A snapshot of migrant domestic workers stranded in Lebanon – POLITICO

A snapshot of migrant domestic workers stranded in Lebanon – POLITICO

Abandoned and nowhere to go: A snapshot of migrant domestic workers stranded in Lebanon – POLITICO Skip to main content Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful … Read more

Nearly half the world’s population holds antisemitic beliefs – POLITICO

Nearly half the world’s population holds antisemitic beliefs – POLITICO

In regions like the Middle East and North Africa, 76 percent of respondents believed most of the survey’s 11 antisemitic tropes to be true. Troublingly, around half the respondents in Asia, Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa held high levels of antisemitic attitudes as well. And while the Americas, Western Europe and Oceania had relatively lower … Read more

Australia ‘poisoned me’ in 2022, Novak Djokovic says – POLITICO

Australia ‘poisoned me’ in 2022, Novak Djokovic says – POLITICO

In an interview with GQ published this week, the 24-time Grand Slam champion said he “had some health issues” once he returned to his native Serbia and underwent toxicology tests to find the cause after his five-day detention in the Park Hotel in central Melbourne. “And I realized that in that hotel in Melbourne I … Read more

Belgian mayors call for Europe-wide ban on sale of fireworks – POLITICO

Belgian mayors call for Europe-wide ban on sale of fireworks – POLITICO

“We see year after year that there are casualties, that people are injured in their legs and arms,” Nathalie Debast, spokesperson for the advocacy group, told POLITICO. “We also see some people using fireworks to attack emergency workers and police officers. This has escalated quite a bit.” Even in Brussels, where a local ban on … Read more

Brussels gripped by chaos on New Year’s Eve – POLITICO

Brussels gripped by chaos on New Year’s Eve – POLITICO

“It was really crazy,” Brussels Fire Department Spokesperson Walter Derieuw told POLITICO. “We were there to help, and we were getting Molotov cocktails thrown at us.” At the stroke of midnight, fireworks crackled in the night sky despite a ban on pyrotechnics in the city. Flares and firecrackers continued to be let off in the … Read more

Gladiator director Ridley Scott backtracks after saying he wouldn’t go to Malta on holiday – POLITICO

Gladiator director Ridley Scott backtracks after saying he wouldn’t go to Malta on holiday – POLITICO

“I would not go back there on holiday, but the architecture goes from medieval right through to renaissance, and when it’s good, it’s spectacular,” he said. His jibe angered politicians on the sun-kissed Mediterranean island, which funneled a record €47 million in cash rebates to the producers of “Gladiator 2.” Valletta Cultural Agency Chairman Jason … Read more

A paradise lost – POLITICO

A paradise lost – POLITICO

Seyit Karagözoğlu wasn’t there when inspectors came to visit his wine business, Paşaeli, in 2021. Besides running the business, Karagözoğlu spends his time driving through Anatolia, trying to preserve a part of Turkey’s endangered heritage, uncovering the winemaking grapes that time forgot. He was on the road when he received a call from his brother, … Read more

‘Future is Europe’ mural is a thing of the past – POLITICO

‘Future is Europe’ mural is a thing of the past – POLITICO

Crevaels, who goes by the moniker Novadead, told POLITICO the mural, which he was commissioned to paint in 2017 by Belgian real estate group Atenor, was always meant to be temporary. “It was always the plan [to remove it], actually it was supposed to be earlier,” he said. “But it’s still sad to see it … Read more

France dreamed of €800M Saudi pledge to fund cultural projects. It ended up being a mirage. – POLITICO

France dreamed of €800M Saudi pledge to fund cultural projects. It ended up being a mirage. – POLITICO

French diplomats saw the agreement as win-win: a way to extend the country’s soft power through cultural diplomacy while also opening up possible new revenue streams for French businesses. They pointed to the Louvre Abu Dhabi as an example, a museum for which the Emiratis paid €400 million for the rights to use the Louvre … Read more

Is this the end for Georgian Dream?  – POLITICO

Is this the end for Georgian Dream?  – POLITICO

With parliamentary elections set for late October, and EU membership negotiations due to start shortly thereafter, the timing of this behavior was largely puzzling. However, an even greater riddle was the ruling party’s 12-year reign: If Georgians were so passionate about Western integration, why did they keep reelecting the anti-EU Georgian Dream (GD) for more … Read more