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Politics · SwitzerlandHe is the man of the year in Swiss politics. Invited on Saturday on the program Helvetica, Pierre-Yves Maillard looks back in particular at the initiative of the 13th AHV pension accepted by the Swiss people in March, a first for unions. An unsuccessful candidate for the Federal Council, the socialist is now convinced that he is in the right place to advance social justice.See the Story
Pierre-Yves Maillard: “Going to say publicly the opposite of what I think, I am unable to do so”
Europe · ItalyPolice on Monday arrested a Tajik national accused of being an active member of the Islamic State group after he landed at Rome’s international airport on a flight from the Netherlands, authorities said.See the Story
Italy's police arrest a Tajik man suspected of Islamic State membership at Rome airport
62% Center coverage: 16 sources
Donald Trump · United StatesSen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) broke with former President Trump on Monday over Trump’s decision to back away from endorsing a national 15-week abortion ban, declaring that leaving the issue entirely to the states “runs contrary to an American consensus that would limit late-term abortions.” See the Story
Graham breaks with Trump on national abortion ban
39% Right coverage: 18 sources
Mokgweetsi Masisi · BotswanaBotswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies. Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns. But a ban on the import of hunting trophies would only impoverish Botswanans, Mokgweetsi Masisi told German daily Bild.See the Story
Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row
39% Left coverage: 71 sources
Europe · Democratic Republic of the CongoUnder a crystal chandelier in a hall where the first Geneva Convention was signed in the mid-19th century, representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians. With several Western diplomats looking on, the envoys made commitments that their forces will work to end sexual violence, food insecurity and conditions of famine and to ensure greater access to health care in the parts of increasingly violent eastern Congo that they operate in and control. The ceremony Tuesday at City Hall in Geneva, a Swiss city that’s known for an internationalist bent and as home to the international Red Cross, is the culmination of years of work by the humanitarian group Geneva Call, which works to protect civilians in conflict zones.See the Story
As conflict worsens in eastern Congo, 2 armed groups pledge to respect civilians
66% Center coverage: 15 sources
