Tuesday, January 04, 2022
Double Defector Who Returned to North Korea ‘Struggled Financially’ in South
THE GUARDIAN: Man’s decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discrimination
A North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South Korea since his arrival just over a year ago.
The man, who has not been named, crossed the heavily armed demilitarised zone [DMZ] that has divided North and South since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean war, on Saturday.
Reports said the defector, who is in his 30s, had been prompted to make the dangerous journey back across the border after struggling to make ends meet in the South.
His decision to return to North Korea has raised questions about how defectors are treated in the South, where many face discrimination in employment, education and housing. » | Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
A North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South Korea since his arrival just over a year ago.
The man, who has not been named, crossed the heavily armed demilitarised zone [DMZ] that has divided North and South since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean war, on Saturday.
Reports said the defector, who is in his 30s, had been prompted to make the dangerous journey back across the border after struggling to make ends meet in the South.
His decision to return to North Korea has raised questions about how defectors are treated in the South, where many face discrimination in employment, education and housing. » | Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Jury Finds Theranos Founder Guilty on Four Fraud Counts
THE GUARDIAN: The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges faced by Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood testing startup.
The jury found Holmes guilty of several charges – including conspiracy to defraud investors – following a dramatic day in which jurors said they remained deadlocked on three of the criminal counts she faced.
On Monday, the seventh day of deliberations, the jury told US district judge Edward Davila that it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on those three charges. In response, Davila encouraged them to deliberate further, but jurors later returned and rendered their final decision.
As the verdict was read, the Theranos founder bowed her head, remained seated and expressed no visible emotion. Her partner, Billy Evans, showed agitation in earlier moments but appeared calm during the verdict reading.
Holmes was found guilty on four charges: one count of conspiracy to defraud investors, and three counts of wire fraud against investors. With video » | Karl Paul | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Silicon Valley Can’t Escape Elizabeth Holmes: Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, wasn’t a creature of Silicon Valley, or so the refrain went. But her fraud trial showed otherwise. »
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood testing startup.
The jury found Holmes guilty of several charges – including conspiracy to defraud investors – following a dramatic day in which jurors said they remained deadlocked on three of the criminal counts she faced.
On Monday, the seventh day of deliberations, the jury told US district judge Edward Davila that it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on those three charges. In response, Davila encouraged them to deliberate further, but jurors later returned and rendered their final decision.
As the verdict was read, the Theranos founder bowed her head, remained seated and expressed no visible emotion. Her partner, Billy Evans, showed agitation in earlier moments but appeared calm during the verdict reading.
Holmes was found guilty on four charges: one count of conspiracy to defraud investors, and three counts of wire fraud against investors. With video » | Karl Paul | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Silicon Valley Can’t Escape Elizabeth Holmes: Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, wasn’t a creature of Silicon Valley, or so the refrain went. But her fraud trial showed otherwise. »
Past Convictions for Homosexual Activity to Be Wiped from Records, Patel to Announce
THE GUARDIAN: UK’s disregards and pardons scheme set to be expanded to ‘right wrongs of the past’
Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past”, the UK home secretary is set to announce.
Priti Patel said more people would have convictions for same-sex sexual activity wiped from their records, as she sought to expand the government’s disregards and pardons scheme from a narrow set of laws.
Currently, only nine former offences are included on a specified list that the Home Office said “largely focused on the repealed offences of buggery and gross indecency between men”.
If someone had been convicted of a crime under these now-scrapped laws, they can apply to have it disregarded – wiped from their criminal record and not be required to be disclosed. » | PA Media | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past”, the UK home secretary is set to announce.
Priti Patel said more people would have convictions for same-sex sexual activity wiped from their records, as she sought to expand the government’s disregards and pardons scheme from a narrow set of laws.
Currently, only nine former offences are included on a specified list that the Home Office said “largely focused on the repealed offences of buggery and gross indecency between men”.
If someone had been convicted of a crime under these now-scrapped laws, they can apply to have it disregarded – wiped from their criminal record and not be required to be disclosed. » | PA Media | Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Monday, January 03, 2022
Apple Becomes First Company to Hit $3 Trillion Market Value
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The iPhone maker’s value tripled since 2018 as its sales continued to soar and it spent hundreds of billions of dollars on its own stock.
Combine Walmart, Disney, Netflix, Nike, Exxon Mobil, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Morgan Stanley, McDonald’s, AT&T, Goldman Sachs, Boeing, IBM and Ford.
Apple is still worth more.
Apple, the computer company that started in a California garage in 1976, is now worth $3 trillion. It became the first publicly traded company to ever reach the figure on Monday, when its stock briefly eclipsed $182.86 a sharebefore closing at $182.01.
Apple’s value is even more remarkable considering how rapid its recent ascent has been. In August 2018, Apple became the first American company ever to be worth $1 trillion, an achievement that took 42 years. It surged past $2 trillion two years later. Its next trillion took just 16 months and 15 days. » | Jack Nicas | Monday, January 3, 2022
Knackt Apple auch bald die 4 Billionen Dollar?: Mit iPhones und anderen Produkten hat der amerikanische Elektronikkonzern innerhalb weniger Jahre seinen Börsenwert auf nun 3 Billionen Dollar vervielfacht. Doch erste Analysten warnen vor einem Ende des langen Laufs. »
Combine Walmart, Disney, Netflix, Nike, Exxon Mobil, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Morgan Stanley, McDonald’s, AT&T, Goldman Sachs, Boeing, IBM and Ford.
Apple is still worth more.
Apple, the computer company that started in a California garage in 1976, is now worth $3 trillion. It became the first publicly traded company to ever reach the figure on Monday, when its stock briefly eclipsed $182.86 a sharebefore closing at $182.01.
