## EU tells Trump: You can’t pardon Putin for war crimes in Ukraine

Authored by politico.eu

“I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine,” McGrath said.

“They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions.

“Were we to do so, to allow for impunity for those crimes, we would be sowing the seeds of the next round of aggression and the next invasion,” he added.

There has been international condemnation of Russia for alleged crimes including the abduction of 20,000 Ukrainian children and attacks targeting civilians.

Ukrainian authorities say they have opened investigations into more than 178,000 alleged Russian crimes since the start of the war.

Last month, a United Nations commission found Russian authorities had committed crimes against humanity in targeting Ukrainian residents through drone attacks, and the war crimes of forcible transfer and deportation of civilians.

“We cannot give up on the rights of the victims of Russian aggression and Russian crimes,” McGrath said. »

### Pete Hegseth Is Finally Getting Investigated

Authored by motherjones.com

In a rare instance of bipartisan alarm, Republican-chaired committees in the House and Senate announced that they have launched inquiries into an explosive Washington Post report alleging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given a spoken order to “kill everybody” aboard a vessel carrying suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean.

The occupants included two people who had survived an initial missile strike on the vessel and were seen “clinging” to the wreckage.

Hegseth has blasted the Post’s reporting on the missile strikes as “fabricated.”. »

### 14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight

Authored by sciencealert.com

"I've been folding origami as a hobby for more than six years, mostly of animals or insects," Wu told Business Insider.

Essentially, Wu tested how much weight the Miura fold could handle across different types of paper, parallelogram heights, parallelogram widths, and parallelogram angles.

"The final statistic I got about the strongest Miura-ori that I tested was that it could hold over 10,000 times its own weight," Wu said. »

### HR director arrested for allegedly drugging over 200 female applicants to make them urinate during interviews

Authored by wtfdetective.blog

A human resources director working for a government institution has been accused of drugging more than 200 women in an effort to make them need to urinate at difficult moments during their job interviews.

Sylvie Delezenne was among more than 240 women targeted by Christian Nègre, the HR director at the French Cultural Ministry, according to The Guardian.

The lawsuit states that after giving them the drugged drink, Nègre would propose taking the interview outside for a walk. »

### Fortnite players are accusing it of using AI-generated art: 'I'm done with this game'

Authored by pcgamer.com

What's got them up in arms now is that some of the new art for this chapter looks AI-generated.

The smoking gun is a poster of a yeti relaxing in a hammock, feet dangling over the edge, which clearly has nine toes.

"IIRC, the Marty McFly spray is part of the Battle Pass, so you're paying for that", says one forum user. »

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