UN envoy warns Syria conflict not over yet

A UN envoy warned on Tuesday that Syria’s protracted conflict “has not ended yet”, even as the country’s victorious Islamist-led rebels stepped up contacts with governments that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah. The UN’s migration chief, Amy Pope, warned against a “large-scale return” of refugees to Syria, adding that “sending people back will … Read more

Denmark frees anti-whaling activist Paul Watson – DW – 12/17/2024

Denmark’s Justice Ministry on Tuesday rejected a Japanese extradition request and released Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from a Greenland prison after five months in detention. Watson, one of the world’s most famous anti-whaling activists, was detained in the port of Nuuk in Greenland this July 21 on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol. … Read more

No, the BBC did not report that Luigi Mangione ‘shot himself’ in prison

In the latest flood of misinformation regarding Luigi Mangione, indicted for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, some users are sharing a fake BBC headline claiming that Mangione committed suicide while in prison. The notification was actually created using Apple’s latest AI tool. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or … Read more

Draft of Trump’s executive order to create the national bitcoin reserve released

This Tuesday, the draft of an executive order that proposes the creation of a strategic reserve of bitcoin (BTC) in the United States was released. All that remains is for President-elect Donald Trump’s team to review this document and for the president to sign it for it to come into force. The document, which was … Read more

‘This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort’ in the Middle East, expert says

The United States said Tuesday it felt “cautious optimism” on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before. Henri Barkey, Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, says with Iran weakened and Russia essentially removed from the Middle East, this is … Read more

Argentina cercena la libertad amplificando la competencia de su policía del pre-crimen

Con sus normativas, insiste en la criminalización de uso de bitcoin. Los gobiernos no entienden el ciberespacio ni cómo escalar su actividad ahí. “Obligados a escaparSomos presos políticos.Reos de la propiedadLos esclavos políticos.” Patricio Rey y sus redonditos de Ricota En un anterior artículo comenté sobre las últimas radicales ideas que trajeron al ordenamiento jurídico … Read more