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HANDOUT - 09 June 2022, Algeria, Algiers: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) is received by President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) at the government palace in Algiers. Photo: Zurimar Campos/Prensa Miraflores/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits.

Spain

CONFLICT

EU rebukes Algeria over dispute with Spain over Western Sahara

The Nomad Today 6/11/22

The Polisario Front movement is striving for an independent state in Western Sahara and is supported by Algeria. Morocco's claim has not yet been recognized internationally

A Japanese bullet train at its platform. Photo: Pixabay.

World

LEGAL DISPUTE

Japanese train driver's pay cut for 1-minute delay to be reinstated

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/19/22

The bizarre legal dispute throws light on the legendary punctuality of Japanese railways, but also on Japan's not infrequently exploitative working world

17 March 2022, Japan, Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a Lower House's plenary session at the National Diet. Photo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

TERRITORIAL CLAIMS

Russia ends talks with Japan over Kuril Islands after Ukraine support

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/21/22

Russia has also cancelled an agreement for visa-free travel by Japanese people to the islands after Japan joined the West's sanctions

02 March 2022, Japan, Tokyo: Japan's Foreign Minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, talks with the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan, Sergiy Korsunsky (not pictured), following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Japan has frozen the financial assets of Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as other government officials. Japan will also provide 100 million US dollars in emergency humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in addition to loans worth around 100 million US dollars that have already been pledged. Photo: Pool/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

KURIL ISLANDS

Japan renews territorial claims in island dispute with Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/8/22

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Tuesday described the four islands as an "integral part" of Japan

A view of the modern skyline of Moscow. Photo: Pixabay.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Two people shot in Moscow in dispute about mask-wearing

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/7/21

Russia has seen multiple incidents in which people oppose security regulations related to the pandemic

HANDOUT - 27 January 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Commissioner in charge of Health Stella Kyriakides speaks during a press conference on the COVID-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca, at EU headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Aurore Martignoni/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

AstraZeneca vaccine delay dispute in EU not resolved by crisis talks

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/28/21

AstraZeneca claimed that British production sites and chains were more efficient, and that low yields at a site in Belgium were to blame for delays to the 27-member bloc.