#florence
Caffé Gilli
Oldest Cafe in Firenze
(established in 1733)
#Architecture #Photography #Travel #Firenze #Florence #Italy
On May 23, 1498, the city of #Florence in #Italy witnessed a tragic event that left an indelible mark on the history of the Italian Renaissance. It was on this day that Jerome #Savonarola, an Italian Dominican friar and religious reformer, was executed in the renowned Piazza della Signoria ... #history https://wakonda666.blogspot.com/2023/05/23th-may-1498-execution-du-predicateur.html
#China Has Opened Up Secret #Police Stations in These Countries
source: https://www.newsweek.com/china-overseas-police-service-center-new-york-city-crime-1753242
In the United States, the report's open-source data indicated one such service center in #NewYork City. In #Canada, three were established in #Toronto.
In South #America, there was one each in #Quito and #Guayaquil, #Ecuador; #Rio de Janeiro and #SãoPaulo, #Brazil; #BuenosAires, #Argentina; and #Viña del Mar, #Chile.
Most of the Chinese overseas police stations were located in #Europe, including nine in #Spain, the most of any country on the list: three in #Madrid, three in #Barcelona, two in #Valencia and one in #Santiago de Compostela.
#Italy was hosting the second-most stations in Europe with four: #Rome, #Milan, #Florence and #Prato.
In #France, three service centers were operating out of #Paris. #Portugal also hosted one each in #Porto, #Lisbon and #Madeira. In United Kingdom, the report found two in #London and one in #Glasgow.
The #Netherlands was hosting two such centers in #Amsterdam and #Rotterdam, respectively, while the #CzechRepublic had two in #Prague. #Budapest, #Hungary, also had two, one for each of the #Fuzhou and #Qingtian police bureaus—a common phenomenon across Europe.
European countries each hosting only one Chinese police station included #Dublin, #Ireland; #Bratislava, #Slovakia; #Frankfurt, #Germany; #Athens, #Greece; #Stockholm, #Sweden; #Vienna, #Austria; #Odessa, #Ukraine; and #Belgrade, #Serbia.
In #Africa, #BeninCity, #Nigeria; #Maseru, #Lesotho; and #DarEsSalaam, #Tanzania, each hosted one.
In Asia, at least one police center was operating out of #Ulaanbaatar, #Mongolia; #Sirdaryo, #Uzbekistan; #BandarSeriBegawan, #Brunei; #Tokyo, #Japan; and #PhnomPenh, #Cambodia.
China wants to be the new world police 😱
#news #fail #law #problem #humanrights #international #crime #USA #UK
#'Ridgeway
https://despora.de/posts/1f3f3080c425013afb90543d7eeced27
I really have to go there... will be funny, when they kick me back out in #Charleston airport
3 weeks there training colleagues... anywhere out there in #Ridgeway #Camden #Florence #Charlotte #USA to show me around ??
no international driving license available ... so by foot I fear... :(
