#world updates

Also, some more screenshots of my current world! I finally made some chests and I have some chickens who I'm taking care of.

the NITI AAYOG (planning commission)’s head. Amitabh Kant, says India is “too much of a democracy” and “strong reforms are needed”. This is what I call Nazism.

The Pfizer vaccine has proven to be dangerous to people with allergies.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra called the press “dui poishar press” (two cent worth press) when a reporter started hogging her in the House. A statement which is actually true, but has offended many in India.

Farmers have refused govt proposals, mostly because they are like fairy bargains promising you something, and then it ends up biting you in the ass and making your life hell. A farmer has also succumbed to the chilly December cold and has died. Meanwhile, BJP members are saying these protests have been funded by Pakistan and China. Also, all the opposition leaders will be meeting the President to request him to repeal these powers.

Due to lack of govt funding to JNU, PhD students have lost years worth of research and evidence to termites and seepage. People have gladly chosen to ignore this and the sorry state of education in our country.

We have 9.31 billion rupees (around 130 million US$) to build a new parliament building.

Evidence now proves that most ancient Indians were non-vegetarians, as opposed to the “Hindus are all vegetarians” theory.

And our favourite madwoman, K*ngana, has called these protests, where farmers are beat up by police (apparently this happening in the US is a very big deal, just not here) as riots. Also, she believes herself to be Goddess Durga’s chosen one and wants to build a temple to her.

My birthday arrives on 18th December which is next Friday. We will be leaving for the wedding tomorrow which has been shortened to a gathering of 250 people.

Firstly, we have a fruit press! Now I can make fruit juice and wine :D I already prepared a batch of cranberry juice to ferment into wine, so in a few days we should have some nice cranberry wine to drink! It was a bit of a pain finding the resin for the fruit press, but it was worth it!

Also, it's almost fall! The leaves have slowly been turning yellow, and it's been really pretty to see. I'm currently just heading into September, which means I have a few more months before winter arrives. I've been trying my best to prepare for winter, but I need to speed up or else I might not make it that far...

The next thing on my list is to try and find some bees!! I already searched a few forests but I couldn't find any, sadly. I can't tell if bees are really rare or if I'm just missing them :(

Also, blueberries! I found some as I was searching for resin and I got some bushes that I planted in my backyard! I also made a bunch of pies :D Once I get some bees and honey, I want to make some blueberry jam as well.

So many pies...

Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP will remain remanded in police custody after she incriminated herself in the alleged bribery scandal, known as ‘Qatargate’. The decision was reached during a Brussels council chamber meeting this Thursday, December 22. They will extend her detention for another month.

The former Vice-President of the European Parliament buckled under pressure in her first appearance a fortnight ago before the examining magistrate, Michael Claise.

According to the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, in a statement to the court after her arrest, Kaili admitted to being aware of the bribery and gifts scheme to influence Parliament’s political positions relating to Qatar and Morocco. She also admitted to knowing that cash was hidden in her shared home with her partner Francesco Giorgi.

After learning of her boyfriend’s arrest, Kaili admitted that she asked her father to get rid of the cash. This version of Kaili’s story contradicts that defended until now by her lawyers and also by her partner.

In his statements to the courts, Giorgi tried at all times to exonerate his girlfriend and asked for her release from prison she that she could take care of their 18-month-old daughter, reported Le Soir.

Kaili’s defence team, made up of Belgian and Greek lawyers, also shared this line of defence. At a press conference with Greek media in Brussels on Wednesday, December 21, lawyer Michalis Dimitrakopoulos said that his client ‘felt betrayed by her partner’.

Although Dimitrakopoulos initially denied that Kaili knew of the existence of cash in her home, he later changed his story and said that his client, after learning of the facts, intended to return the money.

A reconstruction of the events in the Belgian press though leaves no room for doubt. The police first arrested Giorgi, a former parliamentary assistant to the mastermind of the plot, former Italian MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri. After learning what had happened, Kaili panicked and made a big mistake in asking her father to get rid of the money stashed at her home.