France is no position to be a mediator in the Ukrainian conflict, and by an ambiguous speech and a timid military aid, France marginalizes itself in Europe! Our Op-ed translated in English in Le Monde with Gilles Dorronsoro.
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Serbia is emerging as a front-runner amid the countries racing to attract businesses and professionals escaping Putin’s regime wsj.com/articles/in-ra… via The Wall Street Journal

We’re cracking down on hidden 'junk' fees like surprise overdraft and deposit fees, credit card late fees, hidden hotel booking fees.

Even those termination charges that stop you from switching cable and internet plans to get a better deal.

They add up. We're taking action.

StatsCan has released data on religion in Canada

Those identifying as Christian steadily dropping: 77% (2001), 67% (2011), and 53% (now)

Those choosing no religious affiliation has more than doubled in 20 years, going from 16.5% in 2001 to 34.6% in 2021. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…

Genuinely love this photo from rural Bakool, #Somalia , depicting a woman adorned with henna joining a local militia to combat Shabaab. The popular mobilization against al Qaeda's largest branch is not just for men. goobjoog.com/shacabka-xudur…

When the people who wrote GDPR die, I want them to spend a millennium in purgatory clicking the meaningless cookie consent boxes they inflicted on the world for no reason.

In my latest piece for Middle East Institute I look at the recent development in northern #Syria and their implications on the region. I argue that #Tukey ’s weariness about the constantly deteriorating state of security in the north, 1/3
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Two Canadian women returned from camps in NE Syria yesterday. One arrested. The other likely facing a peace bond.

The Iranian authorities recently quashed a viral interview with the influential sociologist Asef Bayat about the uprising shaking the Islamic Republic to its foundations. Here, New Lines Magazine publishes the English translation of the text for the first time. newlinesmag.com/argument/a-new…

.USAID is providing $100 million in aid to give 12,700 Ukrainian farmers emergency assistancex, including livestock feed, seeds, fertilizer and pesticides. #UnitedWithUkraine
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26 October 1942 | Two transports of Jews arrived at #Auschwitz from #Malines / #Mechelen in German-occupied #Belgium : 995 & 476 people. After the selection SS doctors sent to the camp 460 men & 116 women. 895 people were murdered in gas chambers.

Residents of ‘settlement’ areas struggle to obtain vital records bit.ly/3szeD12

As far as I’m aware, this is only the 3rd time IS has claimed an attack in Iran before. Previously in Ahwaz in September 2018 and Tehran in June 2017. This time in Shiraz.

Iran security forces open fire as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini bit.ly/3D7NvLj

New audio message from al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s Ustād Usāmah Maḥmūd: “Relief to Flood Victims” bit.ly/3SyN5mR

New statement from Jaysh al ‘Adl: “Message From One of the Commanders Addressed to the Basij and the Baloch Guards” bit.ly/3FmQgv0

The Taliban's Zabihullah Mujahid met with Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey

Military Jihād against Muslims: ‘Abd Allāh b. Yāsīn and the Foundation of a Saharan Political Unit that Would Conquer the Maghreb and al-Andalus (Eleventh Century) - Inês Lourinho, Al-Masāq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean: bit.ly/3SH2ZM2