White House pushes back on Putin suggestion US offered possibility of "moratorium" on Ukraine NATO membership
From CNN's Kevin Liptak
A senior administration official says US President Biden has made no assurances or commitments privately to Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine's NATO membership that he hasn't made in public.
There hasn't been any position change in the US view of NATO's membership, which is that they remain committed to an open door policy for the defense alliance.
Still, as Biden stated most clearly last month, there is no expectation that Ukraine would be able to join NATO anytime soon.
Myanmar junta to take place of Suu Kyi at ICJ hearings into Rohingya genocide claims
The United Nations’ top court will resume hearings into the alleged genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority on Monday, with the military junta expected to represent the country in place of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The claim that Myanmar’s military carried out genocide was brought to the international court of justice (ICJ) by the Gambia after a brutal 2017 military crackdown that forced an estimated 700,000 Rohingya to flee over the border to neighbouring Bangladesh. UN investigators have since alleged the military’s operations were carried out with “genocidal intent”.
Previously, Aung San Suu Kyi travelled to the court to defend Myanmar against claims the military carried out mass murder, rape and destruction of Rohingya Muslim communities. She is now being held in detention at the behest of the military, which seized power in a coup last year and charged her with a raft of alleged offences.
German officials condemn climate protests at roads, port
German officials have condemned protests by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country’s biggest port
German officials condemned protests Monday by climate activists who blocked roads including near the country's biggest port.
Members of the group Uprising of the Last Generation glued themselves to roads in Stuttgart, Freiburg and near the port of Hamburg to demand an end to food waste. The group argues that throwing away vast amounts of usable food contributes to hunger and climate change.
Bavaria's top state security official said such blockades weren't covered by freedom of assembly.
How to find hope in the face of the climate crisis
Amidst frightening data and frustratingly slow political action, DW asked people working in climate activism, research and science what gives them grounds for optimism.
'The issue has finally arrived'
"Firstly, I notice that everywhere, compared to three years ago, the climate issue has finally arrived — both in politics and the media. Secondly, what really gives me a lot of joy and courage is to notice how many groups have formed during the pandemic. Despite the fact most of us are in the high-risk category, 75 new [Omas for Future] groups were founded around Germany during the pandemic. These are women that go every week onto the streets. They don't meet to drink coffee, they plan campaigns, network, think about how to reach and inform people. I know from the other grandmothers that their grandchildren and children are excited they are doing something. This gives courage to the children, too."
Shelter for traumatised apes in DR Congo's strife-torn east
Beyond the reach of bloody conflicts in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, rescued apes swing from one branch to another under the leafy canopy at a wildlife sanctuary.
On the edge of a national park that is home to endangered gorillas, the Lwiro Ape Rehabilitation Centre (CRPL) has for two decades nursed wounded and traumatised animals to recovery and taken in orphans.
The centre houses scores of chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos among its wards, often saved from poachers in a region where illegal activities go largely unchallenged in the insecurity caused by many armed groups.
Turkish court rules to keep Osman Kavala in jail
A Turkish court has said philanthropist Osman Kavala must stay in prison, lengthening his detention of more than four years without conviction after a trial which has fuelled tensions in Ankara’s relations with Western allies.
Earlier this month, the Council of Europe said its committee referred Kavala’s case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to determine whether Turkey has failed to meet its obligation to implement the court’s previous judgement more than two years ago that he should be released immediately.
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