A source told Reuters that the U.S. allies were “embarrassed” by Pompeo’s support for President Trump after he incited a violent riot at the Capitol last week. Luxembourg politician and NATO ally Jean Asselborn, whom Pompeo had attempted to schedule a meeting with on the trip, called President Trump a “criminal” during a radio appearance the day after the Capitol riot.
Daily Archives: 12. Januar 2021
The @StateDept has now announced @SecPompeo ‚s trip to #Brussels and @NATO headquarters has been cancelled – saying: „we are cancelling all planned travel this week, including the Secretary’s trip to Europe“:
Live: FBI, Justice Department Hold Briefing On Capitol Riots | NBC News
Watch live coverage as members of the FBI and Justice Department provide updates on the investigation into the attack a pro-Trump mob executed at the U.S. Capitol.
“My first thought was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol” -an actual US senator
Pompeo Says Al-Qaida Has New Base in Iran, Gives No Hard Evidence
With just eight days left in office for President Donald Trump, Pompeo alleged that Iran has given safe haven to Al-Qaida leaders and support for the group, despite some skepticism within the intelligence community and Congress.
On Monday, Pompeo was seen meeting with Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen, according to Politico‘s White House Correspondant Meredith McGraw.
NEW: FBI and DOJ to hold 3 p.m. ET news conference on Wednesday‘s storming of the US Capitol, DOJ announces.
WATCH: House readies impeachment vote amid new briefings on Capitol security concerns. #MTPDaily @chucktodd : „Some members of Congress will be casting an impeachment vote tomorrow, while fearing for their lives.“
Pompeo was complicit in inciting violent attacks on the #Capitol. Now with days left of an illegitimate administration, he’s meeting with the Mossad & tomorrow he wants to give a speech on his number one obsession: #Iran. I’m sure he’s only planning good things.
Congress Briefed On New Threats Facing Lawmakers And Capitol, Rep. Conor Lamb Says
The briefing follows an FBI bulletin warning of “armed protests” being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington, DC, and provides the latest sense of a heightened state of alarm among lawmakers and law enforcement officials following last week’s deadly siege at the US Capitol.
Spitzenbeamter Röller: Merkels „Firewall“ im Wirecard-Skandal?
Für die Öffentlichkeit ist er meist unsichtbar. Allenfalls auf Auslandsreisen gerät der einstige Wirtschaftsprofessor eher unabsichtlich auf Fotos, gemeinsam mit seiner Chefin, der Bundeskanzlerin, deren wichtigster Stichwortgeber er bei solchen Gelegenheiten ist.
Gantz Says He Would Back Former Ally Lapid‘s Bid to Lead anti-Netanyahu Bloc
“We will find what all of us have in common,” said Gantz, who is the defense minister and alternate prime minister in the outgoing government. “I call upon everyone for whom Israel is important, on everyone who won’t go with Bibi [Netanyahu], to forgo their egos and unite. I am prepared to sacrifice a lot, as I have already proven, so that Bibi leaves. If ego goes, Bibi will go.”
‚I Was Wrong to Join Netanyahu‘: Gantz Calls for Broad Center-left Coalition
Kahol Lavan chairman Benny Gantz called on leaders of center-left parties to unite ahead of Israel‘s March 23 election in order to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – his coalition partner over the past year.
China‘s Kangtai starts mid-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(29.10.2020)
Apart from developing its own vaccine, Kangtai also has a deal to make and supply mainland China with the vaccine candidate developed by AstraZeneca and researchers at the University of Oxford.
China’s ‘King of Vaccines,’ a partner to AstraZeneca, is plagued by scandal.
(Dec. 7, 2020)
Kangtai will be the exclusive manufacturer in mainland China for the vaccine made by AstraZeneca, and the companies could work together on deals for other countries. Kangtai is also in early trials for its own candidate.
UPDATE 1-Brazil‘s Fiocruz says AstraZeneca vaccine ingredients may be delayed weeks
(08.01.2021)
A source with knowledge of the situation said the active
ingredient is ready to be shipped to Brazil, but is still
waiting for an export license from China, where it is produced.
AstraZeneca vaccine likely won‘t be authorized in US until April
(30.12.2020)
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University is not likely to be authorized for use in the U.S. until April, a top Trump administration health official said Wednesday.
“We project, if everything goes well, that the readout and emergency use authorization may be granted somewhere early in the month of April,” Moncef Slaoui, the chief science adviser for the administration‘s Operation Warp Speed, told reporters.
