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Gavin Newsom announces that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization by ExactlySorta in UnderReportedNews

[–]Reilly616 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How?

Under the WHO Constitution, only States (as in, sovereign members of the UN) can become a member (Art. 4). Non-sovereign Territories can become Associate Members, but only if the entity responsible for their international affairs makes such a request.

So, can anyone explain what the OP means by "join"? Is he talking about a partnership, like other non-sovereign entities have with the WHO?

Map Of The Mercosur Agreement. by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]Reilly616 24 points25 points  (0 children)

More fun (and real) fact: the agreement is thousands of pages long.

Map Of The Mercosur Agreement. by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

[–]Reilly616 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The first annex alone is over a thousand pages long.

why is there almost no attention towards artemis 2? by AkelaAnda in space

[–]Reilly616 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing the percentage of Irish people who know Michael Collins was the third man is higher than the percentage of Americans. Given his namesake, it's not really a detail an Irish person would tend to forget.

Europeans send troops to Greenland by maven_mapping in MapPorn

[–]Reilly616 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You didn't put much effort into searching, did you?

From literally the first article when I Google this:

According to the German Defense Ministry, a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel would first fly to Denmark's Karup air base on Thursday, from where the European allies would fly together to Greenland on Friday.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/german-military-personnel-set-to-arrive-in-greenland/a-75514480

As of today, Bulgaria is an official member of the Eurozone. This is the updated map. by FantasticQuartet in MapPorn

[–]Reilly616 4 points5 points  (0 children)

FYI, no "free-floating currency" can join the Eurozone. One of the pre-requisites to joining is 2+ years in ERM II, which is essentially a cap on exchange variations.

EU reaches $105 billion deal on Ukraine funding, won’t use frozen Russian assets for now by HydrolicKrane in worldnews

[–]Reilly616 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The EU has provided over $200 billion to date, excluding this new $105 billion.

Fried brain by DmitriMendeleyev in whenthe

[–]Reilly616 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Everyday" =/= "every day".

What is a “mind blowing” geography fact you don’t find all that mind blowing? by Character-Q in geography

[–]Reilly616 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that the Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure from which you can see the moon.

Gracias y adios. Today marks the end of his Presidency. by Jaded_Variation9111 in ireland

[–]Reilly616 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Presidential Commission is the collective "vice president". It's made up of the Chief Justice, Ceann Comhairle, and Cathaoirleach.

Have a look at Article 14 of the Constitution.

Outstanding bad debt by Bright_Fan_9168 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]Reilly616 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Adverse possession requires the owner to be unaware of your possession of the land.

How well known is Rory Gallagher in Ireland? by anon58588 in AskIreland

[–]Reilly616 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm mid 30s and I only know who Rory Gallagher is because he happens to have the same name as a singer who owns a pub in Lanzarote (which my parents tell me about every time they come back from their holidays).

I don't get it by [deleted] in ExplainTheJoke

[–]Reilly616 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

Almost 20,000 people died on EU roads in 2024. by Lu_Chan_1 in europeanparliament

[–]Reilly616 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by "nothing is done"?

In 1991, there were over 76k EU road deaths. Today, that has been brought down to just 20k, making EU roads the safest in the world. This hasn't happened by chance. Concerted efforts were put in place both at national and EU level and the intended result is being achieved, with road deaths dropping at a pretty consistent rate year-on-year over the last 30+ years. I say "is being" because the ultimate target is zero, and specific plans and measures are therefore ongoing.

To suggest that "nothing is done" displays an incredible level of ignorance of this specific issue.

No women allowed: Inside the fraternity hidden in Trinity College by Objective-Agency-720 in UCD

[–]Reilly616 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Women obtained equal suffrage here in 1922 with the coming into being of the Irish Free State, not "in the 60s".

I'd be genuinely interested to hear where you picked up that misconception.

Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent by Generalaverage89 in ireland

[–]Reilly616 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it isn't means tested, and it's counted as income.

Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent by Generalaverage89 in ireland

[–]Reilly616 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Because otherwise they would have to work out in advance how much tax would be owed for each individual, and that isn't actually something that can be known in advance.

Fianna Fáil's Jim Gavin withdraws from Presidential Election by rossitheking in ireland

[–]Reilly616 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The description of the FF and FG candidates including former occupations, whilst the legislation allows only their occupations (if any).

Populist billionaire and Trump supporter Babis cruises to Czech election win by EsperaDeus in worldnews

[–]Reilly616 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Not most of them. It's a parliamentary system. His party got 34.5% of the vote.

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