New account since lemmyrs.org went down, other @Deebsters are available.
So Hungary hasn’t ratified Sweden’s membership, but what does this actually mean? I know that signing a treaty means you agree to the terms and intend to sign, but that it’s not yet legally binding. And then ratifying means you’ve dealt with your own country’s process to get a new law (or whatever) in place.
But Hungary reneging on this means that the other countries cannot complete the process? Or that they all consider Sweden in but Hungary still doesn’t?
Russia is already using chemical weapons in Ukraine, although it seems to be CS gas instead of mustard gas (this is still illegal under the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 which Russia has signed).
Russia carried out 81 chemical attacks in December, according to an official statement by Ukraine’s General Staff on December 27th. Ukrainian soldiers have reported attacks with mysterious chemicals, such as a “caustic and flammable gas” described to CNN reporters, and the RG-VO grenade which the General Staff say is filled with an “unknown chemical substance.” This brings the total number of claimed chemical attacks to 465. There is a real threat here, but it is not what it seems.
I think they’re more concerned with keeping Russia happy, especially since
2024 would be the year of cultural and tourism exchanges between Thailand and Russia
That’s fair. My first stop is generally mediabiasfactcheck.com but there’s no information about that site on there.
thedrive.com is owned by Recurrent Ventures and they have some fairly well-known and/or reputable brands who are on MBFC:
This story is found in various credible places, including Reuters: Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran
I see it saying “mostly factual” (since at least December 7, 2023), and you’re missing important context.
Overall, we rate The Jerusalem Post Right-Center biased based on editorial positions that favor the right-leaning government. We also rate them Mostly Factual for reporting rather than High due to two failed fact checks.
The Jerusalem Post is currently owned by Eli Azur, an Israeli businessman through Mirkaei Tikshoret, a Tel Aviv-based media company.
Current Editor Yaakov Katz was the former senior policy advisor to Naftali Bennett, the former Prime Minister and head of the far-right political party, “New Right.”
Thanks, that’s what I assumed. So the ratification terms must have to include what seems to be called a “quorum” clause:
– Reuters