Sunday, May 15, 2022
Royal Family Drama Threatens to Derail the Queen's Platinum Jubilee | 60 Minutes Australia
Hitler privat: Der Künstler (2) | SPIEGEL TV
Teil 1.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
An Outsider Takes an Inside Look at the Oxford ‘Chums’ Who Run the U.K.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Simon Kuper has written a book that captures Boris Johnson and other future Conservative politicians when they were ambitious and misbehaving undergrads, planning their rise to power.
LONDON — Soon after Simon Kuper began his first year of studies at Oxford University in 1988 he noticed an undergraduate who was always carrying an umbrella, wearing a dark double-breasted suit and old-school spectacles.
“He looked like a Victorian vicar,” Kuper recalled recently, drinking tea at a restaurant in the London neighborhood of Islington. “We made fun of him in the paper” — that would be Cherwell, Oxford’s student-run weekly, where Kuper was a reporter — “all the while not realizing that we were helping to build his brand.”
The man, and the brand, was Jacob Rees-Mogg, whose starchy, patrician style didn’t change as he rose through the Conservative Party ranks and who now serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency. He was just one member of a tribe of young men — others included Mr. Johnson; another future prime minister, David Cameron; a cabinet member, Michael Gove; and a former adviser to Mr. Johnson, Dominic Cummings — who coalesced at Oxford in the mid and late 1980s and would go on to run the country. » | David Segal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
LONDON — Soon after Simon Kuper began his first year of studies at Oxford University in 1988 he noticed an undergraduate who was always carrying an umbrella, wearing a dark double-breasted suit and old-school spectacles.
“He looked like a Victorian vicar,” Kuper recalled recently, drinking tea at a restaurant in the London neighborhood of Islington. “We made fun of him in the paper” — that would be Cherwell, Oxford’s student-run weekly, where Kuper was a reporter — “all the while not realizing that we were helping to build his brand.”
The man, and the brand, was Jacob Rees-Mogg, whose starchy, patrician style didn’t change as he rose through the Conservative Party ranks and who now serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency. He was just one member of a tribe of young men — others included Mr. Johnson; another future prime minister, David Cameron; a cabinet member, Michael Gove; and a former adviser to Mr. Johnson, Dominic Cummings — who coalesced at Oxford in the mid and late 1980s and would go on to run the country. » | David Segal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
Mohammed Ben Zayed, officiellement président des Emirats arabes unis
LE MONDE : Emmanuel Macron se rendra dimanche à Abou Dhabi pour rendre hommage au dernier président de la fédération monarchique, le cheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, mort vendredi 13 mai à l’âge de 73 ans.
Le prince héritier d’Abou Dhabi, Mohammed Ben Zayed, à Abou Dhabi, le 30 janvier 2022. RASHED AL-MANSOORI / AFP
Le prince héritier d’Abou Dhabi Mohammed Ben Zayed, déjà considéré comme le dirigeant de facto des Emirats arabes unis, a été élu samedi 14 mai président de la riche monarchie du Golfe, succédant à son demi-frère, Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, mort vendredi à l’âge de 73 ans. Mohammed Ben Zayed, dit « MBZ », a été élu par le Conseil suprême de la fédération des Emirats, a fait savoir l’agence de presse officielle WAM.
Le président français, Emmanuel Macron, se rendra dimanche à Abou Dhabi pour rendre hommage au président des Emirats arabes unis, le cheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, a annoncé l’Elysée samedi. Conséquence : le premier ministre, Jean Castex, n’ira pas au Vatican comme prévu, les deux chefs de l’exécutif ne pouvant être hors du territoire en même temps, a précisé Matignon. » | Le Monde avec AFP | samedi 14 mai 2022
Muhammad bin Sajid neuer Emirate-Präsident: Die Oberhäupter der insgesamt sieben Emirate des Landes haben den bisherigen Kronprinz einstimmig zum Präsidenten gewählt. Er tritt die Nachfolge seines am Freitag gestorbenen Halbbruders Chalifa bin Sajid an. »
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Le prince héritier d’Abou Dhabi Mohammed Ben Zayed, déjà considéré comme le dirigeant de facto des Emirats arabes unis, a été élu samedi 14 mai président de la riche monarchie du Golfe, succédant à son demi-frère, Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, mort vendredi à l’âge de 73 ans. Mohammed Ben Zayed, dit « MBZ », a été élu par le Conseil suprême de la fédération des Emirats, a fait savoir l’agence de presse officielle WAM.
Le président français, Emmanuel Macron, se rendra dimanche à Abou Dhabi pour rendre hommage au président des Emirats arabes unis, le cheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyane, a annoncé l’Elysée samedi. Conséquence : le premier ministre, Jean Castex, n’ira pas au Vatican comme prévu, les deux chefs de l’exécutif ne pouvant être hors du territoire en même temps, a précisé Matignon. » | Le Monde avec AFP | samedi 14 mai 2022
Muhammad bin Sajid neuer Emirate-Präsident: Die Oberhäupter der insgesamt sieben Emirate des Landes haben den bisherigen Kronprinz einstimmig zum Präsidenten gewählt. Er tritt die Nachfolge seines am Freitag gestorbenen Halbbruders Chalifa bin Sajid an. »
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Straßburg: Französisch verboten! | Stadt, Land, Kunst | ARTE
May 9, 2022 • Im Herzen der elsässischen Hauptstadt steht das historische Rathaus von Straßburg, eine Fassade dem eleganten Broglie-Platz zugewandt. Auf den Treppen des Gebäudes erklang erstmals die Marseillaise. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs jedoch war die französische Nationalhymne hier nicht geduldet, und in der Stadt tobte ein ideologischer Grabenkampf …
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Russia Warns That It Would Be a 'Mistake' for Finland and Sweden to Join Nato - BBC News
May 14, 2022 • Russia has said Finland and Sweden's entry into Nato would lead to a militarisation of the Baltic region.
