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IMSU student Jane Okorie Onyinyechi redefines the rule of law

It is now well-established that the rule of law is a fundamental requirement in any contemporary constitutional democracy and that the current situation necessitates action from the highest levels of government and the Union down to the smallest individual. However, in order to effectively defend and advance the rule of law in contemporary States, it is vital to increase our understanding of the concept's precise definition. As a result, taking a step back to solve this issue is necessary.

Given the significance of the problem, it would seem appropriate that a sufficient amount of scholarly literature and institutional document production be governed by its precise definition. The fact that legal academics and practitioners throughout Europe still cannot agree on what constitutes the elements of the rule of law only serves to highlight how ill-defined and difficult the task at hand is. Legal professionals deal with a flexible "umbrella idea" rather than a procedural formality when talking about the rule of law.

The sheer fact that the rule of law has this particular feature makes it possible for it to be an essential component of every modern constitution and to provide protection in nations with various political, legal, and constitutional traditions and systems.

                            

AS A LAW STUDENT 

Regarding the first portion of the topic question, law students can first help advance the rule of law by taking advantage of the chances presented by their studies to educate themselves on the concept's academic definition and practical significance. They can also help advance the rule of law by being eager to research and stay up to date on newer developments in the field. A strong culture of the rule of law requires individual accountability as well.

In the end, Moon Knight becomes a little strange.

 

Moon Knight concluded this week, and it may be the clearest indication yet of what the MCU will look like on television vs in theaters. The MCU series on Disney+ have had pacing issues since the debut of WandaVision, and Moon Knight is no exception, with a slow start that leads to a rushed conclusion, but Moon Knight is also the most well-structured Marvel series ever. Moon Knight is structured into a distinct three-act framework with six hour-long episodes, mirroring the narrative flow of a film but with more room for story and character development.

Moon Knight never entirely balanced itself across those six episodes, which is the only major flaw of the show. The beginning was slow, the ending was rushed, and Layla (May Calamawy) didn't receive a proper setup for her hero moment, but it did a fantastic job portraying Marc Spector and Steven Grant, the two-in-one character played by Oscar Isaac.

Moon Knight excels at what it does, expanding the MCU's world without ever feeling heavy or clumsy, despite a bipedal hippo goddess appearing to unload exposition on Marc and Steven in one of the MCU's more bizarre recent events.

Even as ancient gods battle on a metaphysical world in the Egyptian desert, Moon Knight is unafraid of its own strangeness while maintaining a grounded atmosphere. Jeremy Slater, the show's creator, and Mohamed Diab, who directed four of the six episodes, including the final two, don't shy away from the weird, but they keep it grounded in Steven and Marc's internal strife. Oscar Isaac does an incredible job portraying these two personalities, to the point where it's heartbreaking when Steven realizes he isn't "real," but rather a protection mechanism Marc devised as a child to protect himself from abuse.

The more bizarre Moon Knight becomes, the more satisfying it becomes, to the point where the image of the Egyptian gods Khonshu and Ammit fighting as giant animal kaijus in the background while their human avatars fight on the streets of Cairo is one of the most thrillingly odd sights in the MCU to date. Moon Knight's blend of mythology and street-level violence works well; I just wish there was a little more room in these six episodes for Layla's unveiling as an avatar and superhero (she might be Scarlet Scarab, a deep cut from the comics, but it's left intentionally ambiguous in the show).

When Layla dresses up, it should feel like a lot bigger deal, especially since Marc was trying to keep her out of this gods' mess, and we should have a better idea—or any idea—what it means for her to be the hippo goddess's avatar, but we don't. What does it imply for Marc to be the "fist of Khonshu" and Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) to be the "voice of Ammit"? "Tawaret's sword arms," perhaps?

Marvel hasn't yet cracked their formula over six hours of televisual narrative, but they're getting there. And I'm curious if, once they've perfected it, we'll see anything as pleasantly strange as Moon Knight once more. Moon Knight isn't flawless, and Layla deserves a little more, but it takes some risks and isn't afraid to get weird and macabre—the scenes in the psychiatric facility are particularly memorable (Legion fans are probably incensed this is getting more attention by orders of magnitude, and Moon Knight definitely owes a debt to Legion).

Steven's outrage at Marc's mercenary acts is well balanced, as is Marc's evident sense of guilt (and the apparent lack of guilt Jake Lockley possesses). Moon Knight is one of the most engaging and emotionally grounded storylines in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, despite its uneven tone and weird backstory. Strange. This is without a doubt one of Marvel's strangest endeavors.

