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Van egy hely a Komáromhoz tartozó Kabátfalun, ahol a teve az almát szereti, a kecske mozis ropogtatnivalót kér, az emu pedig titokban péksütire vágyik. Április 3-tól te magad is kiderítheted, hogy melyiküknek mi a kedvenc nassolnivalója, hiszen újra megnyitotta kapuit az állatsimogató farm.

Spätestens zur Ferienzeit wird es voll auf den Strassen. Bestes Negativbeispiel: der Stau vor dem Gotthard. Dabei ist Stau nicht gleich Stau. Ein ETH-Experte erklärt, was Lenker tun können, damit es nicht klemmt.

Warum nicht mal Flädlisuppe? Claudio Del Principe zeigt, wie Sie mit wenigen Zutaten eine köstliche Suppe für den Ostermontag zaubern.

Par Manuel ; Cortella
Nous rentrons de Novi Sad. La famille est remontée à l'appartement rue Svetogorska et j'erre à la recherche d'une place de parking. Je trace des cercles concentriques autour de notre rue, enfin plutôt des rectangles, des triangles, des zigzags. Cela fait maintenant une heure et demie que ça dure. Je suis si fatigué que mes trapèzes et ma nuque semblent s'être soudés. Il n'y a pas la moindre place. Et par ailleurs, le système de parking à Belgrade est resté assez (…)

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Serbie, Blogs - Diaporama

Par Manuel ; Cortella
Nous rentrons de Novi Sad. La famille est remontée à l'appartement rue Svetogorska et j'erre à la recherche d'une place de parking. Je trace des cercles concentriques autour de notre rue, enfin plutôt des rectangles, des triangles, des zigzags. Cela fait maintenant une heure et demie que ça dure. Je suis si fatigué que mes trapèzes et ma nuque semblent s'être soudés. Il n'y a pas la moindre place. Et par ailleurs, le système de parking à Belgrade est resté assez (…)

- Libres opinions. L'espace de débat du Courrier des Balkans / Serbie, Blogs - Diaporama

Die Heilmittelbehörde Swissmedic hat Coop Vitality gebüsst: Die Apothekenkette warb mit irreführenden Aussagen zur Wirkung der Covid-19-Impfung. Die Massnahmenkritiker jubeln bereits – doch ganz so einfach ist es nicht.

Credit: Office of New York City Mayor

By Thalif Deen
NEW YORK, Apr 3 2026 (IPS)

A fifth wave of a new Covid 19 variant BA.2, followed by a surge in infections, is threatening to undermine the safety of New York city (NYC) which was gradually returning to normal after a prolonged pandemic shutdown. As a result, the City went on “high Covid alert.”

But NYC Mayor Eric Adams has assured New Yorkers he will not bring back mask and vaccine mandates in work places, shopping malls, restaurants and Broadway theaters. Instead, he said he will focus on anti-virus treatment and home-testing.

Briefing reporters at a press conference, he said “I think the reason we are here—and not seeing drastic actions – is because we’ve done an amazing job of telling people—vaccines, boosters”.

“When I was hit with Covid, it was just a tickle in my throat. I was still able to exercise, didn’t have any breathing issues, no pain,” he added.

“We are staying prepared and not panicking. When I look at the hospitalizations and deaths, the numbers are stable”, Adams assured.

Back in March, the Mayor released a new color-coded system that tracks COVID-19, alerts and keeps New York City residents apprised of the risks they face.

This new system will better help New Yorkers understand the current level of COVID-19 risk and how they can best protect themselves and others based on the current risk.

The system consists of four alert levels that outline precautions, and recommends actions for individuals and government—and is based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Community Burden Indicator.

Meanwhile, there was a rising wave of celebrity infections in the US last month, including Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several members of Congress, including Joaquin Castro, Susan Collins and Adam Schiff, along with Broadway stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick and Daniel Craig.

The United States also reached a milestone: one million deaths from the coronavirus infection.

According to the New York Times, more Americans have died from Covid-19 than in two decades of car crashes or on battlefields in all of the country’s wars combined. The U.S. toll is higher than that of any other country in the world.

