- English Videos
- Greek and Turkish navies face-off in the Aegean
- China has border disputes with 17 countries
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gone, Supreme Court Battle Just Beginning
- English News and Articles
- In Belarus, a recording of an intercepted conversation about Navalny was published & Germany wants to keep files secret
- Erdogan Raises Rhetoric in Greece Standoff in Mediterranean & Turkey begins military exercises in northern Cyprus
- Belarus
- Drugmaker Pauses Covid-19 Vaccine Trial for Safety Review
- Millions displaced by U.S. combat since 9/11
- Greece-Cyprus-Israel sign the tripartite military cooperation program for 2021
- US announces troop drawdown in Iraq & Germany, US cut military troop presence in Iraq
- Kenosha
- EU countries with weak collective bargaining have lowest wages
- Return of the yellow vests: a high risk day in Paris this Saturday
- Grooming gang review kept secret as Home Office claims releasing findings ‘not in public interest’
- The European Union’s New Pact on Migration
- Moria
- FinCEN
- Is Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious Vision 2030 Plan Dead?
- Paris
- Translated News in English
- Language training in daycare centers - Fewer children grow up with German
- Berlin wants to determine what content you can demonstrate for
- FinCEN
- Planned anti-hate law "not constitutional"
- Von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) insists on mandatory refugee quotas
- Worldwide comparison - Germans pay the most for electricity
- FOLLOW THE CORONA CRISIS : Real wages are falling faster than ever before
I. English Videos
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-> Greek and Turkish navies face-off in the Aegean
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-> China has border disputes with 17 countries
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-> Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gone, Supreme Court Battle Just Beginning
II. English News and Articles
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-> In Belarus, a recording of an intercepted conversation about Navalny was published
A recording of an intercepted telephone conversation between Warsaw and Berlin has been published in Belarus. It is about blogger Alexei Navalny, who is currently in the German clinic "Charite". The audio recording was published by the "Pool of the First" telegram channel.
A certain Nick takes part in the conversation from Berlin, and Mike from Warsaw. The German side reported that the materials on Navalny were ready and would be transferred to the administration of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The representative of the Polish side asked if the poisoning was precisely confirmed , to which the German side replied as follows:
“Look, Mike, it's not that important in this case. There is a war going on, and during a war all methods are good.
Warsaw agreed with this statement, noting that Putin needs to discourage "prying his nose" into the affairs of Belarus. A certain Mike argues that the most effective way to do this is to drown him in the problems of Russia.
In a telephone conversation Berlin also asked about the state of affairs with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. To this, Warsaw noted that "not very," but the head of state turned out to be "a tough nut to crack."
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source: vesti translate
source: vesti
-> Germany wants to keep files secret
Russia is demanding more information on the poisoning of Kremlin critic Navalny. The German judiciary complies with a request for mutual assistance, but the German government does not want to surrender a large part of the investigation files.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
note:
Why?
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-> Erdogan Raises Rhetoric in Greece Standoff in Mediterranean
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences.
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Meanwhile, Turkish media reported that tanks were being moved towards the Greek border. The Cumhuriyet newspaper said 40 tanks were being transported from the Syrian border to Edirne in northwest Turkey and carried photographs of armored vehicles loaded on trucks.
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source: ny times
source: dw
-> Turkey begins military exercises in northern Cyprus
France, meanwhile, says sanctions against Ankara are on the table during European Council meeting later this month.
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source: al jazeera
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-> Maria Kolesnikova detained, she did not enter Ukraine
“Two citizens of Belarus, Kravtsov and Rodnenkov, arrived at the Ukrainian checkpoints. Kolesnikova did not arrive at the Ukrainian checkpoints to pass the border control, ”spokesman for the CCP Andriy Demchenko told belsat.eu.
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“It was not a voluntary departure. This was a forced expulsion from her native country. Maria Kolesnikova could not be expelled from Belarus. This brave woman took action to prevent her from moving across the border. She remained on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Alexander Lukashenko bears the full responsibility for her life and health. "
Kolesnikova tore up her passport so that she would not be taken out of Belarus - media
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source: belsat translate
source: belsat
source: dw
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-> Drugmaker Pauses Covid-19 Vaccine Trial for Safety Review
Britain is expected to limit most social gatherings to six people after a spike in cases. A political uproar quashed plans for targeted lockdowns in Israel. People caught maskless in Indonesia were told to lie in a coffin as punishment.