Finland and Sweden are both expected to make a formal request to join the Western alliance, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö that joining Nato and abandoning Finland's neutral status would be a "mistake."
Putin also said there was no threat to Finland's security, with which Russia shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border.
The Russian foreign ministry has indicated there will be retaliation, and the country's decision to suspend electricity supplies to Finland is being seen as an early sign of this.
Finland and Sweden are both expected to make a formal request to join the Western alliance, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö that joining Nato and abandoning Finland's neutral status would be a "mistake."
Putin also said there was no threat to Finland's security, with which Russia shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border.
The Russian foreign ministry has indicated there will be retaliation, and the country's decision to suspend electricity supplies to Finland is being seen as an early sign of this.
Taliban Plan New Restrictions for Women, Demanding Full Covering from Head to Toe | DW News
Coffee Bad, Red Wine Good? Top Food Myths Busted
THE GUARDIAN: We’re being bombarded with conflicting advice on what we should and shouldn’t put into our bodies. Finally, here are the definitive answers, according to the experts
Illustration: Lalalimola/The Guardian/Getty Images
Modern nutritional science is only a hundred years old, so it’s no surprise that we’re constantly bamboozled by new and competing information about what to put into our bodies – or that we sometimes cling to reassuringly straightforward food myths which may no longer be true. In a world where official dietary advice seems to change all the time, and online opinions are loud and often baseless, we ask eight food and drink experts to cut through the noise and tell it like it is. » | Rebecca Seal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
Modern nutritional science is only a hundred years old, so it’s no surprise that we’re constantly bamboozled by new and competing information about what to put into our bodies – or that we sometimes cling to reassuringly straightforward food myths which may no longer be true. In a world where official dietary advice seems to change all the time, and online opinions are loud and often baseless, we ask eight food and drink experts to cut through the noise and tell it like it is. » | Rebecca Seal | Saturday, May 14, 2022
Hitler privat: Der Künstler (1) | SPIEGEL TV
Is a Coup against Putin Underway? | Dr Neil Melvin
May 14, 2022 • “As things have started to go quite badly for Russia, there have been rumours of discontent among some of the security services.”
Is a coup against Putin underway? Kait Borsay and Jenny Kleeman ask the Director of International Security Studies at RUSI on #TimesRadio.
Is a coup against Putin underway? Kait Borsay and Jenny Kleeman ask the Director of International Security Studies at RUSI on #TimesRadio.
“Die lachende Kuh” | Karambolage | ARTE
Demokratien weltweit unter Druck? | Mit offenen Karten | ARTE
May 14, 2022 • Von der Globalisierung von Krankheiten über das Recht auf Bildung bis hin zum internationalen Terrorismus – wichtige Fragen und Konfliktlagen der Weltpolitik analysiert anhand von Landkarten.
Geraten bürgerliche Rechte und Freiheiten im 21. Jahrhundert unter Druck? Die russische Invasion der Ukraine und der Widerstand der Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer erinnern den Rest der Welt daran, dass sich ein Volk dazu entschließen kann, seine Souveränität und sein demokratisches Modell mit Waffen zu verteidigen. Doch in den heutigen Demokratien geraten gewählte Politikerinnen und Politiker zunehmend in Verruf, und die Legitimität des allgemeinen Wahlrechts ist umstritten. Die Sendung geht dem globalen Kräfteverhältnis zwischen Demokraten und Autokraten bzw. dem demokratischen westlichen Modell und dem chinesisch-russischen Autoritarismus auf den Grund. Demokratische, geopolitische und digitale Herausforderungen werden in der Welt von morgen von entscheidender Bedeutung sein.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 31/05/2029
Geraten bürgerliche Rechte und Freiheiten im 21. Jahrhundert unter Druck? Die russische Invasion der Ukraine und der Widerstand der Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer erinnern den Rest der Welt daran, dass sich ein Volk dazu entschließen kann, seine Souveränität und sein demokratisches Modell mit Waffen zu verteidigen. Doch in den heutigen Demokratien geraten gewählte Politikerinnen und Politiker zunehmend in Verruf, und die Legitimität des allgemeinen Wahlrechts ist umstritten. Die Sendung geht dem globalen Kräfteverhältnis zwischen Demokraten und Autokraten bzw. dem demokratischen westlichen Modell und dem chinesisch-russischen Autoritarismus auf den Grund. Demokratische, geopolitische und digitale Herausforderungen werden in der Welt von morgen von entscheidender Bedeutung sein.
