Former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is due in court for his 2019 decision to stop a ship carrying migrants. The Palermo court ruled today and reports that the first hearing takes place in September. The leader of the right-wing populist party Lega is accused, among other things, of kidnapping. He illegally prevented migrants from landing on the island of …
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Former Italian Minister Salvini sued for refusing the boat with refugees | Abroad
Former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is due to appear in court on September 15 for arresting boat people. In the summer of 2019, he denied a ship carrying 147 migrants access to the port of Lampedusa. Salvini faces a fifteen-year prison sentence for this. A judge in the Sicilian city of Palermo gave the green light to the prosecution …
Read More »Russia expels US and Polish diplomats
Russia will expel ten American diplomats in response to new sanctions imposed by the United States. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov announced it. At least eight US government officials will also be on a sanctions list, and Lavrov says he is considering “painful measures” against US companies in Russia. Influencing the US Elections Yesterday the United States told ten Russian diplomats …
Read More »Final end of the Castro era in Cuba: party leader Raúl confirms his resignation | NOW
Raúl Castro resigns from his post as leader of the Communist Party of Cuba. Castro, 89, confirmed his long-awaited resignation on Friday the first day of a major party convention in Havana. We do not yet know who will succeed him at the head of the party. Castro’s resignation marks the formal end of the Castro era, which began with …
Read More »Australian finds poisonous snake in Aldi lettuce: “After that I washed and ate the lettuce” | Abroad
Alex White from Sydney had the shock of a lifetime when he recently picked up a package of fresh lettuce at home. The Australian saw something move between the green leaves he had bought from an Aldi not long before. At first he thought it was a giant worm, but it turned out to be a very poisonous coral snake. …
Read More »Australian finds poisonous snake in Aldi lettuce: “After that I washed and ate the lettuce” | Abroad
Alex White from Sydney had the shock of a lifetime when he recently picked up a package of fresh lettuce at home. The Australian saw something move between the green leaves he had bought from an Aldi not long before. At first he thought it was a giant worm, but it turned out to be a very poisonous coral snake. …
Read More »Critical mediator in Poland must leave: ‘citizens lose their protection’
For many years he was one of the most influential opponents of the Conservative government: Polish ombudsman Adam Bodnar. He advocated against anti-LGBTI measures, the reduction of the abortion law and punitive measures for critical judges. But the work of the critical human rights lawyer is coming to an end: the Supreme Court ruled this morning that he would be …
Read More »US Celebrities and Business Against Controversial Election Laws | Show
Hundreds of well-known businessmen and celebrities have signed a declaration opposing discrimination in elections in the United States. They are doing so in response to various Republican bills that say they want to limit voter fraud. But, according to critics and signatories to the declaration, these laws actually make it more difficult for minority groups to vote. Republicans have bills …
Read More »Huize Ashiana has a new leadership – Suriname Herald
Minister Uraiqit Ramsaran of Social Affairs and Housing (Sozavo) installed Huize Ashiana with Director Melitia Sentilia of Social Affairs, the new Director, Brenda van Daal and the new Board of Directors of the Foundation for the Management and Operation of Huize Ashiana retirement homes (SBEB). Maison Ashiana has become an indispensable part of society due to the noble work it …
Read More »United States to send 500 additional troops to Germany | Abroad
The massive withdrawal of US troops from Germany announced by former President Donald Trump is irrelevant, Austin said. The United States had previously put on hold this plan to withdraw 12,000 troops, much to Berlin’s delight. Trump believed that Germany is spending too little money on the armed forces. Since World War II, American troops have been stationed in Germany, …
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