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Where are the $$$ for this COP ?
Business bankruptcies in Germany soared by 22.9 percent in October compared to the same month last year, reflecting the continued struggles of Europe's largest economy.
Excluding June 2024, monthly insolvency rates have seen double-digit year-on-year growth since June 2023, the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Thursday.
In August 2024, Germany recorded an average of 5.1 business bankruptcies per 10,000 companies, with transportation and warehousing hit hardest at 9.2 bankruptcies per 10,000, followed by the hospitality sector at 7.8.
"Collapsing demand from Germany and abroad, high energy and labor costs, and burdensome taxes and bureaucracy are weighing heavily on business prospects and finances," said the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK).
Germany's economic challenges are mounting, with stagnant global demand, a skilled labor shortage, and intensifying competition. The economy is now forecasted to contract for a second consecutive year in 2024, making it the weakest performer among the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies.
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"Born an Orphan"
2024-4-21 Pregnant woman dies in airstrike in Gaza, doctors miraculously save baby girl by caesarean section.
A 30-week-pregnant woman, Sabreen Al-Sakani, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, but doctors successfully rescued her baby girl. The baby girl's sister also died in the air raid, but she expressed her wish to name her sister after Rouh, a name that means "courage." This air raid took away the baby's parents and sister Malak in one fell swoop, making Rouh an orphan at birth.
Palestinian Health Ministry officials said that the airstrike, which resulted in the death of three of the baby girl's relatives at birth, occurred in the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
Faced with the lifeless pregnant woman, doctor Mohammed Salama was still determined to "snatch her" from the clutches of death and performed an emergency caesarean section to save the 1.4-kilogram baby girl.
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2-7-2023 The income of foreign workers has been greatly reduced.
They can only rely on instant noodles and vegetables for a living.
Ngoc, a Vietnamese engineer living in Osaka, is planning to return to Vietnam.
Due to the depreciation of the yen and increased inflation, his income has been greatly reduced.
In Japan, everything from groceries to electricity has risen sharply in recent months. Ngoc can only survive on vegetables, eggs and instant noodles. I used to spend 10,000 yen a week, but now it costs 15,000 yen.
In the past, the monthly electricity bill was about 20,000 yen in winter, but Ngoc paid twice the amount last time, and the average salary in Japan has been frozen for 20 years. Meals are also a luxury now. I only go to the supermarket when they are on sale.
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BRICS nations represent around 45 percent of the world’s population and 16 percent of global trade. Originally, comprised of four of the world’s fastest-growing emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- South Africa joined two years later. This year, BRICS doubled in size to ten and now, nearly three-dozen more countries want to join, including Cuba. The bloc says it aims to promote peace, security, development, and cooperation in the Global South.
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By @IanSocolaiandres
I've been following the map quite close, and is no surprise to me the Russian advances recently, and even the withdrawal of Avdivka at 5am today, but what surprises me is that most of people isn't informed, and how much media is hiding recent loses, and poor decisions, the war isn't over, (Maybe because the eyes were on Israel) just because in the beginning things were going good for Ukraine, the Russian industry is proving to be superior and resilient, and without western support and the exhausted troops which haven't been replaced by new ones for already 2 years, Ukraine is going to start loosing more and more ground, Russia is just learning from its mistakes, and the country is so big and managed to organize its logistics in order to keep fighting, I think the longer the war, the worse is for Ukraine. Because come one, some of Ukraine key weapons were 250 dollar drones (home made), of course Russians are going to find a way to neutralize that.
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Objectives of the project
The China Horizons project is funded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission, through a Horizon Europe 3-years grant.
The main objectives of the project are:
Upgrade Europe’s independent knowledge on Contemporary China’s society, culture, politics, economy, foreign policy, and its compliance with international obligations and norms in these areas.
Contribute with research-driven recommendations to the European Union, and European policy and business stakeholders to deal with the Chinese party-state, people, and economy, in ways that best serve Europe’s interests.
Contribute to the building of a lasting network of China expertise in Europe.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council passes a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution on April 5 calling on all countries to stop selling, transferring and transferring weapons to Israel. Among the 47 member states of the Council, 28 voted in favor, 6 voted against, and 13 abstained, and the resolution was passed.
