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Kazakhstan is seeking closer cooperation with Belgium on the Middle Corridor, including a potential partnership between the Port of Antwerp-Bruges and the Caspian ports of Aktau and Kuryk, as King Philippe and Queen Mathilde make their first state visit to the country. #Kazakhstan #MiddleCorridor #TradePartnership

Barack Obama received an honorary degree from Queen's University Belfast, emphasizing the importance of actively choosing democracy and peace, while reflecting on the transformative effects of the Good Friday Agreement and expressing concerns about current global conflicts. #Democracy #GoodFridayAgreement #Peace

Bleu Blanc Rouge relayed comments attributed to Louise Montangon, who believed that Sciences-Po did not deserve its reputation as an elite institution. She stated that students only had classes for six months a year due to strikes and that employers were no longer willing to hire them upon graduation. She found it hardly surprising that they subsequently became parliamentary aides at LFI. The account endorsed her comments and congratulated her. #SciencesPo #Éducation #Politique (translated)

Recitales in Argentina reported that Lollapalooza had announced the lineup of artists for its 12th edition in the country. According to the publication, Queens Of The Stone Age, Charli xcx, The Killers, Travis Scott, TINI, David Guetta, The Neighbourhood, Rawayana, Fontaines DC, and Sombr were headlining, along with dozens of local and international artists. The festival would take place on March 12, 13, and 14 at the Hipódromo de San Isidro, and there were passes available in Presale 3. https://t.co/K9GpUlGwZT #Lollapalooza #Festival #Música (translated)

Jon De Lorraine stated that Louise had strongly responded to Elwan after he allegedly tried to disrespect her. According to him, she referenced a video where Elwan was shouting "ACAB," even though he had given a different speech at the beginning of the show, before acknowledging it. De Lorraine praised those he deemed capable of defending their ideas in the face of adversity and called for this footage to be widely circulated. #République #Solidarité #Engagement (translated)

The Finnish Football Association plans to report to FIFA about the case of Glen Kamara, where the player has been pressured to return to Queens Park Rangers' training camp during national team matches, which the Finnish Football Association deems unacceptable. #GlenKamara #Palloliitto #jalkapallo (translated)

"Enough with drag queen shows, diversity quotas, and gender pronouns. Only the ethics of the warrior." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaking in Quantico, Virginia, claimed the line with which the Pentagon has dismantled programs and initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and gender identity. #Esercito #Diversità #EticaGuerriero (translated)

I consider the appointment of Taťána Kuchařová to the Government Council for Human Rights unacceptable. The advisory body of the cabinet should protect vulnerable groups and systemic standards, not serve as a political traffic jam for celebrities without legal expertise. A fundamental obstacle is her behavior during the divorce from Ondřej Brzobohatý. The purposeful misuse of sensitive queer topics and the privacy of her partner in the ecclesiastical court demonstrated complete disrespect for human dignity and minority rights. A person with such practices cannot credibly defend equality. After the civil divorce, Kuchařová initiated proceedings at the Metropolitan Church Court for the purpose of ecclesiastical annulment of marriage. In ecclesiastical law, marriage can only be annulled for specific reasons, which include, for example, the inability to fulfill marital duties, serious personality disorder, or the concealment of key facts before the wedding. To achieve annulment, Kuchařová based her arguments on her husband's intimate life: 🧊 In the lawsuit, she claimed that Brzobohatý is not sexually oriented and suffers from sexual orientation deviations. 🧊 From his private interest in dressing as a woman as part of artistic stylization (drag queen under the alias Tiffany Richbitch), she created evidence of his alleged inability to live in a heterosexual union. 🧊 She was represented by lawyer Jakub Kříž, known from ultraconservative organizations rejecting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. The contents of the ecclesiastical lawsuit, which was supposed to remain strictly confidential behind the closed doors of the ecclesiastical tribunal, leaked in May 2023 to the tabloid Blesk. Civil Court Ruling In January 2026, the District Court for Prague 2 ruled in a personality protection dispute that Brzobohatý brought against Kuchařová: ⚖️ The court concluded that Kuchařová presented false claims in the ecclesiastical lawsuit and consciously harmed the rights and dignity of her former partner. ⚖️ The model was ordered to pay Brzobohatý compensation for non-pecuniary harm amounting to 250,000 CZK. ⚖️ The court also ordered her to publish a public apology in the Blesk newspaper and prohibited her from continuing to spread these false statements. For all this, she should absolutely not be a member of the Government Council for Human Rights. 1️⃣ According to information from Blesk, she presented drag culture and non-traditional gender expressions in court as mental defects, immaturity, or inability to live a normal life. This is a textbook example of homophobia and transphobia that reinforces prejudices in society. 2️⃣ According to information from Blesk, she used sexuality and private preferences as leverage in property or divorce disputes. This is in direct contradiction to fundamental human rights standards. ⚠️🚧‼️ A person who has resorted to the denigration of minority identity for personal gain and faces legal repercussions for undermining human dignity cannot, by principle, guarantee the protection of equality and human rights at the national level. #lidskáPráva #rovnost #homofobie (translated)

End of October! The new Book by Susanna Clarke From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of Piranesi and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an enchanting and haunting illustrated short story full of medieval magic. A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author 1110 A.D. The fairy host sweeps across the North of England and the city of Durham is under siege. Wearily the Bishop of Durham, Ranulf Flambard, prepares to surrender – something which proves far more difficult than he could have imagined. His quest will lead him through a landscape of unco-operative rivers and enchanted forests to a New Castle on the banks of the River Tyne – where, with any luck, he will be received by a court of deceptive, would-be fairy queens, shape-shifting stags and a beautiful teenage Raven King. A long-lost chapter in the lore of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Bishop of Durham Attempts to Surrender the City is an enchanting and enchanted adventure into the magic of medieval England. Praise for Susanna Clarke:‘Spellbinding’ Dua Lipa‘A miraculous and luminous feat of storytelling’ Madeline Miller‘Clarke writes with an intelligence and beauty that seems at times miraculous’ Katherine Rundell