If passed, experts fear that children would be more easily led on the path of puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and surgical sex change; all these carry with them considerable health risks, and some are irreversible.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is the most prominent political figure to reject such an indiscriminate penalty; it is “not their war,” but that of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he has said.
The Flemish port city of Antwerp, already known as being Europe’s ‘cocaine capital’, has fast become a place where drug cartels and their proxies work out their spats.
Afghanistan’s underground church needs urgent support “as targeted killings and other forms of persecution are rising.”
The theatre production scraps what made its protagonist so inspiring in the first place: the very fact of her feminine nature—a young girl who put her virtues to work within a male-dominated field.
Earlier this month, Ukraine and Russia hurled accusations at each other over the nuclear facility and its surrounding area’s shelling, causing global concern over a nuclear catastrophe taking place.
The levy comes just days after Energy Minister Robert Habeck announced his plan for reducing gas consumption by 20%. He also wants to allow public buildings to be heated at a maximum of 19 degrees.
Arguing for its replacement, Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted that “China’s 17+1 format was already redundant and divisive long before Lithuania quit.”
The man accused of stabbing the author multiple times, Hadi Matar, pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. He is due back in court on Friday.
In an email, his book agent Andrew Wylie wrote that “the news is not good,” as the author is likely to lose one eye. During the attack, stab wounds damaged his liver and severed the nerves in his arm.
On its website, the collective Don’t Pay UK demands a “reduction of energy bills to an affordable level.”
The package includes ammunition for the U.S.-supplied HIMARS, which has been termed a “gamechanger” by Western officials. With their 300 kilometres range, they have proved highly effective in hitting various strategic targets.