Apple’s value is even more remarkable considering how rapid its recent ascent has been. In August 2018, Apple became the first American company ever to be worth $1 trillion, an achievement that took 42 years. It surged past $2 trillion two years later. Its next trillion took just 16 months and 15 days. » | Jack Nicas | Monday, January 3, 2022
Knackt Apple auch bald die 4 Billionen Dollar?: Mit iPhones und anderen Produkten hat der amerikanische Elektronikkonzern innerhalb weniger Jahre seinen Börsenwert auf nun 3 Billionen Dollar vervielfacht. Doch erste Analysten warnen vor einem Ende des langen Laufs. »
Ce baiser respire l'amour !
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil Is Hospitalized
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mr. Bolsonaro, who was stabbed while on the campaign trail in 2018, experienced stomach discomfort during his vacation and was flown back to São Paulo.
RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil was flown to São Paulo on Monday and hospitalized for treatment of a possible stomach obstruction after experiencing discomfort while on vacation in the southern state of Santa Catarina, his office and a hospital said.
He was admitted to Vila Nova Star hospital, where he was undergoing exams under the care of Dr. Antônio Luiz Macedo, the surgeon who treated Mr. Bolsonaro after he was stabbed in 2018 while campaigning for president. Mr. Bolsonaro is in stable condition, the hospital said, adding that five doctors were overseeing his care.
In a post on Twitter, Mr. Bolsonaro said he “started feeling poorly after lunch on Sunday.” After arriving at the hospital at 3 a.m., he wrote, he was administered a nasogastric tube, which can be used to drain fluid from the stomach of a patient with an intestinal obstruction. The president, who included a photo from the hospital in the tweet, said that more exams would be conducted to determine whether surgery was necessary. » | Ernesto Londoño and Flávia Milhorance | Monday, January 3, 2022
Brésil : Jair Bolsonaro hospitalisé d'urgence pour une probable occlusion intestinale : Le président brésilien a subi une demi-douzaine d'opérations de l'abdomen depuis la tentative d'assassinat qui l'a visé en septembre 2018. »
RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil was flown to São Paulo on Monday and hospitalized for treatment of a possible stomach obstruction after experiencing discomfort while on vacation in the southern state of Santa Catarina, his office and a hospital said.
He was admitted to Vila Nova Star hospital, where he was undergoing exams under the care of Dr. Antônio Luiz Macedo, the surgeon who treated Mr. Bolsonaro after he was stabbed in 2018 while campaigning for president. Mr. Bolsonaro is in stable condition, the hospital said, adding that five doctors were overseeing his care.
In a post on Twitter, Mr. Bolsonaro said he “started feeling poorly after lunch on Sunday.” After arriving at the hospital at 3 a.m., he wrote, he was administered a nasogastric tube, which can be used to drain fluid from the stomach of a patient with an intestinal obstruction. The president, who included a photo from the hospital in the tweet, said that more exams would be conducted to determine whether surgery was necessary. » | Ernesto Londoño and Flávia Milhorance | Monday, January 3, 2022
Brésil : Jair Bolsonaro hospitalisé d'urgence pour une probable occlusion intestinale : Le président brésilien a subi une demi-douzaine d'opérations de l'abdomen depuis la tentative d'assassinat qui l'a visé en septembre 2018. »
How the E.U. Allowed Hungary to Become an Illiberal Model
THE NEW YORK TIMES: After years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country’s pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in June. The position he has put the bloc in says much about why it has stumbled in the face of populist challenges. | Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
BRUSSELS — After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union now widely consider Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary an existential threat to a bloc that holds itself up as a model of human rights and the rule of law.
Mr. Orban has spent the past decade steadily building his “illiberal state,” as he proudly calls Hungary, with the help of lavish E.U. funding. Even as his project widened fissures in the bloc, which Hungary joined in 2004, his fellow national leaders mostly looked the other way, committed to staying out of one another’s affairs.
But now Mr. Orban’s defiance and intransigence has had an important, if unintended, effect: serving as a catalyst for an often-sluggish European Union system to act to safeguard the democratic principles that are the foundation of the bloc.
Early this year, the European Court of Justice will issue a landmark decision on whether the union has the authority to make its funds to member states conditional on meeting the bloc’s core values. Doing so would allow Brussels to deny billions of euros to countries that violate those values. » | Steven Erlanger and Benjamin Novak | Monday, January 3, 2022
Orban bekommt Unterstützung von Trump: Ungarns rechtsnationaler Ministerpräsident will im April wiedergewählt werden. Dafür hat er prominente Unterstützung: Donald Trump. In dessen Augen hat Orban einen „wundervollen Job“ gemacht. »
BRUSSELS — After long indulging him, leaders in the European Union now widely consider Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary an existential threat to a bloc that holds itself up as a model of human rights and the rule of law.
Mr. Orban has spent the past decade steadily building his “illiberal state,” as he proudly calls Hungary, with the help of lavish E.U. funding. Even as his project widened fissures in the bloc, which Hungary joined in 2004, his fellow national leaders mostly looked the other way, committed to staying out of one another’s affairs.
But now Mr. Orban’s defiance and intransigence has had an important, if unintended, effect: serving as a catalyst for an often-sluggish European Union system to act to safeguard the democratic principles that are the foundation of the bloc.
