bietet sie als erste in der Schweiz unter 25-Jährigen anonyme Gratistests für sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten an. Die «big five» sind HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydien, Tripper (Gonorrhö) und Hepatitis. » | Isabel Heusser | Mittwoch, 17. November 2021
"Nul ne peut ralentir le passage du temps" : le communiqué inquiétant de la reine Elizabeth II
MADAME FIGARO : Depuis son hospitalisation, les apparitions publiques de la monarque britannique se font de plus en plus rares. Ce mardi 16 novembre, la souveraine de 95 ans a renoncé une nouvelle fois à participer à une cérémonie officielle. De quoi raviver les craintes sur son état de santé.
C'est la première fois qu'elle n'y assiste pas en plus de cinquante ans : mardi 16 décembre, la reine Elizabeth a annulé sa participation au Synode général, l'assemblée nationale de l'Église d'Angleterre, pour se reposer. Une absence loin de passer inaperçue.
Son fils cadet, le prince Edward, a pris le relais et a partagé un communiqué écrit par la reine, rapporte notamment le site du magazine People. Dont l'un des passages a été très remarqué : «Il est difficile de croire que cela fait plus de 50 ans que le prince Philip et moi-même avons assisté à la toute première réunion du Synode général», confie Elizabeth II dans ce texte. Avant d’ajouter : «Aucun d'entre nous ne peut ralentir le passage du temps.» Regarder la vidéo » | La Rédaction | mercredi 17 novembre 2021
À LIRE AUSSI : Pourquoi la reine Elizabeth II n’abdiquera jamais : Après presque soixante-deux années de règne, la souveraine britannique confie de plus en plus de responsabilités à son héritier, le prince Charles. Les rumeurs l’annoncent sur le départ mais la reine affirme que « sa mission dure toute la vie ». »
Bitcoin, wie alles begann - Mysterium Satoshi (1/6) | ARTE
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Jennifer Arcuri: ‘How Johnson pledged help for my business to win my love’: I’ll be your throttle, he told Arcuri as mayor / Diaries could reopen misconduct inquiry »
Labour Challenges Tories over Checks on Russia-linked Donations
THE GUARDIAN: Opposition asks whether any money given to Johnson’s party has been connected to ‘hostile state actors’
Donors who made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power, according to Labour. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Labour has asked the Conservatives what checks the party has made on donations received from Russian-linked individuals – and if it could be sure that no cash received came from the Kremlin or others hostile to the UK.
The questions follow revelations about a group of wealthy donors who have given money to the Conservatives and have business links to Russia or other wealthy Russians.
Labour’s Conor McGinn, the shadow security minister, said it was “deeply worrying to see revealed potential financial links between senior donors and Putin’s Russia” and asked about “the adequacy of the processes” by which donors are vetted.
Donors who have made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or individual constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power in July 2019, according to calculations made by Labour based on disclosures to the Electoral Commission. » | Dan Sabbagh | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Starmer has found a fruitful line of attack: fighting Tory corruption is a patriotic duty: Johnson insults people who think rules matter. The Labour leader is doing well by instead asking who speaks for the country »
Labour has asked the Conservatives what checks the party has made on donations received from Russian-linked individuals – and if it could be sure that no cash received came from the Kremlin or others hostile to the UK.
The questions follow revelations about a group of wealthy donors who have given money to the Conservatives and have business links to Russia or other wealthy Russians.
Labour’s Conor McGinn, the shadow security minister, said it was “deeply worrying to see revealed potential financial links between senior donors and Putin’s Russia” and asked about “the adequacy of the processes” by which donors are vetted.
Donors who have made money from Russia or Russians have given £1.9m to either the Conservative party or individual constituency associations since Boris Johnson took power in July 2019, according to calculations made by Labour based on disclosures to the Electoral Commission. » | Dan Sabbagh | Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Starmer has found a fruitful line of attack: fighting Tory corruption is a patriotic duty: Johnson insults people who think rules matter. The Labour leader is doing well by instead asking who speaks for the country »
Clarissa Eden, British Countess and Political Influencer, Dies at 101
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm during the Suez crisis.
