Some of you know I was offline for a bit this week for surgery. What you didn’t know (and what I didn’t know until about 2 hours ago) is that the surgery has uncovered cancer.
European Council President Antonio Costa has said that the EU leaders believe “it’s very important to preserve and cherish our transatlantic partnership.”
In July 2024, B’Tselem published Welcome to Hell, a report on the treatment of
Palestinian inmates in Israel’s prison system and their confinement in torture camps
under inhuman conditions. The report presented testimonies from 55 Palestinian
men and women held in Israeli prisons and detention facilities since 7 October 2023.
President Volodymyr Zelensky used a speech at the World Economic Forum on Jan. 22 to deliver a sharp warning to Europe, accusing its leaders of recognizing global threats year after year while failing to act decisively.
“Living Hell” follows on B’Tselem’s August 2024 report “Welcome to Hell.” Building on the extensive research and analysis carried out for the previous report, it provides updated figures and new testimonies from 21 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent months, and draws on data from other Israeli and international human rights organizations. The updated information indicates that Israeli prisons continue to function as a network of torture camps for Palestinians, with the systematic abuse even more extensive than before. This includes physical and psychological abuse, inhuman conditions, deliberate starvation and denial of medical care, all of which has led to numerous deaths. Some witnesses also described undergoing or witnessing sexual violence and abuse. The transformation of prisons into a network of torture camps is part of the Israeli regime’s coordinated onslaught on Palestinian society, aimed at dismantling the Palestinian collective.
After the latest bout of trade turmoil with the United States, European leaders are looking for ways to project strength to the Trump administration, which considers them weak.
Summary: according Guardian, the vice president and her brother appear to have promised cooperation after Maduro’s fall, but not assistance in making him fall.
A French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
The Danish government has said Mark Rutte cannot negotiate on behalf of Denmark or Greenland over the future of the Arctic island, as the broad outlines of a deal apparently struck by the Nato secretary general and Donald Trump began to emerge.
Half the world’s 100 largest cities are experiencing high levels of water stress, with 39 of these sitting in regions of “extremely high water stress”, new analysis and mapping has shown.
Toyota, Progressive Insurance, and a data analytics firm are now being accused of collecting detailed personal driving information without proper consent
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Amid all the hot air and narcissism that has accompanied Donald Trump’s appearance at Davos so far, especially the launch of the Board of Peace, the US team laid out some significant and concrete next steps for the future of Gaza.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercurial temperament of its much larger and powerful U.S. neighbour.
Over the past years, repeated investigations have shown that at least 14 EU Member States have deployed spyware against journalists, human rights defenders, lawyers, activists, political opponents, and others.
The European Union is looking forward to Indian Cooperation and partnership in various sectors as stated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas.
The head of Thuringia’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Stephan Kramer, warns of data-protection risks from electric cars from China. “The espionage risk posed by Chinese electric cars is real,” he told Handelsblatt. However, what is meant is less traditional espionage and more “data harvesting on a large scale.” How dangerous that is depends heavily on where and by whom the vehicles are used.
The [UK] government approved China’s proposal to redevelop the former Royal Mint site [in London] into a vast 215,300 sq ft (20,000 sq m) UK headquarters, despite opposition from politicians and campaigners.
The woman, who is now in her mid-40s, was 16 when she moved into the squalid home of mother-of-10 Amanda Wixon (56) in 1995 and remained there until 2021.
In such a scenario, the Canadian military envisions small groups of irregular fighters or armed civilians carrying out ambushes, sabotage or drone warfare, the Globe reported.
Second article on the deal: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-greenland-deals-reportedly-includes-u-s-sovereignty-over-small-pockets-of-territory/
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the governor was denied entry into a venue at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, after being invited to speak at the event due to “pressure” from the Trump administration.
Israel killed 11 people, including three journalists and two children, in Gaza on Wednesday. A fourth person was killed along with the three journalists by an Israeli strike near a displacement camp in central Gaza. The journalists were working with an Egyptian air group when their car was hit by an Israeli bomb. Mohammed Mansour, […]
President Trump said Wednesday that he was calling off tariff threats that he had issued in an effort to secure American ownership of Greenland, saying he had reached a framework agreement with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, over the future of the icy Danish territory.
Russia is scaling up its educational programs for journalists in Southeast Asia, Africa, China, and India, pushing a pro-Kremlin agenda and propaganda under the guise of an “alternative narrative” and a “fight against fakes.”
Donald Trump has told the Davos economic forum “without us, most countries would not even work”, but for the first time in decades, many western leaders have come to the opposite conclusion: they will function better without the US.
The bulldozing of the headquarters of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem has sparked condemnation from the world body and Palestinian leaders, who warn the move signals a “barbaric new era” of unchecked defiance of international law.
Iran’s security forces have carried out mass killings of protesters after nationwide protests escalated on January 8, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of protesters and bystanders are believed to have been killed, while the government’s severe restrictions on communications have concealed the true scale of atrocities.
Alexei clears his throat without showing the slightest expression on his face. Squatting and wearing gloves, he shakes the military uniform that once belonged to a man. The jacket and trousers still hold their shape, but inside there is nothing. Just air.
The Austrian Constitutional Court has strengthened the rights of nonbinary people—and at the same time given politicians a rebuke. Nonbinary individuals have, according to this ruling, the right to an adequate designation of their gender in the civil status register and to the complete deletion of the gender entry, the LGBTI organization Rechtskomitee Lambda reported over the weekend.
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday Canada owes its continued existence to the United States while calling out Prime Minister Mark Carney for delivering a speech that condemned coercion by great powers.
Spain’s rail network is under scrutiny after a commuter train crashed near Barcelona just days after at least 43 people died and 152 were injured in a collision between two high-speed trains.
Just 32 fossil fuel companies were responsible for half the global carbon dioxide emissions driving the climate crisis in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier, a report has revealed.
Han Duck-soo was convicted of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, which a court said was an insurrection.
If they don’t like something, it’s because most people only think about eliminating things without giving them a chance. The space is super big, and there’s room for everyone. I’m a young woman looking for resources; I created a news blog with AI, and nothing is stopping it. It’s even being monetized; Google accepted it. It’s easier if you don’t like something, just don’t read it, or you can leave a negative comment. The truth is, even with something written by a human, people, in their egocentrism, will always find something to criticize.
British military veteran groups have condemned a government attempt to remove immunity provisions from Northern Ireland legacy legislation, claiming it will expose former soldiers to “hounding” through the courts.
Mizzima has learned that more than 1,000 Chinese nationals are being held captive and subjected to daily torture at the Deeko Park online scam compound, reportedly controlled by Colonel Saw Eh Le Htoo, the son of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) leader Saw Steel.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will not recognize the results of Myanmar’s junta‑organized elections, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said, as the regime geared up for the third and final phase of voting on Sunday.
A Hong Kong activist said she fears she and other dissidents could be “interrogated or even tortured” in secret rooms at the new Chinese embassy, after her British neighbours were offered a cash reward to hand her over.
Parag Khanna, the founder and CEO of AlphaGeo which is a geospatial analytics firm recently gave a statement that India’s foreign policy is currently being shaped by Hard economic realities rather than lofty Ideals.
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