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Daily Archives: 16. April 2019
#NotreDameCathedral please please can we have a SPRINKLER systems in the roof of Westminster abbey and Salisbury cathedral and more!
The Palace of Westminster is a world heritage site and water literally poured through the roof of the Commons the other week. Buildings like this & Notre Dame are part of our human story – we have a duty to save them.
Notre-Dame de Paris, avant et après l’incendie en images
La comparaison entre les images précédant l’incendie et celles prises au lendemain de celui-ci permet de mesurer l’étendue des dégâts causés sur la charpente de la cathédrale.
Notre Dame’s loss is too much to bear
One winter morning heavy snow was falling and as I headed to the station I stopped dead, alone in the street with the cathedral and just drinking in the sight of a building I had seen a hundred times before. When I got into London a friend could see I was just beaming still, radiating far too much joy for such a time of the week. He asked how I was and I remember simply saying, ‘This morning I saw Notre Dame in the snow’. It was like that.
US-Kongress: Demokraten laden Deutsche Bank vor
Für ihre Untersuchungen von Donald Trumps Finanzgeschäften fordern Abgeordnete Informationen von der Deutschen Bank. Das Institut galt einst als Hausbank des Präsidenten.
Deutsche Bank Is Subpoenaed for Trump Records by House Democrats
The two committees that issued the subpoena, the House’s Intelligence and Financial Services committees, also demanded documents from numerous other financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup, related to possible money-laundering by people in Russia and Eastern Europe, according to three people with knowledge of the investigation.
‘Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum
That prospect is not only spooking establishment-aligned Democrats, but it is also creating tensions about what, if anything, should be done to halt Mr. Sanders.
Ecuador: Moreno freut sich über neue Kredite der Weltbank
Der ecuadorianische Präsident Lenín Moreno hat sich am Sonntag in der US-amerikanischen Hauptstadt mit dem neuen Präsidenten der Weltbank, David Malpass, getroffen und von diesem die Zusage für weitere Kredite für sein Land bekommen. Die Weltbank wird die bisher vereinbarten 350 Millionen US-Dollar um weitere 500 Millionen US-Dollar aufstocken.
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of US
Well, the Assange arrest is scandalous in several respects. One of them is just the effort of governments—and it’s not just the U.S. government. The British are cooperating. Ecuador, of course, is now cooperating. Sweden, before, had cooperated. The efforts to silence a journalist who was producing materials that people in power didn’t want the rascal multitude to know about—OK?—that’s basically what happened. WikiLeaks was producing things that people ought to know about those in power. People in power don’t like that, so therefore we have to silence it. OK? This is the kind of thing, the kind of scandal, that takes place, unfortunately, over and over.
Namibia: Tragedy At Nimt
Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology executive director Eckhart Mueller and his deputy, Helmo Helwig, were gunned down at Arandis this morning.
Academics Concerned Over Singapore‘s „Fake News“‚ Law
Now ninety-seven academics from around the world with expertise in Singapore and Asia have signed a letter warning the proposed legislation „may deter scholarship and set precedents harmful to global academia.“
„We are concerned that the proposed legislation will have unintended detrimental consequences for scholars and research in Singapore,“ said the group, who included academics from Harvard and Yale, as well as institutions in Britain, Australia, and parts of Asia.
European Lawmakers Protest Outside Assange‘s London Jail
German and Spanish lawmakers protested against Julian Assange‘s detention on Monday, gathering outside a London prison to urge Britain and the EU to prevent his extradition to the United States.
Two leftist German MPs, Heike Hansel and Sevim Dagdelen of Die Linke, and a Spanish Green member of the European Parliament, Ana Miranda, had been due to meet their „friend“ Assange in London‘s Ecuadoran embassy later on Monday.
„Ein mehrfacher Skandal“. Noam Chomsky über die Festnahme von Assange
Die Inhaftierung von Assange ist in mehrfacher Hinsicht ein Skandal. Zum einen wegen der bloßen Anstrengungen, die Regierungen hier an den Tag legten – und nicht nur die der USA. Die Briten kooperieren, Ecuador natürlich, und die Schweden taten dies bereits zuvor. Im Grunde geht es darum, einen Journalisten zum Schweigen zu bringen, der Material in Umlauf gebracht hat, von dem die schimpfliche Menge dem Willen der Herrschenden nach nichts wissen sollte. So etwas mögen sie nicht, also wird es abgestellt. Dergleichen passiert leider immer wieder.
Freedom for Julian Assange – No extradition to the USA! Joint statement by @SevimDagdelen, Heike Hänsel and @anamirandapaz on the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in front of HMP Belmarsh prison in London: .. #FreeAssange #Unity4J #ProtectJulian
On Sky News, an inconvenient fact from Julian Assange’s lawyer collapses the official narrative
On 14 April, UK lawyer for Julian Assange, Jennifer Robinson, collapsed the official narrative on Sky News.
Speaking to Sophy Ridge, Robinson pointed out an inconvenient fact:
„All these people saying he was hiding from Swedish justice. If that were the case, why didn’t he walk out the embassy two years ago when this case was dropped?“
The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro
The letter, which went live last Friday, has 590 signatories so far, many of whom identify as museum employees, students, university scientists, patrons, and anonymous museum goers..
New York mayor Bill de Blasio has also weighed in, saying Bolsonaro is a “very dangerous human being” and that he would “certainly urge the museum not to allow him to be hosted there.”
U.S. natural history museum will not host event honoring Brazil president
The museum had expressed concern over the event last week, saying it had been booked before the decision was made to honor Bolsonaro.
“With mutual respect for the work & goals of our individual organizations, we jointly agreed that the Museum is not the optimal location for the Brazilian-Am. Chamber of Commerce gala dinner,” the museum said on its official Twitter account.
IT-Sicherheitsgesetz 2.0 – ein weiterer Schritt zur Errichtung eines Polizeistaats
Das „IT-Sicherheitsgesetz 2.0“ sieht vor, das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) für Geheimdienstaufgaben aufzurüsten, die Vollmachten der Polizei auszuweiten und das Strafrecht um neue Straftatbestände zu erweitern. Die Plattform www.netzpolitik.org hat den Entwurf am 27. März veröffentlicht.
Can a ‚people‘s vote‘ stop Paris airports from going private?
French opposition lawmakers from left and right who banded together to trigger a public referendum on President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to privatise Paris airports have cleared a first hurdle in a complex process often regarded as nearly impossible.
Mr Lammy really went off piste today, didn‘t he
(14.4.2019)
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