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A person familiar with the situation, and who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the participant had been enrolled in a Phase 2/3 trial based in the United Kingdom. The individual also said that a volunteer in the U.K. trial had been found to have transverse myelitis, an inflammatory syndrome that affects the spinal cord and is often sparked by viral infections. However, the timing of this diagnosis, and whether it was directly linked to AstraZeneca’s vaccine, is unclear.
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source: ny times
source: spiegel de
source: faz de
source: sz de
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-> Millions displaced by U.S. combat since 9/11
The wars the U.S. government has fought since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have forced 37 million people — and perhaps as many as 59 million — from their homes, according to a newly released report from American University and Brown University’s Costs of War Project.
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5.3 million Afghans (representing 26% of the pre-war population) since the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001;
3.7 million Pakistanis (3% of the pre-war population) since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 quickly became a single war crossing the border into northwest Pakistan;
1.7 million Filipinos (2%) since the U.S. military joined the Philippine government in its decades-old war with Abu Sayyaf and other insurgent groups in 2002;
4.2 million Somalis (46%) since U.S. forces began supporting a UN-recognized Somali government fighting the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in 2002 and, after 2006, the ICU’s breakaway militia wing Al Shabaab;
4.4 million Yemenis (24%) since the U.S. government began drone assassinations of alleged terrorists in 2002 and backed a Saudi Arabia-led war against the Houthi movement since 2015;
9.2 million Iraqis (37%) since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and occupation and the post-2014 war against the Islamic State group;
1.2 million Libyans (19%) since the U.S. and European governments intervened in the 2011 uprising against Moammar Gadhafi fueling an ongoing civil war;
7.1 million Syrians (37%) since the U.S. government began waging war against the Islamic State in 2014.
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source: investigative reporting workshop
source: watson brown pdf
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-> Greece-Cyprus-Israel sign the tripartite military cooperation program for 2021
In the presence of the Chief of the Greek National Defence General Staff, General Konstantinos Floros and the heads of the military delegations of Cyprus and Israel, the program of tripartite military cooperation between Greece, Cyprus and Israel for 2021 was signed on Tuesday.
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source: greek city times
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-> US announces troop drawdown in Iraq
The US commander in the Middle East announced Wednesday a drawdown of US troops in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 in the month of September.
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The decision to pull back US troops from Iraq has long been expected and comes as President Donald Trump attempts to deliver on his 2016 campaign promises while facing a tough reelection. Trump was recently visibly distressed over the fallout that ensued from an article in The Atlantic, alleging that he privately disparaged the war dead, and feared losing support with the military. Trump has forcefully denied he made those comments.
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source: cnn
source: stripes
-> Germany, US cut military troop presence in Iraq
Over 2,000 US troops are said to be pulled from Iraq, the US Central Command chief said. Germany also announced that it would reduce the number of troops it has in the Middle Eastern country.
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Germany wants to maintain only a maximum of 500 personnel on the ground. "Even during the coronavirus pandemic, IS continues to carry out its terrorist activities. The military pressure on the IS must be maintained," said Minister of Defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU).
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source: dw
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-> Victim of Kenosha protest shooting may have been 'trying to save somebody': What we know
Two Kenosha County men were killed and another was wounded Tuesday night in a shooting during civil unrest over the shooting of Jacob Blake.
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source: usatoday
-> Before a fatal shooting, teenage Kenosha suspect idolized the police - Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been arrested and charged after a shooting that left two people dead
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On Tuesday night, Rittenhouse was with fellow armed men self-appointed to protect the streets of a city aflame, insisting he was there to render first aid and protect a business. But asked by a reporter to clarify whether his role was “nonlethal,” he cradled his weapon and pointedly disagreed.
“We don’t have nonlethal,” Rittenhouse said.
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source: wapo
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-> EU countries with weak collective bargaining have lowest wages
Wage levels in Europe are tied closely to whether workers are covered by collective bargaining, official figures show.
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source: etuc
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-> Return of the yellow vests: a high risk day in Paris this Saturday
Several thousand demonstrators are expected in the capital this Saturday. A gathering planned on the Champs-Elysées but banned by the authorities is particularly monitored.
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source: le parisien translate
source: le parisien
source: rfi fr
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-> Grooming gang review kept secret as Home Office claims releasing findings ‘not in public interest’
Exclusive: Freedom of Information request refused so ministers have ‘safe space’ to discuss policy
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“The government’s repeated failure to acknowledge the role of racism and religious bigotry in grooming gang crime has led to inadequate investigation, protection and prosecution,” she said.