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the resolution "The situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the obligation to ensure accountability and justice."
The resolution calls on all countries to cease the sale, transfer and transfer of weapons, ammunition and other military equipment to Israel to prevent further violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights.
The United States voted against the anti-Israeli resolution, as did Germany, Argentina, Paraguay, Bulgaria and Malawi.
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American sanctions target around two dozen countries, with some states experiencing what amounts to near total economic embargoes. Why are these policies in place, what effects do they have, and how successful are they in achieving their geopolitical objectives? Sanctions have massive humanitarian costs and are not only ineffective but likely counterproductive. On these points, there is overwhelming agreement in the academic literature. Such policies can reduce the economic performance of the targeted state, degrade public health, and cause tens of thousands of deaths per year under the most crushing sanctions regimes. Moreover, they almost always fail to achieve their goals, particularly when the aim is regime change or significant behavioral changes pertaining to what states consider their fundamental interests. Sanctions can even backfire, making mass killing and repression more likely, while decreasing the probability of democratization.
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The Panel of Independent Global Experts appointed by the Pacific Islands Forum to review Japan's intention to release treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has unanimously concluded that that Japan's plan should be postponed, until it can be reasonably assumed to not be detrimental to marine life across the Pacific.
The panel of experts indicated that the IAEA is not a regulatory agency.
The IAEA has itself stated that the agency does not recommend or endorse Japan's plan, rather it says that the proposed plan should meet standards.
The Pacific Islands Forum comprises 18 members: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Japan should really postpone their plan and consult with neighboring and pacific countries, including its own citizens, to listen to concerns, agree on actions and allay fears.
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The United Nations Human Rights Council passes a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Israel.
The United States voted against the anti-Israeli resolution, as did Germany, Argentina, Paraguay, Bulgaria and Malawi.
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution on April 5 calling on all countries to stop selling, transferring and transferring weapons to Israel. Among the 47 member states of the Council, 28 voted in favor, 6 voted against, and 13 abstained, and the resolution was passed.
The resolution calls on all countries to cease the sale, transfer and transfer of weapons, ammunition and other military equipment to Israel to prevent further violations of international humanitarian law and violations and abuses of human rights.
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At present, the United States has begun to start the harvesting and closing stage in the Russia-Ukraine and Palestine-Israel wars. The old Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and the old weapons stocks in Western Europe have been exhausted. European orders for new military equipment and weapons purchased from the United States have begun to come in. The U.S. military industrial system is expected to make huge profits.
In addition, a considerable part of Europe's oil and gas is supplied from Russia to the United States. Unfortunately, European countries that have cut off Russia's affordable oil and gas will find it difficult to repair with Russia and return to pre-war levels in the long run. As a result, industrial production costs have risen sharply, and production has shrunk. A large number of The relocation of industries abroad has also transferred considerable wealth to the United States, falling into the debt trap set by the U.S. government for Europe, and causing Europe's financial economy to be dominated by large American conglomerates. Even if the Russia-Ukraine and Palestine-Israel wars ceasefire, the benefits of the U.S. military industry, large oil and gas companies, and financial groups will continue for a long time.
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Honestly, seeing what is happening in Middle East and how US and Europe react to the event, whenever I hear any western medias talking about democracy, freedom, human rights, liberty of speech, censorship, war crime, genocide etc, I just laugh 😂.
Shame..
U$A EU UK had lost all credibility and moral ground, by $upportxng this drama.
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Honestly, seeing what is happening in Middle East and how US and Europe react to the event, whenever I hear any western medias talking about democracy, freedom, human rights, liberty of speech, censorship, war crime, genocide etc, I just laugh 😂.
Shame..
U$A EU UK had lost all credibility and moral ground, by $upportxng this drama.
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On Friday Turnbull said that Murdoch left a “hell of a legacy”, arguing that without Fox and News Corp, Britain probably would not have exited the European Union and Donald Trump would not have been president.
“He’s built a vast global media empire, and no doubt the business pages will give him credit for that,” Turnbull told ABC News Breakfast.