Early this year, the European Court of Justice will issue a landmark decision on whether the union has the authority to make its funds to member states conditional on meeting the bloc’s core values. Doing so would allow Brussels to deny billions of euros to countries that violate those values. » | Steven Erlanger and Benjamin Novak | Monday, January 3, 2022
Orban bekommt Unterstützung von Trump: Ungarns rechtsnationaler Ministerpräsident will im April wiedergewählt werden. Dafür hat er prominente Unterstützung: Donald Trump. In dessen Augen hat Orban einen „wundervollen Job“ gemacht. »
Prince Andrew Accuser Virginia Giuffre’s Legal Deal with Jeffrey Epstein Released
THE GUARDIAN: Unsealing stems from Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against duke, filed in Manhattan federal court in August
Prince Andrew with Virginia Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell. The Duke of York vehemently maintained his innocence against the claims made against him. Photograph: Enterprise News and Pictures
A near-dozen-year-old legal settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom she accused of sexual abuse, was released on Monday. Giuffre received $500,000 in her lawsuit against Epstein, court papers revealed.
The unsealing stemmed from Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, which she filed on 9 August in Manhattan federal court.
Giuffre has long accused Epstein and his sometime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell – now a convicted sex trafficker, after the conclusion of her New York trial last week – of forcing her into sex with the royal when she was 17.
He vehemently maintains his innocence.
Andrew filed Giuffre’s settlement with Epstein as part of his attempt to dismiss her case, arguing that it shields him. Lawyers for the prince contend the settlement contains provisions that bar Giuffre from taking legal action against many of Epstein’s associates. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York | Monday, January 3, 2022
Kommt Prinz Andrew ins Schwitzen?: Prinz Andrew muss am Dienstag in Manhattan vor Gericht. Virginia Giuffre wirft dem Royal vor, sie als Minderjährige sexuell missbraucht zu haben. Der Adelige setze in der Vergangenheit bereits auf eine sonderbare Ausrede. »
A near-dozen-year-old legal settlement between Virginia Giuffre and Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom she accused of sexual abuse, was released on Monday. Giuffre received $500,000 in her lawsuit against Epstein, court papers revealed.
The unsealing stemmed from Giuffre’s sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, which she filed on 9 August in Manhattan federal court.
Giuffre has long accused Epstein and his sometime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell – now a convicted sex trafficker, after the conclusion of her New York trial last week – of forcing her into sex with the royal when she was 17.
He vehemently maintains his innocence.
Andrew filed Giuffre’s settlement with Epstein as part of his attempt to dismiss her case, arguing that it shields him. Lawyers for the prince contend the settlement contains provisions that bar Giuffre from taking legal action against many of Epstein’s associates. » | Victoria Bekiempis in New York | Monday, January 3, 2022
Kommt Prinz Andrew ins Schwitzen?: Prinz Andrew muss am Dienstag in Manhattan vor Gericht. Virginia Giuffre wirft dem Royal vor, sie als Minderjährige sexuell missbraucht zu haben. Der Adelige setze in der Vergangenheit bereits auf eine sonderbare Ausrede. »
Seong-Jin Cho | Chopin 4 Ballades | 2017
Jul 11, 2017 • Seong-Jin Cho, first prize winner of the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition (2015), plays Frédéric Chopin's 4 Ballades:
- Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23
- Ballade no.2 in F major, 38
- Ballade no.3 in A flat major, op.47
- Ballade no.4 in F minor, op.52
LIVE - July 2017 - Flagey, Brussels
- Ballade no.1 in G minor, op.23
- Ballade no.2 in F major, 38
- Ballade no.3 in A flat major, op.47
- Ballade no.4 in F minor, op.52
LIVE - July 2017 - Flagey, Brussels
König der Haute-Cuisine - Auguste Escoffier | Doku HD | Reupload | ARTE
Dec 24, 2021 • Die französische Küche scheint in der Welt der Spitzenköche schon immer maßgebend gewesen zu sein und bleibt ein unerlässlicher Teil jeder Kochausbildung. Dies ist größtenteils einem provenzalischen Koch mit herausragenden Fähigkeiten zu verdanken: Auguste Escoffier (1846 - 1935). Er will nicht einfach nur kochen - was ihn animiert, ist die Kochkunst.
Für die besten Köche der Welt ist Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) eine Legende, ein Vorbild, ja eine Art Bibel. In Spitzenrestaurants überall auf der Welt ist sein Geist bis heute spürbar. Auguste Escoffier hat sein Leben der Verwirklichung eines sehr französischen Traums geweiht: Er wollte die Kochkunst in den Rang der schönen Künste erheben. Ihre Meisterköche sollten dasselbe Prestige und dieselbe kreative Freiheit wie große Künstler genießen. Als Zeuge tiefgreifender gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen hat Escoffier die Welt der Gastronomie nach und nach reformiert: Auf ihn gehen Neuerungen auf allen Gebieten zurück, wie etwa die sogenannten Küchenbrigaden, eine sehr präzise und sehr hierarchische Arbeitsteilung in Anlehnung an den Taylorismus, die bis heute Anwendung findet. Und er verhalf gesünderen und bekömmlicheren Speisen zum Durchbruch. 1865 versucht Auguste Escoffier sein Glück in Paris und verlässt Nizza, wo er seit seinem 13. Lebensjahr bei seinem Onkel in die Lehre gegangen war. Auf Empfehlung wird er im renommierten Nachtlokal Petit Moulin Rouge eingestellt. Schon bald kann sich der fleißige und talentierte Jungkoch in der Glanzzeit des Zweiten Kaiserreichs zum Chef-Saucier hocharbeiten. Während des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges von 1870-71 leistet Auguste Escoffier seinen Militärdienst als Küchenchef beim französischen Generalstab. Nach Paris zurückgekehrt, avanciert er als 27-Jähriger zum Küchenchef des Petit Moulin Rouge. Durch die Begegnung mit dem reichen Hotelier César Ritz nimmt sein Leben 1882 eine neue Wende: Ritz verpflichtet ihn 1884 als Küchenchef seines Grandhotels in Monte Carlo. Escoffier gilt als „König der Köche“. Bleibenden Ruhm erlangt er durch seinen weltweit übersetzen „Guide Culinaire“ von 1903. Der „Kochkunstführer“ ist eine regelrechte Enzyklopädie, die mit schon fast wissenschaftlicher Präzision alle Rezepte und Grundprinzipien von Escoffiers Art zu Kochen vermittelt. Das Buch wird für nachfolgende Generationen zum Standardwerk der französischen Küche.
