Australia's Qantas Airways on Monday agreed to pay a 100M Australian dollar ($66M) penalty and AU$20M ($13M) in compensation to passengers to settle a lawsuit accusing it of selling thousands of tickets on long-canceled flights. Bloomberg (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
For at least ten years, the Chinese Communist Party has been abducting its overseas citizens on EU territory and forcibly returning them to China - violating the rule of law and public security in Europe - a new report finds....
Human rights NGO Safeguard Defenders first revealed in 2022 that China operates more than 120 illegal police offices in 53 countries around the world, including around 50 in the EU.
Wasn’t this deemed super false? Those “police offices” were just outreach centers for Chinese nationals needing help filling out paperwork or being tracked down to remind them to fill out paperwork?
China in just one year as part of a special campaign in which the threat of collective punishment was also used as a means of persuasion.
Nowhere in the article does it source any of these claims. Doesn’t even link to the “report”
Just around Christmas last year, China’s global hunt for “fugitives” hit a new milestone. Since its launch in 2014 as part of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, 10,000 are claimed to have been successfully returned from over 120 countries around the globe under Sky Net (and junior partner Fox Hunt) operations…
Its not JUST Chinese citizens, its people that that the Chinese government is claiming have broken the law and fled the country.
Also… the EuroNews article says the report is 169 pages long, the .pdf from Safeguard Defenders is only 69 pages long.
I mean… sure, if you want to make an argument about how the Chinese government may or may not be following extradition treaties/laws to have people accused of criminal activity brought back to the country to stand trial, you can make that argument. Framing it as “Chinese government kidnaps citizens traveling abroad!!!” is wildly inaccurate.
Bulgaria and Romania have partially joined Europe's Schengen Area of free movement, further deepening their integration within the EU after years of negotiation. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday as part of a diplomatic tour through the region in a bid to secure a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. Blinken reportedly warned Netanyahu and his war cabinet that, without a "coherent plan," Israel could face a "major insurgency" and...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent warning on Tuesday after Europe recorded an increase in measles cases in 2023 by a factor of 30. Bloomberg (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
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Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has announced that the Italian city will test daily visitor limits and entrance fees starting next spring to regulate the flow of tourists during its busiest tourist season. Al Jazeera (LR: 2 CP: 1)...
EU executive president Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Belgrade and urged both Serbia and Kosovo to intensify their efforts to normalize their relations if the two Balkan countries seek accession to the EU. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Polish election: What matters most to young voters?
Who is going to govern Poland for the next four years? The country's upcoming general elections are important not just for Poland – but also for the European Union.
Euronews reporter Hans von der Brelie travelled to Poland to meet young Poles who will vote for the first time in the elections on 15 October.
Their political views reflect the deep divisions in Polish society.
On Thursday, Charles Michel — president of the European Council of EU leaders — revealed that he had invited Armenian Prime Minister Nikos Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to meet in Brussels by the end of October to discuss the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Leader of the opposition and the Labour Party in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer, has claimed that his party will seek to negotiate a "much better" Brexit deal with the European Union if they win the next general election. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
More Germans would travel by train but it's too expensive.
While some people prefer this mode of transport, experts have said that reducing tax breaks for airlines and subsidies was needed to make it more affordable.
“It doesn’t make sense if you look at the goals," train travel analyst Bernhard Knierim told Euronews.
"You should subsidise the mode of transport that you want more of, not the one you actually want to reduce."
In a medical first, a neurosurgeon performing a biopsy on an Australian woman last year pulled an 8 cm (3.15 in) living parasitic worm from her brain, according to findings published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. Euronews...
Qantas to Pay $79M to Settle 'Ghost Flights' Lawsuit (www.improvethenews.org)
Australia's Qantas Airways on Monday agreed to pay a 100M Australian dollar ($66M) penalty and AU$20M ($13M) in compensation to passengers to settle a lawsuit accusing it of selling thousands of tickets on long-canceled flights. Bloomberg (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Oligarch sanction setbacks are no big deal, Brussels says (www.euronews.com)
A string of EU court judgements overruling asset freezes on Russian businessmen doesn’t upend the overall strategy....
China abducted its own citizens on EU territory, report finds (www.euronews.com)
For at least ten years, the Chinese Communist Party has been abducting its overseas citizens on EU territory and forcibly returning them to China - violating the rule of law and public security in Europe - a new report finds....
Bulgaria, Romania Partially Join Europe's Schengen Area (www.improvethenews.org)
Bulgaria and Romania have partially joined Europe's Schengen Area of free movement, further deepening their integration within the EU after years of negotiation. Associated Press (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Blinken to Netanyahu: Israel Faces Disaster Without 'Coherent Plan' (www.improvethenews.org)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday as part of a diplomatic tour through the region in a bid to secure a temporary cease-fire in Gaza. Blinken reportedly warned Netanyahu and his war cabinet that, without a "coherent plan," Israel could face a "major insurgency" and...
Europe: WHO Issues Measles Warning as Cases Surge 30-Fold (www.improvethenews.org)
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an urgent warning on Tuesday after Europe recorded an increase in measles cases in 2023 by a factor of 30. Bloomberg (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Venice to Trial Entry Fee, Visitor Cap (www.improvethenews.org)
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has announced that the Italian city will test daily visitor limits and entrance fees starting next spring to regulate the flow of tourists during its busiest tourist season. Al Jazeera (LR: 2 CP: 1)...
EU Calls on Serbia, Kosovo to Advance Normalization Efforts (www.improvethenews.org)
EU executive president Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Belgrade and urged both Serbia and Kosovo to intensify their efforts to normalize their relations if the two Balkan countries seek accession to the EU. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Greta Thunberg Again Fined for Disobeying Police (www.improvethenews.org)
On Wednesday, a Swedish court fined climate activist Greta Thunberg for disobeying police orders at an environmental protest. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
EU Seeks New Talks on Nagorno-Karabakh (www.improvethenews.org)
On Thursday, Charles Michel — president of the European Council of EU leaders — revealed that he had invited Armenian Prime Minister Nikos Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to meet in Brussels by the end of October to discuss the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Reuters (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Brexit: Labour Will Seek Re-Write of Deal (www.improvethenews.org)
Leader of the opposition and the Labour Party in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer, has claimed that his party will seek to negotiate a "much better" Brexit deal with the European Union if they win the next general election. BBC News (LR: 3 CP: 5)...
Live Roundworm Found in Australian Woman's Brain (www.improvethenews.org)
In a medical first, a neurosurgeon performing a biopsy on an Australian woman last year pulled an 8 cm (3.15 in) living parasitic worm from her brain, according to findings published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. Euronews...