When the air-raid warning sirens fell silent, Olena left the shelter and walked back to the sidewalk, waiting for customers looking for sex. As the Russian bombs fell, social workers noticed a reduction in HIV treatments. The people who needed them disappeared from the streets. When soldiers approached Tetiana, usually …
Read More »Sony accused of lying to European regulators
Microsoft communications chief claims Sony lied to regulators The soap opera involving the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft gained another chapter last week. Frank X. Shaw, head of communications for the company founded by Bill Gates, said in a post on Twitter that Sony would be lying to regulatory …
Read More »United Kingdom: 200 minors seeking asylum disappear – 01/27/2023 – World
Around 200 unaccompanied minors – mostly Albanian teenagers – have disappeared from hotels where they were staying while awaiting a decision on their UK asylum applications. The situation provokes indignation from human rights defenders, who are calling for better protection measures and demanding that parliamentarians solve the problem. The missing …
Read More »United Kingdom: 200 minors seeking asylum disappear – 01/27/2023 – World
Around 200 unaccompanied minors – mostly Albanian teenagers – have disappeared from hotels where they were staying while awaiting a decision on their UK asylum applications. The situation provokes indignation from human rights defenders, who are calling for better protection measures and demanding that parliamentarians solve the problem. The missing …
Read More »Review | Medieval – True History on Netflix is Programming for fans of ‘Vikings’ and ‘The Last Kingdom’
The Middle Ages in Europe lasted about ten centuries, between darker and more prosperous phases. It is true that we here in Brazil are more familiar with the medieval stories of Portugal and Spaingiven our historical link with these countries, and with those coming from France, Italy and England, given …
Read More »Is demographic crisis more defining than climate change? – 01/24/2023 – Ross Douthat
There are two types of people in the world: those who believe the defining challenge of the 21st century will be climate change and those who know it will be low births, declining populations, the aging of the world. To start a column like this is to become hostage to …
Read More »Germany says it will not oppose Poland sending tanks to Ukraine – 01/22/2023 – World
On the French channel LCI this Sunday (22), the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock, said that Germany will not oppose if Poland wants to send its Leopard-2 tanks to Ukraine. Asked what would happen if Warsaw asked Berlin for permission to send its heavy armored vehicles to the …
Read More »Review | Betrayal – Netflix ACTION Miniseries is Twist after Twist
There is something that the paranoia in the head of screenwriters loves to write about: the conspiratorial universe in which everyone is against the interests of the “government”, whatever that may be. Usually centered on axis Europe-United States, an action production with suspense and conspiracy usually involves good guys versus …
Read More »Four-day week faces setbacks, but advances in the world – 01/19/2023 – Mercado
After remote work, the new wave resulting from the impacts of Covid-19 is the four-day week. In Spain, the giant Telefónica inaugurated the practice in mid-2021. And it is not the only one in the country. Fashion clothing companies such as Desigual, e-commerce companies such as BigBuy, or software companies …
Read More »Ukraine war: Russia makes nuclear threat again – 01/19/2023 – World
The Ukraine War enters its 48th week with a new turning point in the conflict between Russia, which invaded the neighboring country last February, and the West, which has militarily supported Kiev’s efforts to resist aggression. This Thursday (19), on the eve of the meeting in which Ukrainian allies promise …
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