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Welcome to Tuesday, where Ukraine marks 1,000 days since the Russian invasion, Hong Kong's high court jails 45 pro-democracy activists and a Sardinian village has a special offer for dejected U.S. voters. And from Argentine daily Clarín, Carlos Sabino considers the possibility that Javier Milei’s radical reforms may not be doomed to fail after all.
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Belgian daily Le Soir highlights the resilience of Ukraine as the nation marks “1,000 days of harrowing war” since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. The conflict, which the Brussels-based newspaper describes as unrelenting and devastating, has left the Ukrainian population grappling with immense humanitarian challenges, from displacement to the complete destruction of infrastructure. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky remains a central figure, maintaining the confidence of many citizens as the focus shifts to sustaining international support and navigating the growing energy crisis through the winter.
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• Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war, vows to “never submit.” The country’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it will “never submit to the occupiers” and that “the Russian military will be punished for violating international law,” as Kyiv marks 1,000 days since Russia launched a full-scale invasion. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to address a special session of the European Parliament later today. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday an update of Russia’s nuclear doctrine, as an answer to reports that the U.S. will allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by Washington to strike deep into Russia.
• U.S. envoy in Beirut for ceasefire talks after Hezbollah approves truce draft. American diplomat Amos Hochstein landed in the Lebanese capital city on Tuesday for talks with officials on a truce between Hezbollah and Israel, after the militant group and the country’s government reacted “in a positive way” to a proposal drafted by Washington. The visit comes after an Israeli strike killed five people in central Beirut on Monday, the second day in a row Israel hit a target within the capital. Read more in this essay translated from Arabic by Worldcrunch: No More Tears — My Lebanon War Diary And The Routine Of Tragedy.
• Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy activists in mass trial. A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of prominent pro-democracy figures of the “Hong Kong 47” group of activists and lawmakers to between four and 10 years in jail. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday were former student leader Joshua Wong and legal scholar Benny Tai. This marks the territory’s largest single prosecution to date under a national security law imposed by Beijing four years ago. From the Worldcrunch vault, we offer this analysis translated from French: Why Hong Kong Means So Much To Xi Jinping.
• Climate change on agenda of G20 Rio summit’s last day. Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies are meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and the transition to cleaner energy, in a bid to shore up efforts to address climate change before Donald Trump returns to the White House in January. On Monday, the leaders issued a joint statement calling for “rapidly and substantially increasing climate finance from billions to trillions from all sources.”
• Leader of Georgia’s breakaway region resigns. Abkhazia’s president Aslan Bzhani has resigned on Tuesday “to maintain stability and constitutional order,” his office said, after days of mass protests over a controversial proposed investment deal with Russia. The bill, which has been withdrawn, would have legalized Russian investment and land ownership. The breakaway republic is recognized by most of the world as Georgian territory but has been under Russian control since a brief 2008 war between Moscow and Tbilisi.
• Car crashes into crowd outside school in China in latest mass attack. Multiple students were injured after a white SUV was driven into a crowd of people outside a primary school in southern Hunan province’s Changde city. There are no details of the casualties but a local police statement said that no one was “in life-threatening condition so far.” A 39-year-old male suspect was arrested. This marks the third attack on a crowd in China in a week, fuelling concerns about public safety.
• Sardinian village offers $1 homes for Americans upset by U.S. election outcome. Ollolai, a village on the Italian island of Sardinia, has launched a new website to attract would-be American expats who are tired of “global politics” in the wake of the presidential elections, offering to sell them dilapidated houses for as little as one euro. “We are betting on them to help us revive the village, they are our winning card,” mayor Francesco Columbu told CNN. The village has been trying to lure new residents with appealing house schemes since 2018.
💬 LEXICON
Hīkoi
A 50,000 people-strong demonstration in New Zealand on Tuesday marked the end of a nine-day hīkoi across the country, one of the largest in New Zealand’s history. Hīkoi (pronounced “hee-koy” and literally meaning “a walk”) refers to a peaceful protest in the Māori tradition to promote collective action. The demonstrators gathered outside New Zealand’s parliament to protest a bill that seeks to reinterpret the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi, a fundamental document for New Zealand’s race relations between British colonizers and the Māori people.
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📰 IN OTHER NEWS
📈 Observers thought Javier Miliei could never transform the Argentine state's entrenched welfare system without unleashing social chaos, but the disaster has yet to happen amid a modest uptick in economic indices.
— CLARÍN
🕌 Eastern Germany’s first mosque with a visible dome and minaret is soon to open in Erfurt. But the site has already become a target for Islamophobic attacks.
— DIE ZEIT
🧑⚕️ A French journalist takes part in a first aid training program that was created in Australia in the early 2000s. The class isn't about performing CPR or treating burns but to help participants respond to mental health issues.
— LES ECHOS
📣 VERBATIM
“Society at this point needs to look at how we trivialise rape.”
— Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the center of a mass rape trial whose ordeal has shocked the world, addressed the court in Avignon, southern France, providing closing statements as the trial enters its final phase after 10 weeks. “There will forever be 51 people who have defiled me,” Pelicot said, referring to the 50 men facing allegations of rape, orchestrated by Pelicot’s ex-husband. A verdict is expected to be reached by the end of the year.
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