Clarissa Eden and her husband, Prime Minister Anthony Eden, at 10 Downing Street in 1955. “You were perpetually in evening gowns, tremendous evening clothes — tiaras and God knows what, and long gloves that had to be buttoned up,” Ms Eden said. | Monty Fresco Jr./Topical Press Agency, via Getty Images
LONDON — Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country’s empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died on Monday at her home in London. She was 101.
Hugo Vickers, her friend and literary executor, confirmed her death.
Long before her marriage to Anthony Eden, a Conservative who became Britain’s prime minister, Lady Eden had built an iconoclastic reputation that set her apart from her cohort of debutantes, traveling across Europe, studying art and philosophy, consorting unwittingly with Soviet agents and decoding secret messages at the Foreign Office in wartime Britain.
She was born into the Churchill family and, in a memoir published in 2007, recalled lunching with Winston Churchill — her Uncle Winston — as he allowed a pet cat to prowl the table to be fed. When she married Lord Eden, then the foreign secretary, Churchill provided for her to celebrate the occasion at 10 Downing Street, the seat of prime ministerial power. » | Alan Cowell | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
LONDON — Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country’s empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died on Monday at her home in London. She was 101.
Hugo Vickers, her friend and literary executor, confirmed her death.
Long before her marriage to Anthony Eden, a Conservative who became Britain’s prime minister, Lady Eden had built an iconoclastic reputation that set her apart from her cohort of debutantes, traveling across Europe, studying art and philosophy, consorting unwittingly with Soviet agents and decoding secret messages at the Foreign Office in wartime Britain.
She was born into the Churchill family and, in a memoir published in 2007, recalled lunching with Winston Churchill — her Uncle Winston — as he allowed a pet cat to prowl the table to be fed. When she married Lord Eden, then the foreign secretary, Churchill provided for her to celebrate the occasion at 10 Downing Street, the seat of prime ministerial power. » | Alan Cowell | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tea and Coffee May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Stroke and Dementia – Study
THE GUARDIAN: Research looking at 365,000 people aged 50-74 finds moderate consumption could have health benefits
Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.
Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.
In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.
Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.
Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee. » | Andrew Gregory, Health editor | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Drinking coffee or tea may be linked with a lower risk of stroke and dementia, according to the largest study of its kind.
Strokes cause 10% of deaths globally, while dementia is one of the world’s biggest health challenges – 130 million are expected to be living with it by 2050.
In the research, 365,000 people aged between 50 and 74 were followed for more than a decade. At the start the participants, who were involved in the UK Biobank study, self-reported how much coffee and tea they drank. Over the research period, 5,079 of them developed dementia and 10,053 went on to have at least one stroke.
Researchers found that people who drank two to three cups of coffee or three to five cups of tea a day, or a combination of four to six cups of coffee and tea, had the lowest risk of stroke or dementia.
Those who drank two to three cups of coffee and two to three cups of tea daily had a 32% lower risk of stroke. These people had a 28% lower risk of dementia compared with those who did not drink tea or coffee. » | Andrew Gregory, Health editor | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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Money, Happiness and Eternal Life - Greed (Director's Cut) | DW Documentary
Jun 24, 2017 • Can money and power ever make us happy? How much is enough? Our constant desire for more is part of our human nature.
Some call it a useful dowry of evolution, others a fault in the human genetic make-up: The old mortal sin Greed seems to be more ubiquitous than ever. Why can't people ever get enough, where is this self-indulgence leading - and are there any ways out of this vicious circle of gratification?
"People like to have a lot of stuff because it makes them the feeling of living forever," says American social psychologist Sheldon Solomon, who believes today's materialism and consumerism will have disastrous consequences.
Anyone who fails to satisfy his or her desires in this age of the Ego is deemed a loser. But with more than 7 billion people on the Earth, the ramifications of this excessive consumption of resources are already clear. Isn’t the deplorable state of our planet proof enough that "The Greed Program," which has made us crave possessions, status and power, is coming to an end? Or is the frenzied search for more and more still an indispensable part of our nature? We set off to look for the essence of greed. And we tell the stories of people who - whether as perpetrators or victims or even just as willing consumers - have become accomplices in a sea change in values.
