Leftovers

• Ruben Schade ☛ The art of Blue Archive

  I don’t need another mobile game in my life, thanks to Fate/Grand Order. This isn’t from a lack of desire however; friends have tried repeatedly to get me into Arknights, Honkai Star Rail, Genshin, and Time-Strapped Ruben.

• Hardware

  • Zimbabwe ☛ HMD, the company making Nokia smartphones is looking to make its own devices

    HMD Global, a hardware manufacturer under license to produce Nokia-branded smartphones has expressed some interest in producing its own devices.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Huawei Vows to Build 'Computing Backbone' for China's AI Ambitions

    Huawei pledges to build computing backbone for China, almost literally confirms new high-end system-on-chips incoming.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • The Straits Times ☛ Free mental health treatment for South Korean teachers amid suicide cases

    The government plan was launched in response to mounting concerns about teachers' mental health.

  • Latvia ☛ Doctors expect uptick in Covid illness in Latvia

    While the new Eris type of Covid-19 Omicron has already been discovered in the wastewaters of Latvia, it has not yet been proven in the laboratory. Doctors say that more subtypes are definitely to come and the morbidity curve is sure to increase, Latvian Television reported September 19.

  • University of Michigan ☛ ‘This is not OK’: UMich research finds increased reports of forced intercourse in US during pandemic

    Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault. Professors from the University of Michigan’s Institute of Social Research published research finding that rates of forced intercourse rose significantly within the U.S. during the pandemic. 

  • Latvia ☛ Regional hospitals prepare for influx of Covid patients

    At Vidzeme Regional Hospital, the situation with Covid-19 patients has deteriorated in a few weeks – currently, half the inpatient unit is occupied by patients with this virus. In other regional hospitals, the situation has not escalated so much, but in virtually all medical facilities, medics are already starting to wear masks and expecting surges of the virus, Latvian Television reported September 20.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Biggest-ever Asian Games ready for lift-off in China after Covid delay

    By Peter Stebbings The biggest Asian Games in history, boasting about 12,000 competitors — more than the Olympics — will open on Saturday in the Chinese city of Hangzhou after a year’s delay because of Covid.

  • New York Times ☛ Australia Revisits What Worked, and Didn’t, in the Pandemic

    An inquiry will try to draw lessons from the government response, but some question whether it will go far enough.

  • Reason ☛ EEOC Sues Company for Denying Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate for Remote Workers

    From the EEOC's press release yesterday (and you can also read the Complaint, in EEOC v. United Healthcare Services, Inc.): United Healthcare Services, Inc. (United) violated federal law when it discriminated against a full-time telecommuter by refusing to grant her a religious exemption from the company's COVID-19 vaccine requirement...

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong’s wealth gap widens as city sees ‘polarised’ post-Covid recovery, NGO Oxfam says

    Hong Kong’s poorest made almost 60 times less than the wealthiest in the first quarter of 2023, marking the widest income gap in the city in decades, a study by Oxfam’s local office has found.

  • COVID-19: Health minister says no need for concern over Eris variant

    The new variant will be discussed by scientists but there is no need for the public to discuss it, according to Koca.

• Defence/Aggression

  • New Yorker ☛ Which War Does Washington Want?

    As Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, lobbied Congress for more war-related aid, House Republicans continued to fight their own battle over government spending.

  • Atlantic Council ☛ Tracking mercenaries

    Host and Nonresident Senior Fellow Alia Brahimi speaks with investigative journalist Eliot Higgins about his open-source investigations into mercenary warfare

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  • New Yorker ☛ How New York, a City of Immigrants, Became Home to a Migrant Crisis

    Eric Lach discusses why Eric Adams—who once personally welcomed buses of asylum seekers at the Port Authority—is now saying that migrants are going to “destroy New York City.”

  • Atlantic Council ☛ China’s Role in Conflict Mediation in the Middle East

    Helena Legarda and Dr. Sanam Vakil join us to dissect China's strategic approach to mediating conflicts and its consequential impact on the Middle East.

  • LRT ☛ Lithuania commemorates 80th anniversary of Vilnius Ghetto liquidation

    This week 80 years ago, the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto marked one of the darkest episodes of the Holocaust in Lithuania.

  • RFA ☛ Myanmar military launches 20 airstrikes during ASEAN Air Chiefs conference

    The junta targeted a monastery in one attack, killing the abbot.

  • Drone strike kills three Yazidi commanders in Sinjar

    Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) announced that three of their commanders lost their lives in the airstrike targeting a vehicle near the Serdest Camp.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China willing to work with South Korea ahead of summit with Japan - Xi

    China is willing to work with South Korea to promote a strategic partnership to develop with the times, President Xi Jinping told South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Saturday, amid rising tensions surrounding Russia, the United States and North Korea.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China

    The Biden administration is in talks with Vietnam over an agreement for the largest arms transfer in history between the ex-Cold War adversaries, according to two people familiar with a deal that could irk China and sideline Russia.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Russia says Karabakh Armenian fighters start giving up arms as aid arrives

    So far, the rebels have surrendered six armoured vehicles, more than 800 guns and some 5,000 rounds of ammunition.

  • The Straits Times ☛ US, South Korea, Japan raise concerns over Russia-North Korea military cooperation

    
    

    They are also worried about possible arms trade between Pyongyang and Moscow.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • RFERL ☛ Putin Nationalizes Printing Houses Transferred To Nobel Prize-Winning Editor

      Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree nationalizing printing presses that the previous foreign owner had transferred to a Nobel Prize- winning opposition editor.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Reportedly Plans To Ramp Up Military Spending in 2024

      Russia plans to significantly ramp up military spending next year as its invasion of Ukraine falters and a presidential election looms, Bloomberg reported, citing a draft budget submitted to parliament on September 22.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Calls Bulgaria's Decision To Expel Cleric 'Blasphemous,' Summons Ambassador

      Moscow has reacted angrily to Bulgaria’s decision to expel the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia, calling the move “blasphemous” and an “unfriendly” act as it closed the Russian Church in the Bulgarian capital in response.

