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The Third Avenue Bridge, which was built in 1898 and crosses the Harlem River between the Bronx and Manhattan, stopped functioning amid high temperatures on July 8. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu/Getty Images

ReflexionesNaturaleza,

Earlier this week, the Third Avenue Bridge in Manhattan had to be shut down because the bridge – which pivots to allow ships to pass – wouldn’t close correctly. Why? Because it was so hot in New York City that day the metal in the bridge swelled, and the closing mechanism wouldn’t work. Firefighters had to spray water on the structure for several hours to cool it off before the bridge could be reopened to traffic.

A tragedy? Hardly. But it’s evidence of one of the central truths of our time, and one that is becoming more and more apparent every day: We have built our world for a climate that no longer exists.…  Seguir leyendo »

French President Emmanuel Macron, with wife Brigitte in the background, cast their ballots in the second round of France's legislative election on July 7. His centrist Ensemble alliance came second after the leftist New Popular Front coalition. Mohammed Badra/AFP/Getty Images

EuropaUnión Europea,

France’s legislative election results shocked — but also delighted — much of the public, especially those on the left. The seemingly relentless march to power by the likes of far-right stalwart Marine Le Pen has been halted — at least for now.

The left wing of French politics once again has a sense of its own purpose and power: the ability of its voters to achieve big things, and to do the right thing. This is why it was heartening to see so many people celebrating across the country Sunday night, as the improbably resounding election results came out. They deserved it.…  Seguir leyendo »

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the United States District Court in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, before heading home to his native Australia. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters

MundoAmérica,

Julian Assange is no martyr, but the Trump administration’s continued pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder ended up making him one — in the eyes of many Australians.

In his home country, Assange had long been a darling of human rights lawyers, hard-left and far-right figures who took up his cause, mostly motivated by an anti-deep-state mentality.

Seen by some as an attention-seeking narcissist who thought himself above the law and continually fell out with those around him, Assange was a difficult figure for ordinary people to like — despite the various celebrities, including Hollywood actor Pamela Anderson, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and British rap star M.I.A.…  Seguir leyendo »

French soccer star Kylian Mbappé is one of the world's best-known players and last year was included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Michael Regan/UEFA/Getty Images

EuropaUnión Europea,

French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé made a dramatic foray into the country’s election campaign this week, but don’t expect the striker to have an influence on the outcome.

The captain of “Les Bleus” and one of the world’s most famous soccer players made clear his political preferences for the first time this week while on national duty at the UEFA Euro championship in Germany.

“Today we can all see that extremists are very close to winning power”, he said in comments Sunday that echoed a warning from teammate Marcus Thuram who urged the French people “to fight every day” to stop the far right from winning power.…  Seguir leyendo »

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, his first trip to Pyongyang in 24 years. AP/Getty Images

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in North Korea on Tuesday, it will kick up yet another gust in the recent swirl of diplomatic activity surrounding Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine.

But unlike the dizzying number of summits of the past few weeks, this gathering of dictators in Pyongyang is meant to help Moscow – not Kyiv.

In recent weeks, Ukraine’s supporters – led by the US and other Western democracies – have held multiple meetings, offering not only symbolic backing but also very concrete new assistance to besieged Ukrainians.

So, it’s hardly surprising that Putin is pushing against his diplomatic isolation and seeking to invigorate his weapons pipeline; the main purposes of his visiting the North Korean capital he has not seen in nearly a quarter of a century.…  Seguir leyendo »

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the European Parliamentary election, in Berlin, on June 9, 2024. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg/Getty Images

EuropaUnión Europea,

The last time the European Union voted, five years ago, teenagers across the continent were taking to the streets en masse: demonstrating for serious climate protection policies. They had no say, they inveighed, on decisions that would define their lives for years to come. “We’ll go to school if you keep the climate cool”, they taunted with verve, justifying their audacious skipping of class to protest.

Surveys show that young people (usually the 18 to 24-year-old bracket) in democracies on both sides of the Atlantic tend to cast their ballots for more reform-minded, left-of-center parties, rather than those on the right.…  Seguir leyendo »

US troops wade through the water after landing on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, during the Allies' invasion of Normandy, France. About 160,000 Allied troops carried out the largest seaborne invasion in history. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group Editorial/Getty Images

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Parachutes flapped open in midair over France this week as US paratroopers leaped out of World War II-era military planes, launching the start of solemn commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a week that will bring dozens of world leaders, including President Joe Biden, for events that will be rich in symbolism and resonant with current times.