Some call it a useful dowry of evolution, others a fault in the human genetic make-up: The old mortal sin Greed seems to be more ubiquitous than ever. Why can't people ever get enough, where is this self-indulgence leading - and are there any ways out of this vicious circle of gratification?
"People like to have a lot of stuff because it makes them the feeling of living forever," says American social psychologist Sheldon Solomon, who believes today's materialism and consumerism will have disastrous consequences.
Anyone who fails to satisfy his or her desires in this age of the Ego is deemed a loser. But with more than 7 billion people on the Earth, the ramifications of this excessive consumption of resources are already clear. Isn’t the deplorable state of our planet proof enough that "The Greed Program," which has made us crave possessions, status and power, is coming to an end? Or is the frenzied search for more and more still an indispensable part of our nature? We set off to look for the essence of greed. And we tell the stories of people who - whether as perpetrators or victims or even just as willing consumers - have become accomplices in a sea change in values.
Historian Alfred McCoy Predicts the US Empire Is Collapsing as China’s Power Grows
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China Warns US about 'Playing with Fire' on Taiwan - BBC News
Nov 16, 2021 • Chinese President Xi Jinping has used a virtual summit with US counterpart Joe Biden to warn that encouraging Taiwanese independence would be "playing with fire".
The talks are the most substantial since Mr Biden took office in January. Both sides emphasised the two men's personal relationship and the summit was an attempt to ease tensions.
But they could not escape one of the most sensitive topics: the self-ruled island of Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland one day.
The US recognises and has formal ties with China. But it has also pledged to help Taiwan defend itself in the event of an attack.
La réunification de Taïwan est «une aspiration partagée» par tous les Chinois, selon le gouvernement »
The talks are the most substantial since Mr Biden took office in January. Both sides emphasised the two men's personal relationship and the summit was an attempt to ease tensions.
But they could not escape one of the most sensitive topics: the self-ruled island of Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province to be reunified with the mainland one day.
The US recognises and has formal ties with China. But it has also pledged to help Taiwan defend itself in the event of an attack.
La réunification de Taïwan est «une aspiration partagée» par tous les Chinois, selon le gouvernement »
La Pologne annonce la construction d'un mur en décembre à sa frontière avec la Biélorussie
LE FIGARO : Le gouvernement polonais veut empêcher les migrants de rentrer sur son territoire. La frontière avec la Biélorussie fait plus de 400 kilomètres.
La Pologne va commencer en décembre la construction d'un mur le long de la frontière avec la Biélorussie, où de nombreux migrants sont actuellement massés, et la finira au premier semestre 2022, a annoncé lundi 15 novembre dans un communiqué le ministère de l'Intérieur. «L'entreprise que nous devons mener à bien est un investissement absolument stratégique et prioritaire pour la sécurité de la nation et de ses citoyens», a déclaré le ministre de l'Intérieur Mariusz Kaminski. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 15 novembre 2021
À LIRE AUSSI : Crise des migrants : le Haut-Commissaire aux Réfugiés de l'ONU appelle à «trouver des solutions» : Si Filippo Grandi a dénoncé dimanche sur LCI la manipulation de la Biélorussie, il a aussi souligné la «panique» des Européens, rappelant qu'il ne s'agit que de quelques milliers de personnes. »
Poland Uses Water Cannons and Tear Gas as Tensions Rise at Belarus Border: Western leaders have accused President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus of using migrants as weapons in an effort to pressure the European Union. »
Stanley Johnson Accused of Inappropriately Touching Tory MP
THE GUARDIAN: Caroline Nokes said PM’s father had smacked her on the bottom in 2003, while journalist also claims he groped her
Stanley Johnson told Sky News he had ‘no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all’. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
The prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has been accused of inappropriately touching a former cabinet minister as well as a senior political journalist.
Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities committee, said Johnson had smacked her on the bottom in 2003, while he was in the running to be MP for Teignbridge in Devon.
Ailbhe Rea, political correspondent for the New Statesman, said she was grateful to Nokes for speaking out and said Johnson had “groped me at a party at Conservative conference in 2019”.
Johnson told Sky News he had “no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all” when approached by the broadcaster. The Home Office minister Damian Hinds said on Tuesday there should be an investigation into the claims “if that’s the appropriate course of action”. » | Jessica Elgot, Chief political correspondent | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
SKY NEWS VIDEO: MP accuses Stanley Johnson of inappropriate touching »
The prime minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, has been accused of inappropriately touching a former cabinet minister as well as a senior political journalist.
Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities committee, said Johnson had smacked her on the bottom in 2003, while he was in the running to be MP for Teignbridge in Devon.
Ailbhe Rea, political correspondent for the New Statesman, said she was grateful to Nokes for speaking out and said Johnson had “groped me at a party at Conservative conference in 2019”.
Johnson told Sky News he had “no recollection of Caroline Nokes at all” when approached by the broadcaster. The Home Office minister Damian Hinds said on Tuesday there should be an investigation into the claims “if that’s the appropriate course of action”. » | Jessica Elgot, Chief political correspondent | Tuesday, November 16, 2021
SKY NEWS VIDEO: MP accuses Stanley Johnson of inappropriate touching »
Monday, November 15, 2021
Die hypersensible Gesellschaft | Philosophischer Stammtisch | SRF Kultur
Nov 15, 2021 • Eine Welle der Empfindlichkeit hat unsere Gesellschaft erfasst. Menschen fühlen sich offenbar aus kleinstem Anlass beleidigt. Empfindsamkeit mag eine Tugend sein – doch sind wir heute zu empfindlich?
Menschen sind verletzliche Wesen. Für diese Verletzlichkeit sensibel zu werden, ist deshalb sicherlich ein moralischer Fortschritt. Die Me-Too- und Black-Lives-Matter-Bewegungen gingen in den letzten Jahren mit einem weiteren Sensibilitätsschub einher. Seither herrscht Verunsicherung. Ist die Frage «Wo kommst du her?» kruder Rassismus oder nur eine harmlose Erkundigung? Wo fängt Sexismus an: Erst beim Griff an den Hintern, oder bereits beim Gebrauch des generischen Maskulinums?
Klar ist: Die Grenzen des Zumutbaren werden gerade neu vermessen. Nicht allen will das einleuchten, einige fühlen sich gegängelt. Für sie mangelt es gegenwärtig in erster Linie an Resilienz und Widerstandskraft. Hatte Nietzsche nicht recht, als er schrieb: «Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker!» Auf der anderen Seite stellt sich die Frage: Setzen wir mit diesem Imperativ nicht unsere Verletzlichkeit und letztlich Menschlichkeit aufs Spiel?
Am Philosophischen Stammtisch diskutieren Barbara Bleisch und Wolfram Eilenberger mit der Philosophin Svenja Flasspöhler, Autorin des soeben erschienenen Buches «Sensibel», und dem Philosophen Dominique Künzle, der sich unter anderem als Feminist bezeichnet.
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Menschen sind verletzliche Wesen. Für diese Verletzlichkeit sensibel zu werden, ist deshalb sicherlich ein moralischer Fortschritt. Die Me-Too- und Black-Lives-Matter-Bewegungen gingen in den letzten Jahren mit einem weiteren Sensibilitätsschub einher. Seither herrscht Verunsicherung. Ist die Frage «Wo kommst du her?» kruder Rassismus oder nur eine harmlose Erkundigung? Wo fängt Sexismus an: Erst beim Griff an den Hintern, oder bereits beim Gebrauch des generischen Maskulinums?