« Les accidents, les erreurs de calcul, les folies : tout cela arrive en temps de guerre », déclare le rédacteur en chef du Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The post INTERVIEW : Le chef du Doomsday Clock fustige la guerre « absolument idiote » des États-Unis et d’Israël contre l’Iran appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Euronews: Légicsapás érte Iránban az alborzi, befejezetlen B1-es hidat, amelynek legalább 8 halálos áldozata és 95 sebesültje van. Az iráni állami média szerint a Teherántól nyugatra, Karadzs közelében álló hidat akkor érte találat, amikor emberek tartózkodtak az építmény alatt és a folyóparton. Az interneten megosztott amatőr felvételeken füst látható a híd körül, valamint több robbanás, miközben az emberek fedezékbe menekülnek.

Die Schweizer Hotellerie schlägt Alarm: Trotz Rekordübernachtungen kämpfen Familienhotels ums Überleben – und suchen nach Käufern. In 20 Jahren schlossen 1400 Betriebe. Ein Branchenvertreter warnt vor einer anhaltenden Schliessungswelle.

Mayor Adams announces “unprecedented Investments” in safe haven beds and resources for New Yorkers experiencing unsheltered homelessness

By Thalif Deen
NEW YORK, Apr 3 2026 (IPS)

Faced with a growing problem of homeless people living and sleeping in park benches and on subway trains, New York city (NYC) authorities are physically moving them out—mostly under protest– to some 150 encampments or public shelters.

A cleanup crew removed all of their belongings lying scattered in a “miniature tent city” across from Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan. As an alternative, the NYC is providing them with “safe Haven” communal shelters.

New York Mayor Eric Adams said makeshift housing is dangerous, and shelters are far safer.

But one advocate for the homeless said the process is “tired and cruel,” and chases people out of the city rather than providing them a place to live safely.

The clearing of the encampments was supervised and coordinated by dozens of police officers and a sanitation truck, with a police loudspeaker repeatedly announcing: “you are ordered to leave the area.” But few responded.

As a result, eight protesting homeless people were arrested and charged with obstructing governmental administration for blocking the planned cleanup. The people arrested also included activists from anti-eviction organizations and groups supportive of the homeless.

Currently, there are an estimated 50,000 homeless people living in shelters. The problems arising from the homeless include crimes committed by some of the mentally ill, including a woman killed after being pushed onto an oncoming subway train, dozens of syringes and drug paraphernalia and, in one instance, the discovery of over 500 discarded needles across homeless campsites.

“Our teams are working professionally and diligently every day to make sure that every New Yorker living in the street knows they have a better option while ensuring that everyone who lives in or visits our city can enjoy the clean public spaces we all deserve,” the Mayor said.

He said NYC was in the process of opening up some 500 beds in specialized shelters. “You cannot continue to live in carboard boxes or sleeping in a tree in the park. You don’t deserve that,” the Mayor noted.

Vingt-deux ressortissants de Bosnie-Herzégovine détenus depuis des années dans des prisons du nord-est de la Syrie ont été transférés en Irak, où ils font désormais l'objet d'une enquête. Leur avenir judiciaire reste incertain, tandis que leurs familles disent n'avoir aucune information officielle.

- Le fil de l'Info / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Balkans Syrie, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Défense, police et justice, Relations internationales

Vingt-deux ressortissants de Bosnie-Herzégovine détenus depuis des années dans des prisons du nord-est de la Syrie ont été transférés en Irak, où ils font désormais l'objet d'une enquête. Leur avenir judiciaire reste incertain, tandis que leurs familles disent n'avoir aucune information officielle.

- Le fil de l'Info / Radio Slobodna Evropa, Balkans Syrie, Une - Diaporama, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Défense, police et justice, Relations internationales

Plus d'un mois après le début du conflit, on craint qu'il ne dégénère en quelque chose de beaucoup plus grave.

Sie gaben sich auf die Mütze: Ein Schwergewichts-Duell über sieben Runden, Intensität bis zum Abwinken. Servette gegen Lausanne – eine Serie für die Ewigkeit. Ist aber trotzdem vorbei.

