Trapas? Albrightová před prázdným sálem. Smích Petříčkovi. A k tomu Topolánek

Bývalá americká ministryně zahraničí Madeleine Albrightová varovala před podkopáváním demokracie v zemích NATO, které podle ní pomáhá nepřátelům. Na dnešní konferenci pořádané na Pražském hradě u příležitosti 20. výročí vstupu Česka do NATO také před poloprázdným sálem citovala někdejšího amerického prezidenta Billa Clintona, podle něhož rozšíření Alianci posílilo.

Smích Jaroslava Plesla: Fero Fenič, Tomáš Klus, Slovenka Čaputová… A vážněji o Babišovi

Slova filmaře Fera Feniče o „počurávajícím se“ prezidentu Zemanovi? Fenič by podle šéfredaktora MF Dnes Jaroslava Plesla „měl i s celým svým cirkusem odtáhnout zpět na východní Slovensko“, protože „zemře velmi, velmi nespokojený. A podle všeho zemře jako počurávající se stařík, což ho evidentně děsí nejvíce“. Tak se alespoň Plesl vyjádřil v rozhovoru s ParlamentnímiListy.cz, se kterými probral i kauzu Jaroslava Faltýnka, prezidentské volby na Slovensku, demonstrace na podporu Tibetu či nadcházející Brexit.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Went to an Event Honoring Women. Then He Referred to Them as ‘Bitches’

Rodrigo Duterte addressed a group of female law enforcement and army officers with the term “puta,” which translates to “bitch,” at an event meant to honor them on Monday.

Presenting to a group of almost all females at the Outstanding Women in Law Enforcement and National Security of the Philippines event, the president of the Philippines also called the group “you crazy women,” the Guardian reports.

Duterte reportedly told the group that women are “depriving me of my freedom of expression,” in apparent rebuke to recent criticism for sexist comments.

“I love women,” he added, according to the Guardian. “That’s why you see I have two wives. That means I like women.”

Duterte caused controversy last week when he said women should stay away from Catholic priests because of the “scent of your body,” according to the Guardian. At Monday’s event he re-visited his earlier comments saying women are “rejects of priests.”

Duterte has faced frequent criticism for his sexist comments since tak..

A Dozen Children Were Killed in Yemen Strikes During a Two-Day Period, the U.N. Says

Strikes in Yemen killed 22 people during a 48-hour period early this week, including a dozen children, according to the U.N.

In a statement published Monday, the office of the U.N. Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the war-ravaged country said as many as 30 others were reportedly injured, among them 14 children aged between 1 and 18, in the northwest province of Hajjah.

“We condemn these deaths and injuries unequivocally,” said Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen. “And we share our deep condolences with the families of the victims.”

Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015. On average, almost 100 civilian deaths or injuries were recorded weekly in 2018, according to a recent U.N. report.

Across the country, an estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger or disease since the war began. According to UNICEF, eight children are killed or injured across 31 act..