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Russian police arrest Navalny ally Leonid Volkov over protest rally Police in Moscow on Tuesday arrested a key ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Leonid Volkov tweeted that he had been detained "according to Article 20.2.8 over the rally on September 9, 2018 against raising the pension age." Article 20.2.8 allows for administrative detention for the "repeated violation of the established procedure of organizing or holding meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches or picketing." The 38-year-old faces up to 30 days in jail. Navalny also said on Twitter that police had "detained him with the words ʼweʼve been waiting for you for a long time.ʼ" Last September, thousands of Russians took to the streets protesting the governmentʼs attempt to increase the retirement age. Authorities detained hundreds of demonstrators. Navalny also served two stints in jailfor violating protest laws last year.
Hunting Bashar Assadʼs henchmen in Syria Western nongovernmental organizations have their hands on more than 1.2 million files that once belonged to the Syrian intelligence apparatus. They were taken from regime facilities during a time when opposition forces had the upper handin some parts of the country. They were then smuggled out of the country by NGOs. The Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC) has now published an analysis of the documents which shows that the upper echelons of Syriaʼs leadership carry direct responsibly for Syrians who were tortured after anti-regime protests began in 2011. "This is the first time in Syriaʼs history that evidence concerning the highest level of the Syrian government has been unveiled," said SJAC Director Mohammad Al Abdallah.
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Argentinaʼs ex-President Cristina Fernandez on trial ahead of election bid She can be prosecuted but, as a senator, not imprisoned
Former President Cristina Fernandez has accused her rivals of orchestrating a corruption trial to thwart her October election bid.
Will faltering EU growth play a role in the European elections? Economic growth is still weak and unevenly spread across the 28nation European Union, while job creation is only just beginning to improve. Will Europeʼs lackluster economy have an impact on the upcoming elections? Ahead ofelections for the European Parliament this week, Europeans have much to worry about. Thereʼs a persistent threat by US President Donald Trump to impose punitive tariffs on EU countries, the ongoing trade dispute between Washington and Beijing, and a series of uncertainties accompanyingBritainʼs exit from the 28-nation
bloc. Moreover, the EUʼs sovereign debt crisis of 2012 is still casting a long shadow, notably over the 19 states that share the euro. The cocktail of economic woes has held the EU economy down for the past six months, with the blocʼs strongest economy, Germany, just avoiding slipping into recession. With just a few days to go until the elections, the European statistics office, Eurostat, is seeing at least a haze of a silver lining in all the clouds, reporting an acceleration of economic activity. Growth in the first three months of the year came in at 0.5% for the EU, and 0.4% for Germany.
A world breaks apart: When parents split up Developmental psychologistHarald Werneckvividly remembers the 12year-old who wouldnʼt eat the school lunch his dad had packed for him. The childʼs father, as a result, got so furious at the boy that he then divorced the boyʼs mother and moved out — or at least, thatʼs how the boy had worked it all out in his head. Children have their own perspective on their parentsʼ separation. They draw conclusions that
may seem absurd to an adult mind, and yet they make perfect sense in the childʼs eyes. And these misinterpretations stick. So what can parents do to make separation easier for their kids? And what are the things they should not do, no matter how angry, sad or hurt they may be, if their relationship implodes? To try to answer those questions I spoke to children as well as psychologists.
Fire department tops German survey; football and cigarettes lag Germans consider the fire department, police, constitutional court and large aid organizations as institutions contributing the most to the public good. That is according to the 2019 Public Value Atlas released on Tuesday by the Leipzig HHL Graduate School of Management in cooperation with the Center of Leadership and Values in Society at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In the fourth study since the first was published in 2015, around 12,000 people were asked about the contribution of 137 companies and organizations for the common good. Ranking number one was the fire department, followed by the civil protection force ʼTechnisches Hilfswerkʼ (BTH) and the German Red Cross. The federal government controls the BTH, 99% of whose 79,514 members are volunteers. Police and the constitutional court were also ranked in the top ten, suggesting Germans maintain trust in institutions supporting the rule of law.
Storm ʼAxelʼ causes travel disruption, flooding in Germany, Austria Heavy rain and thunderstorms, mainly in the south and center of Germany, have left rivers and streets flooded. The worst affected areas were on the southern border with Austria, which was also badly affected, along with eastern Switzerland.
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