Mum is accused of severing the genitals of her boyfriend after stabbing him and a buddy to death.

After reportedly chopping off his genitals and stabbing him and his companion to death, a mother has been accused of murdering her 10-year boyfriend.

After her lover Samir Esbeck, 59, and his friend Sarkis Abboud, 61, were stabbed in the early hours of Thursday, May 5, Jasmine Everleigh, 44, was charged with two charges of murder.

According to 7NEWS in Australia, the pair had been together for ten years before Everleigh attacked her partner and hacked off his genitals.

 Debretsion Gebremichael accused the Ethiopian national forces of using the airport to launch attacks on Tigray.

Ethiopia's federal government has not yet commented on the accusation.

But the attack is seen as a major escalation of the 12-day conflict between the Ethiopian government and the governing party in Tigray.

Fighting over Tigray has also affected Sudan, with at least 17,000 civilians crossing the border from Ethiopia, according to the UN.

Ethiopia has been through big changes since its Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize last year after reaching out to make peace with neighbouring Eritrea, with whom Ethiopia had fought a bloody war two decades ago.

But the widespread reforms he pushed through sidelined the Tigrayans of the TPLF who had long dominated the political scene - and in recent weeks, tensions between the The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the federal government seriously escalated.

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Cup Finals Makes TV History

SATURDAY’S FA Cup final be-tween Arsenal and Chelsea was the most watched match of the 2019-20 season, televi-sion viewing figures have re-vealed.The Wembley final, which Arsenal won 2-1, was watched by 8.2million people at its peak on BBC One and had an audience share of 46.1 per cent.It means that nearly half of the UK population who own televisions tuned in to watch the final on terrestrial televi-sion. 

The viewing numbers for the final topped the audience figures for the FA Cup semi-final between Manchester United and Chelsea on July 19, which attracted 7.3million people at its peak. In fact, all of the matches in the list of the top five most-watched games of the season were FA Cup matches broad-casted on the BBC. 

Fans are currently not al-lowed to enter stadiums due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning supporters and neu-tral must watch the matches on television in order to follow the action. Saturday’s final at Wemb-ley was played behind closed doors, with only a set number of people, consisting of the players, coaching staff, club officials and media person-nel, allowed into the ground.

 In the list of the top five most-watched TV games of the season, three of the games were played behind closed doors.Only Chelsea’s fifth-round win over Liverpool in March (6.8million) and Liverpool’s draw with Shrewbury Town in January (6.1million) had fans in the stadium when the shortlisted match was broad-casted. 

Fire in Plastic Recycling Area

A fire that broke out in the recycling area of Haspolat industrial zone in Nicosia has been brought under control.

An acre of plastic waste material was brought to a controlled burn by firefighters and tankers belonging to Değirmenlik Municipality and Laren Su enterprises.

Police announced that cooling works are continuing.

Yeniduzen

Driver Charged for Seriously Injuring a Nigerian Girl

A 73 years old man is being held in custody,  charged with causing serious injuries to a pedestrian in a traffic accident in Famagusta on Saturday. 

The driver Ahmet Kızan struck Abigail Komolafe (26) while she was using a pedestrian crossing.

Ms Komolafe was first taken to Famagusta Hospital and later transferred to Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital in Nicosia suffering from a brain haemorrhage, fractured pelvis and foot. She remains in intenstive care and her condition is said to be critical.

Mr Kızan appeared before a judge charged with dangerous driving, failing to give priority to pedestrians at a pedestrian crossing and causing a traffic accident resulting in serious injury to a pedestrian.

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Met Office Warns Public to Stay Out of The Sea

The Meteorology Department has warned the public not to go into the sea today.

There will be strong to occasional storm force winds making the waters unsafe for bathing or sports.

Yeniduzen

Warning of Potential Second Wave of Covid-19

Health Minister Dr Ali Pilli warned of the possibility of a second wave of Covid-19 noting that although diagnostic tests have been performed without finding any positive results, this however, does not mean that there are no cases. He called on people to take measures such as the use of a mask. “If we take all the necessary measures, there will be no second wave, but even if there is, it will be light,” he said.

Warning that the world has eased up on implementing protective measures against the coronavirus, Pilli argued that 70% of the population in the Turkish Cypriot community does not wear a mask, nor does it apply the social distancing rules.

In a statement to the Turkish Cypriot News Agency (TAK), Pilli reiterated that a total of 31,000 laboratory tests have been performed on the Turkish Cypriot community since March 10. He assured that although there have been no new cases of the virus in North Cyprus for weeks, they will continue, to carry out laboratory tests while the pandemic continues to exist in the rest of the world.

