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NASA’s Artemis mission to put first ‘footprints on moon’ since 1972
Reuters reports: A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency will take a giant leap toward putting ‘footprints on the moon dust’ with the launch of the Artemis1 test flight.
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Danger of the Resurgence of Civil war in Ethiopia
Economist reports: There has been civil war in Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most-populous country, since 2020 when prime minister Abiy Ahmed went to war with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front—an armed group who he had ousted from power in 2018. But the conflict, which began just a year after Abiy won the Nobel Peace Prize in […]
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Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement
Guardian reports: Meta’s Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the scandal that mired the tech giant in repeated controversy. A court filing reveals that Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has in […]
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At least 14 police injured as supporters of Argentina’s vice president protest
CNN reports: Police fired tear gas in the Argentine capital Saturday, as they clashed with supporters of vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, days after prosecutors sought a 12-year prison sentence against her for alleged corruption. Argentina’s official news agency Télam reported police used sticks and tear gas on protesters after a group of people […]
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Deadly political violence in Libya, fears of war
Yesterday, the armed forces of the internationally recognized government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeib tried to drive out a convoy of militia loyal to Fati Bashaga, who is recognized by the rival parliament in the east of the country as the Libyan prime minister. Oil-rich Libya, which had one of the highest living standards […]
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Facebook agrees to settle Cambridge Analytica data privacy lawsuit
Meta’s Facebook has in principle agreed to settle a lawsuit in the San Francisco federal court seeking damages for letting third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, access the private data of users, a court filing showed, according to Guardian. Cambridge Analytica Ltd (CA) was a British political consulting firm that came to prominence through the Facebook–Cambridge […]
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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida announces 30 billion for the development of Africa
Japan wants to contribute to the sustainable development of Africa, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida said today at an international development conference being held in the Tunisian capital and aimed at preventing China’s growing influence on the continent. He announced 30 billion euros in investments over the next three years, reports the French news agency AFP.
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The WikiLeaks Case: Julian Assange files appeal against US extradition
Guardian reports: Lawyers for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange have filed an appeal against his extradition to the US, as the United Nations human rights chief lends support to the Australian’s cause. Julian Assange, aged 51, has been indicted on 17 espionage charges in the US and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of […]
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Risk of radioactive leak at ‘repeatedly shelled’ Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, operator warns
Guardian reports: Ukraine’s state energy operator said that “there are risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances” at the plant. Moscow’s troops have repeatedly shelled the site of the nuclear plant over the past day, Energoatom said. As of midday on Saturday local time (9am GMT) the plant “operates with the risk of […]
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Montenegrin Government Targeted With a Systematic Cyber Hacking Attack
Montenegrin government institutions were targeted with a large-scale cyber intrusion, which is why the government has asked NATO allies for help in limiting the damage, said Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazović, who is conducting business as usual after a vote of no confidence, reports the French news agency AFP.
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Pakistan evacuates thousands of people due to monsoon floods, tens of millions affected
Today, the Pakistani government ordered the evacuation of thousands of people living near swollen rivers in the north of the country, reports the French news agency AFP. Almost a thousand people have died in floods since the beginning of the monsoon rains in June, and around 33 million people have been affected, as a result […]
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United Nations n*****r weapons talks fail due to Russian objection
Deutsche Welle English reports: A United Nations conference lasting around a month has failed in efforts to update the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Russia objected to the final draft document, but said it was not alone in its reservations. After almost a month of discussions at the United Nations in New York, the conference closed […]
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The Question of Fiscal Inflation in Ukraine
Deutsche Welle English reports: As the war against Russia enters its seventh month, Ukraine is stuck between a financial rock and a hard place as it seeks to stay afloat while fighting off Moscow’s invading forces. Tax revenues have plummeted due to an economy in free fall while military spending has skyrocketed, leaving the government […]
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Russia intensifies its attacks in eastern Ukraine
The Russian army has stepped up its attacks in eastern Ukraine in recent days, the British Ministry of Defense announced today, citing intelligence services. With this, the Russian troops are said to be trying to make it more difficult for the Ukrainian forces to launch a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south of the country, which […]
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The Rule of Power or the Power of Rules?
The rule of power or the power of rules? Under this title, which flies in the face of the now very unpredictable international environment and the need to redefine the international system, the largest Slovenian annual foreign policy event, the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), will take place on Monday and Tuesday. The lively diplomatic days […]
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Colombia’s New Left Government Unveils Wealth Taxation Plan to Alleviate Poverty
Opinion: The Left will have to do far, far more than simply rely on utopian taxation politics, the results of which could lead big capital to simply move abroad. Guardian reports: Colombia’s new president Gustavo Petro has proposed an ambitious plan to tax the rich in an effort to combat poverty in one of the […]
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US Justice Department releases evidence that led to FBI’s raid on Trump’s Resort
Deutsche Welle English reports: The US Justice Department released a redacted version of the legal document that allowed the FBI to seize classified government records from former United States President Trump’s Florida home. The move was highly anticipated to shed more light on evidence that led to the unprecedented search. US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, […]
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Nuclear plant has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine
Guardian reports: The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russia, resumed electricity supplies to Ukraine after one of its six reactors was reconnected to the Ukrainian grid, Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said. More than 18,000 people in 72 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region were without electricity as of today due to damage […]
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European Union to convene urgent talks over energy war with Russia
Guardian reports: The Czech prime minister Fiala has announced that energy ministers of EU countries will gather for an urgent meeting to discuss specific emergency measures to address the situation of energy economics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Russians spied on Ukrainian soldiers in Germany and at the NATO headquarters
German security forces have indications that Russian intelligence services spied on Ukrainian soldiers who were training in Germany for the use of Western weapononry, Der Spiegel reported. Meanwhile, several media have exposed a Russian spy at the NATO headquarters in Naples, Italy.
