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☆ Germany Accused of Silencing Pro-Palestinian Voices at U.N. Rights Forum
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Sarah MarshBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faced accusations from Muslim countries of silencing pro-Palestinian voices and failing to do enough to tackle Islamophobia in a United Nations review of its human rights record on Thursday. German authorities have cracked down on pro-Palestinian groups since the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, and refused to authorize many pro-Palestinian protests, saying the curbs are to stop public disorder and prevent public antisemitism. Germany's Commissioner for Human Rights Policy Luise Amtsberg said there were limits on the right to peaceful demonstration in connection with criminal acts. Separately, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said earlier on Thursday that the country that perpetrated the Holocaust could not tolerate antisemitism. All 193 U.N. member states are subject to scrutiny as part of the review process established in 2008.

Persons: Sarah Marsh BERLIN, Luise Amtsberg, Olaf Scholz, Sarah Marsh, Bill Berkrot Organizations: United, NSU, Germany's, Human Locations: Germany, United Nations, Israel, Gaza, Geneva, Turkish

☆ Panama Canal to slash booking slots due to drought over coming months
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPANAMA CITY, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal, one of the world's main maritime trade routes, will further reduce daily ship crossings in the coming months due to a severe drought, the authorities managing the canal said late on Monday, increasing shipping costs. Booking slots will be cut to 25 per day starting Nov. 3 from an already reduced 31 per day, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said in a client advisory, and will be gradually reduced further over the next three months to 18 slots from Feb. 1. In recent months, the ACP has imposed various passage restrictions to conserve scarce water, including cutting vessel draft and daily passage authorizations. It also said delays for some gas transporters were at record highs in Panama, pushing up the cost of shipping liquefied gas from the U.S.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Eli Moreno, Brendan O'Boyle, Isabel Woodford, Josie Kao Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Panama Canal Authority, U.S . Energy, Administration, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, PANAMA, Gatun Lake

☆ Panama Canal trims vessel passage quota again to deal with severe drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in recent months has imposed various passage restrictions to conserve water, including cutting vessel draft and daily passage authorizations, which are normally 36 per day. The restrictions have generated long queues of waiting vessels, although the canal administration said Friday that levels were normal. The effects have led the canal to estimate a reduction in revenues of up to $200 million by 2024. Reporting by Elida Moreno; Editing by Drazen Jorgic and Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Elida Moreno, Drazen Jorgic, Leslie Adler Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Panama Canal Authority, ACP, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, PANAMA

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez Acquire Licensing RightsSept 12 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal could further reduce the maximum number of vessel transits authorized per day if a drought that has hit the waterway this year continues, its administrator said on Tuesday. In a move to ease the bottleneck of ships waiting, the canal has recently changed its reservation system to allow more non-booked vessels to pass and to give priority to the ships waiting the longest. The head of the Panama Canal Authority, Ricaurte Vasquez, said the waterway would opt for reducing daily transits if needed, before planning any further cut to authorized vessel draft, which affects shippers the most. PROLONGED DROUGHTVasquez said that even though this drought has not been the most severe Panama has ever seen, it could be very long.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Vasquez, Ricaurte Vasquez, Marianna Parraga, Gary McWilliams, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, Aris, Panama Canal Authority, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, Pacific

[1/2] Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Container ships are the most common users of the Panama Canal and transport more than 40% of consumer goods traded between Northeast Asia and the U.S. East Coast. Some shipping executives are bracing for more reductions later this year, noting that in 2020 a less severe drought prompted canal operators to reduce crossings to 27 per day. "The Panama Canal is just the latest example."

Persons: Aris Martinez, Max, Drew Lerner, Peter Sand, Steve Ferreira, STRI's Steven Paton, Paton, Brian Bourke, Lisa Baertlein, Marianna Parraga, Elida Moreno, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Deepa Babington Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, ANGELES, Evergreen Marine, Pacific, Panama Canal Authority, Northeast, U.S ., Smithsonian Tropical Research, El Nino, Central American, Canal Authority, SEKO Logistics, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, HOUSTON, China, U.S, Northeast Asia, U.S . East Coast . U.S, United States, Chile, Brazil, Suez, Gatun Lake, El, U.S . East Coast, Los Angeles, Houston, Copenhagen

