The 78-page investigation by the inspector general of the State Department singled out several previously unknown breaches by Clinton while she was secretary of state, including the use of mobile devices to conduct official business without checking whether they posed a security risk.
Daily Archives: 25. Mai 2016
French nuclear plant workers to go on strike Thursday: CGT union
Staff at France‘s 19 nuclear plants have voted to go on strike on Thursday as part of the wider protests over the governments proposed reforms to employment laws, a CGT union official said on Wednesday, but no blackouts are expected.
Citing obstruction, UN torture prevention panel suspends Ukraine visit
“This denial of access is in breach of Ukraine‘s obligations as a State party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. It has meant that we have not been able to visit some places where we have heard numerous and serious allegations that people have been detained and where torture or ill-treatment may have occurred,” said Malcolm Evans, head of the four-member delegation, in a statement issued by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Hyper-Reality von Keiichi Matsuda
Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.(…)
Robots are being programmed to ‚feel pain‘ – and react to it like humans do
The project, headed up by scientists from Leibniz University of Hannover, presents an about-face in terms of robotic design for some.
Neanderthals built mysterious cave structures 175,000 years ago
The most prominent formations are two ringed walls, built four layers deep in places, which appear to have been propped up with stalagmites wedged in place as vertical stays. The largest of the walls is nearly seven metres across and, where intact, stands up to 40cm high.
Katholikentag: „Ihr lebt aus der Freude des Evangeliums!“
Zum ersten Mal auf Deutsch: Zum Start des 100. Katholikentags hat Papst Franziskus eine Video-Botschaft gesendet. Darin formuliert er einen klaren Wunsch an die Teilnehmer des Treffens.
Gauland stellt klar: #AfD ist nicht christlich, sondern nationalistisch [was so ziemlich das Gegenteil ist]
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Bedroht die #AfD mit ihrer #Islam-Kritik auch das Christentum? – Warum keine AfD-Politiker beim Katholikentag sind:
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A principle that should not be forgotten
For hundreds of years, it has been an accepted rule of law that one country should not have the right to impose its rules on the citizens of other countries. As a result, information that is illegal in one country can be perfectly legal in others: Thailand outlaws insults to its king; Brazil outlaws negative campaigning in political elections; Turkey outlaws speech that denigrates Ataturk or the Turkish nation — but each of these things is legal elsewhere. As a company that operates globally, we work hard to respect these differences.
Google To France: No You Don‘t Get To Censor The Global Internet
This is a big, big deal for how the global internet will function. Giving the most censorious and autocratic countries veto powers over the global internet should obviously raise serious concerns among everyone — even those among you who hate or fear Google.
What’s driving Silicon Valley to become ‘radicalized’
Like many Silicon Valley start-ups, Larry Gadea’s company collects heaps of sensitive data from his customers.
Recently, he decided to do something with that data trove that was long considered unthinkable: He is getting rid of it.
The reason? Gadea fears that one day the FBI might do to him what it did to Apple in their recent legal battle: demand that he give the agency access to his encrypted data.
Eurogroup on Greece: a carrot for a bunch of sticks
The marathon negotiations in Brussels ended at 3 o’ clock in the morning. The Eurogroup finance ministers but in fact Germany and the International Monetary Fund agreed to give a carrot to Greece yet keep waving a bunch of sticks for as long as it takes. At first stage, lenders will pour so much money to Greece, just enough to fulfill its obligations towards the lenders and a small leftover so that the state will pay its arrears to private sector. At the same time they will focus on the implementation of the ‘prior actions’ and have assigned Greece with new tasks, like correcting austerity legislation – correcting to the worse, of course.
Umstrittene Satelliten-Aufnahmen von Luftwaffenbasis T4: Moskau bestreitet Zerstörung von vier Mi-24
Am 14. Mai habe der IS bekanntgegeben, dass bei einem seiner Angriffe vier russische Kampfhubschrauber und 20 Versorgungs-LKWs zerstört worden wären. Andere Medien konnten das nicht bestätigen. Der Redakteur der International Business Times, Callum Paton, merkte bezüglich der Darstellungen des verantwortlichen Stratfor-Analysten Sim Tak kritisch an, dass sich der IS trotz der Tragweite des Angriffs sich gegen sonstige Gepflogenheitennicht nicht zur Zerstörung der Hubschrauber bekannt habe.
Protesters Blockade Planned Pipeline Site Near Nuclear Plant Outside NYC
In Peekskill, New York, just about an hour north of New York City, residents have launched a blockade in efforts to stop the construction of a gas pipeline slated to run only hundreds of feet from the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant. The proposed project has sparked concerns from residents and nuclear experts that a pipeline break could cause a catastrophic nuclear disaster that would threaten the entirety of New York City.
Striking Workers Shut Down France‘s Oil Depots, Move to Blockade Nuclear Plant
Striking workers with the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), one of France‘s largest unions, are clashing with French government forces after the union members blockaded oil refineries and depots in response to President François Hollande forcing unpopular labor reforms through parliament earlier this month.
GOP Lawmakers Capitalize on Zika Threat to Pass Bill Dubbed ‚Making Pesticides Great Again‘ Act
The Republican-controlled U.S. House on Tuesday passed legislation—newly rebranded with the word „Zika“ in it—that Democrats say is in fact not at all about the addressing the threat of the virus but making it easier for pesticides to contaminate the nation‘s waterways.
Atommüll: AKW Isar als ‚Super-Zwischenlager‘? – http://ift.tt/1XwkChl
Police Raid on Radio Karacadağ on Claims of ‘Defaming President’
It has been reported that the raid has been conducted over a user sharing the message on Twitter following the weekly broadcast on HDP (Peoples Democratic Party), that the radio had been broadcasting uninterruptedly the speech of a HDP MP and the whole speech consisted of defamation and hatred against the Presidential Palace.
