Dag: 9 maart 2018

De nieuwskoppen van vandaag:

• • Sleepwet: is het zo simpel als veiligheid tegenover privacy?
    Op 21 maart kan overal worden gestemd over de nieuwe Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten, de wet die tegenstanders ‘de sleepwet’ noemen. Maar wat staat er eigenlijk in die wet, en waarom moet die er komen? Wat zijn de gevaren als de wet wordt ingevoerd? En wat zijn de risico’s als dat niet gebeurt? Gaat het om veiligheid tegenover privacy of is dat veel te kort door de bocht?
  • Forget Russia, What About Qatar?
    There hasn’t been a sudden explosion of paranoia and fear about Russia like this since Sputnik.In the ‘12 election debates, Obama had breezily dismissed Romney’s suggestion that Russia was the leading geopolitical threat. “You said Russia. Not al Qaeda. You said Russia,” he sneered. “And the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because the Cold War’s been over for 20 years.”
  • Is Greece about to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital? 
    On his return from a recent two-day trip to Israel — where he met with high-level officials — Adonis Georgiadis, the vice president of Greece’s opposition party, New Democracy, declared his support for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
  • Animal organ HARVESTING farms coming soon? Researchers develop method to “refurbish” harvested animal organs for human transplant 
    There is an organ-transplant crisis going on. There are far too many people on various organ transplant waiting lists, and not enough organ donors. As such, scientists have thought of various solutions for the problem.
  • Top General Reveals Russian Intelligence Documents: Secret Technology, Antarctica & the “Escape” of Hitler 
    In the fourth episode of his monthly show Tales from the Russian Intelligence, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses a new book written by Leonid Ivashov, one of the best-known geopolitical commentators in Russia. Ivashov is a former four-star general of the Soviet and Russian military and has filled high-level positions in the Russian military command.
  • Scientists develop pigs for transplants to humans
    A team of scientists says it has created a pig that can be used in transplantations in humans.According to the team, which includes researchers from Meiji University and Kyoto Prefectural University, the animal is the first to be developed for transplantation based on national guidelines for xenotransplantation, in which animal organs and cells are transplanted into humans.