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. The Panama Canal is important for moving consumer goods from Asia to the United States, especially ahead of peak selling seasons like Christmas. The Canal also is maintaining a suspension of extraordinary auctions for transit slots in both locks through Sep. 2. "Demand remains high, which proves that the Panama Canal is still competitive in most segments, even with measures taken to save water," the authority added. The Panama Canal has a 40%-market share of containers moving from Northeast Asia to the U.S. East Coast.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Elida Moreno, Marianna Parraga, Gary McWilliams, Grant McCool Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Panama Canal Authority, Canal Authority, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, PANAMA, Asia, United States, South, Pacific Coast, Northeast Asia, U.S . East Coast

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File PhotoPANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (Reuters) - The drought-hit Panama Canal has temporarily limited the number of new reserved passage slots to help ease a bottleneck of ships that are waiting to transit without reservations, the waterway's authority said on Thursday. The canal, however, in June postponed further restrictions that would have required ships to lighten their loads to more easily pass. The bottleneck of vessels waiting to pass, however, has grown, prompting logistics and supply chain experts to predict more disruptions. Still, the bottleneck will not fall as hard on shippers as pandemic-era mishaps, including the Suez Canal blockage in 2021, according to shipping firms and customers.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Ricaurte Vasquez, Anatol Feygin, Rolf Habben Jansen, Lloyd, Elida Moreno, Marianna Parraga, Lisa Baertlein, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Reuters, El, El Nino, Walmart, Cheniere Energy, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, China, El, Suez

☆ Panama Canal seen losing $200 mln next year as ship crossings dip
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. Specifically, between 30 and 32 ships are expected to cross daily during the new fiscal year which starts in October, said canal administrator Ricaurte Vasquez at an event. That compares to the 36 to 38 ships that transit the waterway when it operates at full capacity. The $200 million cut would reduce the canal's revenues for the 2023-2024 fiscal year to $4.9 billion. Panama typically sees heavy rains in July, and the canal authority has called the lack of precipitation "historically unprecedented."

Persons: Aris Martinez, Ricaurte Vasquez, Elida Moreno, David Alire Garcia Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City

☆ Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Elida Moreno | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez/File PhotoPANAMA CITY, June 21 (Reuters) - The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway, one of the world's busiest trade passages, the canal authority's administrator said on Wednesday, citing shallower waters due to drought. Ship traffic, including container ships and oil tankers, using the canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean accounts for about 3.5% of global trade. Despite the new rules limiting ships' weight, Vasquez said the flow of ships through the canal has carried on as expected so far. The limits will not affect liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, as they typically report drafts of up to 37 feet, according to the canal authority.

Persons: Aris Martinez, Ricaurte Vasquez, Vasquez, Eli Moreno, Kylie Madry, Sonali Paul Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, PANAMA CITY, Central, Reuters, Port, El Nino, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, Central American, El

☆ A bizarre far-right coup plot uncovered in Germany hints at a much more sinister trend
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Alexander Clarkson | World Politics Review | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

In early December, German police uncovered a plot by far-right conspirators to mount a coup. It is widely acknowledged that the electoral appeal of the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to about 10% of German voters is a matter of great concern. This image of political stability, though not unjustified, caused many observers to downplay the revelation in early December that German police had uncovered an organized plot by a network of far-right conspirators to mount a coup. German police and intelligence services had to take the threat this network represented seriously. This complacency gave the East German Stasi and other Soviet-bloc intelligence services opportunities to reach out to emerging radical networks willing to destabilize the Federal Republic at the time.

☆ Factbox: Far-right attacks, scandals in Germany
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following are some of the far-right attacks and scandals that have shaken Germany in recent years:Jan. 2021 - Far-right sympathiser Stephan Ernst is handed a life sentence for shooting dead pro-immigration conservative politician Walter Luebcke who was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in western Germany in 2019. Luebcke had been an outspoken supporter of former Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision in 2015 to let in refugees. June 2020 - German defence minister disbands company of its elite KSK special forces after a scandal over its links to far-right radicals. The attacker, a 27-year-old German, fatally shoots a woman outside the synagogue and a man inside a nearby kebab shop. An official report later says police had "massively underestimated" the risk of far-right violence and that missteps had allowed the cell to go undetected.

