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Guide to the classics: Immanuel Kant’s Toward Perpetual Peace and its relevance to the war in Ukraine

A powerful European country invades a less powerful one. This is a story that German philosopher Immanuel Kant, while writing his essay Toward Perpetual Peace in 1795 in Prussian Königsberg (now a Russian territory on the Baltic Sea called Kaliningrad), was all too familiar with.

The Conversation

Will The NZX Have A Positive 2022?

Like many stock exchanges globally, the New Zealand stock exchange continues to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced trough of 2020, although volatility remains as the pandemic drags on and as markets face new challenges such as the ongoing geopolitical tensions in Europe. NZX had a lackluster year in 2021

Benzinga

'She became our voice': Albright hailed by world leaders

As she pressed the Clinton administration into action against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic over war crimes in the Balkans, Madeleine Albright would harken back to her own childhood as a refugee from Czechoslovakia who fled the Nazis in war-torn Europe

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Biden administration formally accuses Russia of war crimes as humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepens

LVIV, Ukraine — As President Joe Biden headed Wednesday to a Europe with large-scale battles raging at its edge, his government formally declared that Russian forces have committed war crimes in their brutal attacks on civilians and others in Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine latest updates: NATO will ‘respond’ to chemical weapons

Ukraine-Russia news from March 24: US President Joe Biden warns Russia against using chemical weapons in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

American sisters’ assisted suicide in Switzerland spurs calls for more US states to adopt aid-in-dying laws

The deaths of two Arizona sisters in Europe stunned colleagues and family. But as end of life legislation makes slow progress in more than a dozen US states, seeking assisted dying overseas is often the only option, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Gig workers aren't self-employed – they're modern-day feudal serfs

To understand neo-villeiny, we first need to understand medieval villeiny. The villeins of medieval Europe were a type of serf (a tenant farmer) that were bonded to a landlord they paid rent to, and for whom they carried out additional work.

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Belgium Decriminalizes Prostitution

Belgium is the first country in Europe to decriminalize selling and paying for sex.

Reason

Understanding Putin and the Russian psyche

In times of crisis, Russian leaders have tended to seek oppressive control instead of peace talks

The Hindu

Whatever happens from here, Putin has already changed the world

Instigated by Putin, the war has come down to two competing pressures – the wretched human toll of Russia’s brutality versus the sanctions against it.

The New Daily

Proportion of omicron BA.2 cases rising rapidly. Is a surge coming or just a ripple?

LOS ANGELES — The proportion of coronavirus cases of the ascendant omicron subvariant BA.2 is rising across the U.S. and along the West Coast, new federal forecasts show.

Los Angeles Times

One month in, Russia’s war in Ukraine has no end in sight

Russian forces have faced fierce Ukrainian resistance in a war that has already caused huge death and destruction.

Al Jazeera

Joe Biden arrives in Europe for summits as Zelenskiy says Ukraine awaits ‘meaningful steps’

Ukraine president says Nato and G7 summits and European Council meeting will show ‘who is a friend’

The Guardian - US

Putin Wants ‘Unfriendly’ Countries to Pay for Russian Gas in Roubles

Russia will seek payment in roubles for gas sales from "unfriendly" countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, sending European gas prices soaring on concerns the move would exacerbate the region´s energy crunch. European countries' dependence on Russian gas to heat their homes and power their economies has been thrown…

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How Russia is trying to stoke anti-Ukrainian sentiment in eastern EU countries

War in Ukraine is evolving into a humanitarian disaster right at the European Union’s doorstep. In contrast to wars elsewhere in world, European Union member states are the first safe countries that can be reached by people fleeing direct warfare.

The Independent UK

A smarter route to energy efficiency

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New Honda Civic e:HEV Hybrid Launches In Europe, On Sale This Fall

It packs a 181-horsepower powertrain and dual electric motors.

The Guardian - AU

‘I can make a difference’: how Australian volunteers are helping Ukrainian refugees across Europe

The largest refugee crisis since world war two has prompted some Australians to travel to offer assistance, from translation services to van rides

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Humanities are essential in understanding the Russian war against Ukraine

I recently moderated a virtual event about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hosted by the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia. The event had experts give brief presentations about the war’s background and the session was attended by almost 1,000 people.

France 24

Threat looms of Russian attack on undersea cables to shut down West’s internet

US President Joe Biden warned this week that Russia is considering attacks on critical infrastructure. One of the scenarios that has been mooted since the start of the war in Ukraine is that Moscow will attack undersea cables in order to cut off the world's internet. But this worst-case scenario…

The Independent UK

What weapons does Ukraine have to fight Russia and how big is Zelensky’s air force?

Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Europe to send more military support

The Independent UK

Ukrainian, Russian refugee dancers find help in Berlin

Dancers who have fled Ukraine — and Russia — due to the war have found a new temporary home in Berlin’s top ballet company, which helps with practice space, housing, even shoes

The Conversation

The global system for rating companies' ethical credentials is meaningless

As the war in Ukraine rages, finance professionals on Wall Street and in Europe recently attracted outrage by suggesting that investing in arms manufacturers should be treated as ethical investing. In the fight against tyranny, they argued that such an investment “preserves peace and global stability” and defends “the values…

Reuters

Hackers are targeting European refugee charities -Ukrainian official

Hackers are targeting European charity groups working to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the country following Russia's invasion, a senior Ukrainian cybersecurity official said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin’s empire is fragile — I can see the endgame for this bloodthirsty war

As the Russian artillery fires into Mariupol and Ukrainian forces continue to push back the Kremlin’s advances on the edge of Kyiv, a single question is hovering over Europe: how does this bloodshed end?

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