“Prevention of future grooming gang crime can only come through counter-narrative sex and relationships education.”
The woman is campaigning for changes to hate crime guidance and the creation of a parliamentary committee to examine gender-based violence linked to faith and belief.
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source: independent co uk
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-> The European Union’s New Pact on Migration
While media, scholars and news outlets have been focused on covering the COVID-19 pandemic, global crises and conflicts have continued. One prominent crisis that has been illuminated by the global pandemic is that of migrants and asylum seekers. In Europe, this illumination is one that comes from the shortcomings that have been exposed in the European Union’s migration and asylum policies.
The European Union’s New Pact on Asylum and Migration was supposed to be adopted within the first quarter of 2020, however due to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic this has been pushed to the second quarter of 2020. The Pact became a new priority for the European Commission following the so-called migration crisis in 2015 when an unprecedented number of people fled from conflict areas such as Syria, which resulted in nearly 1.2 million asylum seekers in the EU. This surge of asylum seekers and migrants shook the “European immigration and asylum policy to the point that the EU’s fundamental values of the respect of Human Rights and ‘burden sharing’ have been challenged”. Failures and shortcomings of past treaties and pacts have not only challenged the European Union’s migration and asylum policies but have also challenged the idea of European solidarity and trust between member states. The call for a New Pact has been in the works for quite some time to answer the problems and shortcomings that were highlighted in the wake of the migration humanitarian crises from 2015 and on. In fact, in May of 2016, the European Commission proposed a reformation of the current Dublin system, however Member States had been unable to agree on how to move forward with reformation.
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source: path for europe
source: eu observer
-> New Pact on Migration and Asylum - A fresh start on migration in Europe
Migration is a complex issue, with many facets that need to be weighed together. The safety of people who seek international protection or a better life, the concerns of countries at the EU’s external borders, which worry that migratory pressures will exceed their capacities and which need solidarity from others. Or the concerns of other EU Member States, which are concerned that, if procedures are not respected at the external borders, their own national systems for asylum, integration or return will not be able to cope in the event of large flows.
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source: ec europa
source: ec europa pdf
ref:
[Dossier] Migration Business , [Dossier] Migration Geschäft
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-> Thousands flee fire at Greece's largest migrant camp
Several fires have mostly destroyed the Moria refugee camp, home to more than 12,000 asylum seekers. There are no known casualties so far. Authorities are now investigating reports of arson.
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source: dw
source: bbc
-> Saskia Esken demands the admission of thousands of people from Moria
The SPD leader wants to bring a "high four-digit number" of migrants from Greece to Germany. CSU boss Markus Söder also wants to take on additional people.
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source: zeit translate
source: zeit
-> Greek government: Migrants set fire in Moria
The government in Athens accuses refugees of having set fire to the camp on Lesbos. Security forces apparently prevent aid organizations from reaching the people at the scene of the fire.
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source: sz translate
source: sz
source: t-online
source: stern
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-> FinCEN Files: Tracing the flow of dirty money
The FinCEN files are the result of extensive international research on money laundering and financial crime. They show how dirty money is shuffled around the world and how banks fail to stop this flow of money.
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source: dw
source: bbc
-> FinCEN Files: Deutsche Bank tops list of suspicious transactions
Leaked documents shed a light on Deutsche Bank's central role in facilitating financial transactions deemed suspicious. Many of these could have enabled the circumvention of sanctions on Iran and Russia.
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source: dw
source: tagesschau
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-> Is Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious Vision 2030 Plan Dead?
A 500-billion US-Dollar smart city. A 200-billion US-Dollar solar farm. Billions of dollars in investments in gas and petrochemicals. These were all facets of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030—perhaps the most ambitious economic diversification in the world. Now, that ambition is in tatters. Can Saudi Arabia pick up the pieces and truly diversify its economy away from oil, or are its plans dead in the water, leaving the Kingdom’s survival forever tied to oil revenues?
Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia’s Aramco said it would shelve an investment of several billion dollars in Sempra Energy’s Port Arthur LNG terminal. It also said it would delay investments in a 20-billion US-Dollar refining and petrochemical project at home, at its Yanbu hub. The reason: cash conservation.
Earlier this year, Riyadh government sources told the Wall Street Journal that Saudi Arabia was not pursuing its 200-billion US-Dollar solar farm project it had conceived in partnership with Japan’s SoftBank. Nobody was working on the project, the sources said, and Riyadh was discussing a replacement with several smaller solar projects.