Asked about the opening of the border crossing points, Pilli said he had not contacted his Greek Cypriot counterpart, Konstantinos Ioannouas but that those responsible for the two sides have been contacted, while the Health and Communication Committee is working on the issue, he added. “The issue of border checkpoints will be clarified in the coming days,” he said.

On the issue of the resumption of flights to North Cyprus, Pilli said: “Of course flights will start. We can’t stay closed forever. When the day comes, the Ministry of Health will not make any concessions on this issue regarding safety measures, but at the moment it is not possible to talk about a date “.

Regarding whether the schools in North Cyprus  will be opened, the Minister of Health said that schools will not be opened in the current school year and argued that it has been proven that in all countries that have reopened schools, there has been an increase in cases of the coronavirus.

Vatan, TAK News Agency

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Fear of Water Shortages as Temperatures Rise

The breakage of the undersea water pipeline conveying fresh water from Mersin to North Cyprus is leading to water shortages.

Local municipalities have begun to use their own water resources and the local mayors are saying there is an urgent need for a solution to the problem, warning of risks of water shortages.

The undersea pipeline sustained damage four months ago reportedly by trawling nets.The Turkish water authorities said that the pipe would be repaired in August. Meanwhile a sudden rise in temperatures has increased demand for water.

In a statement to Turkish Cypriot daily ‘Yeni Duzen’, the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dursun Oguz, said that the tenders for the repair of the pipeline had been completed and that the tender had been won by FIRATPEN, which was given space in the port of Tasucu to build the pipes. He said tenders would be announced for the pipeline to be installed by the end of this month and that production of the pipes would begin in June. According to Oguz, work to repair the pipeline is expected to begin in July and be completed in August.

The minister said there was no water problem at the moment and that domestic water resources were being used. He said they expected the water flow from Turkey to the Gecitkoy reservoir to resume in August and called on citizens to save water.

The director of the Water Department, Tarkan Çeki, told the newspaper that due to the pandemic, there has been an increase in water consumption with increased activities in homes and gardens. He said that many areas are facing water problems and that this was not only caused by the damage to the pipeline from Turkey, but there are also problems with the water mains. Çeki noted that he is talking to the local mayors and those involved in animal husbandry and that staff from the department are working on the spot to solve the problems before they get worse. Finally, he called on citizens to be economical with their water consumption.

Only the Mayor of Kyrenia, Nidai Gungordu, said there was no water problem in the city and that there had been a fault, but it was repaired quickly. He said they were in contact with the Turkish Water Authority (DSI) and that it was an advantage that hotels were currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Yeniduzen

Eleven Arrested For Gambling at Hotel

Eleven people were arrested yesterday for gambling at the Jasmine Court Casino in Kyrenia. Casinos are not permitted to reopen until 1 June.

The individual who permitted the gaming to take place, a dealer and gamblers who were playing poker were arrested. Gaming chips and a total of 5668 TL, 400 euros, 1,320 US$ and £200 were confiscated.

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Restrictions on some Public Activities Eased and mosques and churches will follow on 24th

Following the Cabinet’s decision to ease restrictions on public activities, all public beaches, beach bars, internet cafes, bars, seated restaurants, patisseries, coffee shops are now fully open.

Hairdressers, barbershops and beauty salons have also started operating under strict hygiene rules and guidelines.

More restrictions are set to be lifted later this week and next week.

Children’s playgrounds and areas will be open as of  today May 22, mosques and churches will be allowed to open for mass worship on May 24.

Turkish Airlines Domestic Flights Start on June 4

Domestic flights will start on June 4 and international flights will begin on June 10, Turkish Airlines CEO İlker Aycı has announced.

Speaking on Cüneyt Özdemir’s YouTube channel, Aycı said the following: 

“Domestic flights will start on June 4 and international flights will start on June 10. Hand luggage will not be permitted to be carried on board, instead an extra 8 kilos will be added onto the baggage allowance. A handbag may be brought on board.“

The Turkish Airlines CEO went on to say that “I would like to say to all our passengers who buy a ticket, whether they want to fly or not, will have the right to change it free of charge until December 31, 2021”.

Michigan AG says Trump sent 'the worst possible message' by refusing to wear a mask in front of cameras during tour of Ford plant

Michigan's attorney general slammed President Donald Trump for "conveying the worst possible message" by refusing to wear a mask in front of cameras during his visit Thursday to a Ford manufacturing plant.

"I am ashamed to have him be President of the United States of America," Dana Nessel, a Democrat, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" Thursday.