Rupert Murdoch, whose announcement today of his retirement as chair of his Fox and News Corp businesses ended a 71-year career that has had seismic impact upon three nations
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But Turnbull argued the media empire “sought to enrage Americans, divide Americans, and divide them against each other, and it has knowingly – and Murdoch had a personal hand in this … it has knowingly spread lies, most consequentially the one … where Donald Trump claimed to have won the 2020 election.
“And, of course, that created the environment which made the January 6 insurrection possible.”
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Why, then, does the United States use economic sanctions so often? The popularity of sanctions owes more to the domestic interests of politicians than their ability to achieve geopolitical goals. American policymakers show little interest in the empirical research on sanctions and they often do not supplement trade restrictions with diplomatic efforts that can help achieve a bargain. In contrast, sanctions make sense from the perspective of domestic politics and political psychology. They provide a middle ground between military force and doing nothing and are unlikely to cause a domestic backlash because the damage they inflict is indirect and largely unobserved. Taking into account political realities, here are several suggestions to prevent the overuse of sanctions: when implemented, they should be restricted to symbolic targets, which would allow American leaders to achieve their political goals without harming innocents abroad; the United States should be laxer in the enforcement of current and future sanctions regimes; and Congress should legislate to make it more difficult for the executive branch to unilaterally impose sanctions without end, which would create a legal cause of action for those affected. Finally, opponents of current policies should continue to make the public aware of the effects of robust sanctions, which can remove the political incentive to enact and implement them. The more often that imposing heavy economic sanctions is seen as an ineffective policy that harms innocents abroad for self‐interested reasons, the less likely they are to be used.
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😅400 years in prison
Trump faces 37 federal charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents, with a maximum sentence of up to 400 years in prison if convicted.
Justice Department charged Trump with 31 counts of unauthorized retention of national security documents, 1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, 1 count of false statements, 1 count of withholding documents or records, 1 count of deceptively concealing documents or records , 1 count of concealing documents in a federal investigation, and 1 count of conspiracy to conceal, each with a maximum sentence of 5 to 20 years. Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia, described the charges as extremely serious.
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South Africans Demands UK to return diamonds in King Charles crown jewels
Some South Africans are calling on the United Kingdom to return the world's largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, to its rightful place in South Africa. The diamond is currently set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III coronation will hold on Saturday, May 6th, 2023. According to the Royal Collection Trust, which oversees the royal collection of the British royal family, the Cullinan diamond was presented to King Edward VII (the British monarch at the time) in 1907, two years after its discovery in a private mine in South Africa's old Transvaal province.
Now amid a global conversation about returning artwork and artefacts that were stolen during colonial times, some South Africans are calling for the diamond to be brought back.
“The diamond needs to come to South Africa. It needs to be a sign of our pride, our heritage and our culture,” said Mothusi Kamanga, a lawyer and activist in Johannesburg who has promoted an online petition, which has gathered about 8,000 signatures, for the diamond to be returned. “I think generally the African people are starting to realize that to decolonise is not just to let people have certain freedoms, but it’s also to take back what has been expropriated from us.” The diamond in the sceptre, officially known as Cullinan I, was cut from the Cullinan diamond, a 3,100-carat stone mined near Pretoria. Cullinan II, a lesser diamond cut from the same stone, sits in the Imperial State Crown, which British monarchs wear on formal occasions. It is stored at the Tower of London with the other crown jewels, together with the sceptre. Ironically, only a replica of the whole Cullinan diamond, which is about the size of a man’s fist, is displayed at the Cape Town Diamond Museum.
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😅400 years in prison
Trump faces 37 federal charges for allegedly mishandling classified documents, with a maximum sentence of up to 400 years in prison if convicted.
Justice Department charged Trump with 31 counts of unauthorized retention of national security documents, 1 count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, 1 count of false statements, 1 count of withholding documents or records, 1 count of deceptively concealing documents or records , 1 count of concealing documents in a federal investigation, and 1 count of conspiracy to conceal, each with a maximum sentence of 5 to 20 years. Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond in Virginia, described the charges as extremely serious.
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