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NDTV
a day ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
Viral Video Shows Vlogger Making Pickle Tiramisu. Internet is Divided
The internet has become a playground for quirky culinary experiments. We are sure you must have watched videos featuring fearless fusions like mango momos, dahi Maggi, chocolate samosa, and the list goes on. These viral creations reflect a spirit of experimentation and creativity in the kitchen. While some of these concoctions have baffled our taste buds, the trend shows no signs of slowing down. The latest entry in the trend is the Pickle Tiramisu. In a video shared on Instagram, food vlogger Juliette is seen making the unique dessert. She starts off by dipping ladyfingers in pickle juice. Then, she adds a layer of pickles at the bottom of the glass container, ladyfingers on top and covers them up with whipped cream. After topping them with huge pieces of pickles, Juliette takes a bite of the dessert and describes the taste as "sour, salty and sweet." Watch the full video here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by juliette (@itsmejuliette) Since being shared, the video has garnered more than 6 million views on the platform. The new creation has sparked a debate within the online food community. While some expressed concern over the taste, others want to try it. One user wrote, "I don't speak Italian but I wish I could swear in that language right now." Another added, "Actually, this is exactly what I'm craving." "If I bite into a tiramisu and I get a mouth full of pickles, hands are being thrown," remarked a viewer. Someone joked, "This goes against the Geneva Convention." "Wow cool video, also I sent the mafia to your house so have a great last day," read a comment.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ukrainian Security Service charges captured Russian soldier with executing POWs
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has charged a captured Russian marine with war crimes for allegedly executing two unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war during combat operations earlier this year in northeastern Ukraine, according to an official statement issued May 28. According to the SBU, the soldier, a rifleman with Russia's 40th Separate Marine Brigade, participated in the point-blank shooting of two detained Ukrainian servicemen on Jan. 9 near Kursk. The executions reportedly occurred after a Russian sabotage-reconnaissance group seized a front-line position held by Ukrainian forces. The SBU alleges the Russian fighters led the two captured soldiers into open ground before shooting them in the back with automatic rifles, killing both instantly. Just two days later, the same Russian unit came under attack by Ukraine's Special Operations Forces. Ukrainian troops reportedly partially destroyed the unit, capturing the accused marine during a firefight. Investigators say he initially attempted to conceal his role in the killings but was later implicated through evidence collected by the SBU and military counterintelligence. He has been formally charged under Ukraine's Criminal Code with war crimes including violations of the Geneva Convention concerning the treatment of prisoners of war. If convicted, he faces life imprisonment. The case adds to mounting evidence of systemic war crimes committed against Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces — a pattern confirmed by both Ukrainian authorities and international bodies. At least 206 of the 5,000 Ukrainian POWs repatriated since Russia's full-scale invasion died in captivity, according to data published by Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. In many of these cases, Ukrainian soldiers were tortured, executed, or killed under suspicious circumstances while in Russian custody. Investigations by Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office are underway into the execution of 268 Ukrainian POWs. The U.N. and human rights groups have recorded dozens of these cases, highlighting incidents in which Russian troops received direct orders to kill surrendered soldiers — a violation of international humanitarian law. One of the most notorious cases occurred in July 2022, when a Russian missile strike on the Olenivka POW camp in occupied Donetsk Oblast killed over 50 Ukrainian soldiers, most of them members of the Azov Regiment. Independent investigations later suggested Russia deliberately targeted the building with a thermobaric weapon after relocating the prisoners to a specific section of the facility. In a March 2025 report, the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine confirmed growing numbers of executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian forces, labeling the killings part of a deliberate and coordinated campaign. Read also: Russian soldiers executed 3 unarmed Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast, prosecutors say We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Muscat Daily
3 days ago
- Politics
- Muscat Daily
Germany moves to suspend refugees' family reunification
