EU-DIGEST

Congratulations to America on her 248th birthday! Last night on PBS Rick Steves had a fantastic program on Germany's fascist story. And unfortunately, history seems to be repeating itself in the EU and the USA where right wing forces are alarmingly gathering steam again. Let's hope the EU and USA don't fall for this right wing stupidity again. To watch this episode go to: https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/nazi-germany

“Russia is likely to send combat naval vessels to the Caribbean, with potential port calls in Cuba and possibly Venezuela,” Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Charlie Dietz said on Thursday. “Aircraft deployments or flights in the region are also anticipated."

Christian nationalism in America, combined with their affection for Trumpism could spell the end of America as a Democracy, if Trump wins the November Presidential elections..

More and more voices are being heard from inside and outside Europe,  about the US political confusion in dealing with Ukraine's  military support, and ready to take matters in their own hands,   specially now Putin is under lots of pressure at home by democratic forces.

US better watch out. This might be the ideal time, with political  chaos, and a slipping, fractured, foreign western support abroad, for the "Alliance of Evil" - Russia, N.Korea, Iran, Cuba, and other potential supporters, to attack the USA.

It has become more and more clear to me that we live on a unique planet, called earth, populated by one race, called the human race, created by one loving, forgiving God, who lives in the heart of us all.

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This morning as I was praying for family and friends, it suddenly dawned on me how our planet over the years has become so blood - soaked by wars, terrorism, politics, religion, personal feuds, corporate greed, lack of proper gun control laws - you name it !

The clever thing Netanyahu and Israeli financial backers should have done after the bloody Oct.7 attack of Hamas against Israel, would have been to instead file a Genocide report with the Intl. Court of Justice in the Hague themselves, blaming Hamas and international terrorism. It would have given Israel, who were already cloaked in their own World War Genocide mantle,  much more clout to help the world get rid of intl. terrorism. Instead today, the coin is turned on Israel and the US.

It will definitely reach midnight if the US Justice Department is incapable of incarcerating Donald Trump, the front runner in the Republican Party Presidential primaries - where he never attended a debate - in addition to the numerous convictions he is facing in connection with the January  6 insurrection and several other crimes. Has the US become a banana republic?

There was only one real winner last Saturday when war broke out in Israel — Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin’s enabling of his “Arsenals of Evil” ally, Iran, resulted in the opening of a new front in Gaza in his war against the West.  

Read more at: https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4250708-putins-fingerprints-are-on-hamas/

Ask a Turk when it was great in Turkey. They won't be able to answer .

Erdogan just expedited the collapse . He just short-sold USD overnight and caused millions of Turks to loose money .

However I think this will end up being good for the country . Turks did not ever fight for their civil rights. I hope that once AKP is gone they will have the following otherwise the cycle will continue.

• separation of powers and independent judicial system
• independent central bank
• hiring/developing talents in government/universities regardless their political affiliation
• freedom of speech
• improvement in ease of doing business
• Better government investment strategies with faster/higher ROI . Turkey built airports no one lands , bridges that utilized at a fraction of the forecasted volume.

Update : What I wrote above is the common denominator in any developed country. It's not rocket science . 

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The US-China chip war is heating up after Huawei launched a new phone featuring technology that Washington was hoping to keep out of China's reach.

Last month, Huawei released the Mate 60 Pro phone without providing much detail on the chips used for the device. But Ottawa-based TechInsights, a research organization specializing in semiconductors, made a surprising discovery after taking the phone apart for analysis — the device was run on a Chinese-made Kirin 9000s 7-nanometer processor. The scale of the chip is essential, as smaller-scale chips can be packed with more elements, thus making them faster and more powerful. The chip also appears to be 5G capable.

Read more at: https://www.dw.com

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his three-pronged invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, his goal was to erase Ukraine as a sovereign nation in a matter of days. At the time, it seemed a plausible goal, in Russia and in the West. More than a year later, Ukraine's survival is a much safer bet than Putin's.

Are we living in the last days? With all that going on in our world that’s a fair question to ponder. The last days in the Bible are surely coming true, right? 

There’s no shortage of opinions and pieces written about the end times. Many of them are a little crazy and not actually found in the Bible. To actually answer that question we need to ask another question, what does the Bible say about the last days?

The phrase “in the last days” only appears in the Bible 6 times. That might be surprising considering how much it’s talked about. But maybe more surprising is that this phrase is not found in Revelation.  

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:14-17

The EU is supporting Ukraine with a further €1.5 billion (roughly $1.6 billion). The aim is to help the country affected by the Russian war of aggression to rebuild critical infrastructure such as roads or bridges and to maintain necessary public facilities such as hospitals or schools.

"Today, we've disbursed another €1.5 billion in macro-financial Assistance to Ukraine. Month after month, we continue to play our part in rebuilding a modern and prosperous country, while helping to cover the country's needs," the European Commission announced.

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The Moldova-born Russia is one of this year's recipients of the Free Media Award from Germany's Zeit Foundation. And this is only the latest in the string of accolades and awards for the 36-year-old, who is a member of multiple international investigative networks, including the team behind the Panama Papers investigation.

In Russia, Anin's Important Stories (IStories.media) website first drew headlines in 2020 by looking into procurement of ventilation machines during the COVID pandemic. In the same year, they also published a report on one of the most sensitive topics in the country — apparent corruption linked to the family of President Vladimir Putin. Anin was forced to leave Russia the following year.

Read more at: https://www.dw.com

European regulators slapped TikTok with a €345 million fine Friday for failing to protect children's privacy. It's the first time the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe's strict data privacy rules.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the lead privacy regulator for Big Tech companies whose European headquarters are predominantly in Dublin, said it was fining TikTok and reprimanding the platform for the violations dating back to the second half of 2020.

The Commission's investigation also found that the default settings posed a risk to children under 13 who had gained access to the platform even though they were underage.

In addition, the Commission ruled that a 'family pairing' feature designed for parents to manage settings was not strict enough, allowing adults to turn on direct messaging for users aged 16 and 17 without their consent.

Read more at https://www.euronews.com