For decades, the United States, its allies and others have come together to remember the June 6, 1944, US-led landing in Normandy, the largest seaborne invasion in history and the pivotal final stage of the Allied push to defeat Nazi Germany’s devastating, genocidal campaign of conquest.…  Seguir leyendo »

Supporters of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wear masks of his face, as they attend an election campaign rally in Meerut, on March 31. Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

MundoAsia,

It has not been easy being a Muslim in Narendra Modi’s India. With the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) steadfastly refusing to allow my community even a token representation in corridors of power, India’s largest minority, the third largest Muslim population in the world, is left voiceless.

For the first time since India’s Independence in 1947, the ruling party did not have a single Muslim Member of Parliament.

Tuesday’s election results, in which Prime Minister Modi sealed a rare third term, only enhance the sense of gloom and doom for Indian Muslims like me. My community may once again not have an MP in the government.…  Seguir leyendo »

Aya Nakamura performs at the annual Fete de l'Humanite music festival in September 2019 Prezat Denis/ABACA/Shutterstock

EuropaUnión Europea,

Every host country of the Olympic Games faces a reckoning. It’s not a trial like a war or national disaster. It can’t be compared to an election of the sort America faces this fall. But the world’s biggest sporting event holds a mirror up to a nation like few other events.

Part of the reason is that organizing it is so mind-bogglingly complex. It stress tests a country’s government. It places incredible burdens on the state bureaucracy. Frequently, given the cost overruns, it strains the public finances. But it also begs answers to bigger, uncomfortable questions.

The hardest of them is deciding what the Olympics mean.…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoOriente Próximo

A recent visitor to Israel told me about a conversation in which he noted that Benjamin Netanyahu is the worst prime minister in modern Israel’s history. His Israeli interlocutor disagreed.

No, he responded, “Bibi”, as he is known, is the worst leader in the history of the Jewish people.

Almost eight months have passed since Hamas breached Israel’s border with Gaza on October 7, brutally massacring more than 1,000 people, kidnapping hundreds, sexually assaulting countless women, and triggering a horrific war in Gaza — all during the leadership of Netanyahu.

He was in charge on the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.…  Seguir leyendo »

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There seems to be a doctrine within the National Security Council in the Biden administration: escalation aversion. These “escalationists” seem deeply worried that any increase in support for Ukraine could lead to World War III.

France and Germany on Tuesday took the important step of joining the UK and other countries in saying the weapons they supply Ukraine could be used in strikes on Russian soil. Predictably, Russian President Vladmir Putin responded that these moves could lead to “serious consequences”, particularly for “small and densely populated countries”. This threat has been made by Putin again and again, often referencing Russia’s nuclear weapons, as the West has upped it’s support for Ukraine.…  Seguir leyendo »

Mexico looks set to have its first woman president, with frontrunners Xóchitl Gálvez and Claudia Sheinbaum vying for votes on June 2. Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images

MundoAmérica,

In Mexico, the frontrunners in the 2024 presidential election are both women, and women make up at least 50% of Congress, half the Cabinet, and lead the Supreme Court. When the nation goes to the polls on June 2, the odds strongly favor the election of Mexico’s first woman president, a stark contrast to the United States, which has never elected a woman to the highest office and has seen its Supreme Court overturn a ruling that established a national right for women to choose abortion.

Mexican presidential frontrunners Claudia Sheinbaum and Xóchitl Gálvez have voiced their support for reproductive rights, even if neither has shared specific proposals on abortion.…  Seguir leyendo »

Palestinians are seen waiting for aid trucks to cross in central Gaza Strip on May 19. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

MundoOriente Próximo,

Earlier this month, our team of humanitarian workers had to stop distributing aid in Gaza. Like most of the population there, our aid workers urgently needed to find new places for themselves and their families to shelter.

In recent weeks, Israel airdropped leaflets on eastern Rafah, instructing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to move to areas that have already been destroyed. Israeli airstrikes were intensifying, and the ground invasion was about to begin.

