The spectre of far-right leader Marine Le Pen winning France’s presidency with a pledge to go head-to-head with the European Union is already giving Brussels the jitters — and looming large over Emmanuel Macron’s final months in power. France heads to the polls in April and May, after which Macron will exit as he can […]
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Bei einem Schusswaffenangriff in einer Grundschule in den USA sind Berichten zufolge vier Menschen getötet worden. Unter den Todesopfern seien der Kinder, berichteten die US-Sender CBS und CNN am Donnerstag unter Berufung auf Ermittlerkreise. Der Angreifer wurde nach Polizeiangaben am Tatort in der Stadt Bend im Bundesstaat Oregon erschossen. Die Polizei machte zunächst keine genauen Angaben […]
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Argentine demonstrators clashed with police on Thursday at a major protest in Buenos Aires over budget-slashing President Javier Milei’s higher education spending. The main demonstration outside parliament by thousands of university students and staff, trade unionists and opposition activists remained peaceful. But dozens of mostly hooded demonstrators who broke away from the crowd lobbed stones […]
Read MoreNew White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, under scrutiny over her legal credentials, seemed to acknowledge Thursday that she had failed the bar exam, but argued she was accurate in presenting herself as a lawyer. Appointed by US President Donald Trump, Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, […]
Read MoreNach stundenlanger, heftiger Diskussion haben die Staats- und Regierungschefs der EU ihre Verhandlungen über den nächsten Sieben-Jahre-Haushalt der EU ohne Ergebnis vertagt. Bei der “kontroversen” Debatte am Donnerstag in Brüssel seien die unterschiedlichen Positionen aufeinandergetroffen, verlautete aus deutschen Regierungskreisen. Am Rande des Treffens erzielten Deutschland und Frankreich allerdings eine vorläufige Einigung, die das sogenannte Verbrenner-Aus […]
Read MoreDer Bundestag hat eine deutliche Erhöhung der Tabaksteuer beschlossen. Das Parlamentsplenum stimmte am späten Donnerstagabend mit den Stimmen der Koalitionsfraktionen für eine entsprechende Gesetzesänderung. Durch sie soll sich der Durchschnittspreis für eine Schachtel mit 20 Zigaretten bis zum Jahr 2030 um fast vier Euro auf 11,78 Euro verteuern. Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) erhofft sich dadurch […]
Read MoreBritish filmmaker Mike Leigh told AFP Thursday he regretted he could not make “another hundred films” because of ill health, as he attended the London premiere of his prize-winning latest work. Leigh, 83, has myositis, an autoimmune disease that affects the muscles, and now uses a walking stick.”It’s only because I have a medical condition that […]
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Os Estados Unidos vão destinar mais de 300 milhões de dólares (R$ 1,5 bilhão) para contribuir com a vigilância de infraestruturas, modernizar as forças de segurança e instalar conexões a cabo na bacia do Caribe, informou o vice-secretário de Estado americano, Christopher Landau, nesta quinta-feira (15).”Tenho o prazer de anunciar 37 milhões de dólares (R$ […]
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Argentine demonstrators clashed with police on Thursday at a major protest in Buenos Aires over budget-slashing President Javier Milei’s education spending. The main demonstration by thousands of students, teachers, trade unionists and opposition activists remained peaceful. But dozens of mostly hooded demonstrators who broke away from the crowd lobbed stones and other projectiles at the […]
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