"Although it has been recognized that administrative bodies can impose certain types of sanctions, the right to be heard and to exercise a defense is absolute. No one can be subject to a sanction without an opportunity to exercise a defense or challenge the sanction—before the measures take effect—which doesn’t happen with EU Council sanctions."
The Two Levels of EU-Sanctions Illegality
While formally consistent with EU-treaties, the sanctions of the European Union are highly illegal under international law in two domains. A short ...
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Good news for gamers 💪 "The final count is in for Stop Killing Games' European Citizens' Initiative, which is now confirmed to have accumulated almost 1.3 million verified signatures before its collection was closed at the end of July 2025, meaning it can officially move forward to the next stage in the process."
Yahoo News
"We have cleared the requirement": Stop Killing Games' EU initiative has almost 1.3 million verified signatures, clearing it for the next phase that's expected to take place next month
The signatures can be submitted to the European Commission
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⚠Satire Alert⚠ "You will be distraught to hear that your favourite Lord since Voldemort, Peter Mandelson, has found himself in a spot of bother in the Epstein files. As one of the most beloved members of Blair’s government, Mandelson made everyone jump for joy when he returned to politics to become ambassador to the US. Mandelson was hired primarily because Starmer was ordered to take him by his donors. All of the smartest people in politics, such as John Sopel, declared this is exactly what the country needs. This is why Sopel gets the big jobs and you—an idiot—don’t."
Peter Mandelson has been a very naughty boy
You will be distraught to hear that your favourite Lord since Voldemort, Peter Mandelson, has found himself in a spot of bother in the Epstein files.
"How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment? New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake that he was, Jeffrey Epstein continues to nag living figures from beyond the grave and place them in a tight spot of bother. His correspondence with these individuals runs into the millions, a figure suggesting his only work in life was being a pimp for pleasure and valet to the rotten."
Hedonism’s Dance
How the Governing Classes Fell for Jeffrey Epstein
"Delegates spoke with urgency about the most egregious US interventions shaping hemispheric affairs. Delegates from Argentina described how Trump openly backed right-wing president Javier Milei, including the announcement of a $20 billion loan during the presidential campaign—a brazen attempt to tilt the vote by offering a financial lifeline in exchange for political alignment. They also condemned the lawfare-driven persecution and unjust imprisonment of Cristina Kirchner, emblematic of how courts are being weaponized to crush leaders who challenge US-aligned economic and political power."
Latin America Pushes Back Against US Intervention
Nuestra América Adopts the San Carlos Declaration
"A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit"
The Conversation
A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease.
"The claim of “30,000 killed” during two days of protests and rioting across Iran appears to be based largely on a single anonymous source, who admitted extrapolating that figure by assuming without evidence that “officially registered deaths related to the crackdown likely represent less than 10% of the real number of fatalities.” That quote was attributed by The Guardian to an alleged doctor whose real name the newspaper refused to publish, but whose identity it claimed to have verified."
Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op
Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compro...
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