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Turkey urges EU to be ‘impartial’ in Mediterranean row with Greece

Turkey is the one that needs to step back!

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Turkey’s Erdogan has called on the European Union to take a neutral stance in Ankara’s growing row with Greece. Relations between Ankara and Athens have been strained over energy prospecting in the eastern Mediterranean.

Saudi king tells Trump he wants a fair and permanent solution for Palestinians

Push back. Palestinians need their own state.

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King Salman tells Trump his country wants an outcome based on 2002 Arab Peace Initiative

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has told Donald Trump that the kingdom is eager to achieve a fair and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, which he said was the main starting point of the kingdom’s proposed Arab Peace Initiative, the state news agency reported.

The leaders spoke by phone following a historic US-brokered accord last month under which the United Arab Emirates agreed to become the third Arab state to normalise ties with Israel, after Egypt and Jordan.

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New York school district delays start of year after mass resignations, leaves of absence | TheHill

In a statement released Friday, the Williamsville Central School District said that students learning remotely or through hybrid models would see their school years delayed indefinitely. Those returning to in-person hybrid learning models would apparently see their classes start on Tuesday.

The statement blamed the decision on 90 school employees who requested sick leave absences due to COVID-19, as well as the resignations of more than 100 employees.

 

Source: New York school district delays start of year after mass resignations, leaves of absence | TheHill

Former Mentor Says Mark Zuckerberg Intoxicated by Power, Calls Disinformation ‘A National Security Issue’ – Slashdot

Roger McNamee: The company essentially believes that it is sovereign, the equivalent of another nation. It has nearly twice as many monthly active users as there are people in China. And so Mark Zuckerberg very much has the view that no one can tell him what to do… Facebook’s own research says that 64% of the time that a person joins an extremist network on Facebook, it is because Facebook has recommended that they do so…

People sit there and assume it’s about money, and I think money is secondary. I really think it’s about power. I think Mark Zuckerberg has a vision that connecting all the people in the world on one network — his network — is the best thing any human being can do. And in his notion it has to do with efficiency, it has to do with scale, it has to do with imposing his vision on it.

And that kind of power is intoxicating. 

Source: Former Mentor Says Mark Zuckerberg Intoxicated by Power, Calls Disinformation ‘A National Security Issue’ – Slashdot

Brexit: Johnson to override EU withdrawal agreement

Translation: Boorish Boris has no plan, no clue how to lead or to manage England or Brexit.

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Move threatens to collapse talks that PM has said must be completed within weeks

Boris Johnson is drawing up legislation that will override the Brexit withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland, a move that threatens the collapse of crunch talks which the prime minister has said must be completed within five weeks.

Johnson will put an ultimatum to negotiators this week, saying the UK and Europe must agree a post-Brexit trade deal by 15 October or Britain will walk away for good.

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Namowë in the canoe with his monkey, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NO to Maduro’s Orinoco Mining Arc destruction of indigenous lands in Venezuela !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

NO to Maduro’s Orinoco Mining Arc destruction of indigenous lands in Venezuela !!! NO to Bolsonaro’s removal of protections for indigenous territories in Brazil !!! NO BLOOD GOLD !!! NO to Ecocide and Ethnocide !!! https://barbara-navarro.com/2020/08/04/exhibition-pas-de-cartier-yanomami-and-trees-gold-mining-and-gold-luxury-items-covid-19-propagated-by-gold-miners/

Namowë in the canoe with his monkey, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela – NO to Maduro’s Orinoco Mining Arc destruction of indigenous lands in Venezuela !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Hungary: Students form human chain to support autonomy for universities | News | DW | 06.09.2020

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Viktor Orban’s right-wing nationalist government has handed control of several universities to private institutions loyal to his administration. Thousands of people have rallied in support of a renowned theater school.

Source: Hungary: Students form human chain to support autonomy for universities | News | DW | 06.09.2020