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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept began firing &gt;1,350 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> based employees Friday as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin goes ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DiplomaticCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiplomaticCorps</span></a>, undermining US ability to defend &amp; promote interests abroad.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a>, which affect 1,107 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a> &amp; 246 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignService</span></a> officers in the US, come as the US faces multiple global <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a>: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s war in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> conflict, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> on edge due to tensions between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/s</span><span class="invisible">tate-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/</span></a></p>

"Chinese analysts have been closely monitoring the #LosAngeles #unrest, which they said had been exploited by #US President Donald #Trump for #PoliticalTheatre, jeopardising public #safety and #stability. (..) Lacking diplomatic wins, Trump may pivot to harsher domestic tactics to assert strength, risking deeper #crises, according to Yang."

scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/

Err .. @EUCommission - seems you can't duck away from a public statement any more.

Or #China will voice "grave concern" first.

🤨

South China Morning Post · Viewed from China, Trump’s crackdown on LA unrest a risky ‘political gamble’Chinese analysts warn US president’s tactics against protesters could jeopardise safety, stability and even spark constitutional crisis.

→ Hopepunk : pour une bienveillance #radicale
aoc.media/opinion/2025/04/20/h

« Au Québec, particulièrement depuis la pandémie, les #crises se multiplient et s’aggravent à un rythme effréné. »

« le #hopepunk est un courant de la #sciencefiction qui rejette la #dystopie, non pas en la niant, mais en la confrontant. [Il s'agit] d’une #insurrection douce et obstinée, d’une conviction que la #bonté, la #solidarité et l’#entraide sont les meilleures armes face au #cynisme ambiant »

AOC média · Hopepunk : pour une bienveillance radicaleBy Guillaume Ouellet

Les dix #crises #humanitaires oubliées en 2024 : "Aujourd'hui, neuf sont liées au #changement climatique", pointe la porte-parole de #CARE France

francetvinfo.fr/monde/environn

> Pour la troisième année consécutive, tous les pays oubliés de ce classement se trouvent en #Afrique avec en tête, l'Angola. L'ONG a recensé seulement "2 000 articles" dans le monde le mentionnant contre "115 000 articles" concernant le divorce de […] alors que 2,2 millions de personnes y meurent de #faim.

#Biodiversité, #climat, #santé… : les #crises liées entre elles, alertent des #expertes mandatées par l’ONU | Mediapart

mediapart.fr/journal/internati

> La #Plateforme intergouvernementale sur la biodiversité et les services #écosystémiques a rendu mardi son #rapport, qui avertit des conséquences néfastes de vouloir régler un #problème sans penser aux autres…

Bij al dat gebakkelei over een niet bestaande crisis is er radiostilte over de echte #crises en zakt bijvoorbeeld de Nederlandse #boer steeds verder in de #stront. En hier probeert #Schoof1 onder maatregelen uit te komen met als gevolg nog vollere #gierkelders.

Na ons de strontvloed e-pages.dk/degroeneamsterdamme

AJ+ on Instagram:
“Why is the #war in #Sudan not getting enough global attention? The head of the World Health Organization says it’s because of #racism. ⁣ ⁣

Since April 2023, Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces have been battling for […]. ⁣ ⁣

With at least 12 million people displaced, Sudan is currently facing one of the largest #displacement #crises in the world. ⁣ ⁣[…]

Producer: Ashley Ogonda⁣„

#SudanWar #WarInSudan #Africa #UkraineWar

instagram.com/p/DACG1P5xZ83/

Lest we ignore the other atrocities being committed in the world bc we all have ADD thanks to media & the 24hr news cycle:

The #UN says nearly 7 million people are now internally displaced w/in the #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo due to escalating #violence.

According to the #UnitedNations, the #DRC is facing one of the world's biggest #displacement & #humanitarian #crises.

#Congo #HumanitarianCrisis #Kivu #FARDC #M23 #Rwanda #ViolenceAgainstWomen #WartimeSexualViolence
bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-afri