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World court judges sue Trump administration over sanctions

(...) JUDGES CHALLENGE LEGAL BASIS

The lawsuit ⁠argues that the sanctions were against the law as they exceeded the scope of IEEPA and were not based on a genuine national emergency or extraordinary threat. "The Sanctions Regime ... is designed to exert extra-judicial pressure ​on these judges and their colleagues on the ICC bench by targeting their financial and other ​personal interests, with ⁠the objective of punishing them for prior judicial decisions and coercing them into prioritizing their private interests over deciding cases on the basis of the law and facts," the lawsuit said." (...)

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The noticing becomes the thing noticed.

Tnx for your post. It sounds like a meditation, in which you are perceiving what awareness is or could be. Meditation thoughout the ancient Greek mystery schools have oftentimes been the source of writings. Also the hermaunistic approach is comparable.

Back, to your point /pov, I recognise this description as a sort of Mirror fathom or looking glass into what makes and sets the Self or the Other apart, or in some cases combine them. Philosophy questions what knowledge is and therefore imo awareness. In proper Tau teachings, now travelling to other writings, it is Tau, that which is, whatever that is.

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Czech president sues prime minister over NATO attendance

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In a statement, Pavel argued Babiš was trying to "exclude" him from the summit, and thus "limiting the role granted to him by the Constitution."

Yeah, it's a pretty particular situation when one has Czechian President Pavel trying to fight the PM Babis, and on the other hand, the Hungarian PM Magyar trying to oust his President, both because they fight for more democracy.

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'We've moved on': Why Brexit ended up boosting the EU

It really does captures the sentiments concerning Brexit's 10th anniversary:

"For Britain, Brexit remains unfinished business. For Europe, it is history.

Ten years after the referendum, Brussels is no longer asking whether Brexit was a mistake. Most officials believe that question was answered long ago.

Instead, they are waiting for Britain to figure out what comes next.

Until then, the view from across the Channel is likely to remain unchanged: regret for what was lost, disbelief at what followed, and growing impatience with a country that still cannot decide what it wants to be."

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With the digital euro, Europe is attempting to counter the overwhelming dominance of the ‘king dollar’

TL;DR; imo the article is all over the place. It has some good points, but fails to create a coherent analysis and conclusion.

This article has a very particular take, I checked the Journalist, Lucie ROBEQUAIN, who works for a libertanian LVMH owned newspaper Echo. Nothing too weird. But I guess it's the way pro and contra arguments are presented which make it somewhat cringe. Some examples here;

  1. Europe will have to make up for several years of lag behind America.

Lagging is imo a description out of context. EU had and has adopted USA services because that worked, and were safe and reliable. Since, geopolitics changed that, we now need to become more sovereign.

  1. Can the digital euro reverse the trend? Scepticism prevails, at least for the time being: firstly, because it will not be introduced until 2029, and is therefore coming far too late to counter US hegemony. Secondly, because European consumers already have numerous payment methods at their disposal (cash, bank cards, bank transfers, cheques, Apple Pay, etc.) and do not necessarily feel the need to adopt a new one.

Again, a weird argument if payment becomes cheaper via the European method even if thats in 2029, and due to the current sentiment, I'm sure Europens will adopt any good non- USA payment product.

  1. ‘Wero’, which enables instant money transfers between friends and will soon be extended to online shopping. According to them, the ECB, which is leading the digital euro project, is not necessarily best placed to develop disruptive technologies to compete

Wero is a separate payment method afaik, though commercially driven, it's not competing with the digital euro, but can be used in parallel, conjunction or as an alternative.

  1. “The role of the euro could grow:

This was about euro being used as a stable coins. Sure , the role will grow when it's being used more and become more accessible to third countries.

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Marine Le Pen demands that politicians convicted of using their office for crimes be unelectable for life (2013, French with auto-generated subtitles)

..but that was in 2013, she was still young and naive /s.

Funny, what people are willing to state, as long as they believe it's not about THEM.

From OP's context link: "While Marine Le Pen has just been sentenced for embezzlement of public funds to four years in prison and five years of ineligibility, preventing her from running in 2027, the same Marine Le Pen nevertheless defended, a few years ago, the greatest firmness against convicted elected officials. « When are we going to implement lifetime ineligibility for all those who have been convicted of acts committed during their mandate? » asked Marine Le Pen, on Public Senate, in 2013...

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The bot missed what Stoltenberg said:

"The Nato chief, Jens Stoltenberg, has said any attack on the western military alliance would be met with a “united and forceful response”, after Donald Trump invited Russia to attack member countries that he perceived as not meeting their financial obligations.

Stoltenberg said in a statement: “Any suggestion that allies will not defend each other undermines all of our security, including that of the US, and puts American and European soldiers at increased risk. I expect that regardless of who wins the presidential election, the US will remain a strong and committed Nato ally.”

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Court in Hungary declares German anti-fascist Maja T. guilty

Sounds though like a political crusade.

"Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, however, ruled that this trial should not have taken place in Hungary, referring to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU) and the associated ban on inhumane treatment.

The court ruled that insufficient checks had been made before T.'s extradition to ensure that the conditions of their detention in Hungary would be humane — especially in light of the fact that Maja T. identifies as non-binary.