    • teleSUR ☛ Russian Economy To Grow 2.8 Percent in 2023: Putin

      President Putin said the current Russian macroeconomic situation is solid and balanced.

    • New York Times ☛ Meet Vladimir Medinsky, Putin’s Ghostwriter

      From the shadows, Vladimir Medinsky has helped construct the ideological edifice of Russia today.

    • teleSUR ☛ President Biden Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine

      Aid to Ukraine has been one of the core issues in the Congress deadlock over the next financial year's budget.

    • New Yorker ☛ Zelensky Offers to Broker Peace Deal Between Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans

      The Ukrainian President warned that an escalation in the fighting in Washington could spread to neighboring regions such as Maryland and Virginia.

    • New York Times ☛ Europe Made a Bold Pledge of Ammunition for Ukraine. Now Comes the Hard Part.

      After 30 years of atrophy, experts say, Europe’s shrunken military industry will struggle to provide the Ukrainians with a million artillery shells by March.

    • New York Times ☛ In Canada, Zelensky warns cutting military aid would only lead to more Russian aggression.

      The Ukrainian president continued his trip to shore up support among allies with an overnight trip to Canada.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Targets Crimea for Second Day in a Row, Russia Says

      Russian-installed authorities in the occupied peninsula said debris from a downed rocket fell in the Sevastopol bay, where Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet is based.

    • New York Times ☛ U.S. Army’s Landstuhl Hospital in Germany Treats Troops Wounded in Ukraine

      The Army’s Landstuhl Regional Medical Center has quietly started admitting Ukrainian Army soldiers who were wounded in combat, most of them American volunteers.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky’s Visit Reveals Strategy Divide Between Ukraine and U.S.

      While the Ukrainian military remains focused on retaking territory in the east, American officials are pushing for a shift to the south.

    • New York Times ☛ Another Step for Ukraine: Armored Vehicles Breach Some Russian Defenses

      Ukraine advanced at one location in the southeast, reflecting slight progress in Kyiv’s halting counteroffensive.

    • Federal News Network ☛ Russian official says Ukraine launches a missile strike on headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

      A Russian official says Ukraine carried out a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Images on social media Friday showed large plumes of smoke said to be coming from Sevastopol harbor in the annexed Crimea. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol didn’t offer any details, saying only that emergency services have been dispatched to the site of the strike and there was no information about casualties.

    • NYPost ☛ Ukraine’s Zelensky visits close ally Canada after challenges on US trip

      "Canada will continue to support Ukraine as long as it takes and we will always stand firm to defend the rule of law and the international rules based order."

    • France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: Ukraine says Russian 'energy terror' has restarted ahead of winter

      Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Friday that Russia has restarted a campaign of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, but that his country's air defence systems were better prepared for the onslaught than last winter. And US President Joe Biden said Thursday that the first US M1 Abrams tanks will arrive in Ukraine "next week," boosting Kyiv's forces as they battle Russian troops in a slow-moving counteroffensive.

    • France24 ☛ French FM touts climate commitments, support for Ukraine in UN address

      French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday evening. She underlined France's commitment to protecting our climate. Watch below.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian president hopes to bring Ukraine and Poland to one table

      Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda is making efforts to bring Ukraine and Poland to one table amid a mounting row between the two neighbours over grain imports.

    • RFERL ☛ Ukraine Allows Russia-Related Words To Be Written In All Lowercase

      Ukraine's National Commission of Language Standards has allowed for all letters in "Russia," "Russian Federation," "Russian Empire," "Moscow," and other related words to be written in lowercase.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Anti-War Activist Gets Eight Years In Prison Over Online Posts

      A military court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has sentenced anti-war activist Richard Rouz to eight years in prison on charges of justification of terrorism and distribution of false information about Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Russian official says Ukraine struck Black Sea navy HQ with missile

      September 22, 2023 7:39 PM
      
      

      At least one Ukrainian missile struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday, causing a fire, local governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

    • New York Times ☛ Cheap Drones Help Ukraine Evade Russian Air Defenses

      A fleet of inexpensive, mostly off-the-shelf drones is helping Ukrainian forces evade and target sophisticated Russian air defense systems.

    • New York Times ☛ Here Are Highlights of Zelensky’s Trip to U.S.

      President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine completed a three-day visit to the United States, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and tried to shore up continued support from Washington.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia to send mine clearance equipment to Ukraine

      This week, another cargo of military technology produced in Latvia will travel to Ukraine for the funds donated in the “Good News” (Labās ziņas) project on the platform “Ziedot.lv”, including a special mine robot manufactured by Latvian experts, Latvian Television reported September 20.

    • AntiWar ☛ Fact Checking Biden’s UN Speech: Words Versus Action

      US President Joe Biden’s speech before the General Assembly on September 19 spent surprisingly little time on Russia and the war in Ukraine and, in many ways, hit many of the right notes with its praise of “Sovereignty, territorial integrity, human rights . . .

    • The Kent Stater ☛ Poland says it will stop arming Ukraine. How did we get here – and what does it mean for the war?

      One of Ukraine’s closest and most vocal allies has now said it will stop sending arms to Kyiv, a major reversal that threatens to upend Europe’s strategic relationship with the country as it wages a counteroffensive against Russia.