Dokumentarfilm von Olivier Julien (F 2019, 91 Min)
Ce documentaire peut être visionné en français ici : Auguste Escoffier, la naissance de la gastronomie moderne, reportage ARTE.
Für die besten Köche der Welt ist Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935) eine Legende, ein Vorbild, ja eine Art Bibel. In Spitzenrestaurants überall auf der Welt ist sein Geist bis heute spürbar. Auguste Escoffier hat sein Leben der Verwirklichung eines sehr französischen Traums geweiht: Er wollte die Kochkunst in den Rang der schönen Künste erheben. Ihre Meisterköche sollten dasselbe Prestige und dieselbe kreative Freiheit wie große Künstler genießen. Als Zeuge tiefgreifender gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen hat Escoffier die Welt der Gastronomie nach und nach reformiert: Auf ihn gehen Neuerungen auf allen Gebieten zurück, wie etwa die sogenannten Küchenbrigaden, eine sehr präzise und sehr hierarchische Arbeitsteilung in Anlehnung an den Taylorismus, die bis heute Anwendung findet. Und er verhalf gesünderen und bekömmlicheren Speisen zum Durchbruch. 1865 versucht Auguste Escoffier sein Glück in Paris und verlässt Nizza, wo er seit seinem 13. Lebensjahr bei seinem Onkel in die Lehre gegangen war. Auf Empfehlung wird er im renommierten Nachtlokal Petit Moulin Rouge eingestellt. Schon bald kann sich der fleißige und talentierte Jungkoch in der Glanzzeit des Zweiten Kaiserreichs zum Chef-Saucier hocharbeiten. Während des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges von 1870-71 leistet Auguste Escoffier seinen Militärdienst als Küchenchef beim französischen Generalstab. Nach Paris zurückgekehrt, avanciert er als 27-Jähriger zum Küchenchef des Petit Moulin Rouge. Durch die Begegnung mit dem reichen Hotelier César Ritz nimmt sein Leben 1882 eine neue Wende: Ritz verpflichtet ihn 1884 als Küchenchef seines Grandhotels in Monte Carlo. Escoffier gilt als „König der Köche“. Bleibenden Ruhm erlangt er durch seinen weltweit übersetzen „Guide Culinaire“ von 1903. Der „Kochkunstführer“ ist eine regelrechte Enzyklopädie, die mit schon fast wissenschaftlicher Präzision alle Rezepte und Grundprinzipien von Escoffiers Art zu Kochen vermittelt. Das Buch wird für nachfolgende Generationen zum Standardwerk der französischen Küche.
Dokumentarfilm von Olivier Julien (F 2019, 91 Min)
Ce documentaire peut être visionné en français ici : Auguste Escoffier, la naissance de la gastronomie moderne, reportage ARTE.
Lira Loses 5% of Value in a Single Day amid Erdoğan's 'Economic War of Independence' | DW News
Erdoğan treibt viele Türken in die Armut
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Die Inflation in der Türkei steigt in wahnwitzige Höhen. Große Teile der Bevölkerung verarmen, weil Präsident Erdoğan an seiner Wirtschafts- und Währungspolitik festhält. Derweil schwindet sein Einfluss.
Aus der Türkei kommen wieder mal Nachrichten, die noch schlechter ausfallen als erwartet: Im Dezember sind die Lebenshaltungskosten kräftig gestiegen und liegen nun 36,1 Prozent höher als vor einem Jahr. Ökonomen hatten im Vorfeld lediglich mit einem Zuwachs um die 30 Prozent gerechnet, was für sich betrachtet auch schon für viele Menschen eine Katastrophe ist. Jetzt kommt es noch härter, denn der Anstieg der Preise um mehr als ein Drittel im Jahresvergleich ist ja nur der Durchschnittswert.
Die Kosten für Nahrungsmittel kletterten nach Angaben des türkischen Statistikamtes zum Jahresende sogar um 44 Prozent, die im Verkehrswesen um 54 Prozent. Das trifft die zunehmend in wenige Reiche und immer mehr Arme geteilte Bevölkerung hart. Strikte Preisvergleiche und Konsumverzicht gehören schon in der dünner werdenden Mittelschicht zum Alltag. Andere müssen sich jetzt noch mehr abmühen, die Wohnung warm und ihre Familie satt zu bekommen. » | Ein Kommentar von Andreas Mihm | Montag, 3. Januar 2022
Poutine veut faire plier l’Otan et l’Europe
LE FIGARO : ANALYSE - En maintenant la pression militaire sur l’Ukraine, le maître du Kremlin rêve de ressusciter l’empire soviétique.
Pour Vladimir Poutine, l’histoire ne passe décidément pas. Depuis qu’il est arrivé au Kremlin en 2000, l’ancien officier du KGB n’a eu de cesse d’en réécrire certains chapitres, notamment ceux qui, après la chute du communisme, avaient entériné la perte d’influence de Moscou sur ses voisins.
Effacer ou vider de leur contenu les indépendances de 1991, rejouer la guerre froide à son avantage: le président russe, qui considère la disparition de l’URSS comme une «catastrophe géopolitique», veut revoir l’ordre international post-soviétique et retrouver son influence sur les anciennes Républiques d’URSS.
