From Leah SahayIt was a symbolic transfer that China's foreign ministry announced in January: Foreign policy spokesman Zhao Lijian is now deputy head of the ministry's department for border and ocean affairs. The 50-year-old was seen as the face of the wolf warriors, China's rampant diplomats who rudely railed against their host countries and attacked critics. source site
emergencies Violent earthquakes shake parts of Turkey and Syria The epicenter of the earthquake was near the city of Gaziantep. photo © Soeren Stache/dpa Southeast Turkey and northern Syria were hit by severe earthquakes. Eyewitnesses report collapsed buildings, people are said to be buried under the rubble. Two violent earthquakes shook the south-east of Turkey in quick succession early Monday morning. According to the Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, the two earthquakes had magnitudes of 7.4 and 7.9. They occurred around 4:17 a.m....
demonstrations Judicial Reform in Israel: Warnings Against Violent Resistance Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated for the fifth Saturday night in a row against the country's judicial reform. photo © Ilia Yefimovich/dpa Prime Minister Netanyahu's right-wing religious government wants to specifically weaken the country's judicial system. That causes controversy. In the dispute over judicial reform in Israel, the tone is getting sharper. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized a "growing wave of daily hate speech that transcends borders," according...
STORY: According to the Chilean forest authorities on Thursday, a forest fire has destroyed hundreds of hectares of land in central Chile. Extreme temperatures and strong winds are the reason for the rapid spread of the fire. The flames also spread to the town of Chillan in the center of the country. Local residents are desperate: "It's terrible because we could see the fire from afar. Suddenly the wind changed and the flames were there in no time." "It's awful....
Four men are said to have tried to kill two people - they are awaiting their trial. Then they are suddenly released from custody. About the delicate consequences of an overburdened judiciary.From Moritz GeierThe four men brought sticks, sticks, knives and the pent-up anger of an unresolved argument. It is shortly after midnight, July 3, 2021. The day before there was said to have been an argument, just words, it can be read in court documents, and now the matter...
Watch the video: More than a million French strike against Macron's pension plan.STORY: In France, the second nationwide general strike against the planned pension reform partially paralyzed public life on Tuesday. The government put the number of demonstrators in the evening at a total of 1.27 million, more than the 1.12 million in the first strike on January 19. On the fringes of the protests in Paris, demonstrators clashed with security forces. The police used tear gas. At the same...
Status: 01/25/2023 10:44 a.m The unrest in Peru continues: In Lima, among other places, there have again been serious clashes between demonstrators and police officers. Human rights activists criticized that there were only few international reactions. During protests in Peru after the impeachment and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo, serious clashes broke out again between demonstrators and police officers. "We regret that the number of injured continues to rise and that the protests are being carried out with violence,"...
The President of Peru, Dina Boluarte, during a press conference in Lima, Tuesday January 24, 2023. MARTIN MEJIA / AP Tirelessly pushed towards the exit door by demonstrators demanding her resignation, the Peruvian President, Dina Boluarte, called on Tuesday January 24 for a “national truce” during an intervention in front of the foreign press, while accusing the protesters of belonging to “violent groups” wanting "generate chaos". "This is not a peaceful protest" she said, white suit and cross around her...
“There is a real paradox between feminism, which is winning intellectually, and the facts where this is not reflected,” concludes Marie-Anne Bernard. The digital revolution has produced effects and has made it possible to remove the issue of gender-based and sexual violence from invisibility, but between what society, civil, political, sporting, displays and the reality of mentalities, "there is a gap ". the rule of "Name and shame" (from the English meaning "to name and cover with shame") by challenging...
Large and deep progress remains to be made to educate future generations about gender-based violence. Even if #MeToo has been there, "masculinist reflexes" are tough among young men, according to a report released on Monday by the High Council for Equality, which asks in particular to "regulate digital content". The president of the HCE, Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette, must be received by President Emmanuel Macron, Wednesday, on the occasion of the Day against sexism.“Sexism is not declining in France. On the contrary,...