AstraZ did not apply for approval until now. EMA cannot approve what they do not get.
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Good news! @AstraZeneca has applied to @EMA_News to have its vaccine authorised in the EU. @EMA_News will assess the vaccine’s safety & efficacy.
Once the vaccine receives a positive scientific opinion, we will work full speed to authorise its use in Europe.
Zulassung beantragt: EU-Entscheidung über Astrazeneca-Vakzine folgt noch im Jänner
Für die EU und Österreich soll der ChAdOx1 nCoV-19-Impfstoff mit 400 Millionen vorbestellten Dosen das Rückgrat für die Durchimpfung der breiten Bevölkerung darstellen. Das wird auch dadurch erleichtert, dass die Vakzine bei normaler Kühlschranktemperatur von zwei bis acht Grad Celsius länger aufbewahrt werden kann.
Leaders at One Planet summit focus on protecting biodiversity
(11.01.2020)
The one-day summit will focus on four major topics: protecting terrestrial and marine ecosystems; promoting agroecology, a more sustainable way to grow food; increasing funding to protect biodiversity; and identifying links between deforestation and the health of humans and animals.
About 30 leaders, government officials and heads of international organizations were to attend, including U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. China will be represented by Vice Premier Han Zheng.
COVID-19 pandemic and biopolitics in Latin America
(17. AUgust 2020)
At the time of this writing [June 3, 2020], Latin America has become the new epicenter of the pandemic with growing number of reported cases of infections and deaths. Various governments in Latin America (Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil) and the Inter-American Development Bank have deployed digital technologies to control the transmission of the virus and to support testing and tracing. They have collaborated with private companies and universities in setting up mobile applications for geolocalizing and contact-tracing possibly infected people. Expectedly, these actions have raised concerns about the negative impact of massive surveillance.
However, while we recognize the legitimacy of these concerns, the problem in Latin America takes different dimensions than in Europe, North America, and East Asia. For the moment, the governments in the region have significant problems to launch and maintain massive digital surveillance apparatuses.
Does the #COVID-19 pandemic mark the birth of a new form of #biopolitics? The Latin American case shows important departures from Europe and the U.S., both in the adoption of surveillance technologies and in the types of biopolitical control
COVID-19 recovery offers ‘chance to change course’, Guterres tells One Planet Summit
(11.01.2021)
The Secretary-General noted that innovations and nature-based solutions are especially promising, and that preserving biodiversity also creates jobs. According to the World Economic Forum, emerging business opportunities across nature could create 191 million jobs by 2030, he added.
At the same time, with a financing gap of $711 billion per year until 2030 to meet global biodiversity targets, increased and sustained financing will be crucial to transition away from polluting sectors, Mr. Guterres said.
“The time has come to…align public and private financial flows with the Paris Agreement commitments and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and integrate the goal of carbon neutrality into all economic and fiscal decisions.”
Agenda 21
Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations System, Governments, and Major Groups in every area in which human impacts on the environment.
Agenda 21, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the Statement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests were adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992.
#DavosAgenda
The Davos Agenda 25-29 January 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that no institution or individual alone can address the economic, environmental, social and technological challenges of our complex, interdependent world. The pandemic itself will not transform the world, but it has accelerated systemic changes that were apparent before its inception. The fault lines that emerged in 2020 now appear as critical crossroads in 2021. The time to rebuild trust and to make crucial choices is fast approaching as the need to reset priorities and the urgency to reform systems grow stronger around the world.
Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better
(Nov 10, 2017)
Totale Weltordnung: 193 Regierungen beschließen einstimmig „Agenda 2030“
(26. September 2015)
Nochmal in Kürze:
1992 – „Agenda 21“ und UN-„Weltgipfel“ in Rio
1993 – „Kommission für nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (CSD)
2012 – Zweiter „Weltgipfel“ in Rio, Papier „Die Zukunft die wir wollen“
2013 – „Hochrangiges politische Forum über nachhaltige Entwicklung“ (HLPF)
Der nun gestern, am 25. September 2015 ergangene „Agenda 2030“-Beschluss der UN ermächtigt u.a. in Punkt 84 das HLPF unter der „Schirmherrschaft“ vom Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat der Vereinten Nationen (ECOSOC) regelmäßige „Überprüfungen“ vorzunehmen,
„eingeschlossen die Zivilgesellschaft und den privaten Sektor“.