Klar ist: Die Grenzen des Zumutbaren werden gerade neu vermessen. Nicht allen will das einleuchten, einige fühlen sich gegängelt. Für sie mangelt es gegenwärtig in erster Linie an Resilienz und Widerstandskraft. Hatte Nietzsche nicht recht, als er schrieb: «Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker!» Auf der anderen Seite stellt sich die Frage: Setzen wir mit diesem Imperativ nicht unsere Verletzlichkeit und letztlich Menschlichkeit aufs Spiel?
Am Philosophischen Stammtisch diskutieren Barbara Bleisch und Wolfram Eilenberger mit der Philosophin Svenja Flasspöhler, Autorin des soeben erschienenen Buches «Sensibel», und dem Philosophen Dominique Künzle, der sich unter anderem als Feminist bezeichnet.
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L'idéologie woke à l'assaut du dictionnaire Le Robert
LE FIGARO : Au nom d'une démarche «inclusive», le dictionnaire a intégré sur son site le pronom personnel «iel».
La culture woke serait-elle arrivée jusqu'au dictionnaire Le Robert ? En octobre dernier, l'institution de feu Alain Rey a accepté dans ses pages numériques le pronom personnel «iel», contraction de «il» et «elle». Sa définition : «pronom personnel sujet de la troisième personne du singulier et du pluriel, employé pour évoquer une personne quel que soit son genre. L'usage du pronom iel dans la communication inclusive (sic).» Comment expliquer cet ajout ?
Chaque mois, les lexicographes du dictionnaire veillent et scrutent les nouveaux mots. Parmi ces derniers figurent «passe sanitaire», «antivax» mais aussi le fameux «iel». «On a constaté que ce mot prenait de l'ampleur et nous l'avons intégré», explique au Figaro Marie-Hélène Drivaud, lexicographe au Robert. Il a pour l'heure une période probatoire, même si on nous laisse sous-entendre que le mot rejoindra les colonnes du dictionnaire web avant d'intégrer l'édition papier de 2022. » | Par Alice Develey, Maguelonne de Gestas et Marie-Liévine Michalik | lundi 15 novembre 2021
Auch Shell verlässt die Niederlande
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der Konzern zieht nun ganz nach London um. Die Politik zeigt sich „unangenehm überrascht“. Dass die steuerliche Behandlung eine Rolle spielt, erscheint offensichtlich. Inzwischen ist auch das Meinungsklima zunehmend giftig.
Die Niederlande verlieren auch ihren zweiten binationalen Industrieriesen. Der niederländisch-britische Ölkonzern Shell will – ganz ähnlich wie vor einem Jahr Unilever – seine Doppelstruktur aufgeben und ganz nach London ziehen. Dorthin soll der Steuersitz wandern, dort sollen der Vorstandsvorsitzende Ben van Beurden und Finanzchefin Jessica Uhl angesiedelt sein. Der Sitz in Den Haag hat das Nachsehen. Die Politik zeigt sich überrumpelt: „Unangenehm überrascht“ sei das Kabinett, sagte der geschäftsführende Wirtschaftsminister Stef Blok von der rechtsliberalen Partei VVD des Ministerpräsidenten Mark Rutte.
Somit verlässt innerhalb kurzer Zeit ein international bekanntes Konzernduo das Land, das viele Jahre die Liste der schwersten Mitglieder im 25 Werte umfassenden niederländischen Leitindex AEX angeführt hatte. Shell argumentierte, eine einheitliche Aktienstruktur erleichtere dem Unternehmen Rückkäufe und seine Rolle in der Energiewende. Die Anteilseigner sollen am 10. Dezember über den Plan abstimmen. Aus dem offiziellen Namen „Royal Dutch Shell“ fallen sowohl das „Königliche“ als auch das „Niederländische“ weg: als „Shell“ firmiert das Unternehmen dann. » | Von Klaus Max Smolka | Montag, 15. November 2021
Homosexuelle Liebe - Ganz anders - oder ganz normal? - ARD-alpha
Two Young Men Simply Expressing Their Love for Each Other.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
Holistic Healing and Alternative Medicine; Is It Just a Scam? | 60 Minutes Australia
Queen Elizabeth Pulls Out of Remembrance Sunday Service after Spraining Her Back
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Covid: Dutch Accept Life within 'Lockdown-lite'
BBC: Twinkling fairy lights embellish the Linden trees around the Dutch parliament square.