Obsédé à l’idée d’une contagion démocratique et libérale venue d’Ukraine qui pourrait menacer son régime, Vladimir Poutine a proposé, le 17 décembre, aux Américains et à l’Otan un nouveau Yalta, qui les chasserait de l’est de l’Europe, redessinerait la carte géopolitique du continent et permettrait à Moscou de reprendre le contrôle, directement ou indirectement, de l’ancien glacis soviétique. … » | Par Isabelle Lasserre | dimanche 2 janvier 2022 ; mis à jour : lundi 3 janvier 2022
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ITV Journalist Gary Burgess Dies of Cancer Aged 46
THE GUARDIAN: In final message to be released after his death, Jersey-based broadcaster said: ‘I’ve had the best life’
Gary Burgess began working as a reporter at ITV Channel TV in May 2011 in the Guernsey newsroom, before moving to Jersey in March 2012. Photograph: ITV News Channel TV
A 46-year-old television journalist who spoke out about his cancer diagnosis has died, ITV has confirmed.
Gary Burgess died peacefully in his sleep at a hospice in Jersey on New Year’s Day. Doctors had found tumours on his lungs and told him they were inoperable.
He was first diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1999, and treated for further tumours in 2015 and 2016.
Burgess used a popular blog to record his condition. In November 2020, he told followers that he had six to 12 months left to live and documented his cancer journey after receiving the terminal diagnosis.
The Manchester-born broadcaster set the world record for the longest radio show at Blackpool’s Radio Wave, staying on air for 76 hours and raising money for charity.
In a final message, written for ITV to release after his death, the journalist wrote: “I’ve had the best life. I’ve had the luckiest life.
“I met my soulmate and the love of my life who went on to become my husband. I got to work with some of the most amazing people in newsrooms and studios doing the job I absolutely adore. » | Rajeev Syal and agencies |Sunday, January 2, 2022
A 46-year-old television journalist who spoke out about his cancer diagnosis has died, ITV has confirmed.
Gary Burgess died peacefully in his sleep at a hospice in Jersey on New Year’s Day. Doctors had found tumours on his lungs and told him they were inoperable.
He was first diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1999, and treated for further tumours in 2015 and 2016.
Burgess used a popular blog to record his condition. In November 2020, he told followers that he had six to 12 months left to live and documented his cancer journey after receiving the terminal diagnosis.
The Manchester-born broadcaster set the world record for the longest radio show at Blackpool’s Radio Wave, staying on air for 76 hours and raising money for charity.
In a final message, written for ITV to release after his death, the journalist wrote: “I’ve had the best life. I’ve had the luckiest life.
“I met my soulmate and the love of my life who went on to become my husband. I got to work with some of the most amazing people in newsrooms and studios doing the job I absolutely adore. » | Rajeev Syal and agencies |Sunday, January 2, 2022
Sunday, January 02, 2022
Liz Truss Asked for Public Money to Cover £3,000 Lunch
THE GUARDIAN: Reports say Truss demanded booking at ‘obviously incredibly expensive’ club owned by Tory donor
At 5 Hertford Street Truss and her companions drank two bottles of dry gin, three £153 bottles of Pazo Barrantes Albarinño, a Spanish white wine and two £130 bottles of the French red Coudoulet de Beaucastel. Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP
Liz Truss, the current favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservatives among party members, hosted a lunch at an expensive private club owned by a Tory donor after overruling civil service advice to look for a cheaper venue.
Leaked correspondence has revealed the foreign secretary “refused to consider anywhere else” and asked that public funds should pay for a £3,000 event with Joe Biden’s trade representative.
Civil servants were so concerned at the cost and the venue’s close links to the Tories that the proposal was referred to the most senior official at the Department for International Trade.
According to the correspondence, Truss, then the trade secretary, “explicitly asked that we book 5 Hertford Street”, which is owned by Robin Birley, a £20,000 donor to Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and the half-brother of Zac Goldsmith, the environment minister. » | Rajeev Syal | Sunday, January 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak, favori à la succession de Boris Johnson : PORTRAIT - Alors que le premier ministre anglais vit une période délicate, marquée par une impopularité croissante, les députés conservateurs songent à le remplacer. Parmi les noms les plus cités, se détache celui du chancelier de l’Échiquier. »
Liz Truss, the current favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservatives among party members, hosted a lunch at an expensive private club owned by a Tory donor after overruling civil service advice to look for a cheaper venue.
Leaked correspondence has revealed the foreign secretary “refused to consider anywhere else” and asked that public funds should pay for a £3,000 event with Joe Biden’s trade representative.
Civil servants were so concerned at the cost and the venue’s close links to the Tories that the proposal was referred to the most senior official at the Department for International Trade.
According to the correspondence, Truss, then the trade secretary, “explicitly asked that we book 5 Hertford Street”, which is owned by Robin Birley, a £20,000 donor to Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and the half-brother of Zac Goldsmith, the environment minister. » | Rajeev Syal | Sunday, January 2, 2022
Rishi Sunak, favori à la succession de Boris Johnson : PORTRAIT - Alors que le premier ministre anglais vit une période délicate, marquée par une impopularité croissante, les députés conservateurs songent à le remplacer. Parmi les noms les plus cités, se détache celui du chancelier de l’Échiquier. »
Gay Moroccan Author Abdellah Taïa
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Rabbi Steven Greenberg - JFS Lecture - Inclusion Gay Jews (2015)
WIKIPEDIA: Rambam (Maimonides).
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The more I learn about Judaism, the more impressed I become! – © Mark
Obviously These Two Gentlemen Don't Want to Live without Each Other's Love!
