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Governing with foresight: Designing institutions for the next decades

As the World Economic Forum once again brings state and corporate leaders together in Davos, Euronews will moderate a panel discussion organised by the National Planning Council at the Qatar Pavilion....

Jan 16EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Cyprus: Small and divided but with grand plans for the EU

One of the smallest members of the EU now holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU. The Cypriot government wants to promote European autonomy over the next six months....

Jan 16Deutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Rights groups warn on Israeli abuse of Palestinian prisoners

A new report has published harrowing testimonies by Palestinians who were released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Meanwhile, rights activists are worried that Israel is now considering th...

3dDeutsche WellePolitics

Greenland row: EU weighing response to Trump tariff plan

European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU was weighing a joint response to a new US tariff plan to impose levies of 10% on 8 European nations, including Germany, France and the UK. Follow t...

6dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

Pakistan arrests rights lawyer, husband over 'cyber terrorism', family says

Pakistani rights lawyer Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband were arrested, according to her mother, politician and former minister Shireen Mazari. A judge ordered the couple's arrest in a cyber terrori...

18hDeutsche WellePolitics

Lawyers allege DHS is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees

Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held....

5dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

ICE takes back into custody man released for violation of rights

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-25e46910fcc62fbf5ab341905af9891c Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46648978 Points: 12 # Comments: 4...

Jan 16Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Judge: ICE violated Liberian man's rights by bursting through front door

Article URL: https://www.fox9.com/news/judge-ice-violated-liberian-mans-rights-bursting-through-front-door-during-arrest Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46647555 Points: 8 # Comment...

Jan 16Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Trump tells Iranian protesters 'help is on its way' and cancels talks with officials

US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Democratic congressman Ro Khanna wants creators to have their own 'bill of rights'

US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...

Jan 15Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

At least 3,428 killed in Iranian security crackdown on protesters, rights group says

Meanwhile, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran was ready to respond "decisively" to its enemies, accusing the US and Israel of being behind the protests....

Jan 14EuronewsPoliticsImpact

Former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in front of House Judiciary Committee

Former special counsel Jack Smith who charged Trump with crimes in Florida and D.C. is set to testify in public before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday....

1dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU's roll-back of digital rights

Article URL: https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/article-article-how-big-tech-shaped-eus-roll-back-digital-rights Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46678430 Points: 30 # Comments: ...

4dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Counsel seeks death sentence for ex-S. Korean leader Yoon over martial law imposition

A court in South Korea confirms that an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his martial law imposition in Decem...

Jan 13ABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Germany: far-right extremist 'Saxon Separatists' stand trial

The trial of 8 suspected right-wing extremists accused of planning a coup is beginning in the German city of Dresden. Their goal: A Nazi state....

1dDeutsche WellePolitics

Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland

By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world...

5dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

South China Sea: claims of coercion, deception as Beijing and Manila wage new war of words

China and the Philippines have again exchanged barbs over confrontations in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of provocation and escalating tensions. The Chinese embassy in th...

Jan 13South China Morning Postworld_newsImpact

Sen. Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon. Legal experts say veterans' rights are at stake.

Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...

Jan 15Business InsiderPoliticsImpact

Project 2025 director Paul Dans: ‘We are in a full-on scrimmage for the future of America First’

The Maga activist on rifts within the right, his primary race against Trump confidant Lindsey Graham — and the president’s mistake over the Epstein files...

19hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it

"Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!" That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines from Star Wars , The Hunchback of Notre ...

6dThe VergePoliticsImpact
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