Almost all humanitarian aid providers were operating out of Rafah, including my colleagues from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Our staff in Gaza had been serving hot meals from open-air kitchens and hosting recreational activities for children and teens.…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoOriente Próximo,

To a rogue’s gallery that has included the late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could soon be added now that prosecutors for the International Criminal Court are seeking a warrant for his arrest.

The ICC is a criminal tribunal that prosecutes individuals, just as the Nuremberg trials did after World War II. Established in 2002, the ICC has only secured 10 convictions for war crimes. Even though the ICC’s wheels of justice grind slowly, grind they do.

The move to charge Netanyahu has the potential to greatly alter how the war in Gaza plays out.…  Seguir leyendo »

We Germans are making Trump ‘thunderstorm’ plans

MundoAmérica,

It’s 9.00 a.m. on a Sunday morning in early Spring, and we are waiting for the kids to come out onto the soccer field. Some of us are holding coffee cups. We have all gotten up early to take our fourth and fifth graders to this south-eastern district of Berlin, where they will be playing the Köpenicker FC in just a bit.

The conversation revolves around school and recent vacations, as I ask my fellow soccer moms and dads about the US election, explaining that I am working on a piece for CNN opinion. Do they follow US politics? And what do they think about it?…  Seguir leyendo »

MundoOriente Próximo

The official tone from state-controlled Iranian media was grave and mournful on Sunday night as searchers struggled to reach the wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, and other top officials after it crashed into the mountains in blinding fog.

Occasionally, however, celebratory fireworks streaked into the sky, a reminder that Raisi, and the regime that controls the Islamic Republic of Iran with increasing ruthlessness, is reviled by large segments of the population.

On social media, young Iranians rejoiced at what would soon be confirmed as the deaths of hardliners Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and others, enforcers of a regime that has crushed their freedoms.…  Seguir leyendo »

A protester holds an EU and Georgian flag in front of riot police at a demonstration against the proposed 'foreign agents' law in the capital Tbilisi, on May 14. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP

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Riot police in gas masks and balaclavas emerge like a dystopian infantry in the haze of tear gas that envelops Rustaveli Avenue, the Georgian capital’s main thoroughfare. They snatch protesters from the crowd and drag them back into a mass of black uniforms. Inside their ranks, the beatings continue.

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across Georgia in recent weeks to protest the government’s adoption of a Kremlin-inspired “foreign agents” bill. The legislation is a primer for autocracy.

The bill requires NGOs and media organizations who receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence”.…  Seguir leyendo »

Demonstrators gather in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Place de la Republique in Paris, on the day Assange appeals in a British court against his extradition to the US, February 20, 2024. Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters

MundoAmérica,

Imagine this. A determined American journalist, let’s call her Gillian, is sleuthing away at a story about India’s nuclear weapons program. But there’s a problem: the Indian Official Secrets Act of 1923. Though Gillian is based in London, when she finally gets to publish her story, the Indian government is bent on revenge.

Gillian has to be made an example of, so that no other journalist would dare follow in her footsteps. So, the Indian government applies for her to be extradited to stand trial in Delhi. She faces up to 10 years in jail.

Is London going to hand Gillian over?…  Seguir leyendo »

Ukrainian servicemen fire in the Kharkiv region on May 15, amid a fresh Russian assault. Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images

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It was a carefully choreographed show of force in Beijing Thursday as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for yet another meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. They were all smiles.

Meanwhile in Europe, the atmosphere could have hardly felt less jovial.

On Wednesday, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and gravely wounded in an assassination attempt. Fico is reportedly out of danger now, with many details about the shooting still unclear. But the dramatic event added to the foreboding sense of crisis across the region; the feeling that, as tense as the situation is, it’s time to prepare urgently, because it might turn much worse.…  Seguir leyendo »

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague against issuing arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and commanders after its investigation into the war in Gaza. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters/File

MundoOriente Próximo,

The signs are mounting that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is weighing an indictment against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials over Israel’s conduct of its war against Hamas in Gaza. This would be an earthquake and could be seen as a case of selective justice that ends up helping the beleaguered prime minister politically.

The ICC, which was established in 2002, is more of a club of about 125 countries that tries to make the rules than a true manifestation of consensual “international law” — and it occupies a rather fuzzy position vis-à-vis non-member states like the United States and Israel.…  Seguir leyendo »