    • NYPost ☛ Biden approves $325M Ukraine military aid package as Zelensky visits White House

      While the package will not include the ATACMS long-range missiles for which Zelensky has pleaded for months, it will contain additional missiles, rockets and ammunition the US has sent Ukraine in previous packages.

    • The Strategist ☛ What Australia and Poland can learn from one another

      The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to impact global security, challenging standard principles of defence planning and national strategy.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ The West won’t seize Russia’s reserves any time soon. Here’s what it can do with the funds instead.

      Frozen Russian assets could be invested profitably, with the goal of creating an annuity for Ukraine of at least two billion dollars a year.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Experts react: Zelenskyy faces down Washington roadblocks

      The Ukrainian president faces shifting winds in Congress as he visited Capitol Hill and the White House on Thursday. Our experts break down what's next.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Anti-corruption progress in Ukraine and Moldova is vital for EU integration

      Ukraine and Moldova stand at a crossroads as both countries seek to strengthen their institutions to stamp out corruption and accelerate their integration with Europe, writes Olivia Yanchik.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dedicates his Global Citizen Award to the brave people of Ukraine and those killed by ‘Russian terrorists.’ Read his full remarks.

      The Ukrainian president dedicated his award to the men and women on the frontlines of the war, the teachers and doctors who kept working despite the threat of missiles, and the children who have been killed.

    • France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: Biden says first US Abrams tank to reach Ukraine 'next week'

      "Next week, the first US Abrams tanks will be delivered in Ukraine," Biden said at the White House, alongside his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, who is on his second visit to the United States since Russia invaded his country in February 2022. Biden also said he had "approved the next tranche of security assistance for Ukraine," which the Pentagon later valued at $325 million.

    • France24 ☛ Biden tells Zelensky he will 'ensure world stands with' Ukraine

      US President Joe Biden told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday that he will "ensure the world stands" with Ukraine as the pair met at the White House in Washington. Their meeting comes as opposition grows in Congress on continuing huge US funding for the Ukrainian war effort.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Carbon removal is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce the risks of overshooting global warming targets

      Carbon dioxide removal technologies offer a crucial pathway to achieving net-zero emissions and minimizing the extent and duration of any overshoot.

    • LRT ☛ ‘Only Russia wins’ – Lithuanian parliament speaker critical of Warsaw-Kyiv spat

      In response to Poland’s announcement that it will no longer send weapons to Ukraine, Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen says such statements only benefit Russia.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s wartime resilience portrayed on stage in Washington

      Ukraine's remarkably resilient response to Russia's full-scale invasion has captured the world's imagination and has now inspired a quirky stage adaptation by Kyiv-born playwright Sasha Denisova, writes Jacob Heilbrunn.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian MPs receive threatening emails from Belarusian Terror Battalion

      Some members of the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday received threatening emails in the Russian language on behalf of the Belarusian Terror Battalion, a military formation of Belarusian volunteers fighting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Ukrainian side, the delfi.lt news website reports.

    • RFERL ☛ Prosecutor Seeks Eight Years In Prison For Russian Activist On Terrorism Charges

      Prosecutors have asked a Russian court to convict and sentence anti-war activist Richard Rouz to eight years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism and distributing fake information about Russian armed forces involved in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

    • RFERL ☛ Ship With Ukraine Grain Back In Turkey Under 'Humanitarian Corridor'

      The cargo ship Resilient Africa arrived off Turkey's Bosphorus Strait on September 21, the first vessel loaded with grain from Ukraine to sail in and out of the Black Sea using a temporary corridor.

    • RFERL ☛ Slovakia, Ukraine Agree Grain Trade System To Replace Ban

      Slovakia and Ukraine's agriculture ministers have agreed to set up a licensing system for trading in grains, which would allow a ban on imports of four Ukrainian commodities to Slovakia to be lifted once the system is set up, the Slovak Agriculture Ministry said on September 21.

    • teleSUR ☛ Lavrov at UN Security Council Meeting on Ukraine

      The UN Security Council is made up of 15 countries, of which 5 (Russia, the UK, China, the U.S. and France) are permanent members and 10 are non-permanent members, each elected for two years.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky Visits Washington to Shore Up Support on Ukraine War

      President Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers that Ukraine would lose the war to Russia if the United States curtailed the flow of aid and weapons.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine War: Zelensky Thanks Americans in Emotional Speech to End Washington Visit

      “There is not a soul in Ukraine that does not feel gratitude to you, America,” the Ukrainian president said after a long day of lobbying Congress for more aid and a meeting with President Biden.

    • New York Times ☛ As Armenia and Azerbaijan Clash, Russia Is a Distracted Spectator

      In the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, drained by the war in Ukraine, seemed incapable of acting as the indispensable power capable of knocking heads together.

    • CS Monitor ☛ Zelenskyy asks Congress for more aid. This time, it’s a tougher sell.

      The Ukrainian president’s pitch comes as Congress heads toward a possible shutdown and 55% of Americans oppose additional aid to Ukraine.

    • New York Times ☛ Friday Briefing: Zelensky’s High-Stakes Washington Visit

      Plus tourists buying tickets to attend an Indian wedding.

    • New York Times ☛ Residents of Kyiv Sift Through the Aftermath of a Missile Attack

      In the Darnytsia neighborhood of the Ukrainian capital, residents were retrieving their belongings and sweeping up broken glass.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia plans to ban cars with Russian plates from staying on its territory

      The Ministry of Justice will submit a draft law to the Saeima that would prevent vehicles registered in Russia and Belarus from staying in Latvia for a prolonged time, ultimately also allowing confiscation of such vehicles, the Ministry told the media in a statement on September 22.