Berlin, Germany – 'Before I came to Germany, I didn't know it would be so difficult. I just didn't know. You know, we're men, and we men are not used to raising children,' said Mohammed. He fled the civil war in Syria in 2014 with his wife, two daughters and two sons to Iraqi Kurdistan. Life was so difficult for the family there that his wife, two daughters and one son returned to Syria. Mohammed, who did not wish to give his family name, made the decision to make the dangerous journey to Germany through Libya and across the Mediterranean to Italy together with his son, who suffers from cerebral atrophy, in the hope of getting medical treatment and one day being reunited with the rest of the family in Germany. But two and a half years after arriving in the country, Mohammed still lives alone with his 9-year-old severely disabled son and has no idea when, or if, his wife and two daughters will be able to join him. His second son died after returning to Syria, a loss made all the more painful by the separation. Housed in shared accommodation at refugee centres, a friend eventually offered Mohammed a place to stay in what he describes as a broken-down house. He said they struggle to make ends meet on social welfare. Mohammed was granted subsidiary protection status by the German authorities. The classification is for people who do not meet the specific criteria for refugee status under the Geneva Convention but who face a risk of serious harm in their country of origin, including the death penalty, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, or indiscriminate violence in the context of an armed conflict. There are currently around 351,400 people with subsidiary protection status living in Germany, the majority from Syria. They receive a residence permit, it was initially for one year, in 2024 this initial period was extended to three years. They have the right to live and work in Germany and access social benefits. But while asylum-seekers and recognised refugees have the right to reunification with spouses and children under the age of 18 under German and EU law, those with subsidiary protection status do not. Now, the new coalition government of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) plan to suspend family reunification for those with subsidiary protection status for at least the next two years. On Wednesday, May 28, the German Cabinet approved the restrictions on family reunification. The draft bill must still be passed in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament, to come into effect. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said: 'The country's ability to integrate had simply reached a breaking point,' adding that cities and municipalities across the country were at their limit. Subsidiary protection status The issue of family reunification for people with subsidiary protection status has been a subject of much political debate in Germany. In 2015, the government led by former Chancellor Angela Merkel granted spouses, children or parents of beneficiaries of subsidiary protection the right to reunification. But this right was suspended in 2016 after just one year. Since 2018, the families of people granted subsidiary protection have been able to be reunited. However, the German government limits the number of visas it issues to a maximum of 1,000 per month. That has caused a lot of uncertainty for people like Mohammed and his family in Syria, who must contend with long waiting lists, lengthy bureaucratic procedures and a limited number of visas. In 2024, Germany issued around 120,000 visas for the purpose of family reunification, according to Foreign Office figures requested by Mediendienst Integration, an information service run by the Council for Migration, a nationwide association of migration researchers. Around 10%, some 12,000 visas, were issued to relatives of people with subsidiary protection in Germany. Families separated Critics, such as human rights NGO Pro Asyl, have said separation from family can place a huge psychological strain on those affected, which can have consequences for integration and also irregular immigration. Without any legal route to reunite with children, parents or spouses, some people take the risk of using irregular, often unsafe routes to reach their loved ones in Germany. Legal experts say that even if the EU Family Reunification Directive does not apply to people with subsidiary protection because it was adopted before the status of subsidiary protection was defined, legislators are still bound by Article Six of Germany's Basic Law and the right to family life enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. However, one important restriction has been introduced by the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany and accepted by the European Court of Human Rights. 'If there is an alternative of family life in another country, especially in the country of origin, then there is no automatic right of family reunification in Germany,' said Thomas Gross, an expert on German and EU law at the University of Osnabrück. Germany's Constitutional Court will ultimately have to decide whether an end to family reunification for people with subsidiary protection is legally permissible, which will most likely take years, according to Gross. Meanwhile, families like Mohammed's remain separated indefinitely by slow-moving legal and bureaucratic processes. 'It's not a question that you go to the embassy and the next day you get on a flight to Germany. It is a complicated and often lengthy procedure,' Gross told DW. A recent study found that it took anywhere from six months to more than two years before family members were issued visas by German embassies. 'It sometimes involves DNA tests, sometimes the embassy is far away in another country, which is practically impossible for many people,' said Gross. Mohammed said he has been unable to learn German or work because, without the support of his wife or other close relatives, he is effectively a full-time carer for his son, who requires regular hospital visits. His subsidiary protection visa is valid for one year, and a renewal is far from certain after a federal state court ruled that a Syrian man did not qualify for subsidiary protection status because it deemed Syria a safe country. 'There should be help from the state for my family to come here, this is an exceptional humanitarian situation,' said Mohammed. 'I mean, how am I supposed to endure this any longer?' DW