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It’s Not the Police’s Job to Shut Down Political Debate. They Should Stick to Solving Crime
THE OBSERVER – OPINION: The appeals court has rightly upheld Harry Miller’s freedom to express his views
Aman gets a call from a police officer. He is told that, while he has done nothing criminal, his social media posts have offended someone, so the police have recorded them as a non-crime hate incident that may show up on criminal record checks. The officer warns that if he continues to “escalate” matters, the police may take criminal action against him, a message later reinforced by his superiors.
It may sound like something out of a police state. But this happened in Britain in 2019, in a case that led the high court judge who later ruled the actions of Humberside police force unlawful to warn them, “in this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi”. Despite there being no evidence that Harry Miller, the man in question, might ever stray into unlawful speech, the police took action that reasonably led him to believe that he was being warned not to exercise his right to freedom of expression on pain of potential criminal prosecution; they also opined to the press that Miller’s tweets were “transphobic”.
And just before Christmas, in a landmark judgment that has attracted surprisingly little commentary from human rights lawyers given its profound implications, the court of appeal went further in ruling that the College of Policing’s guidance that the police should record all non-crime hate incidents, as perceived by those taking offence at them, is an unlawful incursion on citizens’ freedom of expression. » | Sonia Sodha | Sunday, January 2, 2022
Aman gets a call from a police officer. He is told that, while he has done nothing criminal, his social media posts have offended someone, so the police have recorded them as a non-crime hate incident that may show up on criminal record checks. The officer warns that if he continues to “escalate” matters, the police may take criminal action against him, a message later reinforced by his superiors.
It may sound like something out of a police state. But this happened in Britain in 2019, in a case that led the high court judge who later ruled the actions of Humberside police force unlawful to warn them, “in this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi”. Despite there being no evidence that Harry Miller, the man in question, might ever stray into unlawful speech, the police took action that reasonably led him to believe that he was being warned not to exercise his right to freedom of expression on pain of potential criminal prosecution; they also opined to the press that Miller’s tweets were “transphobic”.
And just before Christmas, in a landmark judgment that has attracted surprisingly little commentary from human rights lawyers given its profound implications, the court of appeal went further in ruling that the College of Policing’s guidance that the police should record all non-crime hate incidents, as perceived by those taking offence at them, is an unlawful incursion on citizens’ freedom of expression. » | Sonia Sodha | Sunday, January 2, 2022
'Boy Erased': Joel Edgerton & Garrard Conley on Portraying the Family in Gay Conversion-Therapy Drama
I Was Told to 'Pray the Gay Away' | This Morning
Saturday, January 01, 2022
UK Ministers Eager to Ease Immigration Rules for Indian Citizens
THE GUARDIAN: Offer could be on table in upcoming trade talks in Delhi in bid to access to country’s growing economy
Ministers are keen to ease immigration restrictions in a bid to make it easier for thousands of Indian citizens to live and work in the UK as part of forthcoming trade talks.
The potential offer will be under discussion when the international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, travels to Delhi this month, reports the Times. Relaxing immigration rules for Indian citizens is a key demand from Delhi.
Trevelyan is said to have the backing of the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, who is keen to curb China’s growing influence in the region. However, they are likely to meet strong resistance from the home secretary, Priti Patel, who opposes the offer.
According to the publication, visa relaxation options under consideration include a scheme similar to one agreed with Australia which would allow young Indians the right to live and work in the UK for up to three years. Another would be to cut visa fees for students and allow them to stay in Britain for a period of time after they graduate. » | Jane Clinton | Saturday, January 1, 2022
Ministers are keen to ease immigration restrictions in a bid to make it easier for thousands of Indian citizens to live and work in the UK as part of forthcoming trade talks.
The potential offer will be under discussion when the international trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, travels to Delhi this month, reports the Times. Relaxing immigration rules for Indian citizens is a key demand from Delhi.
Trevelyan is said to have the backing of the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, who is keen to curb China’s growing influence in the region. However, they are likely to meet strong resistance from the home secretary, Priti Patel, who opposes the offer.
According to the publication, visa relaxation options under consideration include a scheme similar to one agreed with Australia which would allow young Indians the right to live and work in the UK for up to three years. Another would be to cut visa fees for students and allow them to stay in Britain for a period of time after they graduate. » | Jane Clinton | Saturday, January 1, 2022
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Shops in Great Britain Fear Gaps on Shelves as New Brexit Import Rules Hit
THE OBSERVER: Regulations likely to result in higher prices and shortages for delis and others
After a few minutes in the queue spent eyeing up the best on offer at the local deli, it is decision time.
Maybe some of the wonderful Parma ham from Italy? With a few slices of Spanish chorizo? And a piece of brie from that farm in Normandy … oh, and definitely some of the black olives from Greece.
The government may be making light of new and burdensome Brexit rules and regulations affecting imports to Great Britain from the EU that came into force on 1 January, but organisations representing small UK firms are not. The firms are worried about the impact on their businesses – and about the choices that will be available to their customers at their favourite specialist stores – on the high street.
The Federation of Small Businesses cites local delicatessens, many of which import from small specialist suppliers in the EU, as the type of operators that could be adversely affected.
“The classic example is your high street deli that is importing delicacies like, say, chorizo from Spain or parmesan from Italy,” says James Sibley, the federation’s head of international affairs. “For them, the thought of having to register for these systems is daunting and the process is expensive, so we’ve a lot of concern there. For those small businesses directly affected, we have picked up a lot of worry.” » | Toby Helm and Tom Wall | Saturday, January 1, 2022
Rest well tonight, my fellow countryman! Rest well in the knowledge that you have your blue passports back! Who needs a plentiful array of foodstuffs on the shelves of supermarkets when you can avail yourselves of blue passports? And who knows? BoJo might be able to conjure up a way of bringing back the British Empire! Rule Britannia, and all that! ‘Stay calm and carry on’! – © Mark
After a few minutes in the queue spent eyeing up the best on offer at the local deli, it is decision time.