    • RFERL ☛ Karabakh Separatists Negotiate Withdrawing Forces As U.S. Delegation Urges International Monitors

      Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh have reported that Karabakh separatists in the ethnic-Armenian populated territory have begun handing over their weapons as part of a deal worked out with Baku following Azerbaijan's lightning offensive this week.

    • RFERL ☛ Navalny Placed In Punitive Confinement One Day After Serving Previous Solitary Incarceration

      Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, who is serving a total of 19 years in prison on extremism and other charges, has been placed in a punitive solitary confinement for the 20th time since August 2022.

    • Federal News Network ☛ Once a global ideal, Germany’s economy struggles with an energy shock that’s exposing longtime flaws

      Germany racked up one economic success after another for most of this century. But the loss of Russian natural gas due to the war in Ukraine has dealt a severe blow to its industry through higher energy costs. The country will be the world's only major economy expected to shrink this year. But that's only part of the story. The energy crisis shined a harsh light on longstanding cracks in the economy's foundation: too much bureaucracy, not enough digital technology, lagging spending on infrastructure. Companies want action but instead see too much squabbling among the three-party government coalition. Still, Germany has strengths that could help it address the downturn.

    • AntiWar ☛ The War in Ukraine Can’t End Until Washington Stops Interfering in Talks

      In an interview with ABC This Week on September 10, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked about the possibility of negotiations with Russia. “You spent quite a bit of time with President Zelenskyy,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl said.

    • France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: Ukraine says grain ship has left Black Sea port despite Russian threat

      Ukraine said Tuesday a cargo ship carrying grain had left a southern Black Sea port despite a Russian threat to treat civilian vessels as potential military targets. Earlier on Tuesday, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts with local officials saying the Russian air attack caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse.

    • France24 ☛ Moldovan President Maia Sandu: 'The West should support Ukraine more'

      Moldovan President Maia Sandu spoke to FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In the interview, Maia Sandu discussed the war in Ukraine, security in the region and the issue of Transnistria, where several thousand Russian soldiers are stationed. She also discussed the allegations of an attempted coup d'état in her country, and the process of Moldova's accession to the European Union.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine says punctured Russian defence lines near Bakhmut as Zelensky arrives in New York

      Ukraine said its forces had broken a Russian line of defence and recaptured small clutches of land near Bakhmut and along the southern front, regions where Kyiv's troops have focused their slow-moving counteroffensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday ahead of his address to the UN General Assembly and a scheduled meeting with US President Joe Biden.

    • LRT ☛ ‘You can’t tell if someone is migrant or refugee from their face’ – UN rep slams Lithuania’s border policy

      The number of refugees in the world is growing every year. Annika Sandlund, the new United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) representative for the Nordic and Baltic countries, praises Lithuania’s integration of Ukrainian refugees but criticises its decision to turn away those crossing from Belarus.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Zelenskyy tells United Nations: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN this week that Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine. Efforts to legally prove genocidal intent will likely focus on the genocidal rhetoric of Putin and other Russian leaders, writes Taras Kuzio.

    • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing and Moscow must deepen cooperation, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi says

      Beijing’s top diplomat told President Vladimir Putin that China and Russia must work to strengthen cooperation in the face of a “complex international situation”, Chinese state media reported Thursday.

    • teleSUR ☛ Russian President to Visit China

      Preparations were underway for Putin’s visit to China and its dates would be announced in due course, according to Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

    • RFERL ☛ Drones Downed Far From Ukraine's Front Lines, As Zelenskiy Readies UN Speech

      Fighting continued in southern and eastern Ukraine as Kyiv claimed to have downed dozens of Russian attack drones across the country overnight on September 18-19, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy prepared to press for further international support in a speech at the United Nations.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Russia resumes bombing campaign of Ukraine’s civilian energy infrastructure

      Following a six-month pause, Russia renewed its bombing campaign of Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure on September 21, signalling that Ukrainians face another winter of blackouts as Putin tries to freeze the country into submission.

    • RFERL ☛ G7 Ministers Call On China To Press Russia To Stop Aggression In Ukraine

      The Group of Seven (G7) on September 19 called on China to press Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine after foreign ministers of the bloc met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

    • RFERL ☛ Coal From Russian-Occupied Ukraine Reportedly Sold In NATO-Member Turkey

      At least $14.3 million worth of coal produced in areas of Ukraine illegally annexed by Russia has been exported to NATO-member Turkey this year, according to Russian customs data reviewed by Reuters.

    • RFERL ☛ Former Head Of Kherson Region Found Dead In Kyiv

      Hennadiy Lahuta, the former head of the Kherson region, was found dead in Kyiv.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Calls On UN's Top Court To Dismiss Ukraine's Genocide Case

      Russia called on the UN's highest court in The Hague on September 18 to dismiss what it said was a “hopelessly flawed” case challenging Moscow's argument that its invasion of Ukraine was carried out to prevent genocide.

    • RFERL ☛ Explosions Reported Near Building Housing Russian-Installed Administration Of Ukraine's Donetsk

      Explosions have been reported near an area close to the building that houses the Moscow-backed separatist government of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk, which is under Russian control.

    • RFERL ☛ Bosnia Says No Evidence That Ukrainian Icon Given To Lavrov Was Stolen

      The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Bosnia-Herzegovina has announced that it has closed its investigation into whether a centuries-old Orthodox icon gifted to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in 2020 was, in fact, a protected cultural treasure stolen from Ukraine.

    • RFERL ☛ Red Cross: Mayor Of Ukrainian City Of Kherson Is In Russian Custody

      The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, Ihor Kolykhayev, is in Russian custody, the mayor's son Svyatoslav said on September 17.

