ICC prosecutor, under investigation, steps aside temporarily
The Hague (AFP) – International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan will step aside pending the conclusion of an internal probe into a misconduct allegation against him, his office said Friday.The UN Office of Internal Oversight Services started started its investigation in November, with reports saying Khan was accused of sexual misconduct towards a member of his office.
Khan, 55, denies the allegations.
Khan "communicated his decision to take leave until the end" of the UN internal investigation, and his deputy prosecutors will run the office in his absence, it said in a statement.
The British lawyer took up his position with The Hague-based court in June 2021.
Throughout his career -- from courtrooms in England and Wales, to leading cases before international tribunals -- he has faced down controversy for his legal work.
Stints included defending Liberia's former president Charles Taylor against allegations of war crimes in Sierra Leone, Kenya's President William Ruto in a crimes-against-humanity case at the ICC that was eventually dropped, and the son of late Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, Seif al-Islam.
Khan also secured ICC warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Hamas figures, over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The ICC investigates and prosecutes genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. While its rulings are binding on member countries, it lacks the ability to enforce them.
Khan was born in Scotland and studied undergraduate law at King's College, London.
His father was Pakistani, his mother British and he is a member of the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim sect.
He became a practising lawyer in 1992, and went on to cut his teeth in international law at the former Yugoslav and Rwandan war crimes courts from 1997 to 2000.
He later represented survivors and relatives of victims of the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia at its UN-backed court in the late 2000s.
His other roles have included a stint at The Hague-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon, set up to bring to justice the killers of Lebanese ex-PM Rafic Hariri in 2005.
Prima voorbeeld #LandoNorris heeft besloten om sociale media te vermijden en is dolblij met die keuze. De McLaren-coureur ziet het als tijdsverspilling. "Het is gewoon niet iets wat ik leuk vind. Ik hoef het niet." #SocialMediawww.nu.nl/formule-1/63...
📰 Meer dan 100 Palestijnen gedood vandaag in Gaza, aanvallen nemen toe
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Meer dan 100 Palestijnen gedood vandaag in Gaza, aanvallen nemen toe
Bij Israëlische luchtaanvallen in de Palestijnse Gazastrook zijn vandaag opnieuw zeker 115 mensen gedood. Dat zeggen medici tegen Al Jazeera vandaag. Het zou vooral om kinderen en vrouwen gaan.RTL Nieuws
Wes Moore, the nation’s lone Black governor, vetoes bill to study reparations
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📝 Em um discurso apaixonado, o senador do PT reafirma seu apoio à Comissão Mista de Investigação (CMPI) e exige que o Congresso atue com urgência em questões cruciais para a sociedade. A pressão política está aumentando! Quer entender os detalhes dessa mobilização? Clique no link e fique por dentro!
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Senador do PT reforça apoio à CMPI e cobra ação do Congresso
Brasília — InkDesign News — O senador Fabiano Contarato (PT-ES) reafirmou nesta sexta-feira (16) seu apoio à criação da Comissão Parlamentar Mista de Inquérito (CPMI) para investigar fraudes no InstitTiago F Santiago (INK|DESIGN NEWS)
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Ci vorrebbe un patentino anche per genitorialità {provocazione, forse...}.
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Znajomi się zachwycają tym chatem GPT ciągle, postanowiłem mu dać drugą szansę...
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The image is a comic strip titled "NIEZROZUMIALY CZŁOWIEK OPC.1" (The Incomprehensible Man, Option 1). It consists of nine panels, each depicting a scene with a stick figure character interacting with a ticket vending machine.
In the first panel, the character stands in front of the machine, asking for "DWA BILETY ZA TRZY ZŁOTE" (two tickets for three zloty). The second panel shows the character receiving one ticket, with the text "TZN. JEDEN BILET W CENIE TRZECI ZŁOTECH" (meaning one ticket for three zloty). In the third panel, the character, holding the ticket, says "ALE DWA TAKIE BILETY" (but two such tickets).
The fourth panel shows the character holding a 3.00 zloty note, with the text "TAKIE DWA ZA TRZY ZŁOTE? BĘDE STRATNA..." (such two for three zloty? I will be at a loss...). In the fifth panel, the character offers "ALE JA PANI DAM SZĘĆ ZŁOTYCH" (but I will give you six zloty). The sixth panel shows the character saying "A TO NAWET LEPIEJ, BO PRZY ZAKUPIE POWYŻEJ PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH JEST BILET GRATIS" (this is even better, because with a purchase above five zloty, there is a free ticket).
In the seventh panel, the character requests "W TAKIM RAZIE PROSZĘ TRZY BILETY ZA SZĘĆ ZŁOTYCH" (in that case, please give me three tickets for six zloty). The eighth panel shows the character lying on the ground, with the text "I JEDEN GRATIS..." (and one free...). The final panel shows a hand holding three 6.00 zloty tickets.
The comic humorously illustrates a misunderstanding about ticket pricing, leading to an unexpected outcome.
