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WFP convoy trucks delivering food and nutrition supplies to Adi Harush, Mai Aini, Mekelle and Shire in Tigray, Ethiopia. — courtesy WFP Ethiopia
WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia
GENEVA — Following widespread diversion of lifesaving food aid in Ethiopia last month, the World Food Program (WFP) has strengthened safeguards and controls in a bid to prevent further misuse, the UN agency said on Tuesday.WFP had paused distributions in the restive Tigray region in the north after finding evidence of significant supplies on sale in local markets, and immediately launched an investigation.Over 20 million people are in dire need of food assistance in Ethiopia, where communities continue to be affected by the impact of prolonged conflict and a historic drought across the Horn of Africa.“WFP has zero tolerance for theft or diversion that prevents critical food from reaching the hungry families who need it to survive. Those found responsible must be held accountable,”...
May 24, 2023

WFP plan aims to prevent further food aid diversion in Ethiopia

Police officers work to free a Letzte Generation (Last Generation) climate activist after he glued himself to the asphalt during a climate protest in Berlin, Germany. — courtesy Hannibal Hanschke/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
German police raid climate activists who blocked traffic
BERLIN — German police have carried out raids in seven states in a probe into climate campaigners suspected of forming or backing a criminal group because of their controversial activities.Among those raided was Last Generation spokeswoman Carla Hinrichs, whose door was broken down by armed police while she was in bed, the group said.For months Last Generation has disrupted traffic in German cities. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned their campaign as “completely crazy”.For weeks in Germany there has been a ferocious culture war about whether Last Generation can be legally defined as a criminal organization.Conservative MPs have demanded tougher penalties including jail sentences, while left-wingers have warned of a dangerous authoritarian clampdown.Some 170 police took part in...
May 24, 2023

German police raid climate activists who blocked traffic

The Russian Defense Ministry released photos of abandoned or damaged Western military vehicles, but some have claimed the images are staged.
Shoigu vows ‘harsh response’ after incursion into Russia
MOSCOW — Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has promised a “harsh response” to cross-border incursions from Ukraine.His comments came after Moscow said it had defeated an attack in the Belgorod region.However, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said there had been a “large number” of drone attacks overnight.Ukraine denies involvement in the raid — and two Russian paramilitary groups opposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin say they were behind it.Attackers entered Russian territory from Ukraine on Monday.Reporting to Defense Ministry officials on the incursion, Shoigu said “more than 70 Ukrainian nationalists” had been killed and the rest pushed back into Ukraine.“We will continue to respond to such actions by Ukrainian militants promptly and extremely...
May 24, 2023

Shoigu vows ‘harsh response’ after incursion into Russia

Georgi Gospodinov wins the International Booker Prize
Georgi Gospodinov becomes first Bulgarian writer to win International Booker Prize
LONDON — Georgi Gospodinov is the first Bulgarian to win the prestigious award for his novel 'Time Shelter', beating out five other writers on the shortlist.Georgi Gospodinov has made history with his book ‘Time Shelter’, which becomes the first ever book translated from Bulgarian to win the International Booker Prize.Translated by Angela Rodel, the novel beat 5 other works on the shortlist in the completion led by a panel of judges which boasted prize-winning French-Moroccan novelist, Leïla Slimani at the helm.Gospodinov and Rodel were given the honor at a glitzy ceremony at London’s Sky Garden on Tuesday night (23 May).The book is Gospodinov’s fourth to be translated into English and focuses on an Alzheimer’s treatment center -- a time warp environment - which comes...
May 24, 2023

Georgi Gospodinov becomes first Bulgarian writer to win International Booker Prize

Greece's three main party leaders, pictured at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Wednesday, will run in second round of elections after they refused to form a coalition government
Greek president appoints judge as caretaker PM ahead of new elections
ATHENS — Greeks will head to the polls for a second time after the three main party leaders rejected a mandate by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to form a coalition government, following Sunday’s inconclusive vote.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis turned down the mandate on Monday after his ruling New Democracy party scored a big win on Sunday but fell just short of an outright majority. Mitsotakis said that he would seek a second vote on June 25 to secure that majority.The leader of the center-left Syriza party Alexis Tsipras and the leader of the socialist party PASOK Nikos Androulakis also rejected the mandate.President Sakellaropoulou is expected to appoint judge Ioannis Sarmas as a caretaker prime minister this afternoon to prepare the country for new election,...
May 24, 2023