Magazin (F 2021, 12 Min)
Video auf YouTube verfügbar bis 31/05/2029
Michael Lambert : Brexit Is Not Really Working and It Is Going to Get So Much Worse
May 14, 2022 • Brexit is not really working and it is likely to get so much worse. There are so many negative consequences to Brexit with no apparent advantages. Falling exports, a weakening pound, hold-ups at Dover, shortages of key workers and so many other problems.
Other negatives include the collapse of the London tourist business now that those from the EU require passports, the problems for Brits travelling to the EU including queues at the airports, roaming charges, green card motor insurance and health insurance.
But the most serious problems concern trade. It has become so difficult and almost impossible for small- and medium-sized businesses to sell to the EU. Internet purchases and sales are subject to such high surcharges that it is killing trade.
Brexit has put the UK behind such massive bureaucratic barriers that it is bound to seriously and irreversibly damage the UK economy. Furthermore many of the problems created by Brexit will add significantly to already rapidly increasing prices.
Other negatives include the collapse of the London tourist business now that those from the EU require passports, the problems for Brits travelling to the EU including queues at the airports, roaming charges, green card motor insurance and health insurance.
But the most serious problems concern trade. It has become so difficult and almost impossible for small- and medium-sized businesses to sell to the EU. Internet purchases and sales are subject to such high surcharges that it is killing trade.
Brexit has put the UK behind such massive bureaucratic barriers that it is bound to seriously and irreversibly damage the UK economy. Furthermore many of the problems created by Brexit will add significantly to already rapidly increasing prices.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Ukraine War: UK Adds Putin's Former Wife to Sanctions List
BBC: The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.
Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.
The UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was "tightening the vice" on Mr Putin's "inner circle".
The UK was "exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle", she said, and would "keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails".
Ms Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine. » | Patrick Jackson, BBC News | Friday, May 13, 2022
Ein Fäkalausdruck schreibt Geschichte | Karambolage | ARTE
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Tells PM She ‘Lived in the Shadow’ of His Mistake
THE GUARDIAN: Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalled ‘training journalists’ comment in meeting with Boris Johnson, says Tulip Siddiq
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told Boris Johnson that for four years she lived in the shadow of his mistaken statement as foreign secretary that she had been in Iran to train journalists.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released by Iran just over a month ago, told Johnson in a face-to-face meeting in Downing Street that his remarks had had a big impact on her life, according to Tulip Siddiq, her MP and close ally.
Speaking outside Downing Street after the meeting, Siddiq said Johnson looked visibly shocked, and she said she was proud of Zaghari-Ratcliffe for being so blunt. With video » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Friday, May 13, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told Boris Johnson that for four years she lived in the shadow of his mistaken statement as foreign secretary that she had been in Iran to train journalists.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released by Iran just over a month ago, told Johnson in a face-to-face meeting in Downing Street that his remarks had had a big impact on her life, according to Tulip Siddiq, her MP and close ally.
Speaking outside Downing Street after the meeting, Siddiq said Johnson looked visibly shocked, and she said she was proud of Zaghari-Ratcliffe for being so blunt. With video » | Patrick Wintour, Diplomatic editor | Friday, May 13, 2022
Cutting Civil Service by 91,000 Requires 'Imagination' Admits Senior Whitehall Official | ITV News
Democrats Rally in Support of Abortion Rights
L’amer retour du clan Marcos aux Philippines
LE MONDE – ÉDITORIAL : Le 9 mai, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, fils de l’ancien dictateur, a été porté à la présidence des Philippines après les années brutales du populiste Rodrigo Duterte. Grâce à une campagne de désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux, le nouvel élu réinstalle au pouvoir son clan, qui en avait été chassé en 1986.
Trente-six ans après la chute de la dictature de Ferdinand Marcos aux Philippines, en 1986, l’élection triomphale de son fils à la présidence, lundi 9 mai, ne constitue pas seulement la revanche d’un clan. Elle en dit également beaucoup sur les difficultés des démocraties face au populisme, à l’heure de ce que la journaliste philippine et Prix Nobel de la paix, Maria Ressa, distinguée en 2021, appelle les « nouveaux écosystèmes de l’information », où coexistent, se concurrencent et s’entremêlent médias et réseaux sociaux. » | Éditorial | mercredi 11 mai 2022
Read this editorial in English here: Bitter return of the Marcos family to power in the Philippines: On May 9, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator, was elected president of the Philippines after the brutal years of the populist Rodrigo Duterte, thanks to a disinformation campaign on social networks. »
Trente-six ans après la chute de la dictature de Ferdinand Marcos aux Philippines, en 1986, l’élection triomphale de son fils à la présidence, lundi 9 mai, ne constitue pas seulement la revanche d’un clan. Elle en dit également beaucoup sur les difficultés des démocraties face au populisme, à l’heure de ce que la journaliste philippine et Prix Nobel de la paix, Maria Ressa, distinguée en 2021, appelle les « nouveaux écosystèmes de l’information », où coexistent, se concurrencent et s’entremêlent médias et réseaux sociaux. » | Éditorial | mercredi 11 mai 2022
Read this editorial in English here: Bitter return of the Marcos family to power in the Philippines: On May 9, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former dictator, was elected president of the Philippines after the brutal years of the populist Rodrigo Duterte, thanks to a disinformation campaign on social networks. »
Question Marks over Northern Ireland's Place in Single Market, EU's SefcovicTells Euronews
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Maroš Šefčovič »
UK should not fear EU trade war, says Frost as he backs ripping up protocol: Former Brexit minister says UK ‘cannot be defeated’ by Brussels in provocative Telegraph column »
Johnson blames today’s Brexit woes on Brussels – that’s a load of old bull: The prime minister claims trouble in Northern Ireland is the EU’s fault. There’s an impolite word for that »
Londres menace Bruxelles d’abandonner des pans entiers du protocole nord-irlandais : Le gouvernement de Boris Johnson hausse le ton contre cette partie cruciale du traité du Brexit qui instaure une frontière douanière entre l’Irlande du Nord et le reste du Royaume-Uni. »
UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Dies Aged 73
THE GUARDIAN: Ministry of presidential affairs announces 40-day mourning period for ruler who succeeded father in 2004
Sheikh Khalifa had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73, the government’s state-run news agency has announced[.]
Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country’s blistering economic growth and his name was immortalised on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after bailing out debt-crippled Dubai during its financial crisis more than a decade ago.
The UAE’s ministry of presidential affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning on Friday, including flags to be flown at half-staff.
He had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Instead, his half-brother, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, was seen as the de-facto ruler and the decision-maker of major foreign policy decisions, such as joining a Saudi-led war in Yemen and spearheading an embargo on neighbouring Qatar in recent years. » | Associated Press | Friday, May 13, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa, U.A.E. Ruler, Is Dead at 73: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a key figure in his country’s history and one of the world’s richest monarchs. But he had a stroke in 2014 and had stepped back from many public duties. »
The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73, the government’s state-run news agency has announced[.]
Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country’s blistering economic growth and his name was immortalised on the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after bailing out debt-crippled Dubai during its financial crisis more than a decade ago.
The UAE’s ministry of presidential affairs announced a 40-day period of mourning and a three-day suspension of work in all ministries and the private sector beginning on Friday, including flags to be flown at half-staff.
He had long ceased having involvement in the day-to-day affairs of ruling the country. Instead, his half-brother, Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, was seen as the de-facto ruler and the decision-maker of major foreign policy decisions, such as joining a Saudi-led war in Yemen and spearheading an embargo on neighbouring Qatar in recent years. » | Associated Press | Friday, May 13, 2022
Sheikh Khalifa, U.A.E. Ruler, Is Dead at 73: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was a key figure in his country’s history and one of the world’s richest monarchs. But he had a stroke in 2014 and had stepped back from many public duties. »
Elon Musk Tweets That His Twitter Deal Is On Hold
Elon Musk annonce la suspension du rachat de Twitter, dans l’attente de détails sur la proportion de faux comptes : Le réseau social et le milliardaire avaient trouvé un accord le 25 avril. L’annonce d’Elon Musk a fait perdre à l’action du groupe environ 11 % dans les échanges électroniques précédant l’ouverture de Wall Street. »
Twitter takeover temporarily on hold, says Elon Musk: Tesla owner says $44bn deal has been paused until he gets more information about fake accounts »
Bernie Sanders: We Must Codify Roe v. Wade
Cryptocurrencies Melt Down in a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Fear and Panic
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A steep sell-off that gained momentum this week starkly illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies.
A crash in cryptocurrency prices has wiped away more than $300 billion in value this week. | Samuel Corum for The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO — The price of Bitcoin plunged to its lowest point since 2020. Coinbase, the large cryptocurrency exchange, tanked in value. A cryptocurrency that promoted itself as a stable means of exchange collapsed. And more than $ 300 billion was wiped out by a crash in cryptocurrency prices since Monday.
The crypto world went into a full meltdown this week in a sell-off that graphically illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies. Even as celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and tech moguls like Elon Musk have talked up crypto, the accelerating declines of virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Ether show that, in some cases, two years of financial gains can disappear overnight.
The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since Bitcoin plummeted 80 percent in 2018. But this time, the falling prices have broader impact because more people and institutions hold the currencies. Critics said the collapse was long overdue, while some traders compared the alarm and fear to the start of the 2008 financial crisis.
“This is like the perfect storm,” said Dan Dolev, an analyst who covers crypto companies and financial technology at the Mizuho Group. » | David Yaffe-Bellany, Erin Griffith and Ephrat Livni | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Absturz von Tech-Aktien und Kryptowährungen: der Beginn einer neuen Ernsthaftigkeit an der Börse: Das viele billige Geld der Zentralbanken hat in den vergangenen Jahren dafür gesorgt, dass die Investoren immer grössere Risiken eingegangen sind. Die jüngsten Kursverluste könnten das Ende dieser Ära markieren. »
SAN FRANCISCO — The price of Bitcoin plunged to its lowest point since 2020. Coinbase, the large cryptocurrency exchange, tanked in value. A cryptocurrency that promoted itself as a stable means of exchange collapsed. And more than $ 300 billion was wiped out by a crash in cryptocurrency prices since Monday.
The crypto world went into a full meltdown this week in a sell-off that graphically illustrated the risks of the experimental and unregulated digital currencies. Even as celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and tech moguls like Elon Musk have talked up crypto, the accelerating declines of virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Ether show that, in some cases, two years of financial gains can disappear overnight.