"And I hope that the voters of Michigan will remember this when November comes, that he didn't care enough about their safety, he didn't care about their welfare, he didn't respect them enough just to engage in the very simple task, the painless task, the easy task of wearing a mask when he was provided one."

"And so I hope that we'll have a new president soon enough who does respect people more than this president does," she continued.

Her comments come after the President toured and delivered remarks at the Ford plant in Ypsilanti, which has been repurposed to produce ventilators and personal protective equipment.

While at the plant, Trump said he did wear a mask during the tour, but "didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it" when in front of the cameras. He showed off a navy blue mask with the presidential seal on it. An individual from Ford confirmed to reporters that the President had worn the mask.

So far, Trump has resisted covering his face in public or being seen wearing a mask, despite the federal government's recommendations to do so in public during the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House on Thursday, Trump said "I don't know, we're going to look at it" when asked if he would wear a mask.

Earlier Thursday, Nessel had told CNN's Alisyn Camerota if Trump "fails to wear a mask, he's going to be asked not to return to any unclosed facilities inside our state." Asked if that was now the case after his tour, she said pointedly, "I will say speaking on behalf of my department and my office, that's right. That's exactly right.

"Today's events were extremely disappointing and yet totally predictable," Nessel told Blitzer.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, recently issued an executive order that includes requiring manufacturing facilities to suspend all tours. Nessel noted that Michigan waived that requirement for Trump's visit to the Ford plant.

Another executive order Whitmer signed this week requires anyone who is medically able to wear a facial covering when in an enclosed space.

As a result, Nessel has threatened legal action against "any company or any facility that allows him inside those facilities and puts our workers at risk." Following Trump's tour, she said, "I think that we're going to have to have a very serious conversation with Ford in the event that they permitted the President to be in publicly enclosed places in violation of the order.

"They knew exactly what the order was and if they permitted anyone, even the President of the United States, to defy that order, I think it has serious health consequences potentially to their workers."

On Tuesday, Ford said it had shared its safety policies with the White House -- including that everyone wear a mask "in all facilities, at all times" -- but added that "the White House has its own safety and testing policies in place and will make its own determination." 

Asked Tuesday if he would wear a mask on his visit, Trump had said, "I don't know. I haven't even thought of it."

"It depends. In certain areas I would, in certain areas I don't. But I will certainly look at it," he added.

Trump recently went maskless during his tour last week of a medical equipment distribution facility in Pennsylvania and his tour earlier this month of a Honeywell plant in Arizona that produces N95 respirator masks.

Child drowns at sea off Greece in first fatality

A child died after being pulled from the sea when a boat capsized on Monday off the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek officials said, the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border last week to let migrants reach Europe.   

Separately, two Turkish security sources told Reuters a Syrian migrant had died from injuries on March 1 after Greek security forces intervened to prevent migrants crossing from Turkey into Greece, but Athens branded the claim "fake news".   

More than 10,000 migrants, mostly from Syria, other Middle Eastern states and Afghanistan, have reached Turkey's land borders with EU states Greece and Bulgaria since Ankara said on Feb. 27 it would stop keeping them on its territory.   

Further south, at least 1,000 migrants have reached Greece's eastern Aegean islands since March 1 morning, Greek police say.   

The Greek coast guard said the boat which capsized off Lesbos had been escorted there by a Turkish vessel. Forty-six people were rescued and two children were taken to hospital, one of whom could not be revived.   

Another dinghy with about 30 Afghans arrived on Lesbos early in the morning, a Reuters journalist reported from the island. Thirty-two others were rescued in the seas off Farmakonissi, a small island close to Turkey, the coast guard said.   

"This is an invasion," Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis told Skai TV on March 2.    

The latest migrant surge follows Turkey's decision to stop enforcing a 2016 agreement with the European Union whereby it prevented migrants from entering the bloc in return for billions of euros in aid.   

Turkey, already home to 3.7 million Syrian refugees, has another million arriving on its doorstep from a new surge of fighting in northern Syria and says it cannot handle any more.       

White flags

The EU's chief executive Ursula von der Leyen expressed sympathy on March 1 with Turkey over the conflict in Syria but said its decision to let refugees and migrants cross into Europe "cannot be an answer or solution".   

Von der Leyen was due to visit the Greek-Turkish border on March 3 with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Migrants on the Turkish side of the border, some holding white flags, called the Greek soldiers and riot police to open the gates to let them through, saying they had kids and women.   

A Greek government spokesman said a video circulating on social media showing a young man with wounds to the head laid out on the ground near the border was "fake news". Two Turkish security sources said the Syrian man had died of his wounds. 