☆ Танки Второй мировой в масштабе 1:35. Коллекция бронетехники Валерия Титорова
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( ) novostipmr.com time to read: +5 min

На прошлой неделе «Новости Приднестровья» рассказали о тираспольском коллекционере моделей бронетехники времен Второй мировой войны Валерии Титорове. В бронеколлекции Валерия Титорова все модели представлены в масштабе 1:35 с досконально выполненной деталировкой. Каждый из семи выпущенных «карлов» имел имя собственное: «Адам», «Ева», «Один» и т. д. Миниатюрная копия в коллекции Валерия – это «Тор». Есть среди гусеничного и полугусеничного многообразия моделей Валерия Титорова и колёсная техника. Пока что коллекцию Валерия Титорова, за исключением журналистов, его родных и друзей, никто не видел.

Persons: Валерия Титорове, Валерий Титоров, Дмитрий Осатюк, Иван Макаренков, Валерий, Тигр Organizations: Новости Приднестровья, Красная армия, ИС, Тигр, Горьковский автомобильный завод Locations: Ленинград, ИСы, Кишинев, Бендер, Брестская крепость, Севастополь, Германия, Советский Союз, Мая, Екатерининский парк

☆ Complot terorist dejucat in...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +1 min

Procurorii germani au inculpat 12 bărbaţi acuzaţi că plănuiau să atace unele moschei și să provoace cât mai multe victime în rândul musulmanilor, transmite, vineri, Reuters, citat de Agerpres. Germania a trecut printr-un val de atacuri de extremă dreapta în ultimii ani, îndreptate împotriva unor minorităţi şi a unor persoane percepute ca susţinători ai acestora. Membri ai aşa-numitei grupări NSU („Clandestinitatea naţional-socialistă”) au fost condamnaţi în 2018 pentru asasinarea unor imigranţi turci pe parcursul unui deceniu. Anul trecut, un alt extremist de dreapta a încercat să atace o sinagogă în estul Germaniei, omorând doi trecători. Simpatizanţi de extremă dreapta au fost deconspiraţi şi în rândul poliţiei şi al armatei germane.

Persons: -, Walter Luebcke Organizations: Agerpres Locations: suspecţi, Stuttgart, poliţiei, Germania, Germaniei

☆ Complot terorist dejucat în Germania: 12 bărbați plănuiau să atace moschei și să omoare musulmani
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

„Ei ţinteau ca prin atacuri împotriva unor moschei şi uciderea sau rănirea cât mai multor musulmani posibil să creeze condiţii asemănătoare unui război civil", au afirmat procurorii într-un comunicat. Germania a trecut printr-un val de atacuri de extremă dreapta în ultimii ani, îndreptate împotriva unor minorităţi şi a unor persoane percepute ca susţinători ai acestora. Membri ai aşa-numitei grupări NSU ("Clandestinitatea naţional-socialistă") au fost condamnaţi în 2018 pentru asasinarea unor imigranţi turci pe parcursul unui deceniu. Anul trecut, un alt extremist de dreapta a încercat să atace o sinagogă în estul Germaniei, omorând doi trecători. Simpatizanţi de extremă dreapta au fost deconspiraţi şi în rândul poliţiei şi al armatei germane.

Persons: -, Walter Luebcke Locations: suspecţi, Stuttgart, poliţiei, Germania, Germaniei

☆ Complot terorist dejucat în Germania. 12 bărbați plănuiau să atace moschei și să omoare musulmani
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-22 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Radiochisinau | ) radiochisinau.md time to read: +1 min

Procurorii germani au inculpat 12 bărbați acuzați că plănuiau să atace unele moschei și să provoace cât mai multe victime în rândul musulmanilor, transmite, vineri, Reuters, citat de Agerpres. "Ei ținteau ca prin atacuri împotriva unor moschei și uciderea sau rănirea cât mai multor musulmani posibil să creeze condiții asemănătoare unui război civil", au afirmat procurorii într-un comunicat. Suspecții - 11 membri ai unei grupări și un complice - s-au întâlnit cu regularitate pentru a pune la cale planul și, cu excepția unuia singur, s-au angajat să contribuie cu mii de euro pentru strângerea a 50.000 de euro cu care să fie cumpărate arme. Anul trecut, un alt extremist de dreapta a încercat să atace o sinagogă în estul Germaniei, omorând doi trecători. Simpatizanți de extremă dreapta au fost deconspirați și în rândul poliției și al armatei germane.

Persons: -, Walter Luebcke Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Stuttgart, Germania, Germaniei

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