Maybe some of the wonderful Parma ham from Italy? With a few slices of Spanish chorizo? And a piece of brie from that farm in Normandy … oh, and definitely some of the black olives from Greece.
The government may be making light of new and burdensome Brexit rules and regulations affecting imports to Great Britain from the EU that came into force on 1 January, but organisations representing small UK firms are not. The firms are worried about the impact on their businesses – and about the choices that will be available to their customers at their favourite specialist stores – on the high street.
The Federation of Small Businesses cites local delicatessens, many of which import from small specialist suppliers in the EU, as the type of operators that could be adversely affected.
“The classic example is your high street deli that is importing delicacies like, say, chorizo from Spain or parmesan from Italy,” says James Sibley, the federation’s head of international affairs. “For them, the thought of having to register for these systems is daunting and the process is expensive, so we’ve a lot of concern there. For those small businesses directly affected, we have picked up a lot of worry.” » | Toby Helm and Tom Wall | Saturday, January 1, 2022
Rest well tonight, my fellow countryman! Rest well in the knowledge that you have your blue passports back! Who needs a plentiful array of foodstuffs on the shelves of supermarkets when you can avail yourselves of blue passports? And who knows? BoJo might be able to conjure up a way of bringing back the British Empire! Rule Britannia, and all that! ‘Stay calm and carry on’! – © Mark
US Judge Delivers Double Setback to Prince Andrew’s Abuse Case Battle
THE OBSERVER: Pressure grows on duke to settle alleged victim’s claim before key hearing this week
Prince Andrew in Norfolk in 2020. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images
Two of Prince Andrew’s avenues to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday by a federal judge, increasing pressure to settle claims before a crucial court hearing this week.
Judge Lewis A Kaplan, in a written order, told the prince’s lawyers they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre who claims she was abused – aged 17 – by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Kaplan also rejected arguments by the prince’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, on jurisdiction grounds after they argued last week that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Giuffre, a US citizen, no longer lives in the US.
The rulings come before an important case hearing in New York on Tuesday, one day after the scheduled public release on Monday of a 2009 settlement agreement between Epstein and Giuffre that lawyers for Andrew had hoped would protect him from Guiffre’s claims. » | Edward Helmore and Mark Townsend | Saturday, January 1, 2022
Two of Prince Andrew’s avenues to prevent or stall the progression of Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s sex assault lawsuit against him were blocked on Saturday by a federal judge, increasing pressure to settle claims before a crucial court hearing this week.
Judge Lewis A Kaplan, in a written order, told the prince’s lawyers they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre who claims she was abused – aged 17 – by the prince on multiple occasions in 2001 while she was being sexually abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Kaplan also rejected arguments by the prince’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, on jurisdiction grounds after they argued last week that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Giuffre, a US citizen, no longer lives in the US.
The rulings come before an important case hearing in New York on Tuesday, one day after the scheduled public release on Monday of a 2009 settlement agreement between Epstein and Giuffre that lawyers for Andrew had hoped would protect him from Guiffre’s claims. » | Edward Helmore and Mark Townsend | Saturday, January 1, 2022
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Investigative Journalist Reacts to Ghislaine Maxwell Conviction
British Citizenship of Six Million People Could Be Threatened by Home Office Plans
Dec 7, 2021 • Exclusive: British citizenship of six million people could be jeopardised by the Home Office Nationality and Borders Bill. Two in five people in England and Wales from an ethnic minority background could become eligible to be deprived of their citizen status without warning.
New Statesman analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics also finds that two in every five people from non-white ethnic minorities (41 per cent) are likely to be eligible for deprivation of citizenship, compared with just one in 20 people categorised as white (5 per cent).
Despite expansions in this area in 2014, the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill could extend the governments powers to strip people of citizenship further still. Clause nine of the draft bill states that the government does not need to notify those deprived of their citizenship if it does not have their contact details, or if it is “for any other reason” not “reasonably practicable” to do so. It also states that notice should not be given if it is “in the public interest” not to do so.
Video features Ben van der Merwe, Chai Patel and Frances Webber.
Video edited by Phil Clarke Hill.
New Statesman analysis of data from the Office for National Statistics also finds that two in every five people from non-white ethnic minorities (41 per cent) are likely to be eligible for deprivation of citizenship, compared with just one in 20 people categorised as white (5 per cent).
Despite expansions in this area in 2014, the government’s Nationality and Borders Bill could extend the governments powers to strip people of citizenship further still. Clause nine of the draft bill states that the government does not need to notify those deprived of their citizenship if it does not have their contact details, or if it is “for any other reason” not “reasonably practicable” to do so. It also states that notice should not be given if it is “in the public interest” not to do so.
Video features Ben van der Merwe, Chai Patel and Frances Webber.
Video edited by Phil Clarke Hill.
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South Africa Bids Farewell to Desmond Tutu - BBC News
Jan 1, 2022 • The funeral mass for South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu has taken place at the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town.
Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the racist regime in South Africa, died last Sunday aged 90.
In his eulogy, President Cyril Ramaphosa described Tutu as "the spiritual father of our new nation".
Tutu had insisted there should be no "lavish spending" on the funeral. He wanted "the cheapest available coffin".
With a Simple Funeral, South Africa Bids Farewell to Desmond Tutu: The archbishop and Nobel laureate left plans for an unostentatious ceremony, which were stripped back further under Covid restrictions. »
Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner who helped end the racist regime in South Africa, died last Sunday aged 90.
In his eulogy, President Cyril Ramaphosa described Tutu as "the spiritual father of our new nation".