Army Cmdr. predicts Syrian domination ‘ultimately all over country’
“The latest developments on the ground in Syria indicate that government forces would only require Iran’s army personnel’s advisory help; our counselling aid has helped Syrian government forces to implement its plans very well,” Pourdastan emphasized.
‚Right to be forgotten‘ extends to newspaper archives, Belgian court rules
The court was ruling on an appeal by Rossel, publishers of Le Soir newspaper. They had been sued by a member of the public who had been involved in a traffic accident in the past and who demanded that all reference to the matter be expunged from the paper’s archives.
Swedish parliament ratifies NATO accord amid Russia tensions
Sweden is outside the U.S.-led NATO but has moved closer to the alliance in recent years, cooperating with NATO states like Denmark, Norway and Iceland and participating in operations in Afghanistan.
Total rules out Arctic oil drilling, citing 2C goal
French oil major to cut back on expensive tar sands development and avoid the Arctic, raising the bar for industry action on climate change
UN torture prevention body suspends Ukraine visit citing obstruction
“This denial of access is in breach of Ukraine’s obligations as a State party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. It has meant that we have not been able to visit some places where we have heard numerous and serious allegations that people have been detained and where torture or ill-treatment may have occurred,”
Deutschland ignoriert Waffen-Embargo gegen Ägypten
Trotz eines grundsätzlichen Lieferstopps für Munition und Waffen verkaufen nach Angaben von Amnesty International zwölf der 28 EU-Mitgliedstaaten weiter Rüstungsgüter an das nordafrikanische Land. Dazu gehöre auch Deutschland, erklärte die Menschenrechtsorganisation am Mittwoch. Berlin habe 2014 Rüstungsexporte im Umfang von 22,7 Millionen Euro genehmigt, darunter vor allem U-Boot-Technologie.
Europäische Union kündigt vollautonome Testflüge mit Flugzeug-Drohnen an
Die deutsch-katarische Herstellerfirma RS-UAS bewirbt ein Einsatzspektrum „von der zivilen Nutzung über die militärische Aufklärung bis hin zu Forschungszwecken“. Ein Prototyp soll bald von der europäischen Luftfahrtbehörde EASA zertifiziert werden, anschließend will der Hersteller mit der Serienproduktion beginnen. Erster Auftraggeber sei der Staat Katar, auch die Bundeswehr sowie „Interessenten aus den USA und Australien“ haben der Firma zufolge bereits Kaufabsichten bekundet.
Putin: Who gave NATO right to kill Gaddafi?
(2011) Who gave coalition forces in Libya the right to eliminate Gaddafi? That‘s the question Vladimir Putin‘s been asking, during an official visit to Denmark. The Russian Premier also said NATO‘s effectively joined one of the warring sides in the conflict. And more responsible action should be taken instead.
Opposites Attract: Swedish Left and Right Unite to Sink NATO Deal
Meanwhile, the NGO No to NATO has been gathering signatures to stop the controversial agreement and organizing rallies advocating non-alignment. A demonstration in central Stockholm on Saturday gathered thousands of campaigners, including high-profile politicians such as former Defense Minister Thage Petterson, a notable opponent of NATO.
Wer sich selbst mit Strom versorgt, soll künftig zahlen
Das Haus von Finanzminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) plant nämlich eine Änderung des Stromsteuergesetzes. Demnach soll, wer sich mit mehr als 20 Megawattstunden pro Jahr selbst versorgt, künftig Stromsteuer entrichten – 2,05 Cent je verbrauchter Kilowattstunde.
Troika Heat-Seeking Missile Destroys Greece
The economy, the people, the heart and soul of Greece have been demolished by a lower order of bureaucratic seizure that plagues the world. It is scorched-earth economic warfare, ordinarily referred to as neoliberalism.
Obama in Hanoi: Vietnam Arms Embargo To Be Fully Lifted
Obama said “It was based on our desire to complete what has been a lengthy process of moving toward normalization with Vietnam.”
So, to sum up: the sale of weapons is a sign of normalization. Appropriate, in that that is what is normal in America’s foreign relations in the 21st century. Not whether a nation is an ally or adversary per se, but whether they are a customer for our defense industry.
Rising up Against Empire: Jeremy Scahill and the Easter uprising
Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and a founding editor of The Intercept. He is the author Blackwater: The Rise of the World‘s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, and a producer of the film Dirty Wars, which was nominated for an academy award for best documentary. His newest book, co-written with the staff of The Intercept, is The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government‘s Secret Drone Warfare Program.
Wegen geschwärzter Vermerke zu „Stuttgart 21“: Kanzleramt vor dem Kadi
Am Donnerstag, 26. Mai (9.30 Uhr), verhandelt das Berliner Verwaltungsgericht über eine Klage, bei der sich die oberste Exekutive, das Bundeskanzleramt, wegen ihres massiven Einflusses auf den Weiterbau von „Stuttgart 21“ Anfang 2013 vor Gericht verantworten muss. Kläger ist Dr. Eisenhart von Loeper, Rechtsanwalt und Sprecher des Aktionsbündnisses gegen Stuttgart 21, der bereits die Übergabe von S 21-Vermerken des Kanzleramts an den damaligen Amtschef und heutigen DB-Vorstand Ronald Pofalla und an Kanzlerin Angela Merkel durchsetzen konnte. Im laufenden Prozess geht es darum, ob die nur stark geschwärzt zugänglich gemachten fünf Berichte vollständig entschwärzt und damit noch geheim gehaltene Vorgänge offenbart werden müssen.