Irish Independent
3 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Independent
Ireland wants expansion of the definition of genocide under the Geneva Convention, says Taoiseach
The Israeli Government, with its 'far-right elements', is "committing genocide in Gaza right now," Micheál Martin said. Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik echoed: "It is genocide." She acknowledged, on the first anniversary of Ireland recognising the state of Palestine, that the Government has led on the issue. The Taoiseach said Ireland, Spain and Norway had initiated recognition, followed by Slovenia, in partnership with the Arab states. But he admitted that Ireland has failed to persuade many other countries that it targeted diplomatically to join the recognition initiative. "We tried to get as many countries as we possibly could on board, and to persuade as many other EU member states ass possible," Mr Martin said. "We didn't get as many as we wanted at the time." It is understood that Ireland believed it had commitments from more than twice as many countries as finally signed up, only for the numbers to wither away. The Taoiseach added: "We're hoping that we will broaden the criteria by which Genocide is judged by the Geneva Convention." Some countries have been claiming that Israel's "slaughter" of Palestinians, as Mr Martin put it, does not constitute genocide, which means a policy of deliberate attempted extermination of an entire people. He stressed that Ireland was also progressing the Occupied Territories Bill, but said that the Opposition, when it was passed, would say that it is "only symbolic" and more should be done. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more The stand-in leader of the Social Democrats, Cian O'Callaghan, said Gaza was being "methodically and systematically erased by Israel in its systematic campaign, without restriction'. The Social Democrats has suspended one of its members, Eoin Hayes TD, who profited from the sale of shares in a company whose products have bene used by the Israeli army to better target Palestinians. Mr Hayes did not tell the truth to his colleagues or the media about his holding. Mr Martin dismissed claims from the Social Democrats and Sinn Féin that the Irish Central Bank was facilitating the sale of Israeli "war bonds", and should be prevented from doing so. The Central Bank is part of the European Central; Bank, he said, "and is independent of Government too, by the way". "They don't sell Israeli bonds." The Central Bank instead "approves the prospectus" for the sale of the bonds, as it is required to do, he said. "The Irish Central Bank is not approving anything." The Taoiseach said suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement would be "a powerful message to Israel".
DW
3 days ago
- Politics
- DW
Germany moves to suspend refugees' family reunification – DW – 05/28/2025
The new German government has agreed to stop family members of refugees with subsidiary protection status from moving to Germany. The controversial move will particularly affect Syrian families. "Before I came to Germany, I didn't know it would be so difficult. I just didn't know. You know, we're men, and we men are not used to raising children," said Mohammed. He fled the civil war in Syria in 2014 with his wife, two daughters and two sons to Iraqi Kurdistan. Life was so difficult for the family there that his wife, two daughters and one son returned to Syria. Mohammed, who did not wish to give his family name, made the decision to make the dangerous journey to Germany through Libya and across the Mediterranean to Italy together with his son, who suffers from cerebral atrophy, in the hope of getting medical treatment and one day being reunited with the rest of the family in Germany. But two and a half years after arriving in the country, Mohammed still lives alone with his 9-year-old severely disabled son and has no idea when, or if, his wife and two daughters will be able to join him. His second son died after returning to Syria, a loss made all the more painful by the separation. Housed in shared accommodation at refugee centers, a friend eventually offered Mohammed a place to stay in what he describes as a broken-down house. He said they struggle to make ends meet on social welfare. Mohammed was granted subsidiary protection status by the German authorities. The classification is for people who do not meet the specific criteria for refugee status under the Geneva Convention but who face a risk of serious harm in their country of origin, including the death penalty, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, or indiscriminate violence in the context of an armed conflict. There are currently around 351,400 people with subsidiary protection status living in Germany, the majority from Syria. They receive a residence permit, it was initially for one year, in 2024 this initial period was extended to three years.