Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is set to lead Friday prayers and deliver a public sermon that could shed light on the Islamic republic’s plans after a massive missile attack on enemy Israel.Khamenei’s rare Friday sermon — a first in almost five years — comes three days before the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas […]
Read MoreAfghanistan’s Islamic State group is staging a growing number of bloody international attacks, presenting a rare but complicated opportunity for foreign cooperation with the Taliban government to counter the jihadists.Since winning their own insurgency in defiance of the international community three years ago, the Taliban government has been plagued by attacks by the Islamic State […]
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Die geplanten EU-Zölle auf Elektroautos aus China könnten am Freitag in Brüssel die letzte Hürde nehmen. Unter den Vertreterinnen und Vertretern der 27 Mitgliedstaaten ist dazu eine Abstimmung angesetzt (10.00 Uhr). Es geht um den Vorschlag der EU-Kommission, für aus China importierte Elektroautos zusätzliche Zölle in Höhe von bis zu 35,3 Prozent zu verhängen.Deutsche Autobauer […]
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Nach dem Erfolg der rechtspopulistischen FPÖ bei der Parlamentswahl in Österreich wird Parteichef Herbert Kickl am Freitag (13.00 Uhr) von Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen empfangen. Nachdem seine FPÖ bei der Parlamentswahl am Sonntag mit rund 29 Prozent der Stimmen stärkste Kraft geworden war, beansprucht Kickl das Kanzleramt für sich. Der direkt gewählte Bundespräsident ist […]
Read MoreAs a bitterly contested US election campaign enters its final stretch, misinformation researchers have raised the alarm over threats posed by AI and foreign influence — but voters appear more concerned about falsehoods from a more familiar source: politicians. The United States is battling a firehose of misinformation before the November 5 vote — from fake […]
Read MoreDemocratic White House candidate Kamala Harris campaigned Thursday with Liz Cheney, a high-profile Republican opponent of Donald Trump who urged Americans to reject the ex-president’s “depraved cruelty” and elect his rival.Vice President Harris was joined onstage in the swing state of Wisconsin by the former congresswoman as the daughter of conservative former vice president Dick […]
Read MoreCongress on Thursday selected the 13 new judges of Guatemala’s Supreme Court after a process criticized by observers alleging opaqueness and political interference.The choice was considered critical for the fight against graft in one of Central America’s poorest countries, whose President Bernardo Arevalo has denounced the existence of a “corrupt pact” among politicians, prosecutors, judges […]
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Ein umfassender Krieg im Nahen Osten ist nach Worten des US-Präsidenten Joe Biden noch vermeidbar. “Ich glaube nicht, dass es einen umfassenden Krieg geben wird. Ich denke, wir können ihn vermeiden”, sagte Biden am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) auf Nachfrage zu Reportern. Es gebe aber “noch viel zu tun”.International wächst die Angst vor einem großen regionalen Krieg […]
Read MoreA source close to Hezbollah said Israel had conducted 11 consecutive strikes on the group’s south Beirut stronghold late Thursday, in one of the most violent raids since Israel intensified its bombardment campaign last week.AFP correspondents in the capital and beyond heard loud bangs that made car alarms go off and building shake. About an hour […]
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