The moment of panic amounted to the worst reset in cryptocurrencies since Bitcoin plummeted 80 percent in 2018. But this time, the falling prices have broader impact because more people and institutions hold the currencies. Critics said the collapse was long overdue, while some traders compared the alarm and fear to the start of the 2008 financial crisis.
“This is like the perfect storm,” said Dan Dolev, an analyst who covers crypto companies and financial technology at the Mizuho Group. » | David Yaffe-Bellany, Erin Griffith and Ephrat Livni | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Absturz von Tech-Aktien und Kryptowährungen: der Beginn einer neuen Ernsthaftigkeit an der Börse: Das viele billige Geld der Zentralbanken hat in den vergangenen Jahren dafür gesorgt, dass die Investoren immer grössere Risiken eingegangen sind. Die jüngsten Kursverluste könnten das Ende dieser Ära markieren. »
Thursday, May 12, 2022
The Supreme Court Will “Reorder” American Society Says Election Law Expert | Amanpour & Company
Russia Threatens Retaliation - as Finland’s Leaders Say It ‘Must Join Nato’
Why Oligarchs Choose London for Their Dirty Money | The Economist
Major Donation to U.K. Conservative Party Was Flagged Over Russia Concerns
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The cash was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party to victory in 2019. Records track $630,225 to a Russian bank account.
Ehud Sheleg in London in 2018. Mr. Sheleg is suspected of channeling money to the Conservatives from a Russian bank account belonging to his father-in-law. | Tereza Červeňová
LONDON — One of the biggest donors to Britain’s Conservative Party is suspected of secretly funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to the party from a Russian account, according to a bank alert filed to Britain’s national law enforcement agency.
The donation, of $630,225, was made in February 2018 in the name of Ehud Sheleg, a wealthy London art dealer who was most recently the Conservative Party’s treasurer. The money was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his party to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election.
But documents filed with the authorities last year and reviewed by The New York Times say that the money originated in a Russian account of Mr. Sheleg’s father-in-law, Sergei Kopytov, who was once a senior politician in the previous pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine. He now owns real estate and hotel businesses in Crimea and Russia. » | Jane Bradley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
LONDON — One of the biggest donors to Britain’s Conservative Party is suspected of secretly funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to the party from a Russian account, according to a bank alert filed to Britain’s national law enforcement agency.
The donation, of $630,225, was made in February 2018 in the name of Ehud Sheleg, a wealthy London art dealer who was most recently the Conservative Party’s treasurer. The money was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his party to a landslide victory in the 2019 general election.
But documents filed with the authorities last year and reviewed by The New York Times say that the money originated in a Russian account of Mr. Sheleg’s father-in-law, Sergei Kopytov, who was once a senior politician in the previous pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine. He now owns real estate and hotel businesses in Crimea and Russia. » | Jane Bradley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
Einem schwedischen Arzt droht in Iran die Hinrichtung
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Iran wirft dem Mediziner Ahmed Reza Jalali Spionage für Israel vor. Kritiker sehen in dem Todesurteil einen Vergeltungsakt gegenüber Schweden. Dort steht ein früherer iranischer Staatsanwalt wegen Mordes und Kriegsverbrechen vor Gericht.
Ahmed Reza Jalali während eines Besuchs in Barcelona im Jahr 2014. | AP
Trotz internationalen Protesten hat ein iranisches Gericht das Todesurteil gegen den schwedisch-iranischen Arzt Ahmed Reza Jalali bestätigt. «Das Urteil ist rechtskräftig. Es wird vollstreckt», sagte der Justizsprecher Zabihollah Khodaian Anfang der Woche. Gleichzeitig verkündete der Geheimdienst, er habe zwei europäische Staatsbürger festgenommen, die «Chaos, Instabilität und soziale Unordnung» hätten schüren wollen. Das französische Aussenministerium teilte am Donnerstag mit, es handele sich um Franzosen, und forderte ihre sofortige Freilassung.
Wenige Tage zuvor hatte Iran bereits einen schwedischen Touristen festgenommen, als er gerade das Land verlassen wollte. Kritiker sehen darin ein Muster der iranischen «Geiseldiplomatie». Die Iraner haben in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder Ausländer festgenommen und der Spionage oder anderer schwerer Vergehen beschuldigt. Menschenrechtsorganisationen wie Amnesty und Human Rights Watch werfen dem Regime vor, damit von den Herkunftsländern Zugeständnisse erpressen zu wollen. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
Trotz internationalen Protesten hat ein iranisches Gericht das Todesurteil gegen den schwedisch-iranischen Arzt Ahmed Reza Jalali bestätigt. «Das Urteil ist rechtskräftig. Es wird vollstreckt», sagte der Justizsprecher Zabihollah Khodaian Anfang der Woche. Gleichzeitig verkündete der Geheimdienst, er habe zwei europäische Staatsbürger festgenommen, die «Chaos, Instabilität und soziale Unordnung» hätten schüren wollen. Das französische Aussenministerium teilte am Donnerstag mit, es handele sich um Franzosen, und forderte ihre sofortige Freilassung.
