Iran plans to crack down on women who don’t wear the hijab

Iran plans to crack down on women who don’t wear the hijab

At the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the police announced that from Saturday they will impose stricter penalties on women who do not comply with the requirements for wearing headscarves. All citizens, but especially girls and women, are invited to respect the moral values ​​and religious norms of the society, the police … Read more

Controversial Care Farm in Wekerom, Gelderland Accused of Religious Indoctrination and Abuse

Controversial Care Farm in Wekerom, Gelderland Accused of Religious Indoctrination and Abuse

Omroep GelderlandA drawing that one of the children made on the care farm In association with Broadcasting Brabant NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 21:26 The religious outings of a care farm in Wekerom, Gelderland, were “reprehensible, shameful and very serious”. That is the opinion of the Agriculture and Care Complaints Committee, which decides on complaints from clients of … Read more

Meta’s New Age Verification Protocol for Quest Headsets Ensures Age-Appropriate Content Delivery

Meta’s New Age Verification Protocol for Quest Headsets Ensures Age-Appropriate Content Delivery

Meta, the parent company of Oculus, has introduced a new age verification protocol for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets. This process will ensure that each user’s account is age-appropriate. Users are prompted on their headsets to enter their date of birth and then briefly set their privacy settings. Meta adds age … Read more

Latvia will not rush to resume payments to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Latvia will not rush to resume payments to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees

Canada and Sweden have decided to restore funding to UNRWA, although an investigation into the organization’s employees’ ties to terrorism continues. The Canadian government, which has officially confirmed its intention to resume payments to UNRWA, based it on the “catastrophic situation in Gaza,” Canadian Development Affairs Minister Ahmed Hussen said. Sweden also announced that it … Read more

The reason for new wars? Raise the alarm about the decrease in the availability of drinking water

The reason for new wars?  Raise the alarm about the decrease in the availability of drinking water

Water is the basis of all living things. Although water covers more than 70% of our planet, only 3.5% of it is potable water. It is this resource that may become a “scarce commodity” in some regions within the next 30 years, as a result of which peace may be threatened. The German statistics company … Read more

Israel’s “Total Victory” over Hamas: Netanyahu’s Bold Promise and UN Secretary-General’s Concerns

Israel’s “Total Victory” over Hamas: Netanyahu’s Bold Promise and UN Secretary-General’s Concerns

Netanyahu also promised Israel’s “total victory” over the militant group Hamas in the coming months. The Israeli prime minister earlier met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to discuss a ceasefire deal proposed by Hamas, which Netanyahu called “strange”. Netanyahu said the impact of Israel’s victory over Hamas would be felt throughout the Middle … Read more

Why International Climate Conferences Are Failing and What We Should Do Instead: The Case for Narrower Binding Agreements

Why International Climate Conferences Are Failing and What We Should Do Instead: The Case for Narrower Binding Agreements

Instead of focusing heavily on international climate conferences, which require unanimous support, and relying on voluntary commitments that ultimately have little impact on emissions, policymakers should pursue narrower binding agreements. We already know that this strategy works and is scalable. Mere observers of the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai could be … Read more

The Government of the Principality to Contract Civil and Property Liability Insurance for Staff in 2023

The Government of the Principality to Contract Civil and Property Liability Insurance for Staff in 2023

The Government of the Principality will contract civil and property liability insurance this year for all its staff, a procedure that was left blank last year after the competition for its hiring in 2022 was void. Sources from the regional Executive assured that “it appears in the Budget the provision to formalize it again” and … Read more

UN Opens Accounts in Russian Banks to Receive Payments and Avoid Sanctions: Reuters

UN Opens Accounts in Russian Banks to Receive Payments and Avoid Sanctions: Reuters

The accounts were opened as early as 2022 and are currently being used to collect mandatory and voluntary payments to the organization, a UN spokesman said. Primarily, the UN receives funds from three Russian banks in the climate finance program. “The UN Secretariat has opened accounts in Russian banks, which is in line with our … Read more

The Constitutional Court taught the nation a lesson in the pension dispute

The Constitutional Court taught the nation a lesson in the pension dispute

We love those moments when the Czech nation sits down in front of the TV screens and watches a supremely unfunny show on them, as if it were the final of the world championship in chasing a puck with a piece of wood or a poaching competition combining hill running and shooting. That moment came … Read more