Stefanie Giesinger prangert in ihrem Podcast «G-Spot» die ungesunden Schönheitsideale der Modebranche an. Nach einer Buchung für die Fashion Week wurde sie überraschend ausgeladen – sie sei «zu dick» für die Marke.

2014 gewann Stefanie Giesinger «Germany’s Next Topmodel». Heute spricht sie im «G Spot Podcast» offen über Schönheitsdruck und Körperideale.

Bald feiert der Volksmusik-Moderator seine 250. «Potzmusig»-Sendung. Anlässlich des Jubiläums nimmt er die GlücksPost mit zu den Schönheiten seiner Wahlheimat im Appenzellerland.

Business Forum: Harnessing Opportunities, Unlocking Growth - March 12th, photo by IDB

By Claudia Escorza
MEXICO CITY, Apr 3 2026 (IPS)

In Asunción, Paraguay last month, finance ministers, central bank presidents, and private sector leaders gathered for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Annual Meetings to talk about growth.

In a session titled “Seizing Opportunities, Stimulating Growth” hosted by IDB Invest, the bank’s private sector institution, they discussed how investment and innovation could strengthen agribusiness and food systems across Latin America.

One place to start is clear: the IDB Invest should exclude industrial livestock production from its portfolio. Industrial animal agriculture is a leading driver of deforestation, water pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions in the region.

It puts profits in the hands of a few, while rural and Indigenous communities are left to deal with dirty water, damaged land, and fewer ways to earn a living. Yet at the very session dedicated to agribusiness, livestock was conspicuously absent from the conversation.

If the IDB Invest won’t even acknowledge the problem, it’s obviously not trying to solve it. Public development money shouldn’t be funding an industry that worsens the climate crisis and harms communities.

Equally troubling is the lack of transparency when projects do move forward. When the IDB Invest supports a project, communities have a right to understand its risks, impacts, and benefits. That did not happen, for example, in the case of Pronaca, an Ecuadorian agribusiness company that received a $50 million loan from IDB Invest.

An independent investigation by the Bank’s own accountability mechanism found seven violations of environmental and social safeguards, including failures to disclose critical information and assess the company’s role in the contamination of a local river that the Indigenous Tsáchila community rely on for food and hygiene, and which holds deep spiritual significance within their cosmology.

But key environmental documents were classified as confidential, and meaningful information was never shared. This isn’t just a problem with the IBD’s internal procedures. It can have real impacts on human rights.

Perhaps most importantly, the IDB Invest must ensure the effective participation of affected communities from the very beginning of any project. In the Pronaca case, the investigation found no evidence that nearby Indigenous communities were consulted at all, even though one community is located just a few hundred meters from a facility.

This absence of consultation wasn’t accidental, but instead part of a deep imbalance of power, where decisions are made in boardrooms and imposed on territories without consent. Communities must have a seat at the table, not as an afterthought, but as decision-makers with the ability to shape, or reject, projects that affect their futures. Anything less is incompatible with the IDB Invest’s stated mission to reduce inequality.

This month’s meeting in Paraguay showed that the IDB Group is quite ambitious when it comes to growth in Latin America. However, it would be a mistake for the IDB to believe that growth is the only measure of progress and should be the priority no matter the cost.

Right now, the IDB has the opportunity and the responsibility to pursue a sustainable growth agenda by excluding harmful industries, committing to full transparency, and including the impacted communities at every step of the process. To do that, the IDB must listen to those who were not in the room, and must recognize that economic growth cannot be built on weakened ecosystems and silenced communities.

Claudia Escorza, the Latin America Regional Coordinator for “Stop Financing Factory Farming (S3F) coalition, is based in Mexico City, and advocates sustainable food systems.

IPS UN Bureau

 

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Peter Pellegrini elnök csütörtökön (4. 2.) Pozsonyban fogadta Mihail Kavelasvili grúz államfőt, aki 9 év után képviselte nálunk a legmagasabb szinten a kaukázusi országot. Pellegrini Pozsonyt a világ összes égtája felől érkező partnerekkel folytatott érdemi párbeszéd helyszínének nevezte, és hangsúlyozta a bel- és külpolitikáról folytatott nyílt vita fontosságát.