Wenige Tage zuvor hatte Iran bereits einen schwedischen Touristen festgenommen, als er gerade das Land verlassen wollte. Kritiker sehen darin ein Muster der iranischen «Geiseldiplomatie». Die Iraner haben in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder Ausländer festgenommen und der Spionage oder anderer schwerer Vergehen beschuldigt. Menschenrechtsorganisationen wie Amnesty und Human Rights Watch werfen dem Regime vor, damit von den Herkunftsländern Zugeständnisse erpressen zu wollen. » | Inga Rogg, Jerusalem | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
Grossbritannien steuert nach Brexit, Ukraine-Krieg und Corona auf eine Rezession zu
NEUE ZÜRCHER ZEITUNG: Die steigenden Lebenshaltungskosten sind in Grossbritannien ein grosses Thema. Die wirtschaftliche Erholung von der Corona-Pandemie hat schnell wieder an Schwung verloren.
Die Halbleiter-Knappheit sorgt dafür, dass in Grossbritannien in diesem Jahr so wenig Autos neu zugelassen werden wie 1988. Im vergangenen Jahr besuchte der britische Premier Boris Johnson die Nissan-Fabrik in Sunderland. | Jeff J Mitchell / Getty
Auf den ersten Blick hat sich das britische Wirtschaftswachstum im ersten Quartal lediglich verlangsamt. Das vom Statistikamt ONS gemeldete Plus von 0,8% wirkt respektabel. Volkswirte hatten im Schnitt zwar etwas mehr auf der Rechnung. Doch das wahre Ausmass der Entschleunigung erschliesst sich erst beim Blick auf die ebenfalls vorlegten monatlichen Daten. Sie zeigen, dass es im Januar noch zügig voranging. Bereits im Februar stagnierte das Bruttoinlandprodukt jedoch, und im März ging es bereits um 0,1% zurück.
Die Talfahrt könnte in eine Rezession münden
Die britische Wirtschaftsleistung bewegt sich zwar wieder auf dem vor der Pandemie erreichten Niveau, setzt aber schon wieder zur Talfahrt an. Noch will man bei der Bank of England das Wort «Rezession» nicht in den Mund nehmen. … » | Andreas Hippin, London | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
An den Börsen liegen die Nerven blank: An den Aktienmärkten kehrt keine Ruhe ein. Der Crash auf Raten setzt sich am Donnerstag fort. Die europäischen Börsen verlieren wieder über 2 Prozent, auch in den USA geht der Ausverkauf weiter. »
Auf den ersten Blick hat sich das britische Wirtschaftswachstum im ersten Quartal lediglich verlangsamt. Das vom Statistikamt ONS gemeldete Plus von 0,8% wirkt respektabel. Volkswirte hatten im Schnitt zwar etwas mehr auf der Rechnung. Doch das wahre Ausmass der Entschleunigung erschliesst sich erst beim Blick auf die ebenfalls vorlegten monatlichen Daten. Sie zeigen, dass es im Januar noch zügig voranging. Bereits im Februar stagnierte das Bruttoinlandprodukt jedoch, und im März ging es bereits um 0,1% zurück.
Die Talfahrt könnte in eine Rezession münden
Die britische Wirtschaftsleistung bewegt sich zwar wieder auf dem vor der Pandemie erreichten Niveau, setzt aber schon wieder zur Talfahrt an. Noch will man bei der Bank of England das Wort «Rezession» nicht in den Mund nehmen. … » | Andreas Hippin, London | Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2022
An den Börsen liegen die Nerven blank: An den Aktienmärkten kehrt keine Ruhe ein. Der Crash auf Raten setzt sich am Donnerstag fort. Die europäischen Börsen verlieren wieder über 2 Prozent, auch in den USA geht der Ausverkauf weiter. »
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En Inde, une vague d’islamophobie nourrie par le pouvoir
LE MONDE – PODCAST : Qu’est-ce que l’hindutva, cette idéologie suprémaciste prônée par le premier ministre indien ? Alors que les attaques contre les musulmans se multiplient dans le pays, Sophie Landrin, correspondante du « Monde » à New Delhi, décrypte la situation dans ce podcast.
Une vague d’islamophobie déferle sur l’Inde. Ces dernières semaines, de nombreuses opérations punitives contre des musulmans ont été menées par des extrémistes hindous et encouragées par des membres du BJP, le parti du premier ministre, Narendra Modi. » | Par Esther Michon | jeudi 12 mai 2022
Une vague d’islamophobie déferle sur l’Inde. Ces dernières semaines, de nombreuses opérations punitives contre des musulmans ont été menées par des extrémistes hindous et encouragées par des membres du BJP, le parti du premier ministre, Narendra Modi. » | Par Esther Michon | jeudi 12 mai 2022
Finland Must Apply to Join Nato without Delay, Say President and PM
THE GUARDIAN: Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin make call after support in country for move trebles since Ukraine war
Sauli Niinistö (right) and Sanna Marin. ‘We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly,’ they said. Photograph: Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/AFP/Getty Images
Finland must apply to join Nato without delay in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, confirming a historic change in the Nordic country’s security policy after decades of military non-alignment.
Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin made the call in a joint statement, adding: “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”
Nato membership would strengthen Finland’s security, the two leaders said, and as a member of Nato: “Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance. Finland must apply for Nato membership as a matter of urgency.”