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Incontriamo Fabio Caccioppoli, studioso di Comunicazione Nonviolenta e candidato alla certificazione presso il Center for Nonviolent Communication di Albuquerque (USA), poco prima del suo seminario al festival dell’associazione Spazio 2030 al campus universitario di
La scuola romana delle risate - RaiPlay
Un viaggio nella satira visionaria, popolare e dissacrante che ha segnato la cultura di RomaRaiPlay
Stock Movers: CoreWeave, Hershey, Cava
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Parlement : le groupe d’amitié #FrancePalestine de l’Assemblée privé de voyage sur place. Arguant de la situation instable à #Gaza, le groupe #MoDem a préféré donner la priorité à un déplacement du groupe d’amitié #FranceVatican.
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À l’Assemblée, le groupe d’amitié France-Palestine privé de voyage sur place
Arguant de la situation instable à Gaza, le groupe MoDem a préféré donner la priorité à un déplacement du groupe d’amitié avec le Vatican. Une décision incompréhensible au regard du drame en cours, s’alarment les membres de l’instance.Pauline Graulle (Mediapart)
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🔵 ¿Por qué hay marcas muy populares atrapadas entre la geopolítica, los boicots y la sensibilidad social?
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En un mundo polarizado, las marcas que se mantienen fieles a sus valores pueden salir reforzadas frente a boicots, presión política y crisis de reputación.
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering. Even today one of their structures, the Pantheon, is still intact nearly 2,000 years after it was built, a long time for concrete to last. Researchers from MIT may now know why. @ScienceAlert has the story:
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We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Lasts Thousands of Years : ScienceAlert
The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
Encrypted journaling isn't paranoia - it's power. Emacs + Org + GPG = silent memory. #DeadSwitch #Emacs #OrgMode #PrivacyOps #EncryptedMind #CyberGhost
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The Ciphered Mind – Encrypted Journaling with Org-mode
By DeadSwitch | The Cyber Ghost “Your thoughts should never be anyone’s business. Encrypt the silence.” In a world obsessed with sharing, I write to forget – not to be remem…Tom's IT Cafe
Mike Pence Says It's A 'Bad Idea' For Trump To Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar
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Mike Pence Says It's A 'Bad Idea' For Trump To Accept Luxury Jet From Qatar
"I think it's just a bad idea," Pence told NBC News' Kristen Welker. "And my hope is the president will think better of it."Sebastian Murdock (HuffPost)
Defensa cultural
Anoche le conté a Pato del sueño que tuve donde conocíamos al Che. Y cantamos juntos la canción de la Adarga al brazo de Frank Delgado, que se la canto desde que era un bebé.
Me preguntó quién era Camilo y quién era Changó.
Y hablamos de cómo murió el Che, cuándo se fue de Cuba, de cuando Fidel visitó Chile en el 72 y de otras cosas de esa América Latina.
Al final, le dije que muchos de los compañeros de él no sabían quién era el Che, o Fidel, Pepe Mujica, Lula o Allende, ni sabían del golpe en Chile o las dictaduras. Nunca habían oído las canciones que nosotros cantamos. Y que era posible que nunca se le hablara de eso en el colegio o en estudios sociales y era importante saber la historia de los pueblos.
Se sorprendió mucho
– ¿Cómo hacen para vivir sin saber eso, mama?
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A thing I really didn't expect in this parliament was that the UK's immigration debate would get more *weird and stupid*. More anti-immigration, yeah, I expected that, that always happens when we have a Labour government. But more detached from 'actual countries', I did not expect that.
Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 250 people since Thursday morning, local health authorities said on Friday, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March, with a new ground offensive expected soon. U.S. President Donald Trump, who ended a Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress […]
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Il 17 maggio si celebra in tutto il mondo la Giornata Internazionale contro l’Omofobia, la Lesbofobia, la Bifobia e la Transfobia (IDAHOBIT – acronimo di International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia), istituita per ricordare la data in cui, nel 1990,…
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Giornata Internazionale contro l’Omofobia, la Lesbofobia, la Bifobia e la Transfobia
Il 17 maggio si celebra in tutto il mondo la Giornata Internazionale contro l’Omofobia, la Lesbofobia, la Bifobia e la Transfobia (IDAHOBIT - acronimo diRedazione Napoli (Pressenza)
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📍 purple passion flower, Sunbeam neighborhood, Jacksonville, Florida
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Abrego Garcia Judge Frustrated at US Failure to Answer Questions
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Abrego Garcia Judge Frustrated at US Failure to Answer Questions
A federal judge repeatedly expressed frustration Friday at the Trump administration’s failure to answer her questions about what it is doing to facilitate the return of a Maryland resident wrongly deported to a notorious prison in his native El Salva…Sabrina Willmer (Bloomberg)
Apple research tackles the English accent of AI
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Apple research tackles the English accent of AI - 9to5Mac
Apple has co-authored a study proposing a new method that could make large language models (LLMs)better for non-English users.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
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in reply to xiao yun • • •I don't buy it.
The alleged misconduct happened in 2023 December. Internal investigation was conducted and closed. Then the allegation was made publically just as arrest warrant was issued for war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and US promised to retaliate. Patented US handiwork to me.
Even if it were true, that doesn't make the arrest warrant less relevant, but this way all the genocide supporters can pretend they are not the bad guys...