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Moderna sues Pfizer and Biontech over Covid_19 vaccine patents
American biotechnology company Moderna, which has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years due to the success of the vaccine against Covid_19, is suing the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the equally fast-growing German biotechnology company Biontech, accusing them of stealing intellectual property, or patent infringement of RNA-based vaccines.
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Russia is incinerating large quantities of natural gas, which would otherwise be exported to Germany
Russia incinerates large amounts of natural gas near the border with Finland, according to an analysis by Rystad Energy, about 4.34 million cubic meters per day, worth about 10 million dollars (around 10 million euros). The reason for the burning is formally unknown. According to experts, the gas burned by the Russian power plant near […]
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Hear Old Laibach Live Tracks
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neo-classical genres. Formed in the mining town of Trbovlje in 1980, Laibach represents the musical wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst collective, a group which Laibach helped found in 1984.
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Listen to Hegel’s Phenomenology Read Out Loud
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) was a German philosopher. He is considered one of the most important figures in Classical German Philosophy and one of the founding figures of modern Western Philosophy, with his influence extending to the entire range of contemporary philosophical issues, from epistemology, logic, and metaphysics to aesthetics, philosophy of history, philosophy […]
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Russian forces use Zaporizhzhia as a “constant trigger of a possible disaster”
CNN reports: The continued presence of Russian forces at and near the Zaporizhzhia power plant is a “constant trigger of a possible n*****r disaster,” Ukraine’s energy minister said yesterday. All six reactors at the plant in southeastern Ukraine remain disconnected from the electricity grid, operator Energoatom said today after the facility—which has been occupied by […]
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Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia Power Plant Still Disconnected from the Grid
Guardian reports: Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia n*****r power plant is still disconnected from the grid after fires broke out around the plant yesterday. Ukrainian authorities and international experts are increasingly warning that there may be n*****r catastrophe unless fighting around the plant desists. Problems with the electricity supply to the plant appear to be unresolved as of […]
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German support for Ukraine could wane during winter due to energy crisis
Guardian reports: The German ambassador to the UK has acknowledged that there is a risk that public support for Ukraine could wane this winter as the energy crisis intensifies. Asked if Germany was worried that political support for Ukraine would decline amid tough conditions in winter, Miguel Berger said: “I think this is the same […]
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The Society of Slovenian Writers calls for the reopening of the Russian Cultural Center
The Association of Slovenian Writers (DSP) once again called on the government to reopen the Russian Cultural Center in Ljubljana. As they wrote, the Russian aggression against Ukraine affected Europe as well as Russia. They added that art and culture are common to all – Europe, Ukraine and Russia.
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Kyiv to change Russian and Soviet street names
The city authorities in Kyiv have decided to change the names of 95 streets and squares, which have so far been named with Russian or Soviet names, Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced. As he said, it is an important step in “preventing Russia’s false manipulations and attempts to reinterpret our history”.
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Zelensky: Europe narrowly avoided a n*****r disaster
Europe faced the possibility of a disaster yesterday when the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporizhzhya, which is under Russian control, was disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid after damage to power lines, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned.
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Biden assures Zelensky of American support over telephone conversation
In a telephone conversation yesterday, US President Joe Biden assured his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky of the continued support of the US to Ukraine in its struggle to defend its sovereignty. Zelensky thanked the US president on Twitter for his “unwavering support” and said they agreed that Russia should be held accountable for its crimes.
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The n*****r power plant in Zaporizhzhia was disconnected from the power grid
The Ukrainian n*****r power plant in Zaporizhzhia, which is under Russian control, was “completely disconnected” from the Ukrainian power grid today after damage to power lines, Ukrainian operator Energoatom announced.
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Putin signed an order to increase the number of soldiers in the Russian army
Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed an order on a ten percent increase in the number of soldiers in the Russian army, which is expected to number approximately two million people. No official reason was given for the increase in the number of employees in the order, which will take effect on January 1.
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BioNTech soon ready to deliver new vaccine against omicron subvariants
German biotechnology company BioNTech plans to start distributing a new vaccine against covid-19 at the beginning of next month, which was developed primarily to neutralize the two new subtypes of the omicron virus, reports the German news agency dpa.