    • The Straits Times ☛ G-7 ministers call on China to press Russia to stop aggression in Ukraine

      The statement comes as China's top diplomat Wang Yi visits Russia for a four-day trip.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China and Russia 'close' in views on US and Ukraine as Wang Yi visits Moscow

      September 19, 2023 7:08 AM
      
      

      Moscow's and Beijing's top diplomats noted \"closeness\" in their positions on Washington's "anti-Russian and anti-Chinese" stance and agreed any bid to resolve the Ukraine crisis must include Moscow, Russia's foreign ministry said early on Tuesday.

    • New York Times ☛ Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Missile Caused Market Tragedy

      Witness accounts and an analysis of video and weapon fragments suggest a Ukrainian missile failed to hit its intended target and landed in a bustling street, with devastating consequences.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky Cleans House in Ukraine’s Corruption-Plagued Defense Ministry

      On the eve of a trip to the United States, Ukraine’s president is eager to demonstrate that the billions of dollars Washington is spending to aid his country is not being squandered.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine Overhauls Senior Ranks of Defense Ministry

      All six of Ukraine’s deputy defense ministers were dismissed on Monday, a senior government official said, weeks after the defense minister was replaced.

    • New York Times ☛ Load. Fire. Get to Cover.

      It was just a single moment in a war that at times feels endless, but an image of Ukrainian soldiers firing upon an unseen enemy captures the dangers of the front line.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine to File WTO Complaint Over Grain Bans by Poland, Slovakia and Hungary

      The countries said the bans were necessary to protect their own farmers, who were concerned that cheap grain from Ukraine had pushed down prices.

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky, on ’60 Minutes,’ Warns Russia About Attacks on Power Plants

      The Ukrainian president threatened to escalate attacks on Russia if Moscow repeated last winter’s strategy of targeting the power grid.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine Says It Has Retaken Klishchiivka, a Strategic Village Near Bakhmut

      The small village of Klishchiivka is the second settlement in eastern Ukraine that Kyiv’s forces say they have retaken in three days.

    • Latvia ☛ Authority: Russian-registered cars should disappear from Latvia

      The number of cars registered in Russia in Latvia should decrease in the near future, but there is no indication of this happening currently, the Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) told Latvian Television September 18.

    • Latvia ☛ State Security Service launches two sanctions violations cases

      The State Security Service (VDD) has urged the prosecutor's office to prosecute one person for unlawfully handing over a luxury car to a Russian citizen, the VDD said on September 18.

    • Security Week ☛ Canadian Government Targeted With DDoS Attacks by Pro-Russia Group

      The pro-Russian cybercrime group tracked as NoName057(16) is launching DDoS attacks against Canadian organizations.

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ ‘Everyone is invited’: AMLO defends Russian participation in military parade

      President López Obrador has reacted to criticism of the participation of a Russian contingent in an official Mexican Independence Day event.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania dienies entry to 58 Russian cars in past week

      Over the past week, 58 drivers had to turn their Russia-registered cars around at the Lithuanian border after being warned by customs officers that their vehicles could be confiscated due to EU sanctions.

    • RFA ☛ China’s Wang Yi heads to Russia as North Korea’s Kim wraps up visit

      Foreign minister’s visit is seen as a counterbalance to warming ties between Pyongyang and Moscow, say experts.

    • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea's powerful politburo discusses follow-up steps to Kim Jong Un's Russia visit

      Mr Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to boost military and economic cooperation.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia Sentences First Woman For Skipping Mobilization Call-Up

      A Russian court has for the first time sentenced a woman to prison for failing to report for active duty following the Kremlin’s call-up of reserves last year.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian Gorchakov Fund, Sanctioned By The EU, Holds Conference In Republika Srpska

      The Russian state-financed Aleksandr Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, which was sanctioned by the West for its ties to the Kremlin, will hold a conference in Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

    • RFERL ☛ Prigozhin's Widow Officially Changes Name Following Mercenary's Death

      The widow of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary who died in an unexplained plane crash in August two months after leading an unsuccessful mutiny, has officially changed her last name, the RBK news agency reported, citing registration data.

    • teleSUR ☛ Chinese Foreign Minister Pays Official Visit to Moscow

      This is Wang Yi's first visit to Russia as China's foreign minister.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Cooperation with Russia not aimed at third party, says China’s Wang Yi

      September 19, 2023 8:36 AM
      
      

      Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is in Russia to hold “strategic security” talks later on Tuesday.

    • The Straits Times ☛ US charges Hong Kong based-Russian with smuggling military technology to Russia

      A Russian man who has lived in Hong Kong has been taken into U.S. custody and charged with smuggling large quantities of American-made, military-grade microelectronics to Russia, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.

    • YLE ☛ Traficom: Russian outfit behind DoS attacks on website

      The agency's cyber security centre website has been attacked for the second time this month.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania wants to build border fence even in marshes

      Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is considering installing physical barriers on the border with Belarus in marshy areas as well.

    • RFERL ☛ Belarus Spent More Than $14 Million On Lukashenka's Latest Opulent Residence, Says Report

      Belarus spent more than $14 million to renovate a building in Minsk to turn it into another residence for longtime authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka, according to an investigative report

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Putin “knows very well” NATO poses no security threat to Russia

      Russia's recent demilitarization of its NATO borders proves that Putin does not view alliance as a genuine security threat and makes a complete mockery of Kremlin propaganda blaming the invasion of Ukraine on NATO, writes Peter Dickinson.