* They have the right to live and work in Germany and access social benefits. But while asylum-seekers and recognized refugees have the right to reunification with spouses and children under the age of 18 under German and EU law, those with subsidiary protection status do not. Now, the new coalition government of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) plan to suspend family reunification for those with subsidiary protection status for at least the next two years. On Wednesday, May 28, the German Cabinet approved the restrictions on family reunification. The draft bill must still be passed in the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament to come into effect. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said. "The country's ability to integrate had simply reached a breaking point," adding that cities and municipalities across the country were at their limit. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told the Bundestag that citizens expected a change of immigration policy Image: IMAGO/Political-Moments Subsidiary protection status central to immigration debate The issue of family reunification for people with subsidiary protection status has been a subject of much political debate in Germany. In 2015, the government led by former Chancellor Angela Merkel granted spouses, children or parents of beneficiaries of subsidiary protection the right to reunification. But this right was suspended in 2016 after just one year. Since 2018, the families of people granted subsidiary protection have been able to be reunited. However, the German government limits the number of visas it issues to a maximum of 1,000 per month. That has caused a lot of uncertainty for people like Mohammed and his family in Syria, who must contend with long waiting lists, lengthy bureaucratic procedures and a limited number of visas. In 2024, Germany issued around 120,000 visas for the purpose of family reunification, according to Foreign Office figures requested by Mediendienst Integration, an information service run by the Council for Migration, a nationwide association of migration researchers. Around 10%, some 12,000 visas, were issued to relatives of people with subsidiary protection in Germany. Families separated by the slow-moving bureaucratic system Critics, such as human rights NGO Pro Asyl , have said separation from family can place a huge psychological strain on those affected, which can have consequences for integration and also irregular immigration. Without any legal route to reunite with children, parents or spouses, some people take the risk of using irregular, often unsafe routes to reach their loved ones in Germany. Legal experts say that even if the EU Family Reunification Directive does not apply to people with subsidiary protection because it was adopted before the status of subsidiary protection was defined, legislators are still bound by Article Six of Germany's Basic Law and the right to family life enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. However, one important restriction has been introduced by the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany and accepted by the European Court of Human Rights. "If there is an alternative of family life in another country, especially in the country of origin, then there is no automatic right of family reunification in Germany," said Thomas Gross, an expert on German and EU law at the University of Osnabrück. Germany's Left party ready to sue gov't over asylum controls To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Germany's Constitutional Court will ultimately have to decide whether an end to family reunification for people with subsidiary protection is legally permissible, which will most likely take years, according to Gross. Meanwhile, families like Mohammed's remain separated indefinitely by slow-moving legal and bureaucratic processes. "It's not a question that you go to the embassy and the next day you get on a flight to Germany. It is a complicated and often lengthy procedure," Gross told DW. A recent study found that it took anywhere from six months to more than two years before family members were issued visas by German embassies. "It sometimes involves DNA tests, sometimes the embassy is far away in another country, which is practically impossible for many people," said Gross. Mohammed said he has been unable to learn German or work because, without the support of his wife or other close relatives, he is effectively a full-time carer for his son, who requires regular hospital visits. His subsidiary protection visa is valid for one year, and a renewal is far from certain after a federal state court ruled that a Syrian man did not qualify for subsidiary protection status because it deemed Syria a safe country. "There should be help from the state for my family to come here, this is an exceptional humanitarian situation," said Mohammed. "I mean, how am I supposed to endure this any longer?" Daline Sahalie contributed to this article. *Correction: The article initially incorrectly stated that the residence permit was only for one year. Edited by: Rina Goldenberg This article was updated to include the Cabinet presenting a draft law on May 28, 2025. While you're here: Every Tuesday, DW editors round up what is happening in German politics and society. 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