Vladimir Putin is a man who kills children. He is someone who kidnaps them from home and family. That is the contention of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC): its judges have examined his evidence and found every reason to believe it, issuing two indictments against Putin.
There will be more to come, but the murder and the abduction of innocent children crosses a red line. Although he will not stand in the dock at The Hague any time soon, he is now confirmed as an international pariah, with predecessors like Pinochet, Milosevic, Gaddafi and Al Bashir – all of whose indictments were a prelude to their fall from power.
Arrest warrant may signal the beginning of the end for Putin
The judge who led the investigation into alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan is expected to be the Albanese government’s pick to head the first federal anti-corruption body.
NSW Court of Appeal Justice Paul Breretonhas been nominated by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to run the National Anti-Corruption Commission, according to senior federal sources not authorised to speak publicly because the appointment has not been publicly confirmed.
DW: “Sold out Jan Vermeer exhibition Amsterdam goes online DWWhen the large-scale exhibition of works by the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) opened on February 10 at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, all 450,000 tickets quickly sold out.
The museum is showing 28 of the 37 or so existing works by the painter from Delft until June 4, 2023. This is the first I that time that so many Vermeer paintings are on display together at the same time, and it might be the last, given how expensive the works are.
This is also likely why the show has attracted so many visitors. After the initial batch of tickets sold out, the museum extended opening hours and offered more chances to view the works of the Dutch Master. Those tickets sold out quickly too, and even briefly crashed the museum’s website. Now, the museum is offering a free, interactive online exhibition called “Closer to Johannes Vermeer.” It’s narrated by English actor and writer Stephen Fry and allows visitors to get closer to the life and times of Vermeer, even if they can’t see the works in person.”