Flames warm friends huddled beneath heaters glowing amber against the autumnal dusk.
While the anti-lockdown, anti-vax protesters and conspiracy propagators who hurled fireworks at riot police dominated the front pages, they represent a minority. Most people in the Netherlands reluctantly agree that sacrificing parts of their social lives can contribute to the greater good.
The Dutch government has announced a lockdown-lite designed to limit social contacts, in response to a sharp increase in infections. A record 16,324 new cases were recorded in one day this week and they remain stubbornly high. » | Anna Holligan, BBC News, Amsterdam | Saturday, November 13, 2021
In Österreich sind ab Montag Ungeimpfte im Lockdown: Im Kampf gegen die vierte Corona-Welle gilt in Österreich von diesem Montag an ein Lockdown für Ungeimpfte. Das haben Bundeskanzler Alexander Schallenberg und die Regierungschefs der Länder am Sonntag in Wien beschlossen. »
Remembrance Sunday 2021 : Poppies in the Field
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Remembrance Sunday: Nation Falls Silent to Remember the War Dead
BBC: The nation has fallen silent as it remembers those who died in past conflicts this Remembrance Sunday.
The Queen is not attending the service at London's Cenotaph after spraining her back. A national two-minute silence was held at 11:00 GMT, with similar ceremonies taking place at war memorials across the country.
Events have seen the return of pre-pandemic numbers of veterans, military personnel and crowds.
The National Service of Remembrance in Whitehall was closed to the public last year, with only limited numbers taking part, because of coronavirus measures.
This year sees a return to normal, with hundreds of servicemen and women marching and lining up around the Cenotaph and nearly 10,000 veterans marching past the war memorial, watched by large crowds. » |Becky Morton | Sunday, November 14, 2021
Saturday, November 13, 2021
For Meghan, an Image Rendered in a U.K.-U.S. Split Screen
THE NEW YORK TIMES: She has re-emerged in America as a formidable A-list celebrity and social activist. In Britain, however, Meghan remains a polarizing figure.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, at a gala for veterans in New York on Wednesday. | Craig Ruttle/Associated Press
LONDON — When Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stepped out last week at a gala for veterans in New York City, the beaming, beribboned prince declared he was “living the American dream.” That might be even truer of Meghan, who has restyled herself since leaving Britain last year as a philanthropist, multimedia entrepreneur and outspoken campaigner for family leave rights.
Even as they were taking Manhattan, though, Meghan was shadowed by the couple’s old life in London. She was forced to apologize for erroneous statements she made in a lawsuit against a British tabloid, The Mail on Sunday, for violating her privacy by publishing a letter she had sent to her father.
Meghan said it was a case of faulty memory. But the tabloids, which have been at war with the couple since before they abandoned Britain for Southern California, leapt on the admission. “Little Miss Forgetful,” said The Sun, above an unflattering caricature of Meghan, drawn from “Little Miss,” an English children’s book series. » | Mark Landler | Saturday, November 13, 2021
LONDON — When Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stepped out last week at a gala for veterans in New York City, the beaming, beribboned prince declared he was “living the American dream.” That might be even truer of Meghan, who has restyled herself since leaving Britain last year as a philanthropist, multimedia entrepreneur and outspoken campaigner for family leave rights.
Even as they were taking Manhattan, though, Meghan was shadowed by the couple’s old life in London. She was forced to apologize for erroneous statements she made in a lawsuit against a British tabloid, The Mail on Sunday, for violating her privacy by publishing a letter she had sent to her father.
Meghan said it was a case of faulty memory. But the tabloids, which have been at war with the couple since before they abandoned Britain for Southern California, leapt on the admission. “Little Miss Forgetful,” said The Sun, above an unflattering caricature of Meghan, drawn from “Little Miss,” an English children’s book series. » | Mark Landler | Saturday, November 13, 2021
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