Finland shares an 810-mile (1,300km) border with Russia and has long viewed joining the US-led alliance as an unnecessary provocation of Moscow, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has led to a profound shift in its thinking. » | Jon Henley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
NATO will Finnland und Schweden schnell aufnehmen: Die Entscheidung, ob Finnland und Schweden in die NATO aufgenommen werden, soll noch vor dem Gipfel im Juni in Madrid fallen. Das Bündnis will so ein Zeichen der Entschlossenheit an Russland senden – und bereitet sich schon auf Provokationen vor. »
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Finland must apply to join Nato without delay in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, confirming a historic change in the Nordic country’s security policy after decades of military non-alignment.
Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin made the call in a joint statement, adding: “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”
Nato membership would strengthen Finland’s security, the two leaders said, and as a member of Nato: “Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance. Finland must apply for Nato membership as a matter of urgency.”
Finland shares an 810-mile (1,300km) border with Russia and has long viewed joining the US-led alliance as an unnecessary provocation of Moscow, but Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February has led to a profound shift in its thinking. » | Jon Henley | Thursday, May 12, 2022
NATO will Finnland und Schweden schnell aufnehmen: Die Entscheidung, ob Finnland und Schweden in die NATO aufgenommen werden, soll noch vor dem Gipfel im Juni in Madrid fallen. Das Bündnis will so ein Zeichen der Entschlossenheit an Russland senden – und bereitet sich schon auf Provokationen vor. »
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North Korea Reports Its First Covid Outbreak.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered a national lockdown after a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus was found in the capital.
SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus, declaring a “maximum emergency” and ordering all cities and counties in the nation of 25 million to lock down to fight the spread.
It was an abrupt change for a secretive country that had long insisted it had no cases of the virus that first emerged in neighboring China more than two years ago. Outside experts had been skeptical, however, citing a lack of extensive Covid testing and the North’s threadbare public health system.
The danger posed by an outbreak is greater in North Korea than in most other nations because most of its people remain unvaccinated. Outside health experts have long questioned the North’s ability to fight a large-scale outbreak although its regime is capable of imposing totalitarian control on residents’ movement. » | Choe Sang-Hun | Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2022; Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2022
SEOUL — North Korea on Thursday reported its first outbreak of the coronavirus, declaring a “maximum emergency” and ordering all cities and counties in the nation of 25 million to lock down to fight the spread.
It was an abrupt change for a secretive country that had long insisted it had no cases of the virus that first emerged in neighboring China more than two years ago. Outside experts had been skeptical, however, citing a lack of extensive Covid testing and the North’s threadbare public health system.
The danger posed by an outbreak is greater in North Korea than in most other nations because most of its people remain unvaccinated. Outside health experts have long questioned the North’s ability to fight a large-scale outbreak although its regime is capable of imposing totalitarian control on residents’ movement. » | Choe Sang-Hun | Published: Wednesday, May 11, 2022; Updated: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Sri Lanka Unrest: Security Forces Ordered to Shoot on Sight
Finnish President Tells Russia 'You Caused This' as He Signs Security Pact with UK
A Wall Street, une sévère correction qui rappelle l’éclatement de la bulle Internet
LE MONDE : Du fait de la guerre en Ukraine, de l’inflation et de la hausse des taux, les indices plongent depuis janvier aux Etats-Unis. Les sociétés qui avaient profité des confinements s’effondrent.
Il est possible qu’un chiffre de l’inflation meilleur que prévu en avril donne un peu de répit aux marchés, mais la tendance demeure : Wall Street connaît une sévère correction, qui n’est pas sans rappeler l’éclatement de la bulle Internet, en l’an 2000. Le Nasdaq, l’indice riche en sociétés technologiques, a perdu 25 % depuis le début de 2022, tandis que le S&P 500 a reculé de 16 %. Cet indice a enregistré son plus mauvais départ annuel depuis… 1932. Les tradeurs tentent de se rassurer, notant que, dans de tels cas, la Bourse rebondit. Le pari n’est pas certain, Wall Street ayant, par exemple, poursuivi sa dégringolade en 1974 (– 30 % sur l’année), après le premier choc pétrolier, quand la planète découvrait la stagflation. » | Par Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, correspondant) | mercredi 11 mai 2022
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Bitcoin im Abwärtstrend: Der Wert des Bitcoins hat sich seit November mehr als halbiert. Schon länger scheint das Interesse an Kryptoanlagen zu erlahmen. Nun belastet der Zusammenbruch des Stablecoins Terra. »
Blast from the past as currency speculators circle weakened pound: Analysis: Experts warn that sharp losses for sterling could drive up cost of imports and invite attacks on the currency »
Il est possible qu’un chiffre de l’inflation meilleur que prévu en avril donne un peu de répit aux marchés, mais la tendance demeure : Wall Street connaît une sévère correction, qui n’est pas sans rappeler l’éclatement de la bulle Internet, en l’an 2000. Le Nasdaq, l’indice riche en sociétés technologiques, a perdu 25 % depuis le début de 2022, tandis que le S&P 500 a reculé de 16 %. Cet indice a enregistré son plus mauvais départ annuel depuis… 1932. Les tradeurs tentent de se rassurer, notant que, dans de tels cas, la Bourse rebondit. Le pari n’est pas certain, Wall Street ayant, par exemple, poursuivi sa dégringolade en 1974 (– 30 % sur l’année), après le premier choc pétrolier, quand la planète découvrait la stagflation. » | Par Arnaud Leparmentier (New York, correspondant) | mercredi 11 mai 2022
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Bitcoin im Abwärtstrend: Der Wert des Bitcoins hat sich seit November mehr als halbiert. Schon länger scheint das Interesse an Kryptoanlagen zu erlahmen. Nun belastet der Zusammenbruch des Stablecoins Terra. »
Blast from the past as currency speculators circle weakened pound: Analysis: Experts warn that sharp losses for sterling could drive up cost of imports and invite attacks on the currency »
The Côte d’Azur : Love, Luxury, Passion
May 11, 2022 • The Côte d'Azur stands for glamour and luxury, for film festivals and stars, for yachts and villas. The most famous personalities of the last century met here. The Côte owes its unique mythos to their loves and passions.