"We call upon everyone to use caution when reporting news that furthers Turkish propaganda," spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Twitter.     

Petsas has said the migrant surge poses "an active, serious, severe and asymmetrical threat to national security".   

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of Bulgaria, which also shares a land border with Turkey, was due to hold talks in Ankara on March 2 evening with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the migrant crisis.   

Turkey's decision to open its border threatens to reverse an agreement that halted Western Europe's biggest wave of migration since World War Two, the 2015-2016 crisis when 4,000 people drowned in Aegean and more than a million reached Greece.   

There are more than 40,000 migrants still living on Greece's Aegean islands in severely overcrowded camps.   

More than 60 non-governmental organizations urged the EU on March 2 in an open letter to take urgent action to relocate them across the bloc and speed up the processing of asylum claims.

Erdoğan, who has long accused the EU of failing to provide enough support to Ankara in the migrant crisis, opened Turkey's border after at least 34 Turkish soldiers sent to Syria to monitor a crumbling ceasefire there were killed last week.

Information on Nicosia State Hospital Services

Health Minister Dr. Ali Pilli held a press conference to inform the public regarding the outcome of the fire that broke out at the Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu state hospital in Nicosia.

He said that the preliminary examination of the damage assessment has been completed and that apart from the Angiography and Cardiovascular Surgery department, other departments at the hospital will open for service.
Minister Pilli also said that the operating theatres could come into service as of Wednesday.

“The outpatient’s clinic, x-ray, laboratory, ambulatory care services, chest diseases services, infection services, dialysis, oncology and nuclear medicine will continue to provide services. At the same time, the Thalassaemia and diabetic centres will continue to provide services. On Wednesday the operating theatres will open but cardiovascular surgeries and angiography will not take place”, the health minister said.

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Chili pepper lovers might live longer says new study

New Italian research has found that people who eat chili peppers on a regular basis appear to have a lower risk of death than those who avoid the spicy ingredient.

Led by researchers from the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of I.R.C.C.S. Neuromed in Pozzilli, Italy, the new study set out to investigate whether chili peppers, which are a common ingredient in Italian cuisine and the Mediterranean diet, may be linked with a lower risk of death in those who consume them regularly.

For the study the team looked at 22,811 adults living in the Molise region of Italy who were participating in the Moli-sani study. 

The participants' chili pepper intake was measured using a Food Frequency Questionnaire and categorized as none/rare consumption, up to two times per week, three or four times per week, and more than four times a week. They were then followed for an average of eight years. 

The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), showed that participants who ate chili peppers four times a week or more had a 40 percent lower risk of dying of a heart attack compared to those who never or rarely ate them. In addition, the risk of dying from a stroke was more than halved.

"An interesting fact," added Marialaura Bonaccio, first author of the publication, "is that protection from mortality risk was independent of the type of diet people followed. In other words, someone can follow the healthy Mediterranean diet, someone else can eat less healthily, but for all of them chili pepper has a protective effect."

The study is the first to investigate whether eating chili peppers could be linked to a lower risk of death in a European and Mediterranean population, although chili peppers have already been linked to a lower risk of death in Chinese and American populations. 

"Chili pepper is a fundamental component of our food culture," commented researcher Licia Iacoviello. "We see it hanging on Italian balconies, and even depicted in jewels. Over the centuries, beneficial properties of all kinds have been associated with its consumption, mostly on the basis of anecdotes or traditions, if not magic. It is important now that research deals with it in a serious way, providing rigor and scientific evidence. And now, as already observed in China and in the United States, we know that the various plants of the capsicum species, although consumed in different ways throughout the world, can exert a protective action towards our health."

Results:

Over a median follow-up of 8.2 years, a total of 1,236 deaths were ascertained. Multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among participants in the regular (>4 times/week) relative to none/rare intake were 0.77 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.66 to 0.90) and 0.66 (95% CI: 0.50 to 0.86), respectively. Regular intake was also inversely associated with ischemic heart disease (HR: 0.56; 95% CI: 0.35 to 0.87) and cerebrovascular (HR: 0.39; 95% CI: 0.20 to 0.75) death risks. The association of chili pepper consumption with total mortality appeared to be stronger in hypertension-free individuals (p for interaction = 0.021). Among known biomarkers of CVD, only serum vitamin D marginally accounted for such associations.

Conclusions:

In a large adult Mediterranean population, regular consumption of chili pepper is associated with a lower risk of total and CVD death independent of CVD risk factors or adherence to a Mediterranean diet. Known biomarkers of CVD risk only marginally mediate the association of chili pepper intake with mortality.