Selenskyj widersetzt sich Trump und kündigt neue Angriffe auf russische Raffinerien an

Nach dem Vorwurf mangelnder US-Unterstützung im Ukraine-Krieg hat der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj neue Angriffe auf russische Ölraffinerien angekündigt und sich damit US-Präsident Donald Trump widersetzt. Selenskyj sagte der “Financial Times” (FT) vom Donnerstag, die von Trump angekündigte Einstellung der beiderseitigen Angriffe auf Energieinfrastruktur sei für ihn “aufgehoben”. Der US-Milliardär Elon Musk, dessen Firma SpaceX […]

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Mindestens drei Tote bei Rekordregenfällen in Istanbul

Bei Rekordregenfällen sind in Istanbul mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben gekommen, darunter ein 14-Jähriger. Der Junge erlitt nach Behördenangaben einen tödlichen Stromschlag, als er im Stadtteil Balat durch überschwemmtes Gebiet lief. Vier Menschen galten am Donnerstag weiter als vermisst. Der Regen soll unterdessen noch tagelang andauern. Istanbuls Gouverneur Davut Gül sprach von den schwersten Regenfällen […]

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Russell Brand was ‘monster-like’, alleged victim tells UK court

A woman allegedly raped by British comedian Russell Brand more than two decades ago told a court Thursday she was “terrified” and he became “monster-like” before attacking her in a hotel room. The jury at a London trial heard testimony from a woman who has accused Brand of raping her in Bournemouth, southern England, in […]

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Ukraine’s Zelensky defies Trump with Russian refinery strikes

Ukraine will no longer abide by US President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in remarks published Thursday, as tensions deepened between the two leaders over a US-Russia diesel agreement. Relations between Kyiv and Washington have soured since last week, when Trump eased sanctions on Russia in exchange […]

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Pope’s cancer operation already reshaping papacy

With Pope Leo XIV recovering in hospital on Thursday following his lung cancer operation, questions are swirling about how the illness could change his papacy, fewer than two years after his election. The 71-year-old leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics had a part of his lung removed on Tuesday and is undergoing further tests to […]

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Albanian PM condemns ‘chaos’ as violent unrest spreads

Violent protests spread from Albania’s capital to smaller cities on Thursday, as student-led demonstrators demand prime minister Edi Rama’s resignation for a third straight day. Protesters again clashed with police in Albania’s capital in hours-long confrontations, with crowds targeting government buildings, banks and shopfronts. Demonstrators, who had earlier gathered in the thousands, are demanding that […]

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Three dead as Istanbul sees heaviest rainfall in 80 years

Istanbul was battling on Thursday to recover from flooding caused by what officials described as the heaviest rainfall in at least 80 years, as the toll rose to three dead and five missing. The rain began lashing Turkey’s largest city in earnest on Wednesday morning and intensified throughout the day, causing chaos and flash flooding, with […]

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French duo Justice to score ‘GTA VI’: game maker

French electro duo Justice were chosen to do the original score for the new instalment of the “Grand Theft Auto” video game which will be released next month, maker Rockstar Games announced Thursday. Rockstar posted a new trailer online for “GTA VI” featuring a song from “original score composers Justice”, who are best known for their […]

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Trump scraps plan to livestream execution after broad backlash

The firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter will not be livestreamed, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday, canceling a contentious plan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The move to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution was widely opposed at home and abroad, prompting outrage from both US Democratic and Republican politicians, the Catholic Church […]

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