Catalonia, Ukraine, Turkey: Your Thursday Briefing
- 7 years ago
Catalonia, Ukraine, Turkey: Your Thursday Briefing
[The New York Times] • The #MeToo movement reached the European Parliament, where several lawmakers spoke about their experiences with sexual harassment in the "Brussels bubble." [The New York Times] • A former Guatemalan judge became the first of scores of convicted soccer officials
and businessmen to be sentenced in the U.S. in a wide-ranging FIFA corruption case.
[The New York Times] • Today, the European Parliament will select the winner of this year’s Sakharov Prize, the E.U.’s top human rights award.
I’m a businessman!" Such is life in the world of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, an installment
in the long-running video game series that was originally released 13 years ago today.
[The New York Times] • In Russia, journalists tied extensive assets to people close to President Vladimir Putin, including a cousin and old friends.
[The New York Times] • Thailand will cremate King Bhumibol Adulyadej today in an elaborate ceremony, capping a year of national mourning.
_____ • A court in Istanbul ordered the release on bail of a group of leading Turkish human rights campaigners
and two foreign activists — a German and a Swede — in a surprise softening in the Turkish government’s purge of critics.
[The New York Times] • An unexpected political thaw in Uzbekistan represents rare positive political news out of Central Asia.
[The New York Times] • The #MeToo movement reached the European Parliament, where several lawmakers spoke about their experiences with sexual harassment in the "Brussels bubble." [The New York Times] • A former Guatemalan judge became the first of scores of convicted soccer officials
and businessmen to be sentenced in the U.S. in a wide-ranging FIFA corruption case.
[The New York Times] • Today, the European Parliament will select the winner of this year’s Sakharov Prize, the E.U.’s top human rights award.
I’m a businessman!" Such is life in the world of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, an installment
in the long-running video game series that was originally released 13 years ago today.
[The New York Times] • In Russia, journalists tied extensive assets to people close to President Vladimir Putin, including a cousin and old friends.
[The New York Times] • Thailand will cremate King Bhumibol Adulyadej today in an elaborate ceremony, capping a year of national mourning.
_____ • A court in Istanbul ordered the release on bail of a group of leading Turkish human rights campaigners
and two foreign activists — a German and a Swede — in a surprise softening in the Turkish government’s purge of critics.
[The New York Times] • An unexpected political thaw in Uzbekistan represents rare positive political news out of Central Asia.