The WSJ ed board asks a question they really should know the answer to... ➡️ Because you shouldn't blow up explosives when you don't know who's in the area where you are blowing them up. Read up on the laws of war, folks:
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Paging the Laws of War: Daily Brief
“Any government concerned with upholding international humanitarian law ought to be concerned with helping to get justice for the innocent victim...
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A question to the Georgian government, in the spirit of my mother... And if little Vladimir jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too? Georgian parliament approves anti-LGBTQ legislation, echoing measures in Russia:
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Georgian parliament approves anti-LGBTQ legislation, echoing measures in Russia
Georgia’s parliament has approved draft legislation curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, echoing laws adopted in neighboring Russia.
Many questions still swirl around the pager bombings in #Lebanon - like, how is it even possible to put explosive charges in so many electronic devices unnoticed in the first place? But one thing is clear enough: such attacks violate the laws of war. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Paging the Laws of War: Daily Brief
“Any government concerned with upholding international humanitarian law ought to be concerned with helping to get justice for the innocent victim...
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Transmettre les lois de la guerre
L'explosion de milliers d'appareils électroniques dans les mains et les poches de personnes est sans doute une attaque sans précédent,...
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Das humanitäre Völkerrecht anfunken
Tausende elektronische Geräte in den Händen und Taschen von Menschen explodieren zu lassen, mag in der Geschichte der Kriegsführung einzigartig ...
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Paging the Laws of War, Daily Brief September 19, 2024
"One Million Are Now Dead or Injured in the Russia-Ukraine War" And for what? What has Russia's atrocity-ridden invasion achieved? https://www.wsj.com/world/one-million-are-now-dead-or-injured-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-b09d04e5
Can there be anything more blasphemous than claiming to know what god wants you to do?
The latest moves & threats by #Hungary’s government are part of a long-running effort by Viktor Orbán’s ruling party to use vulnerable people as a political scapegoat, trying to hoodwink Hungarians into believing their problems are caused by the powerless, rather than by those in power. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Hungary Making Ukrainians Homeless: Daily Brief
“Being in breach of EU law is something of a habit for this #Hungarian government, maybe even a kind of addiction – to international attention ...
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La Hongrie met des Ukrainiens à la rue
Les dérives se succèdent en Hongrie sous le régime autoritaire de Viktor Orbán, qui semble déterminé à faire de son pays le plus grand expor...
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Hungary Making Ukrainians Homeless, Daily Brief September 12, 2024
Today in my Daily Brief: memory vs forgetting… No one wants to talk about the pandemic. I get it. It brings back painful memories. But the problem is, our governments are negotiating a new international pandemic agreement, and if we don’t remind them of the disastrous mistakes they made last time, this new deal won’t stop them from happening again. 📰 English:
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Negotiating the Next Pandemic: Daily Brief
We may prefer to forget the Covid-19 pandemic, but if we let those in power forget the government failures in that global disaster that killed mill...
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Oublier la pandémie à nos risques et périls
On pourrait penser que les gouvernements souhaitent tirer les leçons de la pandémie de Covid-19, afin de pouvoir réagir plus efficacement lors d...
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Die Pandemie auf eigene Gefahr vergessen
Einerseits ist es unglaublich, wie schnell die Covid-19-Pandemie in Vergessenheit geraten ist - sie hat unser aller Leben tiefgreifend beeinflusst,...
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Negotiating the Next Pandemic, Daily Brief September 10, 2024
Repression in the run-up to #Venezuela’s recent presidential election was severe, and it’s only got worse since. In fact, the authorities’ actions following the July 28 vote read rather suspiciously like a to-do list for how to steal an election – or try to. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Violence Versus Votes in Venezuela: Daily Brief
In #Venezuela’s post-election crisis, Maduro is dismissing international concerns just as stubbornly as he is rejecting Venezuelans’ votes and ...
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La violence contre les votes au Venezuela
La répression qui a précédé la récente élection présidentielle au Venezuela a été sévère et n'a fait qu'empirer depuis. En fai...
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Gewalt gegen Wählerstimmen in Venezuela
Bereits im Vorfeld der jüngsten Präsidentschaftswahlen in Venezuela kam es zu massiver Unterdrückung, die seitdem nur noch schlimmer geworden is...
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Violence Versus Votes in Venezuela, Daily Brief September 4, 2024
"so long as you [ie, politicians] use X as your main outlet for news updates, you are dragging us along with you." If EU politicians left X, journalists and the general public would thank them "for giving us one more reason to get off X ourselves"
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Why EU leaders should get off Musk
Leaders should ask themselves - is X really what I want my brand to be associated with?
The UK has suspended some arms sales to Israel. It’s a welcome move, but it’s not enough. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Far from Enough on Gaza: Daily Brief
The UK’s partial suspension of arms sales to Israel (over the risk of complicity in war crimes in #Gaza) is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enou...
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Loin d'être suffisant pour Gaza
Le gouvernement britannique a annoncé qu'il suspendait certaines ventes d'armes à Israël. À la suite d'un examen des licences d&...
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Lange nicht genug für Gaza
Die britische Regierung hat angekündigt, dass sie einige Waffenverkäufe an Israel aussetzen wird. Nach Überprüfung der Exportlizenzen erklärte...
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Far from Enough on Gaza, Daily Brief September 3, 2024