The Côte d'Azur boasts a breathtakingly gorgeous landscape. But its mythos is more than the sum of it beautiful parts. The whole world associates the narrow coastal strip on the French Mediterranean coast with sun, stars and scandals.
In Saint Tropez, a former fishing town, a new and newly sensual art of living was popularized thanks to the young Brigitte Bardot. On the eastern part of the coast, Oscar winner Grace Kelly conquered the principality of Monaco with her marriage to Prince Rainier. The matchmaker? The Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis, who wanted to burnish the dwarf state’s image.
One of the most glamorous film festivals in the world was established in Cannes. After that, it seemed everyone came to the Côte. At the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, the paths of the famous crossed again and again. For 150 years the hotel has been home to artists, queens and kings, divas and stars. Since 1969, the hotel has been owned by the German industrialist family Oetker. Maja Oetker describes her personal memories of the past 50 years.
To this day, the Côte d'Azur has lost none of its appeal. It is more than just a place: it is an entire mythos.
The Côte d'Azur boasts a breathtakingly gorgeous landscape. But its mythos is more than the sum of it beautiful parts. The whole world associates the narrow coastal strip on the French Mediterranean coast with sun, stars and scandals.
In Saint Tropez, a former fishing town, a new and newly sensual art of living was popularized thanks to the young Brigitte Bardot. On the eastern part of the coast, Oscar winner Grace Kelly conquered the principality of Monaco with her marriage to Prince Rainier. The matchmaker? The Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis, who wanted to burnish the dwarf state’s image.
One of the most glamorous film festivals in the world was established in Cannes. After that, it seemed everyone came to the Côte. At the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, the paths of the famous crossed again and again. For 150 years the hotel has been home to artists, queens and kings, divas and stars. Since 1969, the hotel has been owned by the German industrialist family Oetker. Maja Oetker describes her personal memories of the past 50 years.
To this day, the Côte d'Azur has lost none of its appeal. It is more than just a place: it is an entire mythos.
EuroMillions: Claim Received for Record £184m UK Win, Says Camelot
THE GUARDIAN: Lucky ticket-holder matches all seven numbers to become Britain’s biggest National Lottery winner
The winning numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9.Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images
A claim has been received for the record-breaking £184m EuroMillions jackpot prize won by a single UK ticket-holder on Tuesday, Camelot has said.
The lucky ticket-holder matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10, instantly making them the UK’s biggest National Lottery winner. The record was previously held by an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £170m in October 2019.
The winning EuroMillions numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9. » | PA Media | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
A claim has been received for the record-breaking £184m EuroMillions jackpot prize won by a single UK ticket-holder on Tuesday, Camelot has said.
The lucky ticket-holder matched all seven numbers to win £184,262,899.10, instantly making them the UK’s biggest National Lottery winner. The record was previously held by an anonymous ticket-holder who banked £170m in October 2019.
The winning EuroMillions numbers were 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus the Lucky Star numbers 4 and 9. » | PA Media | Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Lord Browne: Coming Out of the Glass Closet
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I smoked my last cigarette on April 10th. I had been a smoker for many years. I used to enjoy smoking a lot. I can honestly say that I smoked out of pleasure, not out of addiction. (Only the few believe me when I say that; but it happens to be true.) I smoked exactly twenty cigarettes a day for most of my adult life.
Truthfully, I don't miss smoking at all. I have given up because I wanted to do so and because it has become a very expensive habit. I therefore started asking myself if I was really getting enough pleasure from the cigarettes I smoked by comparison with the amount of money I was spending on them. Clearly, I wasn't.
Furthermore, smoking today has become such a hassle: one cannot smoke anywhere indoors in public. Not even in friends' homes. The only place left to smoke is in one's own home. I have never smoked in the street. It wasn't the "done thing" when I was growing up, so I never got used to doing that. (It sounds a little old-fashioned, I know; but that's how it was back in the day.)
The biggest problem for me of not smoking is weight gain. That happens not so much because one eats that much more, though that can happen because smoking is an appetite suppressant, but it also happens because smoking increases one's metabolism. So after giving up the habit, the metabolism slows down.
E-cigarettes have never appealed to me. In any case, I have no intention, or desire, to rid myself of one habit only to replace it with another. Further, I don't trust e-cigarettes. Scientists can say all manner of things about them being safer, but the fact of the matter is clear to me: Nobody knows the long-term cpnequences of vaping. And for one simple reason: We haven't got long-term data on the habit.
I hope my new-found smoke-free existence lasts. – © Mark
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