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204 shares Demonstrators carry banners outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, rear, urging the court to prosecute Israels army for alleged war crimes in The Hague on Nov. 29, 2019. (AP/Peter Dejong) The International Criminal Court will send Jerusalem a letter next week formally detailing the scope of its war crimes investigation against Israel and the Palestinians, Channel 13 reported Friday. Israel will then have 30 days to respond, the report said, adding that Jerusalem is lean...

Unnamed diplomats speak of growing concern over court's alleged politicization; US secretary of state says investigation could undermine efforts for a two-state solution

Microdosing Benefits Might Be Largely Placebo, Experimental Study Suggests Photo: Peter Dejong (AP) The sometimes hyped benefits of microdosing—regularly using small amounts of psychedelic drugs like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)—might be overstated, new research this week suggests. The study found that people who microdosed did experience psychological benefits, including greater sense of well-being, but that these benefits weren’t substantially different from how others felt when the...

COVID-19 pandemic fuels attacks on health workers globally By Associated Press | March 2, 2021 at 9:52 AM CST - Updated March 2 at 9:52 AM (AP) – Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had her hair ripped out and suffered a fracture. The second was beaten into a coma. Following the assaults, nurses at Federal Medical Centre in the Southwestern city of Owo stopped treating patients, demanding the hospital improve security. Almost two w...

Updated: March 2, 2021, 11:03 pm Andy Murray will face Andrey Rublev in Rotterdam on Wednesday (Peter Dejong/AP) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Andy Murray will take on world number eight Andrey Rublev in the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Fourth seed Rublev defeated Marcos Giron 7-...

Friday’s emergency ruling was one of the most-watched judicial events in the Netherlands, with more than 20,000 people watching a live stream of the hearing.  Demonstrators hold umbrellas reading “Freedom” and “Love” in Amsterdam on Sunday as several hundreds protest against the coronavirus lockdown and curfew. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — A Dutch appeals court has upheld a national curfew, saying the government is within its right to enforce a stay-at-home...

On Feb. 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power. While a dramatic event, the coup was a continuation of old power structures. Myanmar’s decade-long period of political transition, peace-building and democratic elections fell short of freeing the country from military control. Despite its female leader, the exclusion of women throughout the failed transition to democracy is partly why Myanmar was unable to create deep institutional change. Aung San Suu Kyi’s image as “mother of the na...

Follow Feb. 18, 2021 The far right in the Netherlands was looking ominously strong in February 2020. Its two main political parties, with their eccentric, highly controversial leaders Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet, were polling at a combined 23 percent, and the 38-year-old Baudet was even threatening to displace Wilders, 57, as the country’s far-right figurehead. Fast-forward a year, though, and while Wilders’ Freedom Party is still on course to be the second-biggest party in the March 1...

Pandemic May Cancel Popular Dutch Ice-Skating Event The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:52 0:00 Pop-out player The Netherlands is currently experiencing a deep winter freeze. The extremely cold temperatures have led many Dutch people to take part in a favorite winter activity –- ice-skating on frozen canals and other waterways. This popular outdoor activity is giving people a welcome break from life in a pandemic. However, the excitement has also created problems for offici...

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