Russian ruble slides to lowest point against USD since March 2022
(Missile escalations in Ukraine war; increased US sanctions; and the Russian Central Bank deputy governor in charge of digital payments leaves)
www.cbr.ru/eng/press/PR...
I think binging season 1 of Squid Game lasted longer than the South Korea martial law/"coup"/legislative tussle
After years of being blocked by Austria, Bulgaria and Romania finally get membership to the Schengen area allowing passport-free movement in most EU countries (and a few associated ones)
A head's up that the European Commission is willing to pay for around 40 journalists *and content creators* from EU countries to go to Brussels for 2 days to learn about EU institutions and policies (esp. Cohesion policy)...
www.euinmyregion-mediatrips.eu
CJEU, asylum law
Advocate General's opinion: Taliban treatment of Afghan women and girls amounts to persecution on grounds of gender, ie qualification for refugee status