Tutu had insisted there should be no "lavish spending" on the funeral. He wanted "the cheapest available coffin".
With a Simple Funeral, South Africa Bids Farewell to Desmond Tutu: The archbishop and Nobel laureate left plans for an unostentatious ceremony, which were stripped back further under Covid restrictions. »
Against Therapist's Advice, Son Comes Out to Devout Muslim Father
Kim Jong-un spricht von „Kampf um Leben und Tod“ in 2022
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un versichert in seiner Neujahrsansprache, er werde die Probleme der täglichen Versorgung in seinem Land lösen. Zudem hätten Notfallmaßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Pandemie „oberste nationale Priorität“.
Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un hat zum Ende seines zehnten Jahres an der Macht die herrschende Arbeiterpartei und die Bevölkerung auf einen „Kampf um Leben und Tod“ im neuen Jahr vorbereitet. In seiner Rede zum Abschluss eines fünftägigen Parteitreffens in Pjöngjang stellte Kim am Freitag die wirtschaftspolitischen Ziele und die Überwindung der Versorgungsprobleme in den Mittelpunkt. Zudem müsse der weiteren Abwehr der Corona-Pandemie höchste Priorität in der Staatsarbeit eingeräumt werden, zitierten ihn die Staatsmedien am Samstag. » | Quelle: AFP | Samstag, 1. Januar 2022
Kim Jong-un’s New Year Resolution: More Food for North Korea: At a party meeting, Mr. Kim made little mention of the United States or South Korea. Instead, he promised to “completely solve the food problem.” »
En Corée du Nord, Kim Jong-un affirme que la sécurité alimentaire est sa priorité : Le dirigeant a mis l’économie au cœur de son discours du Nouvel An alors que le pays a connu en 2020 sa plus importante récession depuis deux décennies. »
Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un hat zum Ende seines zehnten Jahres an der Macht die herrschende Arbeiterpartei und die Bevölkerung auf einen „Kampf um Leben und Tod“ im neuen Jahr vorbereitet. In seiner Rede zum Abschluss eines fünftägigen Parteitreffens in Pjöngjang stellte Kim am Freitag die wirtschaftspolitischen Ziele und die Überwindung der Versorgungsprobleme in den Mittelpunkt. Zudem müsse der weiteren Abwehr der Corona-Pandemie höchste Priorität in der Staatsarbeit eingeräumt werden, zitierten ihn die Staatsmedien am Samstag. » | Quelle: AFP | Samstag, 1. Januar 2022
Kim Jong-un’s New Year Resolution: More Food for North Korea: At a party meeting, Mr. Kim made little mention of the United States or South Korea. Instead, he promised to “completely solve the food problem.” »
En Corée du Nord, Kim Jong-un affirme que la sécurité alimentaire est sa priorité : Le dirigeant a mis l’économie au cœur de son discours du Nouvel An alors que le pays a connu en 2020 sa plus importante récession depuis deux décennies. »
Franziskus fordert: Schluss mit Gewalt gegen Frauen
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der Papst hat sich in seiner Neujahrspredigt dafür eingesetzt, Frauen besser zu beschützen. „Eine Frau zu verletzen bedeutet, Gott zu beleidigen“, so Franziskus im Petersdom.
Papst Franziskus hat zum Auftakt des neuen Kalenderjahres die wichtige Rolle der Frauen und Mütter in der Gesellschaft betont. In seiner Predigt zum Fest der Gottesmutter Maria sagte der Pontifex am Neujahrstag im Petersdom, dass Mütter gefördert und Frauen beschützt werden müssten.
„Wie viel Gewalt gibt es gegen Frauen!“, klagte der 85-Jährige. „Damit muss Schluss sein! Eine Frau zu verletzen bedeutet, Gott zu beleidigen, der von einer Frau seine Menschengestalt angenommen hat.“ Anders als die Vesper an Silvester leitete Franziskus den ersten Gottesdienst 2022 wieder selbst. » | Quelle: dpa | Samstag, 1. Januar 2022
Why Brexit Is a Disaster and How Things Are about to Get Very Much Worse
Jan 1, 2022 • The whole world can see that Brexit is a disaster, a massive self-inflicted act of madness promoted by a prime minister whose only concern was getting into No 10.
The U.K. is a worldwide laughing stock. Exports are tumbling and shortages of workers are crippling many sectors of the economy. There is no prospect of any of this improving any time soon. Small and medium sized firms find it all but impossible to export to the E.U.
Millions of pounds have been wasted whilst food has been left rotting in the fields and thousands of healthy pigs have been killed and burnt. The introduction of import controls on goods, especially food, coming into the U.K. from the E.U. from January 1st is likely to make it no longer viable for many exporters to continue supplying the U.K.
Increasing prices in the shops, more shortages, increasing gas and electricity prices, increasing taxes (NHI) as well as council taxes, rising interest rates and further inevitable cuts in government spending are all about to become reality. In the meantime, an already very anxious and worried population wonders what will come next.
The U.K. is a worldwide laughing stock. Exports are tumbling and shortages of workers are crippling many sectors of the economy. There is no prospect of any of this improving any time soon. Small and medium sized firms find it all but impossible to export to the E.U.
Millions of pounds have been wasted whilst food has been left rotting in the fields and thousands of healthy pigs have been killed and burnt. The introduction of import controls on goods, especially food, coming into the U.K. from the E.U. from January 1st is likely to make it no longer viable for many exporters to continue supplying the U.K.
Increasing prices in the shops, more shortages, increasing gas and electricity prices, increasing taxes (NHI) as well as council taxes, rising interest rates and further inevitable cuts in government spending are all about to become reality. In the meantime, an already very anxious and worried population wonders what will come next.
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