    • France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: Putin accepts invitation from Xi to visit China in October

      Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had accepted Chinese President Xi Jinping's invitation to travel to China in October. The announcement came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to take part in a special session on Ukraine at the Security Council on Wednesday, where Russia is a permanent member wielding a veto over any binding actions. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

    • New York Times ☛ Zelensky, at U.N., Urges World Leaders to Help Ukraine

      Painting Vladimir Putin’s Russia as a nation that seeks to dominate others, President Volodymyr Zelensky cast his appeal for broad support as a matter of global security.

    • France24 ☛ ‘I have no future’: Returned Wagner fighters get counselling in Russia

      Alexander Fyodorov spent had spent most of his life in prison for various crimes before becoming one of thousands of convicts recruited by the Wagener Group to fight in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Upon his return to Russia he was given a pardon, but found adjusting to everyday life after the brutality of war a psychological challenge. Now, with the help of a group called the "Union of Veterans of the Special Military Operation", he has turned to therapy to try to reintegrate.

    • ADF ☛ Russia Exploiting Niger Coup on Social Media

      In the immediate aftermath of the Niger military coup in late July, Russia’s formal and informal responses were at odds. The Kremlin’s spokesperson called for the immediate release of detained Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and urged a return to order.

    • AntiWar ☛ The Real History of the War in Ukraine

      The American people urgently need to know the true history of the war in Ukraine and its current prospects.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Will Zelenskyy’s Washington visit help deliver ATACMS for Ukraine?

      The White House is worried about the counteroffensive, but it has held off on supplying Ukraine the missiles needed for a breakthrough.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ What would it take to hold elections in Ukraine?

      Calls for elections in Ukraine are premature and do not take into consideration the extremely unfavorable wartime conditions that make it virtually impossible to stage a free, fair, and safe vote, write Peter Erben and Gio Kobakhidze.

    • France24 ☛ Operation ‘carte blanche’ : Ukraine’s new defence minister cleans house

      Six Ukrainian deputy defence ministers were dismissed on Monday, September 18, a clean sweep that comes just two weeks after a new minister has taken the reins. The fight against corruption is not the only cause of this upheaval in one of Ukraine's most strategic ministries. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the factors behind the overhaul.

    • France24 ☛ Ukraine urges world court to impose 'reparations' over Russia war

      Ukraine on Tuesday said the International Court of Justice should impose reparations on Russia for its "war of annihilation", arguing that international law itself was at stake. Earlier, the western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts with local officials saying the Russian air attack caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

    • LRT ☛ How linguistic panorama in Lithuania is changing – interview

      Even as Moscow’s war in Ukraine has triggered a rejection of everything Russian in Lithuania, the Russian language is more frequently heard on the streets today, mainly because of the thousands of Ukrainian refugees that the country welcomed.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuanian parliament urges allies to invite Ukraine to NATO at Washington summit

      The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution expressing support for Ukraine’s NATO membership and calling on the member states to invite Ukraine to join the alliance at its next summit in Washington, DC.

    • RFERL ☛ Former Wagner Fighter Reportedly Detained In Norway Near Russian Border

      Norwegian police on September 22 reportedly detained a former fighter for Russia's private mercenary force, the Wagner group, along the Scandinavian country's border with Russia.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Financing Ukraine’s defense is a down payment for peace in Europe, says Dutch deputy prime minister

      “If we lose the war in Ukraine, we’re all lost. No peace and security on this continent,” Sigrid Kaag argued at the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics. "This is something we have to keep financing."

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Why Pakistan must side with Ukraine over Russia

      Islamabad should look at the evolving global situation pragmatically and recognize that a strong Ukraine that defeats Russia is in their country’s interest.

    • France24 ☛ Notorious Russian general, master spy duo organise in Africa after Prigozhin’s demise

      In recent weeks, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and General Andrei Averyanov from the GRU military intelligence agency have made several trips to Africa. The two are increasingly seen as the main organisers of the post-Prigozhin era of Russian relationships with Africa following the Wagner Group chief’s demise in a fiery plane crash at the end of August.

    • RFERL ☛ Before UN Security Council And Russian Officials, Zelenskiy Seeks Momentum For Counteroffensive

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been slated to follow up on his speech to the United Nations General Assembly warning of the global threat from Russia with an address to a special session of the UN Security Council, where Moscow holds a permanent seat and veto power.

    • RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Accuses Russia Of 'Weaponizing' Food, Children Against Ukraine

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine in an address to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 19.

    • RFERL ☛ Biden Warns International Community That Russia's 'Naked Aggression' Can't Be Appeased

      U.S. President Joe Biden has warned world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that allowing Ukraine “to be carved up” will mean no nation is secure.

    • RFERL ☛ Ukraine Tells UN's Top Court Russia Using 'False' Genocide Allegations As Pretext For War

      Ukraine accused Russia at the UN's highest court of using "false allegations of genocide" to justify its full-scale invasion in February 2022, saying Moscow has invoked the Geneva Convention "to destroy."

    • The Straits Times ☛ EU to ask China at UN to push Russia towards 'just peace' in Ukraine

      European Council President Charles Michel will ask China directly at the United Nations Security Council to do more to push Russia towards a "just peace" in Ukraine, according to his draft speech seen by Reuters at the UNGA.

    • RFERL ☛ NYT Says 'Evidence Suggests' Ukrainian Missile Misfire To Blame For Market Tragedy

      The New York Times has published a report suggesting one of the most notorious bombings of a civilian area of Ukraine in Russia's invasion might have been caused by a Ukrainian missile that struck a busy market in the eastern city of Kostyantynivka, killing at least 15 people and injuring 30.