The 500-billion US-Dollar smart city project, Neom, is still on the table, it appears. The Kingdom’s oil ministry recently said it would help fund the project and make sure it was completed on time.
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source: oil price
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-> 2 Stabbed in Paris Attack Termed Act of Islamist Terrorism
French authorities launched an anti-terrorism investigation Friday after an attacker stabbed two people in Paris near the former offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
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source: voa
source: tass
source: la liberation fr
III. Translated News in English
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-> Language training in daycare centers - Fewer children grow up with German
According to a report, hardly any German is spoken at home in every fifth child in daycare. The proportion has increased in recent years. The FDP is therefore calling for better language support in day-care centers.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
ref:
The costs and the yield for refugees welcome
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-> Berlin wants to determine what content you can demonstrate for
With a new "Freedom of Assembly Act", Berlin's government wants to make it easier to ban racist demonstrations that glorify violence. It is de facto a special provision against right-wing extremists. That is not entirely unproblematic.
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The draft says nothing concrete about Islamist or radical left-wing violence, including whether the stricter ban on wearing uniforms also applies to the black bloc. It is de facto a special provision against right-wing extremists. A rally can be broken up quickly if it is “suitable or intended to convey a willingness to use violence”, “is linked in its overall character to the rites and symbols of the National Socialist tyranny” and thus “has an intimidating effect or is in a significant way contrary to the moral feelings of the citizens and violates citizens and basic social or ethical beliefs ”.
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Nobody wants to see right-wing drummers roaming Berlin. But that's not the point in this context. It's about whether Berlin wants to legally determine what content you can demonstrate for and what not. As the draft law is formulated, the capital could fail with it in Karlsruhe. That would be as embarrassing as it is unnecessary.
source: welt translate
source: welt
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-> FinCEN Files data leak - How the fight against money laundering fails
A data leak from the US Treasury Department reveals serious problems in the fight against money laundering. Well-known banks have accordingly transferred billions of euros for dubious customers and thereby undermined their own standards.
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source: tagesschau translate
source: tagesschau
source: orf at
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-> Planned anti-hate law "not constitutional"
Patrick Breyer, politician of the Pirate Party Germany, speaks out against the planned anti-hate law. To spy on the Internet use of individuals to a large extent without the requirement of a serious crime is unconstitutional, he said in the Dlf. It does little to combat hatred online.
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source: deutschlandfunk translate
source: deutschlandfunk
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-> Von der Leyen (President of the European Commission) insists on mandatory refugee quotas
EU Commission head Ursula von der Leyen wants to finally implement a common European migration policy through a new mix of solidarity and responsibility. Her ideas also include “deportation sponsorships” and a “deportation coordinator”.
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source: welt translate
source: welt
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-> Worldwide comparison - Germans pay the most for electricity
It is well known that electricity is not cheap in Germany. Word should also have got around that prices are constantly rising. What is new is that nowhere else in the world has so much money to be shelled out for energy supply as in this country.
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However, the power supply is a really expensive affair in this country. German consumers pay the highest electricity prices in an international comparison. This is the result of a price analysis of 135 countries, which the comparison portal Verivox carried out with data from the energy service Global Petrol Prices. Since the turn of the millennium, the price of electricity in this country has more than doubled. This is also due to the high proportion of taxes, levies and charges, which now make up more than 50 percent of the electricity price. For example, the EEG surcharge, which finances the expansion of renewable energies, has increased more than tenfold since 2004.
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But electricity is also sometimes considerably cheaper in other large industrialized countries than in Germany. For example, private consumers in the USA have to pay 13.03 cents for a kilowatt hour, not even half of what consumers in this country shoulder. In Saudi Arabia, Russia, Mexico, China, India, Argentina, Indonesia, Turkey, Canada and South Korea, less than 10 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity are due.
And even if the different price levels between the countries are taken into account, according to the study, Germany is still in 16th place in the global electricity price comparison, adjusted for purchasing power, and is therefore the most expensive G-20 country. Italy and Turkey follow at a distance. In a comparison adjusted for purchasing power, electricity is most expensive in Rwanda, followed by Nicaragua and Burkina Faso. It is cheapest in Sudan, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
source: n-tv translate
source: n-tv
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-> FOLLOW THE CORONA CRISIS : Real wages are falling faster than ever before
Compared to the same period in the previous year, real wages fell by 4.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020, reports the Federal Statistical Office. Short-time working has cushioned even greater losses in income.
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source: faz translate
source: faz
source: spiegel
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