In einigen italienischen Großstädten sind heute Abend Demonstranten auf die Straße gegangen, um gegen den „Grünen Pass“ als Bedingung für die Zulassung in Lokalen, Kinos, Theatern und Sportzentren zu protestieren. Demonstrationen gab es unter anderem in Mailand, Turin und Rom.
Daily Archives: 28. Juli 2021
Scientists in Morocco unearth Stone Age hand-axe site dating back 1.3 million years
He said the beginning of the Acheulian in Morocco is now close to the South and East African start dates of 1.6 million and 1.8 million years ago respectively.
France fines Monsanto for illegally acquiring data on journalists, activists
The firm, now owned by German chemical giant Bayer, failed to inform the people on the watch lists compiled in the context of a heated public debate about glyphosate, a weed killer, it ruled.
The CNIL agency fined Monsanto 400,000 euros ($473,000) in the case brought by seven plaintiffs.
Regierungskrise im Libanon: Der nächste Milliardär
Libanon: Präsident Aoun beauftragt ehemaligen Premier Mikati mit Regierungsbildung.
Gute Absichten können Menschen finanziell ruinieren
Das Telemediengesetz schützt Freifunker – eigentlich
Dass Freifunker für ihre Nutzer haften, wollte der Gesetzgeber eigentlich vermeiden: Im Frühjahr 2017 hatte die Große Koalition auf Bundesebene eine Änderung des Telemediengesetzes (TMG) beschlossen. Demnach sind Anschlussinhaber für rechtswidriges Verhalten der WLAN-Nutzer nicht verantwortlich, sofern sie nicht involviert sind. Das TMG schließt auch Unterlassungs- oder Schadenersatzansprüche gegen Freifunker aus.
Doch in Hubrigs aktuellem Fall wurde der Freifunker schon in zwei Instanzen dazu verurteilt, dem Gericht die Nutzer seines offenen WLANs zu nennen, um sich selbst zu entlasten.
Castillo To Be Sworn in as Peru’s President on Independence Day
On Friday, Castillo will also hold a special ceremony in the region of Ayacucho, in the Pampa de Quinua, the scene of the battle that marked the end of Spanish colonialism in South America.
President Biden Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Peru to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency José Pedro Castillo Terrones
The Honorable Miguel Cardona, United States Secretary of Education, will lead the delegation.
Pitch Black: Deutsche Beteiligung
Ab 2022 wird die Luftwaffe beginnen, Tank- und Kampfflugzeuge im Rahmen von Langstreckenverlegungen nach Australien zu entsenden.
Venezuela and Angola Deepen Cooperation for Mutual Benefit
On April 20 of this year, the Minister of People‘s Power for Ecological Mining Development, Magaly Henríquez, met with Fernándes Da Costa, for the reactivation and consolidation of the strategic alliances between both nations, in the re-launching of Venezuela‘s diamond production activity.
3rd political group quits Oct. parliamentary elections in Iraq
Iraq is scheduled to hold early elections on Oct. 10, in response to the anti-government protests against corruption and lack of public services. The previous parliamentary elections in Iraq were held on May 12, 2018, and the next elections were originally scheduled to take place in 2022.
Without apologising, Macron says Paris owes ‚debt‘ to French Polynesia over nuclear tests
Only 63 Polynesian civilians have been compensated for radiation exposure since the tests ended in 1996, Disclose said, estimating that more than 100,000 people may have been contaminated in total, with leukaemia, lymphoma and other cancers rife.
Chef der Anti-Korruptionsermittlung in Guatemala entlassen
Konflikt mit Umfeld des Staatspräsidenten bahnte sich an. Welle der Empörung im ganzen Land. Streiks und Blockaden geplant
Joint open letter by civil society organizations and independent experts calling on states to implement an immediate moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of surveillance technology
The investigation has so far also identified at least 180 journalists in 20 countries who were selected for potential targeting with NSO spyware between 2016 to June 2021. Deeply concerning details that have emerged include evidence that family members of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were targeted with Pegasus software before and after his murder in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by Saudi operatives,despite repeated denials from NSO Group that its products were used to target Khashoggi or his family members.
The revelations are only a tip of the iceberg.
Digitalcourage und 145 weitere Organisationen fordern ein sofortiges Moratorium für Überwachungstechnologien
Digitalcourage und 145 weitere Organisationen fordern ein sofortiges Moratorium für Überwachungstechnologien. Als Reaktion auf die Veröffentlichungen des „Pegasus-Projekt“ ist jetzt die Politik gefordert, den Schutz von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern in den Vordergrund zu stellen. Daher müssen staatliche Genehmigungen für Verkauf und Export solcher Technologien umgehend ausgesetzt werden, mindestens bis Regulierungen zum Schutz der Menschenrechte umgesetzt wurden.
Die Berichterstattung der letzten Woche zum Pegasus-Projekt hat bestätigt, wie gefährlich die Entwicklung, der Vertrieb und die Nutzung von Überwachungstechnologien für Demokratie und Menschenrechte ist. Der Einsatz von Staatstrojanern, wie der Pegasus-Software, ist eine Gefahr für Demokratie und Menschenrechte. Durch die Installation derartiger Software können Dritte die vollständige Kontrolle über das Gerät übernehmen und so z.B. Nachrichten auf einem Smartphone mitlesen oder Mikrofon und Kamera aus der Ferne einschalten. Daher haben sich über 145 Organisationen und 28 Expert.innen zusammengetan und einen offenen Brief verfasst, welcher nun von Amnesty International veröffentlicht wurde.