    • The Straits Times ☛ China vows deeper trade, investment with Russia despite Western rebuke

      Both allies vow ever closer economic ties despite disapproval from the West over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

    • The Straits Times ☛ UN General Assembly: Britain urges China to push Russia to withdraw from Ukraine

      Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly urged his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Tuesday to push Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stress to Moscow the importance of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Knocks Ukraine’s Largest Refinery Offline in Attack

      The strike appeared to be the latest attempt by Russia to hinder Ukraine’s economy.

    • New York Times ☛ Biden, in U.N. Speech, Calls for Action on Ukraine and Other Crises

      As other major leaders skipped the annual opening session of the General Assembly, Mr. Biden used his address to try to counter war fatigue both at home and abroad.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukrainian Grain on Cargo Ship Reaches Romania

      After a journey of 12 hours across waters caught up in the war, a ship carrying tons of wheat made it safely to Romanian waters, as Kyiv worked to transport grain overland, as well.

    • New York Times ☛ Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Looms Large as Zelensky Addresses U.N.

      The effort to drive Russian forces from Ukraine’s south and east has been slow and bloody. Here’s a look at what might come next in the campaign.

    • New York Times ☛ Russia Drone Attack in Lviv Kills 1, Ukrainian Officials Say

      One of the attacks, in the western city of Lviv, far from the front line, killed one person and caused fires at warehouses, including one storing humanitarian aid, officials said.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania discusses Pope’s ‘great Russian humanity’ remarks with Vatican envoy

      Lithuanian Deputy Foreign Minister Jovita Neliupšienė met with the Vatican’s envoy to Lithuania in early September to discuss Pope Francis’ recent remarks about Russia, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

    • LRT ☛ Lithuania turns 1,300 Russians away since introducing entry restrictions

      Tuesday marks exactly one year since the Baltic countries and Poland introduced entry restrictions for Russian nationals. More than 1,300 people have since been refused entry to Lithuania, data from the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) shows.

    • RFERL ☛ U.S. Reporter Gershkovich Returns To Moscow Court In New Appeal Against Detention

      U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich returned to a Moscow court on September 19 to appeal against the latest extension of his pretrial detention on spying charges, which he denies.

    • teleSUR ☛ Russian Fleet Conducts Drills to Protect the Northern Sea Route

      Russia also announced its decision to withdraw from the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.

    • The Straits Times ☛ Kremlin rejects Armenian assertions Russia has not done enough on Nagorno-Karabakh

      The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected Armenian assertions that Russia had not done enough to prevent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying the matter concerned Azerbaijan's actions on its own territory.

    • The Straits Times ☛ US calls for Azerbaijan to halt Karabakh attack, Russia urges return to ceasefire

      Washington called on Azerbaijan to halt the military action it launched into Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, while Russia urged both sides in the conflict to stop the bloodshed in the mountainous and disputed region.

    • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea's Yoon to highlight 'illicit' N.Korea-Russia military ties at UN

      South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to underline "illicit, dangerous" military dealings between North Korea and Russia at the United Nations on Wednesday, his aides said, following the two countries' rare summit last week.

    • The Straits Times ☛ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un returns to Pyongyang after Russia trip

      His trip sparked concerns over possible arms trade and technology transfer with Russia.

    • CS Monitor ☛ With world distracted, Azerbaijan tries to stamp out Karabakh separatists

      Russia has long maintained the status quo in the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. But Moscow no longer appears willing to do so, and Azerbaijanis are taking the region back by force.

    • New York Times ☛ Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Appears in Russian Court

      The court declined to hear an appeal from the American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, against his pretrial detention on espionage charges. The United States has said he is wrongfully detained.

    • RFERL ☛ Russia-Iran Ties Have Reached New Level, Says Russian Defense Minister

      Relations between Russia and Iran have reached a new level despite opposition from much of the Western world, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on September 20 during a visit to Tehran.

    • Latvia ☛ Latvia's Silene border point closed due to migration pressure

      In order to ensure the integrity of the State border and the prevention of threats to the State in relation to illegal migration, the operation of the Silene border crossing point on the Latvian-Belarusian border has been suspended, according to the draft Cabinet regulation approved by the government on Tuesday, September 19.

    • RFERL ☛ UN Experts Warn That Lukashenka Decree Puts Belarusians Abroad At Risk

      UN experts warned on September 20 that a presidential decree in Belarus ordering its consulates to stop issuing passports puts hundreds of thousands of Belarusians abroad at risk, especially those living in exile.

    • RFERL ☛ Former Belarusian Security Force Member Confesses In Swiss Court To Kidnapping Opposition Figures

      Yury Harauski, a former member of Belarusian authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s special security forces, has confessed in court to taking part in the kidnapping of three opposition figures who ended up dead.

    • New York Times ☛ In Switzerland, Ex-Soldier Faces Trial Over Disappearances in Belarus

      A former security services official is charged with helping to abduct three men in Minsk in 1999. He’s being tried in Switzerland under universal jurisdiction.

    • RFERL ☛ Moscow Court Declines To Hear U.S. Reporter Gershkovich's New Appeal Against Detention

      The Moscow City Court on September 19 declined to hear U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich's latest appeal against his pretrial detention on spying charges, sending it back to the Lefortovo district court citing procedural violations.

    • France24 ☛ In Zaporizhzhia, volunteer therapists help Ukraine's war widows process their loss

      Ukraine’s military does not publish casualty figures, but tens of thousands of soldiers are believed to have died, often leaving behind bereaved wives and children. While the government gives them some financial assistance, volunteers in Zaporizhzhia who felt there was a lack of high-quality psychological support have created an association to help the wives of fallen soldiers come to terms with their loss. FRANCE 24's Ukraine correspondent Gulliver Cragg shares this report with us.

