Studie: Bessere Vereinbarkeit pflegender Angehöriger mit Erwerbsarbeit nötig

Die wachsende Zahl pflegender Angehöriger angesichts der alternden Gesellschaft dürfte dem Arbeitsmarkt in den kommenden Jahren immer mehr Arbeitskräte entziehen. In einer am Dienstag vorgestellten Analyse fordert die Bertelsmann Stiftung daher eine bessere Vereinbarkeit pflegender Angehöriger mit dem Job – andernfalls könnten 2045 über 200.000 Stellen gefährdet sein. Nach den Berechnungen der Stiftung gemeinsam mit […]

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Indian rappers use music to sound climate alarm

Indian rapper Kali needed little inspiration to write about dwindling water supplies — he drew on childhood memories of hauling plastic pots full of the precious resource. Kali’s “Neer Kodu” — “Give Water” in the Kannada language — is one of six tracks on the “Climate Emergency Mixtape”, billed by its organisers as India’s first […]

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Australian lawmaker hurt in car attack loses leg: media

Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has lost a leg after being struck by a car in a deliberate attack, local media said Tuesday. Political violence is rare in Australia, but law enforcement have documented a steady rise in threats and abuse directed towards the nation’s elected officials in recent years. Prime Minister Albanese said the attack […]

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Netanyahu basks in Trump endorsement week before election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu basked in Donald Trump’s endorsement on Monday ahead of close-fought elections, airing a phone call in which the US president predicted he would win and suggested they may again attack Iran together. A day after Trump publicly endorsed Netanyahu for the October 27 vote, Netanyahu put out a video of […]

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Japan probe on its way to Mars moon

A Japanese spacecraft was on its way to one of Mars’s moons on Tuesday on a world-first mission to retrieve samples, potentially helping unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth. The flagship H3 rocket carrying the unmanned Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe blasted off into a pitch black sky from the […]

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Horror and disbelief after lawmaker attacked in rural Australia

A rural Australian town felt a mix of horror and disbelief on Tuesday after a highly respected lawmaker was gravely injured in what looked to be a targeted attack. Former nurse and midwife Helen Haines entered parliament in 2019, earning respect across the political divide for her efforts to stamp out corruption and bolster transparency. […]

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Lula or Bolsonaro’s son? Brazil makes a final choice

A presidential runoff between Brazil’s incumbent leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro will decide the fate of Latin America’s largest democracy on Sunday. Lula, on the cusp of 81 and seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, is facing stiff competition from the 45-year-old senator, who is the son of jailed […]

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Ukraine races to secure energy supplies ahead of winter

Hardly a day goes by now in Ukraine without news of another Russian air strike on the country’s energy sector, causing widespread blackouts, including in the capital, Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Moscow targeted electricity and oil and gas facilities 76 times in the week since Donald Trump announced a supposed “energy […]

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EU unveils strategy to boost Arctic presence

The EU is to unveil plans to bolster its foothold in the Arctic Tuesday, as it grapples with pressure from Russia and the United States in the key strategic region. From critical raw materials to icebreakers and undersea cables, the bloc wants to up its presence in the geopolitical battleground, according to a draft of […]

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