Greek president appoints judge as caretaker PM ahead of new elections

Police officers carry away a climate activist from 'Letzte Generation' (Last Generation), who had glued himself to a street in Berlin
German police conduct nationwide raids against climate activists
MUNICH — German investigators have launched a nationwide raid against members of the Last Generation climate activist group, the Munich State Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.A total of 15 properties in seven German states have been searched as part of the raids conducted on behalf of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA) and the Munich General Public Prosecutor’s Office, authorities said.Four searches took place in Berlin, three in Bavaria and three in Hesse. There were further actions in Hamburg, Magdeburg, Dresden, and Schleswig-Holstein, authorities said.The Prosecutor General’s Office in Munich said it had initiated a preliminary investigation “due to numerous criminal complaints from the population” against a total of seven defendants aged 22 to 38 years,...
May 24, 2023

German police conduct nationwide raids against climate activists

Tariq Ramadan was voted one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2004
Swiss court clears Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape charges
GENEVA — Renowned Islamic studies scholar Tariq Ramadan has been cleared of rape and sexual coercion by a Swiss court.Ramadan, who is Swiss, is the grandson of Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.The case was brought by a Swiss woman who said she had been raped by Ramadan in a Geneva hotel in 2008.A convert to Islam, and a fan of Ramadan's, the woman told the court she had been subjected to a brutal sexual assault, beatings and insults.She said it happened after she was invited by the Oxford academic for a coffee after a conference.Ramadan, who is 60, had faced up to three years in prison if convicted. He denied all the charges, but did admit to having met the woman.The trial was a sharp contrast to the career so far of the man once feted as a "rock...
May 24, 2023

Swiss court clears Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape charges

Helen Holland, 81, who died after being hit by a police motorbike escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh
Woman hit by royal police escort motorbike dies
LONDON — A woman hit by a police motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh has died, her family confirmed.Helen Holland from Birchanger in Essex, was struck at the junction of West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road in Earl's Court, west London, on 10 May.Her family said the 81-year-old fought "for her life for nearly two weeks... but irreversible damage to her brain finally ended the battle today".An investigation into the crash by the police watchdog is ongoing.Buckingham Palace previously said Sophie the Duchess of Edinburgh's "heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the injured lady and her family".Ms Holland had been in London visiting her sister at the time of the crash.Following the crash, her family said she was in a coma, and on Friday the police said...
May 24, 2023

Woman hit by royal police escort motorbike dies

The Russian defense ministry released photos of abandoned or damaged Western military vehicles, including US-made Humvees
US distances itself from Belgorod incursion into Russia
WASHINGTON — The US has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia — which Moscow says ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine.Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday, in one of the most major cross-border raids since Russia invaded its neighbor last year.Russia later released pictures of abandoned or damaged Western military vehicles, including US-made Humvees.The US insisted it did not "encourage or enable strikes inside of Russia".A state department spokesman acknowledged reports "circulating on social media and elsewhere" that US-supplied weapons had been used, but said his country was "skeptical at this time of the veracity of these reports."In a news briefing on Tuesday, Matthew Miller added:...
May 24, 2023

US distances itself from Belgorod incursion into Russia

France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions
PARIS — France has banned domestic short-haul flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to cut carbon emissions.The law came into force two years after lawmakers had voted to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.The ban all but rules out air travel between Paris and cities including Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, while connecting flights are unaffected.Critics have described the latest measures as "symbolic bans".Laurent Donceel, interim head of industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E), told the AFP news agency that "banning these trips will only have minimal effects" on CO2 output.He added that governments should instead support "real and significant solutions" to the issue.Airlines around the world have...
May 23, 2023

France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

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