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Facebook activated its first Safety Check in the United States after a gunman massacred at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday in the deadliest mass-shooting in American history.
The Orlando Gay Chorus sang special versions of “True Colors” as well as “You’ll Never Walk Alone” at a prayer vigil in the city Sunday.
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From time to time, someone reaches me about a particular online tool/ resource. I am glad that Canva reached me since I already like and recommend it regularly. It is at least a good tool for beginners and amateurs on design tools. For those who haven’t heard it yet:
Canva makes graphic design amazingly simple for everyone, by bringing together a drag-and-drop design tool with a library of more than 1 million stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts.
Start designing at http://www.canva.com/
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Italy’s immigration crisis intensified Friday (12 June) after a build-up of asylum-seekers at two major train stations resulted in clashes with police, an outcry from the right and fresh calls from Rome for EU help.
Reports have been circling this afternoon that, at a meeting in Bratislava, officials of the Euro working group have been discussing potential plans for a Greek default, including various options for Greek capital controls. With a deal looking as far off as it ever has, the risk of such controls is growing. Open Europe’s Raoul Ruparel lays out all you need to know.
Like putting a plaster on a wound that has not been cleaned, an EU-mediated deal to stabilise (but not necessarily democratise) the country is being negotiated behind closed doors.
Macedonians protesting against the current government. Flickr/FOSIM. Some rights reserved.From Putin’s Russia, to Erdogan’s Turkey, Orban’s Hungary, Vučić’s Serbia and Gruevski’s Macedonia, new authoritarian regimes have been faking democracy by organising multi-party elections, mimicking democratic institutions and adopting democratic language.
The negotiations between the Troika and Greece are a sham. Greek submission to the neoliberal EU project or forced exit was the Troika game plan from the moment Syriza formed a government.
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The European Parliament (EP) descended into disarray earlier this week as MEPs failed to speak with one voice about the way negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are being handled by the European Commission. A key discussion and vote on the controversial trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) had been scheduled for midday Wednesday 10 June but Parliament President Martin Schultz announced late the night before that this would be postponed.
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The results of Turkey’s June 7 parliamentary elections denied a majority to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party. It also diversified parliament’s demographic mix: the election of three ethnic Armenian deputies is being heralded as an important breakthrough for the country and its fraught relations with its Armenian minority.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hinted that the President would be toning down his style of active political leadership and meddling in government. Hours later the President seemed to demur.
Turkey’s president makes first televised speech since ruling party lost its parliamentary majority in Sunday’s election
In his first televised speech since the parliamentary elections on Sunday, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has urged all four parties represented in parliament not to leave the country hanging in limbo and to quickly work on forming a new government.
Berlin, Germany. 6th June 2015 — Female activists hold a banner with the logo of the pro-Kurdish and left wing HDP during an anti-government demonstration. Photo by Thorsten Strasas. Demotix ID 7791641.
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