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European Union condemned the Russian train station attack in Ukraine
European Union today condemned the Russian attack on a train station in Ukraine, which Kiev said killed 25, and warned that those responsible for the attack will be held accountable for their actions. Meanwhile, Russia announced that more than 200 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in this attack, reports the French news agency AFP.
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Russia threatened Bosnia and Herzegovina because of BiH support of Ukraine
Russia recently threatened Bosnia and Herzegovina with the deterioration of relations between the two countries, after the President of the BiH Presidency, Šefik Džaferović, confirmed full support for the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine at the Crimean Platform conference. According to the Russian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the issue of Crimea has already […]
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Taiwan announced record increase in defense spending
Taiwan today proposed plans for a record increase in defense spending next year. These are expected to increase to $19 billion and include, among other things, funds to increase naval and air capabilities. The announcement comes just weeks after China held large-scale military exercises near the island.
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The United States warns that Russia could soon hold referendums in the occupied parts of Ukraine
Russia could start holding referendums as early as this week to formalize its control over occupied parts of Ukraine, US National Security Adviser John Kirby warned on Wednesday. In doing so, he asserted that the support of Ukrainians in the mentioned areas for joining Russia is minimal, reports the French news agency AFP.
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In his United Nations General Assembly address, Zelensky emphasized the importance of Ukraine’s independence for the entire globe
Yesterday, in a video address to the United Nations Security Council, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized the importance of Ukrainian independence for the whole world. Russia unsuccessfully tried to block Zelensky’s address to the UN General Assembly, demanding that Zelensky attend the session in person inside the hall, reported the German news agency dpa.
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Biden announced nearly $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine
Yesterday, exactly six months after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US President Joe Biden announced almost $3 billion in military aid to Kiev, as reported by the French news agency AFP, on the occasion of the 31st Ukrainian Independence Day.
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Greece is planning tighter security measures on its border with Turkey
The Greek government plans to introduce stricter security measures at the border with Turkey due to the increasing number of migrants who have tried to come from Turkey in recent weeks. Measures will be tightened both on land along the border river Marica and in the Aegean Sea, Greek television Ant1 reported yesterday.
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Russia detained an opposition politician for criticizing the war in Ukraine
According to Russian state media, two days ago the Russian police detained Yevgeny Roizman, one of the last opposition politicians who has not yet landed behind bars. He faces up to ten years in prison for allegedly criticizing Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine, reports the French news agency AFP.
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A representative of the pro-Russian authorities was killed after a bomb exploded under his car
A representative of the pro-Russian authorities was killed in an attack with a bomb planted under a car in the occupied part of the Ukrainian region of Zaporozhye, the local self-proclaimed pro-Russian authorities announced yesterday, according to the British BBC.
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Poland for a general ban on EU visas for Russians
Poland supports a general freeze on the issuance of Schengen visas for Russian citizens, Polish government spokesman Piotr Müller said yesterday. He emphasized that tourist visas have not been issued to Russians for some time, so Poland does not need to join any alliance on this issue, reports the German news agency dpa.
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Death toll of Independence Day bombings rises to 25
Deutsche Welle reports: As Ukraine marked its 31st Independence Day from the former Soviet Union under heavy Russian shelling, a missile attack on a rail station killed 25 people, setting a passenger train on fire. Missiles also struck north of Kyiv, the capital. Ukraine’s Independence Day also coincided with the six-month anniversary of Russia’s full-scale […]
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Kyiv accuses Moscow of illegal adoptions of Ukrainian children
Al Jazeera English reports: Moscow transfers children from Ukrainian occupied territories to Russia for adoption, Ukraine foreign ministry says. Since the beginning of the war, Kyiv has been accusing Moscow of “deporting” Ukrainians, saying Ukrainians from occupied territories have been forced to go to Russia rather than other regions of Ukraine. “The Russian Federation continues […]
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Kyiv bans Independence Day celebrations, Russia planning new attacks
Al Jazeera English reports: Ukraine’s capital bans public events celebrating 31st anniversary of independence from Soviet rule citing threat of renewed Russian attacks. The ban came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow could try “something particularly ugly” in the run-up to Wednesday’s 31st independence anniversary, which also marks half a year since Russia […]
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Book Review: The Rational Kernel of the Hegelian Dialectic
While this short book is without a doubt a very important introductory study for anyone interested in G.W.F. Hegel and his reception, especially in different places such as the 20th century France and China, it has one huge major drawback: The book itself is set into a “Badiouian” framework, and in contemporary philosophical literature there […]
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Nato forces deployed to Latvia amid fears of Russian aggression
BBC News reports: Nato has deployed unprecedented numbers of forces to Latvia, a reaction to fears of future Russian aggression against the Baltic states. Once part of the USSR, Latvia is now an independent country in the European Union, whose government has expressed staunch support for Ukraine. But its close cultural ties to Russia is […]
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Israeli occupation forces killed a 58-year-old man in the West Bank.
Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian during a raid in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced. Meanwhile, the Israeli army announced that its members were attacked during a raid in the city. Salah Savafta, 58, died this morning in the city of Tubas from serious injuries after he was shot in […]
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