    • France24 ☛ 🔴 Live: 'Senior' Russian naval officers killed in HQ attack in Crimea, says Ukraine

      Ukraine on Saturday said dozens of people including "senior Russian navy commanders" died or were injured when it staged a missile attack on Moscow's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol the day before.

    • France24 ☛ Canada pledges C$650 million in Ukraine aid during Zelensky visit

      Canada will give an extra C$650 million ($482 million) in military aid to Ukraine over the next three years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the Canadian Parliament on Friday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The news came after Ukraine's military said on Friday its forces had "successfully" struck the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol.

    • RFERL ☛ Polish PM Tells Ukraine's Zelenskiy 'Never To Insult Poles Again'

      Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy not to "insult" Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric toward Kyiv after the Polish president had sought to defuse a row over grain imports.

    • RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Meets Sudanese Leader, Discusses Russian Paramilitaries

      Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on September 23 that he held an impromptu meeting in Ireland's Shannon Airport with the head of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and that they discussed Russian-funded armed groups.

    • RFERL ☛ Ukrainian Military Claims Russian Navy Commanders Killed In Sevastopol Attack; De Facto Crimean Authorities Say Fresh Attack Thwarted

      The Ukrainian military says that a missile attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula on September 22 targeted "a meeting of the Russian Navy's leadership" and resulted in high casualties.

    • RFERL ☛ Cracks In Western Wall Of Support For Ukraine Emerge As Eastern Europe And U.S. Head Toward Elections

      Once rock-solid, the support that Ukraine has gotten from its biggest backers for its fight against Russia is showing cracks.

    • RFERL ☛ Russian-Installed Leader Of Crimea Denies Strikes Hit Power Plants

      Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-installed governor of the occupied Crimean Peninsula, denied on Telegram on September 22 that any thermal power plants had been struck in a Ukrainian missile attack.

• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • RFERL ☛ Blast Caused By Gas Leak Kills At Least Three In Residential Building In Moscow Region

      At least three people were killed after an explosion caused by a gas leak ripped through a nine-story apartment block in the city of Balashikha near Moscow, local officials said on September 20.

    • The Strategist ☛ The threat spectrum

      Planet A Climate change is intensifying the massive bushfire sweeping across the Northern Territory’s Barkly region.

• Finance

  • CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic: Biden should support the UAW (18 Sept 2023)

    Biden should be roaring his full-throated support for the strike. Doing so would be both just and shrewd. But instead, the White House is waffling…and if recent history is any indication, they might actually come out against the strike. The Biden administration is a mix of appointees from the party's left Sanders/Warren wing, and the corporatist, "Third Way" wing associated with Clinton and Obama, which has been ascendant since the Reagan years.

  • New Yorker ☛ Jennifer Egan Discusses a Solution for Chronic Homelessness

    Egan spent a year chronicling a new supportive-housing building in New York. This kind of facility works to end homelessness. What would be needed to scale it up nationwide?

  • New York Times ☛ Federal Reserve Officials See Rates Staying High

    Federal Reserve officials forecast higher interest rates through 2026 this week, a sign that borrowing costs are not heading back to the rock-bottom levels normal before the pandemic.

  • CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic: "Efficiency" left the Big Three vulnerable to smart UAW tactics (21 Sept 2023)

    It's been 143 days since the WGA went on strike against the Hollywood studios. While early tactical leaks from the studios had studio execs chortling and twirling their mustaches about writers caving once they started losing their homes...

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Robert Reich ☛ Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas Don’t get scared....

    Don’t get scared. I’m going to talk about something that’s caused a lot of fear mongering.
    

    You see, advanced countries, like the United States, pool resources for the common good. How? Well, governments enact taxes and then spend that money on things that benefit everyone. Think of national defense, schools, highways, healthcare, unemployment insurance — basically government spending that protects the well-being of the people.

    But since some folk, like your conservative Uncle Bob, think ANY pooling of resources for the common good is…socialism.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Sunday Times journalist warns over ‘very upsetting’ Russell Brand follow-up coverage

    Brand is now a self-styled enemy of the so-called "mainstream media" with his own Youtube channel.

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Vice Media Group ☛ Meeting Bloat Has Taken Over Corporate America. Can It Be Stopped?

    Since the pandemic, the sheer number of useless meetings has grown out of control. Some people are starting to fight back.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • APNIC ☛ Verisign to update DNSSEC algorithm

    Guest Post: Verisign to re-sign .com, .net, and .edu TLDs with new DNSSEC algorithms.

• Monopolies

  • Reason ☛ Is the government's antitrust case against Google already in trouble?

    Episode 472 of the Cyberlaw Podcast

  • Trademarks

    • TTAB Blog ☛ Applying Contractual Estoppel, TTAB Grants Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in BYLT Oppositions

      In one of two oppositions consolidated by the Board, opposer sought to block registration of the marks BYLT BASICS and BYLT PREMIUM BASICS, each for “hoodies, jackets, pants, shirts, briefs as underwear, jogging pants, men’s underwear, short-sleeve shirts, underwear; all of the foregoing excluding motorcycle related clothing and apparel.” Opposer claimed likely confusion with its registered mark B.Y.L.T. for various clothing items and sports drinks. Applicant successfully moved for partial summary judgment as to this opposition on the ground of contractual estoppel based on a litigation settlement agreement.

  • Copyrights

    • Michael Geist ☛ The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 177: Chris Dinn on Bill C-18’s Harm to Torontoverse and Investment in Innovative Media in Canada

      The Law Bytes podcast is back after a brief break, and with it, talk about the Online News Act or Bill C-18. All news – both Canadian and foreign – is blocked on Facebook and Instagram in response to Bill C-18 and the reports suggest that the move has had no real impact in use of the platform.