We are fed up with an Olympics that causes mayhem in the city, only brings temporary jobs and will leave lasting ecological damage,” he said. On the same day, rail infrastructure in northern Italy was sabotaged in a protest action subsequently claimed by anarchists. With Italy under the global spotlight, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, pulled no punches in her condemnation. View image in fullscreen Police and demonstrators clashed at the end of an anti-Olympics protest in Milan on Saturday. But he added: “While one single measure doesn’t change much, all of them together does [gradually] push things.”

Ce dernier point, crucial aux yeux de l’UDC Gabriel Kolly, a suscité la discussion avec le vote de deux amendements consensuels. «C’est dans l’intérêt de la population, des communes et du canton», a insisté le député, pour qui «sans nouveaux moyens, ce sera aux communes de passer à nouveau à la caisse».

Russia has attempted to “fully block” WhatsApp in an attempt to push users towards its own state-sponsored communications app, Max, a spokesperson for the Meta-owned company has said. The company did not reveal more detail on what extent the attempt succeeded or what action was taken to try to block the app. Speaking to the Guardian, the WhatsApp spokesperson said: “Trying to isolate over 100 million users from private and secure communication is a backwards step and can only lead to less safety for people in Russia. The outlet added that Russian authorities also removed Facebook and Instagram – both also owned by Meta – from the directory. In December last year, Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and also placed restrictions on FaceTime, Apple’s own video calling service.

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Italy’s prime minister says her government will deploy every tool at its disposal to “guarantee the security of our borders” after approving a bill authorising naval blockades to stop boats from arriving in Italy during periods of “exceptional pressure”. View image in fullscreen Giorgia Meloni said the legislation would speed up the deportation of people convicted of crimes and expand the cases that could result in expulsion. The European parliament this week approved changes to EU asylum rules in response to pressure from member states, including Italy, for a harsher approach. “If you want to live here, you need to respect the Italian laws,” Meloni said. And we are determined to guarantee the security of our borders and our citizens, and we will use every tool at our disposal to ensure it.”

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers it believes the teenage daughter of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, is close to being designated as the country’s future leader, as Kim moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation. South Korean officials initially expressed doubt that she would be chosen as a North Korean leader, citing the country’s deeply conservative culture and tradition of male-dominated leadership. Not much is known about Kim’s daughter. Despite her increased visibility in propaganda, North Korean state media have never published her name, referring to her as his “respected” or “most beloved” child. Since North Korea’s foundation in 1948, it has been ruled by male members of the Kim family, beginning with the country’s founder, Kim Il-sung, and followed by his son, Kim Jong-il.

Abo Nouvel-An chinois – Le Baoti célèbre en douze régals l’année du Cheval Dans le bistrot genevois de madame Fang, le menu de la nouvelle année sera mirifique. Jérôme EstèbeQuelques-uns des plats riants du menu de Nouvel-An au Baoti. À quelques semaines du Nouvel-An chinois, Fang, la patronne de l’adorable Baoti à Genève, nous a fait goûter en avant-première son menu de fête. Imaginez un long et joyeux cortège de plats hauts en saveurs et en couleurs. Un festin en douze tableaux et quatre mouvements dont on sort repu et ému, la pupille brillante et la papille riante, prêt à attaquer l’ année du Cheval au grand galop.

He took a ferry to Indonesia and cycled its length, followed by Timor-Leste, Australia and New Zealand. “I felt really, really at peace with myself. “You’re heading into this massive void – there’s nothing in the Australian interior and you don’t really know if you’re going to make it out the other side. That was brutal physically, but mostly mentally, because you have the sound of the wind in your ears, day after day after day. It’s 50C, there’s wind, you’re thirsty, you’re hungry, you haven’t showered in a few days.

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers it believes the teenage daughter of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, is close to being designated as the country’s future leader as Kim moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation. Lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun announced on Thursday that the girl's recent appearances and growing role next to her father were thought to be an indicator of the succession. In a closed-door briefing, NIS officials said they were closely monitoring whether Kim’s daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju-ae and about 13 years old, would appear with him before thousands of delegates at the forthcoming Workers’ party congress

View image in fullscreen Farmer’s book Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World. “Secondly, it’s an area where the failure of economic models is seen most dramatically,” he says. Driven by this, Farmer’s team’s first step towards a complexity model of the entire world economy is tackling the energy sector. ‘A complicated beast’The new complexity models solve two fundamental problems with mainstream economic models. In contrast, the way complexity models are set up means economic cycles emerge without any introduced shocks.

Photograph: Fatima Tuj Johora/ReutersCritics say the resurgence of conservative Islamist politics has already begun to seep into society. While Jamaat e-Islami has put forward a manifesto focusing on reform, women’s safety from harassment and clean politics, the party is not running a single female candidate. Analysts emphasise that many now supporting Jamaat e-Islami are simply disenchanted with the political old guard. The authoritarian nature of Hasina’s regime somewhat discredited secularism and made voters more open to Islamist politics this time around, say analysts. One of the fresh faces of Jamaat e-Islami is Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem Arman, a barrister up for election in Dhaka.

Un débat animé entre les candidats staviacois. A Estavayer, gouvernance, aménagement et infrastructures étaient au menuLe troisième débat organisé par les titres du Groupe Saint-Paul en vue des élections du 8 mars s’est tenu à Estavayer mercredi soir.

The son of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner often described as the Nelson Mandela of the Palestinian movement, has called on the British government to put his father’s release at the heart of Palestinian democratic renewal. “Simply saying ‘we support a two-state solution’ without doing anything about it is deepening the problem, because you are just giving the Palestinian people false hopes,” he said. Successive opinion polls have shown he remains the most popular candidate to become president of the Palestinian Authority in succession to Mahmoud Abbas. I would expect the UK government, as an upholder of international law, to go further and call for his release. Asked if the UK supports Barghouti’s release, the Foreign Office in written answers states it supports the International Committee of the Red Cross having access to Palestinian prisoners.

Canadian police have identified the suspect who carried out a school massacre in remote British Columbia as an 18-year old with a history of mental health problems. According to police, Van Rootselaar, arrived at a Tumbler Ridge secondary school on Tuesday afternoon, armed with a long gun and a modified handgun. According to RCMP deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald, the deaths at the family home occurred prior to the school shooting, CBC reported. “This doesn’t even feel real.”The district of Tumbler Ridge issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon, calling the shooting a “deeply distressing” incident. After the country’s deadliest mass shooting attack, which left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in 2020, Canada banned about 1,500 models of assault weapons.

But then the 2008 financial crash came and the salience of climate change in people’s lives dropped off. A growing tideBefore we properly dig into why support for reaching net zero is going down, let’s spell out exactly what the study (pdf) says. The study found that just 29% of the public now say the UK should reach net zero before the government’s 2050 target. At the same time, the proportion who say the UK shouldn’t have a net zero target at all, has jumped from 9% to 26%. A weapon in the culture warThe falling support for net zero targets cannot be separated from a broader political shift taking place in the UK.