Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda on Saturday won the photography category in the prestigious Bayeux award for war correspondents for his work from Gaza. As well as the top prize, Hamda, based in the Gaza Strip, also won the Public’s Choice award for his reportage “What War leaves behind”. He was not at the ceremony […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky traded barbs Saturday after Washington moved to ease sanctions on Russian diesel and Moscow’s continued strikes on Ukraine killed at least 21 people, including four children. Trump, whose party faces dim prospects in next month’s midterm elections partly over soaring US fuel prices, announced Friday that […]
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Indian police detained the head of the popular youth-led “cockroach” movement along with thousands of protesters trying to take part in a major demonstration in New Delhi against the country’s election commissioner, the group said Saturday. The protest is the culmination of weeks of opposition mobilisation following allegations of misconduct during a nationwide voter roll […]
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Die Polizei in Thüringen fahndet nach zwei Stachelschweinen: Wie die Polizei am Samstag berichtete, waren die Tiere aus dem Tierheim in Sonneberg ausgebrochen. Versuche, sie einzufangen, sollten nach Polizeiangaben jedoch unterbleiben, da die Stacheln für unkundige Menschen gefährlich sein könnten. Die Stachelschweine seien scheu, hieß es weiter. Bei einer Sichtung solle das Tierheim informiert werden. Sat, […]
Read MoreUS-Präsident Donald Trump hat eine Ablösung des ukrainischen Staatschefs Wolodymyr Selenskyj gefordert. Es sei “an der Zeit, dass die Ukraine einen neuen Präsidenten bekommt”, der bereit sei, den Krieg mit Russland zu beenden, sagte Trump am Samstag vor Journalisten am Weißen Haus. Zuvor hatte Selenskyj Trump wegen dessen Diesel-Deal mit Moskau scharf angegriffen. Trump forderte […]
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Die US-Todeskandidatin Christa Pike ist zehn Tage nach ihrer fehlgeschlagenen Hinrichtung zurück ins Gefängnis gebracht worden. Wie Pikes Anwälte am Samstag mitteilten, wurde die verurteilte Mörderin aus dem Krankenhaus entlassen und wird nun im Gefängnis weiter medizinisch versorgt. Sie bedanke sich bei den Ersthelfern und Ärzten für die Behandlung “unter diesen außergewöhnlichen Umständen”. Die 50-jährige […]
Read MorePalestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections to September next year, official media said, confirming widespread speculation that they would be delayed once again. The first legislative elections since 2006, which the international community has strongly advocated for, had been scheduled for November 28, with a presidential election expected in early 2027. But both […]
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Thousands of people on Saturday joined pro-Palestinian marches in London, Berlin and Dublin calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza, three years after Hamas’s October 7 attack. Several thousand marchers in London carried placards reading “End the genocide” and “Free Palestine” as they made their way along the route near the British parliament.”We […]
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Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm as it swept toward Mexico’s west coast, where it was expected to make landfall late Saturday or early Sunday. The US National Hurricane Center said Simon could strengthen further as it approaches west-central Mexico with winds of 150 miles (240 km) per hour.”Preparations to protect life […]
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