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Yoshiro Mori Resigns as Tokyo Olympics President – The New York Times

TOKYO — Yoshiro Mori, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, resigned on Friday, a little over a week after he unleashed a firestorm by suggesting that women talk too much in meetings.

His resignation followed unrelenting international criticism of his sexist remarks, which presented another challenge to Japan’s efforts to carry off the postponed Games amid a raging pandemic.

No successor was named. At a news conference Friday evening, Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the organizing committee, said a selection committee would be formed to choose a new president “as soon as possible.”

¡La Naturaleza es la Verdadera Joya! — Barbara Crane Navarro

¡La Naturaleza es la Verdadera Joya! « Oro Caníbal … Nuestros mayores no sabían sobre el dinero … El dinero no nos protege … no crea nuestra alegría. Para los blancos, es diferente. Estos blancos son comedores de tierra cubiertos de humos epidémicos. Creen que son todopoderosos, pero sus mentes están llenas de oscuridad. » – […]

¡La Naturaleza es la Verdadera Joya! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Bonne année Chinoise du Buffle — Le journal des Jum’s

Bonne année Chinoise du Buffle   Nouvelle année 2021, 2021 牛春节快乐 L’année 2020 s’achève sous le signe du Rat de métal pour l’année chinoise. Mais début sur un tout nouveau chapitre pour commencer ce vendredi 12 février 2021 sous la Bonne année du Buffle !     Signification du signe Buffle La nouvelle année chinoise…

Bonne année Chinoise du Buffle — Le journal des Jum’s

Lukashenko angers pro-democracy opposition with the creation of Soviet-style ‘All-Belarusian People’s Assembly’

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Belarus’ Aleksander Lukashenko’s has created an “All-Belarusian People’s Assembly” to discuss reforms and the country’s development for the next five years, prompting an outcry by pro-democracy opposition, which sees the move as an attempt of the long-time ruler to cling to power. 

“A color revolution in Belarus was impossible. That is why, by getting support from certain domestic forces, attempted to organize not a color revolution, but a mutiny on the principle of a blitzkrieg. The blitzkrieg failed. We have managed to hold our country,” Lukashenko said during the opening ceremony of the Soviet-style assembly, on February 11. 

Reacting to the move, Franak Viacorka, the senior advisor of Belarus’ opposition leader, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said in a Twitter post that “Lukashenka denounced six months of protests against his rule as a foreign-directed ‘rebellion’.”

“Speaking to 2,700 loyalists of the All-Belarus People’s Assembly, he charged that ‘very powerful forces’ abroad were behind the protests,” he added. 

Lukashenka denounced six months of protests against his rule as a foreign-directed “rebellion”. Speaking to 2,700 loyalists of the All-Belarus People’s Assembly, he charged that “very powerful forces” abroad were behind the protests. pic.twitter.com/GHGDIpqE2P

— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) February 11, 2021

In a statement issued the same day, the US Embassy in Belarus said that “this ‘All-Belarusian People’s Assembly’ is neither genuine nor inclusive of Belarusian views and therefore does not address the country’s ongoing political crisis,” and called for an  inclusive dialogue through free and fair elections.

“Belarusians expressing their opinion about the All-Belarus People’s Assembly. It is held by Lukashenka and his officials today in Minsk, and it is so fake. Fake elections, fake inauguration, fake democracy. The regime holds Belarusians hostage” tweeted Tikhanovskaya, who has been recognised by the EU as the legitimate President of Belarus.