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Sep 2, 2020

Charlie Hebdo: 14 on trial in 2015 Paris attacks that sparked terror wave

Policemen control people arriving at Paris courthouse for the opening hearing of the trial of suspected accomplices in Charlie Hebdo jihadist killings, on September ,2 – Fourteen people accused of helping jihadist gunmen attack the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket go on trial, five years after days of terror

Sep 1, 2020

Shinzo Abe’s legacy must not be squandered

If things had gone according to plan, Shinzo Abe would have stepped down as Japan’s prime minister next year — still enjoying the afterglow of a successful Tokyo Olympics and with a revived economy as his legacy. Instead, ill health and coronavirus have rewritten the script. Sadly, a debilitating illness has forced Mr

Aug 30, 2020

Michael Moore warns Trump is on his way to repeat 2016 victory

The documentary film-maker Michael Moore says Donald Trump is building up the same amount of momentum in key battleground states that saw him win the White House in .  The veteran political campaigner, who was one of the few who predicted Trump would beat Hilary Clinton to the presidency last time round, has

Aug 30, 2020

Belarus opens criminal case against opposition leaders

The Belarus chief prosecutor has launched a criminal case against opposition leaders, accusing them of trying to seize power. The indictment from Alexander Konyuk says the creation and activity of the opposition Coordination Council are aimed at seizure of state power, and at harming national security . Earlier President Alexander Lukashenko ordered police

Aug 12, 2020

Nearly 75 percent of US voters can vote by mail in 2020: NYT

Almost percent of U.S. voters will be able to vote by mail in the presidential election, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The highest percentage of Americans in U.S. history will automatically be eligible for mail-in voting without an excuse, as several states have adjusted their election systems amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Aug 11, 2020

China’s unrelenting crackdown on Hong Kong

Monday’s arrests underscored the speed with which the former British colony’s political freedoms — including rights to assembly and freedom of the press — are being curtailed by Beijing. “Taken together, the dramatic events quashed any doubt that Beijing would use the national security law as a mere deterrent and underscored the increasingly

Aug 6, 2020

Kate Middleton ‘devastated’

Kate Middleton has been left devastated by the explosive new biography about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, according to royal experts.  The Duchess of Cambridge, , is said to be feeling “upset” by the bombshell book, while conversations between Harry and William are now “stilted and difficult.” Kate Middleton is said to be

Aug 3, 2020

Russia’s Far East stands up to the Kremlin

In the st century, this capital-centrism no longer seems to hold true. Whatever the reasons — the nature of modern communications surely being chief among them — Russian politics is becoming truly national. For the past three weeks, the focus of political attention has shifted , miles from Moscow to the city of

Jul 31, 2020

Media e Coronavirus: la TV torna allettante?

Le restrizioni, l’obbligo di restare a casa, lo smart working, stanno portando a una conseguenza non preventivata: l’aumento dell’utilizzo dei media e, segnatamente, della TV. In un’era dominata dai contenuti multimediali, dall’uso massiccio dei social network, dal declino dei media tradizionali, soprattutto grazie alla fascia più giovane della popolazione (si veda MAG nr.4,

Jul 30, 2020

Opportunità per enti locali

Continuiamo il nostro viaggio per conoscere alcune tra le opportunità, sia a livello nazionale che comunitarie, di cui possono beneficiare enti locali, soggetti pubblici, privati, imprese e sistemi locali, con un occhio di particolare riguardo a progettualità che hanno come obiettivo lo sviluppo di territori e comunità. Nel dibattito politico in corso risulta