Julian Assange cannot be extradited to US, British judge rules
Judge says it would be ‘oppressive’ to extradite WikiLeaks founder to US, citing concerns for his mental health
Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face charges of espionage and of hacking government computers, a British judge has decided.
Lawyers for US authorities are to appeal against the ruling, which rejected arguments that the WikiLeaks co-founder would not get a fair trial in the US but blocked extradition on the basis that procedures in prisons there would not prevent him from potentially taking his own life.
Wearing a mask and a navy suit, the 49-year-old listened from the dock at the central criminal court of England and Wales as the district judge Vanessa Baraitser initially knocked down arguments by his lawyers one after another and accepted the US authorities’ assertion that his alleged activities fell outside of the realm of journalism.
Moscow metro employs first female train drivers after laws blocking women from certain jobs overturned
Laws previously blocked women from working in 456 different kinds of jobs for decades
Women in Russia are now allowed to become train drivers after the government overturned legislation which blocked females from doing a range of jobs.
Moscow’s metro, which transported up to nine million people a day before the pandemic hit, has employed its first female drivers in recent history after spending last year training women up for the role.
Russian laws have blocked women from working in 456 different kinds of jobs for decades, but the country’s labour ministry issued an order last September curbing the proportion of male-only professions to around 100.
'We are close to the point of no return'
We must make 2021 the year climate action came of age, or face disaster, says Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
As COVID-19 vaccination programs roll out, 2021 starts with hope that an end to the pandemic is in sight. We needed bold leadership, tough decisions and dedicated financing to bring us to this point. We must now apply the same vigor to fighting climate change or risk many more years as bad as the last.
The year 2020 — likely to go down as the warmest on record — brought storms, wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers. The pandemic-linked economic slowdown has caused a temporary dip in carbon dioxide emissions, but this will make a negligible difference to long-term temperatures; our past emissions are still in the atmosphere and we are adding to them.
‘Environmental pollution’: Iran seizes South Korea flagged ship
The vessel, which was led to Bandar Abbas after being seized, was said to be carrying 7,200 tonnes of ethanol, according to the IRGC Navy.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy seized a South Korean vessel for “environmental pollution” in the Persian Gulf.
The vessel, which was led to Bandar Abbas after being seized, was said to be carrying 7,200 tonnes of ethanol, according to the IRGC Navy.
“The South Korean oil tanker vessel with the commercial name Hankuk Chemi was stopped by the Guards’ Navy this morning due to violating environmental protocols,” the IRGC Navy said in a statement on Monday, adding that the tanker started its journey to South Korea from Al Jubail port in Saudi Arabia.
Japan begins year's 1st day of work as coronavirus continues to spread
Japan's central and local governments as well as many businesses began the year's first day of work Monday facing the challenge of dealing with the continued spread of the novel coronavirus.
With Tokyo reporting over 1,300 daily cases last Thursday, the highest figure since the start of the pandemic, the capital's metropolitan government has been tackling surging infections amid deepening concerns over hospital capacity.
"We just have to keep doing what we can at each section," said an official of the Tokyo metropolitan government.
Europe has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. Now closures loom
Updated 0810 GMT (1610 HKT) January 4, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic transformed the working and social lives of millions of European adults in 2020. Children too have suffered immensely, with months of confinement only giving way to some sense of normality when schools in most countries reopened in the summer and autumn.
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