Nearly 200 nations are gathering in Armenia on Monday for critical negotiations as governments come under pressure to salvage a landmark nature pact whose goals are slipping out of reach. Most countries joined a historic call four years ago to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030 but governments have been slow to […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat das Aussetzen von Sanktionen gegen Russland gegen Kritik auch aus den Reihen seiner Republikaner verteidigt. Er sei dabei, einen Frieden im Ukraine-Krieg zu verhandeln und wolle “nichts tun, was Russland törichterweise vom Verhandlungstisch wegbringen würde”, schrieb Trump am Sonntag in seinem Onlinedienst Truth Social. “Große Fortschritte” würden in Gesprächen erzielt, erklärte […]
Read MoreEinen Tag vor einer neuen Gerichtsanhörung im Streit um einen Golfplatz in der US-Hauptstadt Washington hat Präsident Donald Trump seine Pläne für eine Umgestaltung vorgelegt. Im Onlinedienst Truth Social veröffentlichte er am Sonntag eine Visualisierung, die weitreichende Änderungen an der jetzigen Gestaltung des East-Potomac-Golfplatzes erkennen lässt. Unter anderem soll der geplante 18-Loch-Platz auf einer Insel am […]
Read MoreNach der Einigung in den Sondierungsgesprächen über eine neue Berliner Landesregierung hat Bundesverteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius (SPD) das Vorhaben von Linken, Grünen und Sozialdemokraten in der Hauptstadt kritisiert, die Kooperation zwischen Bildungsverwaltung und Bundeswehr zu beenden. Es sei “völlig unverständlich”, eine erst im Juni geschlossene Kooperationsvereinbarung zu beenden, sagte Pistorius dem “Tagesspiegel” aus Berlin (Montagsausgabe). Dies würde […]
Read MoreOne year after a stunning break-in at the Louvre Museum, the four main suspects are in jail awaiting trial, but police appear to have run out of leads to locate the stolen crown jewels. Thieves disguised as workmen sliced their way into the museum with industrial disc-cutters on October 19 last year before making off […]
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US President Donald Trump endorsed on Sunday his ally Benjamin Netanyahu before Israel’s close-fought parliamentary election on October 27, providing a boost to the veteran prime minister’s bid to win a new mandate. Netanyahu touted his close relationship with the US president in a video released by his Likud party, saying that together they had […]
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Four soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a fire at a military base in Alberta province, one of the worst peacetime tragedies to hit Canada’s armed forces on home soil, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday. Carney made the solemn announcement without providing details on what caused the fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright […]
Read MoreFrench President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday slammed the “unbridled” violence that erupted in cost-of-living demonstrations across the country, as police battled protesters and looters in new clashes in Paris. Nearly 2,400 people were arrested Saturday in unrest that represented some of the worst urban violence in France in years, with almost 1,000 police and gendarmes […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with top US envoys Sunday to try to ease tensions, as Donald Trump accused his counterpart of not wanting to end the war with Russia. Zelensky spoke to US officials Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as both Russia and Ukraine hit each other’s energy sites, with Moscow leaving thousands without […]
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