NSO Spyware Scandal May Threaten Israel’s Love Affair With Amazon and Google
he idea is that computing services will be supplied by local cloud sites, and the information – from the government, the IDF and private bodies – will be processed and stored within the borders of Israel and subject to state laws. This will take place by establishing Israeli subsidiaries to large companies like Amazon and Google that will do business with the government.
Ecuador: Gericht entzieht Assange Staatsbürgerschaft
Das Justizministerium informierte Assange als Reaktion auf eine Beschwerde des Außenministeriums, dass seine Staatsbürgerschaft ungültig sei. Von Behördenseite wird zur Last gelegt, dass das Einbürgerungsschreiben für Assange Unstimmigkeiten enthalten habe.
Julian Assange’s High Court fight against extradition
Why are we raising funds?
Undertaking the next step in the legal process and defending Julian in the High Court will be expensive, even though Julian’s legal team continues to work for low remuneration and have contributed much of their time pro bono. We cannot do it alone and we need your support.
The significance of Julian‘s case
It was the Trump administration who charged Julian under the Espionage Act for exposing war crimes and human rights abuses in 2010 and 2011.
The decision to indict him was a political act motivated by malice. Julian exposed the killing of unarmed civilians and the torture of innocent people. For that the people who are driving this want to bury Julian in the deepest, darkest corner of the US prison system for the rest of his life. Julian faces a potential sentence of 175 years.
Report: Whistleblower Daniel Hale, responsible for revealing massive civilian cost of US Drone Program, receives 45 month sentence „It was necessary to dispel the lie that drone warfare keeps us safe, that our lives are worth more than theirs“ #DanielHale
Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison
Before he was sentenced, Hale read a powerful and intensely emotional speech to the court, condemning the horrors of war, particularly the post-9/11 U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and drew attention to Iraqi and Afghan victims of the U.S. drone assassination program. He said he opposes war for the same reasons he opposes the death penalty, saying it’s wrong to kill and especially wrong to kill the defenseless. The U.S. often posthumously labels those it kills as “combatants,” and Hale said that sometimes up to 90% of victims in a given airstrike are unidentifiable.
I Worked at Israeli Phone Hacking Firm Cellebrite. They Lied to Us
I would like to address the issue of supervising phone hacking technology that is being exported by NSO Group and Cellebrite. As a former Cellebrite employee, I can say from personal experience that the company does nothing to prevent the abuse of its products by customers. It knowingly sells products and services to users of dubious repute, belonging to autocratic regimes.
WTO weiter uneins über Aussetzung der Impfstoffpatente
Pharmakonzerne und die Länder, in denen sie angesiedelt sind, argumentieren, Patente seien nicht das Haupthindernis bei der Erhöhung der Produktion. Zugleich warnen sie, dadurch würden Innovationen ausgebremst. Die 164 WTO-Staaten müssen alle Entscheidungen im Konsens treffen.
WTO Members Fail To Agree On Patent Waiver For COVID-19 Vaccines
The World Trade Organization member countries have failed to reach a consensus on a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, WTO spokesman Keith Rockwell said on Tuesday following the General Council session. According to Okonjo-Iweala, the WTO member countries will make a decision by the 12th WTO ministerial conference, which will take place in late November-early December.
Frederick G. Banting: Nobel Lecture, September 15, 1925
Gentlemen. I very deeply appreciate the honour which you have conferred upon me in awarding the Nobel Prize for 1923 to me and Professor J.J.R. Macleod. I am fully aware of the responsibility which rests upon me to deliver an address in which certain aspects of the work on insulin may be placed before you. This I propose to do today and I regret that an earlier opportunity has not been afforded me of satisfying this obligation.
Tomorrow is the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of insulin. In 1921, insulin’s discoverers sold its patent for $1 so insulin would be affordable to all. Today, a single vial of insulin that lasts me about a week is priced at $300+, only in the United States.
(26.07.2021)
Biden will announce vaccination requirement across federal government on Thursday
President Joe Biden will announce on Thursday a requirement that all federal employees and contractors be vaccinated against Covid-19, or be required to submit to regular testing and mitigation requirements, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Watch: Fauci, CNN, White House, Newsom, & Cuomo All Ratchet Up Attacks On Unvaccinated Americans
(27.07.2021)
Unvaccinated Americans were the talking point of the day on Monday with a slew of figures slamming those who have chosen not to take the coronavirus jabs, assigning blame to them for America ‘going backwards’, likening them to murderers, and suggesting that they are to blame for more deadly variants of the virus emerging.
US buys 200m Pfizer jabs for children and possible boosters
(23.07.2021)
The US government is buying an additional 200m doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, expanding its total order to 500m, as officials prepare for the next phase of vaccinations, including children under 12 and potential booster shots.
Doses of the messenger RNA shots — to be delivered between October and April next year — will either be the current formulation or one that has been adapted to coronavirus variants
China, US enhance mutual understanding through ‘deep and thorough talks’: Chinese FM
The trip to Tianjin by Deputy Secretary Sherman is another important diplomatic interaction between China and the US after the dialogue in Anchorage, Zhao said at a regular press conference on Tuesday. During her brief 24-hour stay, Ms Sherman spent altogether six hours in the meeting with State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and talks with Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng, he added.
Abrüstungsgespräche: USA und Russland verhandeln in Genf
Grundlage ist das einzige noch verbliebene große Abkommen zur Rüstungskontrolle zwischen den USA und Russland: der atomare Abrüstungsvertrag New Start.