HowRu68

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[–] HowRu68 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

" Brics" was named by an US Goldman Sachs banker. Idk, if it really amounts to anything, they probably would have changed their given name. Afaik, it has been mainly been an instrument of China to evade dollar transactions in yuan(renminbi), for the The Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. It's almost an acronym.

 

Almost half of Danish people now consider the US to be a considerable threat to their country and the overwhelming majority oppose Greenland leaving to become part of the US, new polling has found.

The research by YouGov, shared exclusively with the Guardian, comes after weeks of tension between Denmark, Greenland and the US over Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he plans to take control of the autonomous territory, which is part of the Danish kingdom.

[–] HowRu68 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's just so bad, but also too weird. Specially after the recent EU court ruling about the EU not protecting privacy for citizens using Facebook to communicate with the EU

[–] HowRu68 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We've seen war between nuclear nation

Ofcourse, having nukes is not a guarantee, but highly increases deterrence. Also, most wars we've seen are cold wars and or proxy wars though.

Ukraine had a huge nuclear arsenal (third in the world), which it then ceded to Russia in the 1994 Budapest memorandum Kyiv post.

[–] HowRu68 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I love this allegoric meme. According to the myth, Atlas, a Titan, was condemned to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the sky on his shoulders. Thus, he was Atlas Telamon, "enduring Atlas". He was probably an immigrant too.

[–] HowRu68 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

YouTube doesn't show me translation to German or English.

It should, you need to configure auto generated translation via the configuration wheel. Here a YT vid auf Deutsch.

Unfortunately, dutch isn't a major world lenguage yet ;)

[–] HowRu68 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Single Market across all sectors.

Tbh, as comsumer I find this single market still lacking.

For example, when I want to buy stuff online I am redericted to my country's website and my contry's current marketprices. If I have stuff shipped physically, still the customs office will tax it when a certain price range is reached. I get that certain economies are different, and that's why the prices differ, but the claim about it being one big shopable consumer market is incorrect. Something similar could probably be said about the exchange of services & people.

Hope that the EU will speed things up. This national BS protectionism against fellow Union members has to go imo. That is without disrupting regional economies too much . I imagine a gradual phase out would do the trick.

[–] HowRu68 20 points 4 days ago

You mean, another day in Europe when we are both continuously threatened by our so-called ally and sabotaged by Russian/Chinese plots . Sure/s.

[–] HowRu68 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Exactly, it's a win, but probably Vucic just sacrifided those guys.

[–] HowRu68 78 points 4 days ago (14 children)

In case you wanna know whom they were trying to kill; it was Armin Papperger, the head of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall.

[–] HowRu68 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

FYI: In Davos Ursula von der Leyen presented Europe's plan of action, a new plan for Europe's sustainable prosperity and competitiveness.

(..) " This starts with making business easier and faster, and deepening our Single Market across all sectors. The Competitiveness Compass, as the first major initiative of the new Commission, will frame our future work building on the Draghi report."

 

A conversation about import tariffs, climate goals of companies and financial institutions, and how should Europe respond to Trump's plans?

Interview with Sandra Phlippen, i.a. professor by special appointment of sustainable banking at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

NOTE: 16 min interview in Dutch . Set auto subs to your preferred lenguage. I normally try not to post videos, but I found this video relevant in these turbulent times and couldn't find an adequate readable replacement.

The interviewer is somewhat annoying and disruptive, but it's worthwhile. Also Dr. Phlippen mentions VonderLeyen's speech in Davos earlier, which has been overshadowed by the many crazy statements of the current US Administration.

[–] HowRu68 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

(Do any of the EU nations have nukes that aren't owned by the US? Sadly such a deterrent is probably a requirement.<

European Nations have sufficient Nukes as a deterrent. Well I reckon one nuke plus their warheads would incapacitate most cities. There are like 500-600 officially between UK and France.

 

"The U.S. cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals," Petro wrote. Petro said even though there were 15,660 Americans without legal immigration status in Colombia, he would never carry out a raid to return handcuffed Americans to the United States. "We are the opposite of the Nazis," he wrote, in a jab at Trump. Mexico also refused a request last week to let a U.S. military aircraft land with migrants.

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Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.

"It’s good to be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything,” Musk said.

Note that Musk's citizenship include South Africa, Canada (from 1989) and United States (from 2002)

 

When, in 2011, Marine Le Pen took over as head of the National Front (FN) party he founded four decades earlier, she quickly took steps towards making it electable – rebranding it the National Rally (RN) and cleaning up its image in a policy known as "de-demonisation".

 

This article is part of our special report Prevention, promotion and impact, how Europe can improve youth mental health.

A new report by the Z Zurich Foundation highlights the urgent need to address Europe’s growing youth mental health crisis. With one in six young Europeans facing mental health challenges and the economic burden surpassing €600 billion annually, the report underscores the critical importance of early intervention through prevention and promotion over treatment.

 

Disinformation similar to the pro-Russian "Matryoshka" campaign is emerging on Bluesky, using deepfakes and fake profiles to spread pro-Russian messages, prompting calls for more proactive action from the platform.

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Just saw the docu movie and tried to find a reasonable review, but couldn't really find one. Most critics are quite negative and they make some valid points, concerning the script of the movie part, and also about the selection of clips used in the docu part. It's a dystopian horror/drama which does hit home; to me it had impact. It envisions and describes the biggest fears probably many are feeling now. The sci-fi part feels like a very bad nightmare. Also, parts of the docu are actually already reality.

I'm wondering how others received the movie?

 

The left-leaning Milanović comfortably won the first round of voting on Dec. 29, leaving his main challenger, Dragan Primorac, a forensic scientist who had unsuccessfully run for presidency previously, and six other candidates far behind.

 

Trump has broken with precedent and invited several foreign leaders to the ceremony. Historically they have not attended due to security concerns and have sent diplomats instead. Chinese President Xi Jinping, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni among others have received invitations.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni among others have received invitations.

 

Trump has broken with precedent and invited several foreign leaders to the ceremony. Historically they have not attended due to security concerns and have sent diplomats instead.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni among others have received invitations.

 

The peaceful streets of Oslo are growing even calmer as the city drives noisy machines off municipal building sites. For locals and builders, the drop in decibels is a welcome side-effect of a goal to keep city-managed construction projects free from toxic emissions. The mandate, which is the first of its kind in the world, came into effect on 1 January .Construction is one of the biggest sources of urban air pollution, but even forward-thinking cities such as Oslo have struggled to clean it up.

The Norwegian capital has led the way in replacing the petrol and diesel that powers its construction equipment with biofuels, which do little to heat the planet but still foul the local air. It is now moving to battery-powered machines.

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